Jirí Suhajek is one of the Czech Republic’s most important living glass designers. He is also one of the very few Czech glass artists who crosses both design and making.

Combined with the high quality of glass produced at Moser, Suhajek was able to create a number of landmark designs, including this vase, which was designed in 1976 and in production for a few years. All were a new departure for Moser, in terms of their style and the way the designer worked closely with the glassmakers throughout the production process.

Suhajek was inspired by nature, and abstract, modern art in this design, and so has followed a tradition that began in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The stylised flower is made up from melted glass chips and applied trails, which are used in an almost painterly manner. The thick colourless body was then dipped twice in green glass to give the distinctive ‘wings’, optical effect in the uncased ‘V’, and the weight.

This unmarked example is in excellent condition, with a number of bubbles, or ‘seeds’ within the glass which were not unintended, as they drive home the unique, nature of production.

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