Blog - Floravita Reverse Hand Painted Chandeliers and Hawaiian Art

My art form is a very old and rare art form, yes I do know this

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:10-07:00February 27th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|

Yes, my art form has it's roots in a very old art form and yes, it is rare—these are realizations that are not groundbreaking to me. There is a lot of blood, sweat and tears behind my work, especially in the earlier years. It is a very challenging calling to choose to pursue the life [...]

Reverse painted chandelier with greens and earth tones

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:10-07:00February 27th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|Tags: ferns, hand painted chandelier, Jenny Floravita, reverse painted chandelier|

Woodsy Green is a new reverse painted chandelier with green and earth tone colors. It's a very lavishly layered painting that features grasses and ferns and palm fronds and a warm gold colored bottom. The flowers that are interspersed with the greens are accent colors. White daisies, columbine flowers, Texas blue bells, sage, Indian paint [...]

Reverse Painted Lamp Shade with desert themes

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:10-07:00February 13th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|Tags: commission, custom, glass, hand painted lamp shade, Jenny Floravita, painted lamp, reverse painted lamp shade|

This is the second custom reverse painted lamp shade that I completed via commission for a couple in Florida who had broken one of a pair of treasured painted lamp shades. The shade that broke was a mass-produced type of shade, not done by any particular artist and probably done in a factory overseas but [...]

new release of a Honolulu Beauty reverse painted chandelier

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:11-07:00February 13th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|Tags: geisha, Geshia, ginger, Hawaii, Hononolulu Beauties, Jenny Floravita, orchid, picture brides, plumeria, reverse painted chandelier, tropical flowers|

Just released a new Geisha reverse painted chandelier in my Honolulu Beauties Series. This is a 24" diameter piece and features one 'Geisha' face. My Honolulu Beauties are inspired by the picture brides that went to Hawaii in the early 1900s. They left everything they knew behind in their homelands—their family, their foods, their climate [...]

Circles of Sedona reverse hand painted chandelier is 2013 NICHE Finalist

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:13-07:00February 13th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|

I'm excited to announce that Circles of Sedona, an abstract reverse hand painted chandelier, is a 2013 NICHE Awards Finalist! I've know this since the fall but am now just getting the time to share. This abstract, hand painted chandelier was made by me. I create and fire my glass bowls here in my studio. [...]

Reverse hand painted lamp shade featuring Cat, Grapes and Brids

By jennyfloravita|2022-03-10T08:08:13-07:00February 10th, 2013|Categories: Glass Blog|

Cat Got The Grapes is the unofficial title that I gave to this commissioned, reverse hand painted lamp shade that was created for a couple who live in Florida. Every year I meet people who have unfortunately broken a painted lamp, usually an antique. The broken lamp in question for this client was not so [...]