Richard Silver

Born in the Bronx (N.Y.) B.A. in Art Education and an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University. Teaching Sculpture at the New York Film Academy in Burbank and working in his studio.


Portfolio:

Tourmalines

Hand blown glass cut, ground and polished by hand. Pieces balance on a number of facets and can be turned to create new sculptures. Group pieces (from 2-5) are interactive and can be rearranged and turned to create new sculptures.

C/PDuo   “C/PDuo ”

Two blown, cut, ground and polished pieces that have various flats that allow pieces to be turned and rearranged in an interactive manner.

P/SalmonDuo “P/SalmonDuo”

Two hand blown, cut, ground and polished glass forms that balance on a number of facets allowing interactive placement and movement to create new sculptural forms.

12C/P “12C/P”

12 hand blown glass: cut, ground and polished.

Diamond Tourmaline “Diamond Tourmaline”

A 10"' hand blown glass form cut, ground and polished in a diamond fashion.

L:G/AY “L:G/AY”

A duo of hand blown glass forms that balance on a number of facets that allow the pieces to be turned and rearranged into different sculptural configurations.

Embrace “Embrace”

Sculpture from hand blown: cut, ground and polished forms.

6S/AY “6S/AY”

Tourmaline created from a hand blown glass form that is cut: ground and polished.

P/Aqua “P/Aqua”

10" Tourmaline created from a hand blown cut, ground and polished glass form.

Astronomy & Architecture

Pieces inspired by pictures sent back to Earth from the Hubble telescope. Planets and moons in orbit, nebula on the edge of our Universe all inspired me to create this floating sculptures as seen from various Architectural elements such as arches and windows.

Double Eclipse “Double Eclipse”

Astronomy inspired sculpture available in 12" and 18" with any color from my gemstone palette.

Wedge “Wedge”

Sculpture available in 24", 53" and custom sizes.

Callisto “Callisto”

Sculpture available in 25"x18" or custom size.

LYRA “LYRA”

Available in 12" and 18" in any gemstone color.

Portal “Portal”

Sculpture is 52"x52".

Tumbling Dice “Tumbling Dice”

Sculpture is 28"x38" or custom size.

Druid Moon “Druid Moon”

Sculpture is 24"x24". Available in all Gemstone colors and custom sizes.

Buttress “Buttress”

Sculpture is 48"x 42" available in any gemstone color and custom size.

Lamps

I create lamps that are sculptures that light up. I also do custom chandeliers.

Bouqet Chandelier “Bouqet Chandelier”

118" inches tall and 48" wide, hundreds of pieces weighting 2,000 lbs. this custom chandelier was designed to hang from a 22' ceiling.
Commissions are welcome.

Helios “Helios”

Geometric lamps from blown glass and corian bases give soft atmospheric light to a room.
Amber Triangle.

Helios “Helios”

White rectangle

Helios “Helios”

Cobalt square

Trumpets “Trumpets”

Trumpets can hang large end up or down. colors are custom.

Slices

Hand blown glass cut, ground and polished into small table top sculptures about the size of your hand. Beautiful gemlike forms in gemstone colors.

Astronomy Perfumes “Astronomy Perfumes”

Small scale sculptures in the form of perfume bottles. Many designs in gemstone colors.
Shown here "Partial Eclipse"

Astronomy Perfumes “Astronomy Perfumes”

Saturn perfume bottle

Slices “Slices”

Perfume bottles similar to my popular "Slices"

Textite “Textite”

Really unusual combination of anodized aluminum and blown glass. Few available, call for color and shapes.