Blizzard Amulet Basket
Artist: Laura Donefer (Canadian (born in the United States), born 1955)
Factory/Foundry: Laura Donefer Studio
Date: 2007
Dimensions:
15 1/2 × 14 × 6 in. (39.4 × 35.6 × 15.2 cm)
Medium: Colorless and opaque white glass, blown, tooled, applied, flameworked, assembled. Pontil mark ground and polished. Found organic objects (sea shells, bleached roots)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2010.8
Label Text:Known as an artist with a brilliant command of color and attention to detail, Laura Donefer has been using glass as a primary artistic medium for more than 27 years. Unusual for her work, she chose a monochrome palette of transparent and opaque white glass for this Amulet Basket. According to Donefer, she was experimenting with the form in the middle of a blizzard in the winter of 2007, which inspired her to create this work with its wintry appearance.
Donefer also often incorporates mixed media and—literally—“found” objects into her work. A confessed lifelong hoarder, her studio is crammed with what she calls “human sheddings, urban remnants, and natural bric-a-brac.”
Donefer also often incorporates mixed media and—literally—“found” objects into her work. A confessed lifelong hoarder, her studio is crammed with what she calls “human sheddings, urban remnants, and natural bric-a-brac.”
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