An individually handmade contemporary glass sailing boat with a tall, sweeping fused-glass sail.
Glowing shades of orange, amber and golden yellow move through the translucent glass, crossed by an expressive botanical pattern suggesting opening petals, leaves and grasses. The design becomes especially luminous when displayed near a window, allowing natural light to bring the layered colour and delicate markings to life.
Orange Blossom brings warmth and energy to the Regatta Collection, recalling sunlit flowers, late-summer gardens and sails glowing in the evening light.
The kiln-fired pattern moves freely through the glass, making this boat completely individual. The Orange Blossom colourway may be revisited, but no future sail will have precisely the same arrangement of colour and markings.
This listing is for the exact medium Orange Blossom boat shown in the individual photographs. The coordinating large boat pictured alongside it is available separately and is not included.
Choose a single boat as a small piece of contemporary glass art, buy several to create a matching group, or combine it with other individual boats from the Regatta Collection to build your own personal fleet.
THE STORY BEHIND THE REGATTA COLLECTION
The Regatta Collection grew from a lifetime spent around sailboats and the sea. Some of my earliest and strongest memories are connected with water, and sailing has remained a thread running through my life.
More recently, watching the racing from Felpham Beach and returning to New Zealand brought many of those memories back to the surface. While in Auckland during the Covid period, I was fortunate to attend the 36th America’s Cup. We travelled out by boat to the very edge of the racecourse, close enough to experience the extraordinary scale, speed and movement of the yachts as they passed. It was an unforgettable reminder of the power and elegance of a sail carried by the wind.
These glass boats are not intended as precise models. They are small responses to remembered sails, racing boats, shifting horizons and light moving across open water.
Each boat carries a fragment of those experiences: New Zealand waters, sailing in Hong Kong, the racing off Felpham and the enduring feeling of being at home near the sea.
DISPLAY AND CONSTRUCTION
The fused-glass sail rests on its own handmade clear-glass base, shaped to suggest a boat’s hull and finished with a polished chrome fitting.
Display it individually on a shelf, mantelpiece or windowsill, or place it alongside other boats from the collection to create your own regatta. Near natural light, the subtle tonal variations and striations within the blue glass become more visible.
The glass sail measures approximately 15 cm high.
As every component is individually handmade, measurements, colour distribution and markings may vary slightly from the photographs.
The sail separates from its stand for secure, compact delivery and is easily reassembled on arrival.
Designed and handmade by Jan Simpson in her West Sussex studio.
This listing is for one boat. Select the required quantity when ordering.
