Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL and the clock faces

and the clock faces

A piece with this level of instrumental accuracy belongs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

A 21st anniversary gift sits in an odd stretch of the calendar

but the green that comes from inside the object rather than landing on it from outside

Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL and the clock facesThe Golden Banana Bunch Ornament is a cluster of four bananas blown from clear glass and finished edge to edge in metallic gold. That gold goes down last, over a surface textured while the form was hot, so light breaks across the ridges rather than sliding straight off them. The stem end is drawn to a point, its hardware seated into the glass rather than sitting on top, and the whole bunch is light enough to trust to an outer branch where it will