Sovereign Cloister -- Beyond War
Artist: Michael Glancy (American, 1950-2020)
Assistant : William Morris (American, born 1957)
Assistant : Dante Marioni (American, born 1964)
Date: 1986
Dimensions:
13 1/8 x 20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (33.4 x 53 x 34.9 cm)
Medium: Blown glass, industrial plate glass, copper
Place of Origin: Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number: 1993.4
Label Text:Michael Glancy was particularly drawn to Scandinavian methods of creating new glass objects, which were based on a close collaboration between designers and highly skilled craftsmen. He deeply and meticulously carves heavy-walled sculptural vessels with transparent, colored cores, often changing the shape of the body in the process. Electroplated metal “skins” accentuate patterns exploring geometric and biological grids suggestive of microscopic cellular forms. Glancy nearly always pairs the vessel (he prefers the term “object”) with a base, which he regards as the demarcation of an area, an environment or landscape. Objects and base plates are not created together, but are carefully paired to suit the artist’s vision.
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