Liquid Motion Teapot
23 1/2 x 11" x 4"
$5000

Montana Blue
Shard Vessel
14" x 19" x 15"
$2800

Large Orange Urn Vessel
17" x 19" x 6"
$1800

Purchasing Information

Born in Clearwater, Florida (1960), Rick Eckerd received his art degree from Tulane University, before beginning years of study and "residency" at the Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. His best known pieces are colorful, complex, nonfunctional vessel-like objects. "The long historic relationship of glass as a material with things like teapots, pitchers, glasses, etc, provides an endless resource for metaphor." Rick's teapots combine cast geometric components with hot-sculpted shapes that serve as handles, spouts, feet, and other appendages. Every teapot has a sense of motion and fluidity, and a distinct personality.

Rick also produces striking blown pieces, typically large vessels in which he takes a painterly approach to color, form, and line quality. His shard vessels make exquisite use of "leftovers" from the teapots and other pieces, incorporated into classic blown formats that are further decorated with glass frit and powders. Shards are also incorporated in Rick's rondeles - large wall platters in vivid colors and abstract patterns.