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Garnet Gondolino by Bob Leatherbarrow
Bob Leatherbarrow’s Gondolinos series is inspired by the glass Venetian gondolas made famous by Italian maestro Lino Tagliapietra. While the hull shapes nod to these iconic works, Bob has made them entirely his own with textured, blended glass powders that create richly nuanced surfaces. Each piece is made through multiple firings of kilnformed sheet glass and powders, slumped in custom two-part moulds, then carefully cut and ground to achieve the final shape. Like all of Bob’s glass art, the Gondolinos celebrate the beauty, history, and functional roots of the medium while exploring new artistic possibilities.
