Caramel Nest (from the Hand-Built Series)
Artist: Tom Philabaum
Date: 1992
Dimensions:
H: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diam: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Arizona friends of Tom Philabaum
Object number: 2013.33
DescriptionThe vessel form consists of undulating solid glass shapes built-up into a nest-like structure with the aid of five assistants. Each segment was made by rolling the hot glass in a silver powder and trailing a line of copper ruby glass over its surface. Each “twig” was then hand-shaped with wet newspaper, nestled into its place and fused to the emerging form at the end of the blow-pipe, then cut to size. Upon completion of the piece, which lasted about 2 hours, it was placed back in the glory hole in a "reduction" atmosphere (more gas than air) in an effort to bring the metallic oxides to the surface. It was “soaked” at 920 degrees F for 8 hours and then annealed over 30 hours to room temperature. The base is ground and polished.
The vessel form consists of undulating solid glass shapes built-up into a nest-like structure with the aid of five assistants. Each segment was made by rolling the hot glass in a silver powder and trailing a line of copper ruby glass over its surface. Each “twig” was then hand-shaped with wet newspaper, nestled into its place and fused to the emerging form at the end of the blow-pipe, then cut to size. Upon completion of the piece, which lasted about 2 hours, it was placed back in the glory hole in a "reduction" atmosphere (more gas than air) in an effort to bring the metallic oxides to the surface. It was “soaked” at 920 degrees F for 8 hours and then annealed over 30 hours to room temperature. The base is ground and polished.
The vessel form consists of undulating solid glass shapes built-up into a nest-like structure with the aid of five assistants. Each segment was made by rolling the hot glass in a silver powder and trailing a line of copper ruby glass over its surface. Each “twig” was then hand-shaped with wet newspaper, nestled into its place and fused to the emerging form at the end of the blow-pipe, then cut to size. Upon completion of the piece, which lasted about 2 hours, it was placed back in the glory hole in a "reduction" atmosphere (more gas than air) in an effort to bring the metallic oxides to the surface. It was “soaked” at 920 degrees F for 8 hours and then annealed over 30 hours to room temperature. The base is ground and polished.
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