Retail Page Manager Style Editor Shopify Product Admin
Tide Pool Vessel II
Tide Pool Vessel II

Tide Pool Vessel II

Art Glass Vase (ID: A121457)
Designed by John Gibbons
$1,800
$1,800 $1,800 /
Subscription -

Select an option to add this to your cart.

Pieces handmade by artists sometimes take longer to get to you—we think they're worth the wait.

Don't worry—there's more on the way. It will ship as soon as it's available.

You're the first to get it—and it will ship as soon as it's ready.

Arrives in time for the holidays

Holiday Shipping Guidelines

To make sure your gift arrives by Christmas, select the shipping method that corresponds to the item's shipping date (found on the item's page or in your basket).

  • For items that ship by 12/19, select Standard.

  • For items that ship by 12/22, select Express.

  • For items that ship by 12/23, select Next-Day.


Shipping Exceptions

Not all artists can ship for next day delivery. Some items must ship via freight; timing of freight shipping is not guaranteed. Timing of items shipped from Canada is not guaranteed.

Need a Last-Minute Gift?

Consider an Artful Home gift card, which is delivered straight to the recipient's inbox, even on Christmas.

The pattern in this blown glass vase is achieved by cutting small glass rods and tiles, arranging them in a pattern, and then fusing them together in a 2100 degree kiln. A blow pipe is then rolled along the edge of the glass to form a cylinder. The bottom of the cylinder is closed, which creates a bubble, allowing the glass to then be blown and shaped into the vase. Gibbons uses the optical properties of glass to create a magnifying-glass effect in which the pattern undulates when viewed.
  • Signed by the artist
  • Materials: Glass
  • Shipping Charges are calculated for standard delivery to a single address within the contiguous USA and based on original prices, before discounts.
  • You may return or exchange any item within 14 days of receiving it (except for final sale items, ornament gift boxes, and custom orders). Learn More.
John Gibbons

John Gibbons

John Gibbons Glass
"I am inspired by the optical illusions of glass: how it can bend light to magnify colors and textures."

John Gibbons recreates the movement, colors, and creatures of the ocean in his glass artwork. He is known for transforming the beauty of cold northern coasts and warm tropical seas into the earthy tide pool greens and glowing aquas of glass. He creates vessels detailed with starfish clinging to the sides, turtles riding on optical waves, or starfish clustered together in a crown.

Gibbons uses unique metal hand tools to shape his glass artwork, some of which he welded himself, and a small handheld torch that pinpoints the heat to liquefy the glass and create small details. He layers organic color patterns underneath a thick layer of clear glass, making his sculptures appear as though they have just been pulled out of the ocean.

John Gibbons has been blowing glass for more than 13 years. He grew up making art in Northern California, encouraged by his father, a painter and glass collector. Gibbons earned a BFA in glass from California State University, Chico in 2009. He has studied with glass masters Pino Signoretto, Martin Janecky, and Benjamin Moore.