When these two distinct aesthetic points of view coalesce—when Marioni’s fine patterning endows the central membrane where Kiley’s colored objects fuse together—a stunning harmony is achieved. Though Kiley’s glassblowing demands discipline and technical prowess, and each piece of Marioni’s cane represents decades of practice and hours of labor, the physical act of combining Kiley’s two spheres with Marioni’s reticello core occurs in mere seconds.
