Free form objet d'art with bubbles, 2002

Provenance

The Linda and Brian Eyre Collection

Notes

David Reade has been immersed in the fiery world of glassblowing, after a visit in his teens to an Isle of Wight studio, where he was then apprenticed for seven years. Four decades later, after relocating to South Africa in 1984, he is widely regarded as the nation’s foremost glassblower. He is renowned for both functional and sculptural creations and makes his own clear glass from “true Cape sand”. Each piece begins as a molten glob on an iron pipe, which his assistant blows into while he meticulously shapes it with handheld tools.