Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Here's a couple shots from stoneR of his Chris Carlson set, complete with custom "VW" millis made by Chris...
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In the back there are two slides; one on each side of the bub, then in the front are two sherlys; one on each side of the jar...
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I was told that this set is all roughly from mid-2007, and the slides in the rear were two of the first GONG slides Carlson made apparently. The steel wool with rainbow scheme was tubing made by Jason Lee & Chris, while the other reddish tubing used for the bub and jar and other dry and slide were made by Jason & Chris and Arty & Dale Sommers. All artists collaborated on the making of the entire set as well I believe.

EDIT: He sent me an email after I posted this so I just wanted to add it here - I couldn't say it any better, so here's stoneR on this set in his own words:

"For the Carlson set, the bub and 2 slides are all Carlson, and was made in mid '07. My first true collectible pieces of glass art. I hadn't seen him do any GonG slides in the past, so I asked him to just go nuts on 2 for me, for being his 2 first real GonG slides, he did one hell of a job. I may be a little partial, but I've yet to see any more from him that are this unique. The Bub and bent slide feature hand drawn VW millis, Carlson has an old bug, and I have a Dub as well, so I felt it was very fitting to have him incorporate them into the set. I've long been a fan of dark colors and if you notice in my collection, the red, black, white and steel wool/rainbow colors repeat a lot (NO KIDDING MAN!)... This Carlson set is what really got me hooked on that color combo. I saw a set in the past that used those colors and asked him to put his own twist on it, he absolutely killed it. If you look closely at the bub, the front of the can is honeycombed, and the bowl has 2 honeycombed stars on either side. The bub stands about 11" tall and is diffused, both slides are 18mm."

"As for the drys, I got a call about a month after the set was made saying he had some tube pull left over from the slides and he did a collab (of 2 drys) with J. Lee on the rainbow/steel wool... naturally I had to have it. Same goes for the jar and mini dry, I was contacted and told there were 3 more collabs made, this time with Carlson, Arty, Dale and J. Lee and only one had a matching jar... once again had to be mine. This set will stay in my collection forever, and I am still constantly blown away by the detail and quality of work that went into these things. Carlson and the rest of the artists involved are true masters of their craft!"

Truer words couldn't be spoken by a real collector of fine glass art; much thanks my friend!

Carlson...color-blind & killin' it! Thanks again for the photos, and there's a couple more of a Hefe set from stoneR as well I will post later...

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