Yeah no doubt.... those pieces take some fucking TIME!
I've seen freek pieces where theres like 4 colors, in a pattern, outlined in black the whole way through... Think about it, your melting rods of glass into intense multi color patterns, and then outlinine it with more glass
This ones $400.
Think about this in glass..
Now, if your looking for a swell pipe to get you stoned before mom gets home... then heady glass like FREEEK glass is NOT for you... That shits ART, your not paying for some dudes time, your paying for his SKILLS which he DEMONSTRATES in the piece. Just like any art.
If you like function over art, and don't collect... look for some clear scientific glass.
I think EDIT is just grossly overcharging though. Freek i'm 95% sure is a US artist. So they have to import his glass to england, to sell it to english people..
If you don't want to pay out the ass to a fucking annoying company (EDIT), then you should look at some US based sites like
www.aqualabtechnologies.com where I found the contained pictures/pieces
Freek has some ill pieces, I thought about buying one of his slides... I just may with some spare cash, they are seriously interesting..