Pink Bowl
Artist: Karla Trinkley (American, born 1956)
Date: 1990
Dimensions:
H: 15 7/8 in. (40.4 cm); W: 14 in. (35.6 cm); D: 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
Medium: Glass, cast using pâte de verre technique
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1991.5
Label Text:Karla Trinkley revived an ancient Roman technique, so-called "cage" cups (see Gallery 1). Cage cups were the most exclusive luxury glasses made in the later Roman Empire. These small ancient vessels started out as thick-walled, blown blanks (cooled, unworked glass forms) and the cage emerged by carefully cutting and grinding the exterior in a laborious and risky process. Trinkley achieved her cage construction by casting it from pulverized glass in a plaster mold that was then fired in a furnace over a period of several weeks. Glittering in pale pink and green, the bowl’s delicate surface contradicts its large, off-centered form.
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