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Primary Description:
Red, black and colorless glass threads; fused and thermo-formed glass threads (filet de verre). Aysmmetrical vessel with undulating rim and body, slumped inside of a bowl-shaped steel mold, then re-slumped over a cone, and finally squeezed into shape by the artist. Vessel tapers to a circular base; base ground.
Exhibitions (1)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-04-02 through 2011-12-04
A pioneer of the studio glass movement, Toots Zynsky draws from the traditions of painting, sculpture and the decorative arts to inspire her innovative, intricate vessels. Masters of Studio Glass: Toots Zynsky, featured 12 works representing the varied techniques and inspirations from throughout Zynsky’s career.
Zynsky attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she was one of acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly’s first students. In 1971, she was part of a group of Chihuly’s friends and RISD students who founded the influential Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. There, she made installations of slumped plate glass, and later experimented with video and performance work with artist Buster Simpson, incorporating hot and cold glass. This experimental work was critical to the development of using glass as a material to explore issues in contemporary art.
Publications (7)
Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015)
illustrated, p. 33, 194-195 (fig. 63, plate 74);
BIB# 149403
Recent Important Acquisitions (New Glass Review 32) (2011)
illustrated, p. 126, bottom, left;
BIB# AI95695
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2010 (2011)
illustrated, pp. 3, 61, #42;
BIB# AI86878
The Gather (2011)
illustrated, p. 9;