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Mongrain Glass Fancy Wine Glasses

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(Reprinted with permission: http://cici-online.com)

Mongrain Glass makes beautiful and fancy wine glasses. James Mongrain is the artist behind this beauty. I had the great opportunity to visit a Mongrain Glass showroom. The thing that impresses me most about James Mongrain is that he has worked with Dale Chihuly since the late 1990’s. Dale Chihuly is a world class glass artist.

I looked over the Mongrain Glass fancy wine glasses. The white glass goblets were magnificent, as were the chartreuse and yellow. I viewed the Solid Series - there were more fancy wine glasses in blue, pink and the prettiest black glass I’ve ever seen.

James Mongrain and Mongrain Glass have so many fancy wine glasses. It is important to keep in mind that each of the pieces is handmade and one-of-a-kind.

Mongrain Glass has a series of fancy wine glasses called the Creature Series. These are so beautiful. The stems of the fancy wine glasses are creatures like swans and sea horses. There is one design in particular, that has a frosted look to it. There are dainty flowers around the base of these fancy wine glasses.

The Modern Venetians line of Mongrain Glass fancy wine glasses are very sophisticated in appearance. The glass detail work brings lace to mind because of its intricacy. One would have a very hard time trying to choose which line of Morain Glass fancy wine glasses they wanted. They are all so breathtakingly beautiful.

In addition to fancy wine glasses, Morain Glass makes commissioned pieces of art. They have a website featuring a gallery of some rather large pieces. There are no prices listed on this website, but these look like they could cost many hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

Fancy wine glasses really do seem to be a small part of what Morain Glass does in their studio. There was a piece of art entitle Vortex. Vortex is described as a 7-foot stainless-steel slice of sensuality. The foundation of this piece of art is set in steel and a collection of glass forms illuminate neon light from within. The union of glass and steel in this piece of art is somewhat of a contrast, both in form and idea. Glass and steel are two distinct elements that have been joined so intimately it’s as if they are one.