Henry Richardson

Heralded as a "Magician With Glass," Henry Richardson has garnered every accolade imaginable in all the prestigious American shows of glass art. His awesome "Tikkun," all five thousand pounds of its fractured-glass-six-foot-in-circumference-stately-presence, mesmerizes the eye and stirs the soul.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, Massachusetts, emeritus curator of the American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Department says "The visual impact of this sculpture is almost overwhelming because of its size and material composition... the transmittance of light through the glass prevents the sculpture from assuming the visual mass of a solid object... the construction is astonishing. The message of the sculpture, that good deeds help to heal the world, is intriguing... this work (is) a masterpiece."

As the artist says, "part of the purpose of the piece ("Tikkun") is to provide a way in which anyone who looks at it can have an experience that is personal to them."

From classical amphorae to shimmering fountains, from massive tables to intriguing wall pieces, from elegant fan-shaped vessels to an incredible one hundred pound fractured glass golf ball resting on its unique cherry tee, the diversity of unique objects flowing, though painstakingly, from Henry Richardson's gifted hands, are of rare and rising value. A major commission currently in progress will result in an 18' x 8' glass cross, the largest in the world.

After careful planning, often involving complex mathematical formulae, Mr. Richardson scores predetermined sections on the chosen slab of glass, then with the classic hammer and chisel, creates the individual pieces to be bonded by laser or high tech epoxy. Painstaking and physically demanding to create, the resultant works are rare treasures.