vASeS: elevATe The IMpACT oF Any BoUqUeT yoU GIve To yoUr SWeeTheArT By preSenTInG IT In An exqUISITe vASe FroM one oF Cohn STone STUdIoS vASe SerIeS. vASeS STArT AT $150. february 2015 MARKETPLACEcontrac osta .com 21 get to the studio,” she shares. “We are so blessed that we get to do what we love.” Stone admits that the couple is at their studio five, even six, days a week. “We are there more than we are at home. There are so many possibilities of what can be created and it is frustrating that there just isn’t enough time in the day. At some point we have to stop and actually go home,” she adds. Their passion and dedication for their art form is evident in the remarkable pieces they create. From the whimsical nature inspired pieces to their imaginative vases and paperweights, every piece created is truly unique. “We are very picky of our work. We aim to make the very highest quality pieces we can and it is a challenge to make the next piece better than the last,” she says. Stone credits the quality of their pieces not only to her and Cohn’s artistic skills in blowing and sculpting, but also to their proprietary formulas for making the glass. “We melt our own glass. each batch starts out as 13 or 14 raw materials that look like baking flour,” she describes. once mixed, the raw batch will go into a 2,300 degree oven, which Cohn built himself, where it will cook all night. Come morning the batch will be a molten blob of glass ready to be transformed. “different batch formulas will act differently—some will move around longer, some will melt at lower temperatures. our formulas are specific to how we need to and want to work with the glass. So we are always changing it depending on what we want to make.” As an avid gardener Stone finds much of her inspiration in her garden outside the studio. This is clearly evident in her bird and flower pieces. “The birds are really fun and also challenging, which is what makes them extra fun,” she says. “each one is unique and has a different expression.” Stone says that a lot of inspiration for the duo also comes from simply working with the glass. “Something happens when you are working on a piece—you see something in the glass that you then develop into another idea,” she says. “Working is always an inspiration in itself.”
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