Chuck Simpson Paper weight

Another piece from the local Inglewood Glass Works. Chuck really went to town with the heavy metal salts on this one. It is only small (60mm high) but there is a lot going on and the colours are amazing the bright blue looks a bit more purply in real life but hard to catch with the camera. It's only my opinion but I wonder if Chuck was thinking of Maori canoe anchors (a rock with a hole in it) when he made these.