Pineapple Centerpiece - Gold Color:Pink Dye is applied by hand

Dye is applied by hand in layers on the velvet fiber surface

then finished it with colored cement

and ceramic stains

All the color in this fused-glass panel comes from layering cut glass then firing in a glass kiln

gray Tahitian pearls lives happily attached to a "Garden Gate" motif based on Victorian ironwork

Pineapple Centerpiece - Gold Color:Pink Dye is applied by handThroughout history, the ability of a hostess to adorn her dining room table with a pineapple for an important event said as much about her rank in society as it did in her ingenuity: its rarity, expense, and striking beauty made it the ultimate exotic fruit. Today, pineapples are seen as the ultimate welcoming motif, symbolizing friendship and hospitality. These expertly crafted, blown and hot sculpted glass sculptures are truly the perfect welcome.