Artist Hugh Findletar came across glass blowing on a trip to Kenya many years ago. Fascinated by the craft he eventually ended up working with a Master at a furnace in Murano, one of the islands in the lagoon of Venice. The craft of glass blowing uses the four ancient elements, fire, earth, water and air to create transparent and jewel like objects capturing the light and imagination. 

Known as Mr. FLOWERheadZ, Findletar’s unique vases are favorites of Italian fashionistas. His beautiful and humorous vases, called FLOWERheadZ, are portraits of family and friends. Buying one entails the pleasant task of filling them with flowers just as the artists does. Currently his work is featured in Nomad Palais Bulles in partnership with Phillips Auction by The Spaceless Gallery.

Glass blowing and using glass objects in interiors as well as in everyday life has a strong tradition in Scandinavia. Nature is brought inside in huge beautiful vases, candles are lit and reflected in the glass, reflecting the flowers of the season in an appreciation of a new year.

Trained as a photographer in NYC in the 1980’s...working with fashion and for the top magazines, Findletar started to merge portraiture, craft and his passion for flower arranging...and the FLOWERheadZ were born. The Vases, the FISHieZ//fish and the owls//PatooK are often inspired by his native Jamaica. Today he lives and works in Milano and Venice and has done collaborations with many high end vendors like Pomellato and Boyy, as well as showing in Parisian couture fleurist Stéphane Chapelle’s shop in Paris. His work can be seen at the Spaceless Gallery in various countries and on Instagram, at the Museum of Glass in Venice and Paris, in Hotel Costes, galleries at Design Miami, Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milano, and at Paris Art Week at Grand Palais with l’Eclaireur Gallery. 

Lucky collectors in Scandinavia can find his one off pieces such as the FLOWERheadZ in the hip Copenhagen concept store Holly Golightly.

Miss Camille, from the FLOWERheadZ series. (Image courtesy the artist and The Spaceless Gallery.)

Follow and fall in love with the FLOWERheadZ at @mr.flowerheadz