Hand blown glass buy art, 1 Glass Salmonberry, realistic and life-sized glass fruit sculpture Graduation Gift

1 Glass Salmonberry, realistic and life-sized hand blown glass figurine, good enough to fool the eye. You will receive 1 (ONE) handmade realistic salmonberry glass sculpture that is buy about 16mm high. Many are shown in the pictures so you can see them from different angles and appreciate that there will be slight differences in the size, shape and color of each one. If you want to buy more than one berry, put the first one in your Shopping Cart. Then click into the Cart, where you can increase the quantity. Your fruit will be carefully packed in natural white cotton inside a free paper gift box with a gold bow.

Nope, you can't eat 'em. They are glass, but so realistic that you won't be able to tell until you touch them. That means you have to keep them out of the reach of small children. These salmonberry sculptures are heirloom quality art works. Start your collection now, or give as a gift to the foodie, gourmet cook or gardener in your life.

Multiple Items:
If you order several items from my Shop, they will be packed inside the same gift box to avoid waste. If you are ordering gifts for multiple persons and you do need separate gift boxes, please let me know in the Notes section of your order in the Shopping Cart.

About Shipping:
I ship most orders 1 to 3 days after they are received. Orders ship free in the US via First Class Package Service, but if you need your package sooner, upgrades to Priority Mail or Express Mail can be purchased during Checkout. If you need more certainty, Message me to discuss options for UPS 2-day and Next Day Air. A signature will be required for orders valued over $500. If it's inconvenient to sign for packages at your home address, during checkout you can provide the address of another place where someone will be available to sign - perhaps at your work or the home of a trusted friend.

The Nature of Mother Nature
Almost nothing in nature is completely round, smooth or even, so I avoid making my glass fruit and leaves too perfectly. I put on little splotches and speckles, make them a tidbit lopsided, and add other small imperfection so that each berry or leaf is unique. This makes them look much more real.

Process and Materials:
I make each berry by melting Italian glass rods in the flame of a torch. I hand-mix two different colors together to get the correct yellow/orange color and translucency of a real salmonberry. Every drupelet (cell) is individually applied over the surface of the fruit in a painstaking process. Like a real salmonberry, the center is mostly hollow. I achieve the variations in the surface color by selectively heating and cooling the glass, so the color will never rub, flake or chip off. No two glass salmonberries are exactly alike.

Photography:
The photos above are representative of the glass salmonberry sculptures I make in this style. The sculpture you receive will be similar to, but not exactly the same as, any of the one shown above. There will be some minor variations in the shape, size and color patterns of each sculpture.

All Matching Glass Fruit Sculptures (Sculptures Shop Section):
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