Yaffa Sikorsky and Jeff Todd, Glass Lily

1991, hand-blown multi-colored glass in the form of a lily, signed and dated with style number to underside.

14 1/2 x 5 x 5 in.

From the Collection of Mignon Durham, Asheville, North Carolina

"As individuals, we each design and produce our own work, yet we also enjoy working collaboratively. We are interested in creating pleasing, well-balanced forms which retain the feeling of flow that is inherent in hot glass, while also imparting a feeling of life. To achieve an artistic harmony and overcome the enormous technical difficulty of executing these pieces, we must work as one, in perfect harmony.

Both of us are affected by the beauty of a simple flower, each having a rich appreciation of Nature’s garden. We use Nature as a springboard to rise beyond the reality of time, to freeze for a moment something that is beautiful and fleeting. We are not attempting to copy Nature, rather to create something that is a fitting tribute to her."

Some surface scratches to underside; loss to one stamen at center of flower.