Jerry Glaser California Design Wood Vases

A set of three expertly turned vases from the 1960s by legendary California craftsman, Jerry Glaser (1919-2013). One is signed California Black Walnut, Jerry Glaser. All three came from the artist’s estate.

The vases measure: 5.75″ x 4.5″; 5.5″ x 3.75″; 4.5″ x 5.5″

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Jerry’s first woodturning was during a junior high school class in 1934. He was then inspired stylistically after seeing an exhibition of Swedish crafts at the Marshall Field’s department store in Chicago. He studied engineering and graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology. Starting in the 1940s, he worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry and designed jet engines. He would later use that expertise to develop state of the art woodturning tools which many consider to be the best in the world.

His woodturnings were included in many exhibitions in 1950s and 60s, including California Design 8 at the Pasadena Museum of art . The show included five pieces by Jerry, six by Bob Stocksdale and furniture by Sam Maloof furniture, who said this: “Jerry’s work was as good as anyone else around at the time. If he had stayed with woodturning, he would have gone all the way. He made a decision to go a different direction so we would have all the good tools to work with.”