Pineapple Centerpiece - Gold Color:Pink A hollow form heart-shaped pendant

A hollow form heart-shaped pendant in gold and silver

gray Tahitian pearls lives happily attached to a "Garden Gate" motif based on Victorian ironwork

textured and oxidized background

and ceramic stains

All the color in this fused-glass panel comes from layering cut glass then firing in a glass kiln

Pineapple Centerpiece - Gold Color:Pink A hollow form heart-shaped pendantThroughout history, the ability of a hostess to adorn her dining room table with a pineapple for an important event said as much about her rank in society as it did in her ingenuity: its rarity, expense, and striking beauty made it the ultimate exotic fruit. Today, pineapples are seen as the ultimate welcoming motif, symbolizing friendship and hospitality. These expertly crafted, blown and hot sculpted glass sculptures are truly the perfect welcome.