The function of some pieces of glass is purely decorative. This piece is clearly one of these items, called swirling desert named by the artist himself it’s a part of a body of work that he calls slash and cut where a diamond wheel is used  to cut the entire surface of this mould blown glass object.  On the corners it is completely cut through revealing glimpses of the interior. Created by Tim Shaw an internationally known artist working from his studio in the Adelaide Hills South Australia.