Roger Gandelman

Roger Gandelman has been blowing glass for over 30 years. Early in his career, he decided to put the bulk of his energy into making art glass perfume bottles. He has put his full artistic efforts into making this object. His bottles, although small in scale, make a grand statement.

Roger sees perfume bottles as small, elegant treasures; made to be turned, touched, and relished. He strives to make the form organic, smooth, and familiar, with very few sharp angles. The lip is simple and unobtrusive. The interior decoration adds life, movement, and dimension to the piece.

Roger uses both furnace and torch techniques to make his work. Colored glass is applied to the clear glass surface to build the flowers. The piece is then encased in more clear glass to achieve a multi-layered 3D optical effect. The flowers appear to be suspended inside the glass.  Many bottles have various exterior lusters applied while the glass is still molten. The bottle is then cut and polished the next day (using diamond grinding equipment) to open up windows in the glass to expose the interior decoration.

Roger does all the glassblowing in his studio without assistance. Since he does not work with a team, every progressive step in the creation of the piece has to satisfy him. No piece is finished until it is a beautiful perfect perfume bottle.

Roger strives to make timeless designs…unmarred by passing trends; with flavors from the age of excellence, encased in a contemporary form.