The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

Wow, how lovely are these vessels from Andrea Walsh? The bottom of each one looks alive and glistening with the slopping about of luscious wet paint, but in fact what we see is glass.

Andrea works with bone china clay combined with paper to create vessels containing glass which is cast directly inside the piece, emulating liquid contained within the form. The glass is meant to resemble water in its stillness and calm. My favourite are the paper cones which look like they are about to ooze out the glass/liquid any second – such a unique concept!

Delicate and playful glass vessels illustrated by Japanese artist Shinzi Katoh at Shelf…

These strange and beautiful creations are by designer Anna Ter Haar of the Netherlands. Titled ‘Cinderella’s Chair, the project involves blowing the glass directly onto the severed leg of each chair. Although delicate seeming the chairs are actually very sturdy to sit on despite their fragile appearance. Wonderful!