From Fire to Glass to Paper.
Keepsake Vases. Odd Puzzles.
Words were the only language my creativity knew until after I retired from journalism and lost my wife and had to move home from Hong Kong.
Struggling to rekindle my spark, I stumbled upon glassmaking. In late 2024 I began seriously studying glassblowing in Italy.
These days, to my delight, my creativity speaks in cobalt blues, the deepest reds and endless swirls.
Enjoy your visit to my new world.
—Joyce Murdoch
PS: The puzzles came later. They can introduce themselves.
$325
Traditional Italian millefiori bits on cobalt blue
Private Collection: Washington, DC
Sold
$400
Cobalt blue, aqua and light blue with white stripes
$200
Green with white cane stripes
$200
Red with large orange stripes
Welcome to Vaseland, where vases have adventures, weird animals are mischievous and scale is merely a suggestion, generally ignored. Think of these puzzles as illustrations from a storybook that forgot to include the text.
$200
Red, green and white bands
$250
Blue, green and white bottle-shaped vase
$125
Clear with yellow and brown band plus a green band
$200
Red with blue stripes
$200
Cobalt blue with shooting stars
$200
Yellow with orange stripes
$125
Transparent orange and green bordered in white
Sold
$200
Large-mouthed, transparent blue with handmade blue and white cane stripes
$175
Bulldog red and black. Wide mouthed.
$175
Tall, flat orange and spiky
$150
Small, clear ovoid with blue, red and orange bands
$175
Transparent green with handmade dark blue cane
$275
Small, clear pitcher with blue, red and orange bands
$225
Transparent aqua and light green with dark blue borders
$200
Clear, pumpkin-shaped with orange stripes and a green belt
$175
Asymmetrical cobalt blue with applied green trails
$150
Transparent green with multi-colored speckles
Artist’s Collection
$200
Red with blue circles and a blue stripe
Artist’s Collection
Artist’s Collection
$200
Blue with multi-colored midsection
$225
Clear globe with blue stripes and orange band