All About Glass
All About Glass
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525 Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, (Italian, b. 1959) U.S., Stanwood, Washington 1997 Blown and silvered glass; steel structure H: 260 cm, W: 26.9 cm; Base W: 76.2 cm, D. 76.2 cm (2000.4.5) Alessandro Diaz de Santillana uses color and form to interpret the four elements of the exterior world—air,
523 Bertil Vallien (Swedish, b. 1938) Sweden, Åfors, Åfors Glassworks 1988 Sand-cast lead glass and hot-sculpted glass, glass and metal inclusions H: 12.5 cm, W: 195.7 cm, D: 13.7 cm (2007.3.94) Cargo Seed reflects Bertil Vallien’s interest in Sweden’s Viking heritage. He uses boats as a metaphor
521 Stanislav Libenský (Czech, 1921–2002) and Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech, b. 1924) Czech Republic, Železný Brod 1993 Mold-melted glass, cut H: 83.4 cm, W: 119.3 cm, D: 28.2 cm (94.3.101) Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová’s sculptures are cast in a technique called mold melting, in which
519 Debora Moore (American, b. 1960) United States, Seattle, Washington 2007 Blown and hot-worked glass, hot-applied glass powders, acid-etched H: 96.52 cm, W: 30.5 cm, D: 17.8 cm (2007.4.70) Glass is an inorganic material, and it is not usually thought of as possessing natural or organic qualities
517 Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) With the assistance of Daniel Spitzer and Dan Dailey United States, Brooklyn, New York Designed in 1997 and made in 2005 Mold-blown glass, cold-worked; silver-plated steel tire carrier H: 78.7 cm, W: 68.5 cm, D: 29.2 cm (2007.4.5) Rauschenberg is an
513 Lino Tagliapietra (Italian, b. 1934) United States, Seattle, Washington 2004 Blown and hot-worked glass, cut, battuto-cut; steel cable Dimensions variable (2005.4.170) A sense of weightlessness characterizes this installation of 18 boatlike forms. Inspired by the sight of the many gondolas
509 Hollow Torso Clifford Rainey (British, b. Northern Ireland, 1948) United States, Oakland, California 1997 Cast glass, cut, assembled H: 101.6 cm, W: 62 cm, D: 35.5 cm (2001.4.19) Omagh Clifford Rainey (British, b. Northern Ireland, 1948) United States, Oakland, California 2001 Cast glass, cut;
505 Beth Lipman (American, b. 1971) United States, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Brooklyn, New York 2008 Blown glass; silicone; wood table H: 175.3 cm, W: 114.3 cm, D: 106.7 cm (2010.4.43) Blown glass vessels inevitably create associations with vases, drinking glasses, and containers, and it is
501 A major development of the Studio Glass movement has been the use of glass for large-scale sculpture and installations. Since 1980, there has also been a dramatic increase in the size of objects and vessels made of glass. The Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family Gallery of Contemporary Glass demonstrates
808 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
575 Karla Trinkley (American, b. 1956) United States, Boyertown, Pennsylvania 1992 Cast glass (pâte de verre) H: 104.9 cm, W: 57 cm, D: 15.4 cm (2006.4.150) The architectonic shapes, fragile granular textures, and rough edges of Karla Trinkley’s pâte de verre vessels give the impression of great
515 Stanislav Libenský (Czech, 1921–2002) and Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech, b. 1924) Czechoslovakia, Železný Brod Designed in 1978 and made in 1980 Mold-melted glass, cut; steel structure H: 222 cm, W: 225.9 cm (80.3.13) Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová pioneered, explored, developed, and
503 Flora C. Mace (American, b. 1949) and Joey Kirkpatrick (American, b. 1952) United States, Seattle, Washington 2000 Blown glass; carved and painted alderwood bowl H: 69.5 cm, Bowl Diam: 116.7 cm (2002.4.2) Joey Kirkpatrick, a painter, and Flora Mace, a sculptor, share a passion for glassblowing,
810 In Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers, The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the Glass
809 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
807 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
804 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
803 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
805 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
806 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
802 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
801 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
800 In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the
817 The phrase “medieval glass” evokes images of stained glass windows. But there is another world of medieval glass: objects made for daily use. This is the first exhibition in the United States devoted to glass made for the use of popes, princes, and peasants in the Middle Ages.
816 Pairpoint Corporation United States, New Bedford, MA Probably 1910–1914 Glass, metal, enamel; blown, enameled, acid-etched, assembled Overall H: 45 cm, Diam: 31.6 cm (2009.4.339) This urn lamp is unusual and was probably not made in large numbers. It was made from about 1910 to 1915 in a very
A survey of one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary studio glass in the United States, Voices of Contemporary Glass showcases, for the first time, the collection donated to the Museum in 2006 by Ben W. Heineman, Sr. and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. Over a period of 21 years, Mr.
A survey of one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary studio glass in the United States, Voices of Contemporary Glass showcases, for the first time, the collection donated to the Museum in 2006 by Ben W. Heineman, Sr. and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. Over a period of 21 years, Mr.
A survey of one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary studio glass in the United States, Voices of Contemporary Glass showcases, for the first time, the collection donated to the Museum in 2006 by Ben W. Heineman, Sr. and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. Over a period of 21 years, Mr.
A survey of one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary studio glass in the United States, Voices of Contemporary Glass showcases, for the first time, the collection donated to the Museum in 2006 by Ben W. Heineman, Sr. and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. Over a period of 21 years, Mr.
A survey of one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary studio glass in the United States, Voices of Contemporary Glass showcases, for the first time, the collection donated to the Museum in 2006 by Ben W. Heineman, Sr. and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. Over a period of 21 years, Mr.