The vase is hand blown, without the assistance of moulds or any mechanical shaping assistance.  The aqua color comes from adding copper carbonate and a little cobalt to the clear batch base.  The frosted look is the result of rolling the second gather of glass in silver nitrate crystals.    The vase was blown in the early 70’s and is signed and dated. 

Gary Loch is a local artist who worked exclusively in glass from 1970-1987.  Loch managed and taught glass working classes at St. Cloud State University from 1978-87