Garden of Ladders

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Garden of Ladders

Artist Flora Mace American, born 1949

Artist Joey Kirkpatrick American, born 1952

Place of OriginSeattle, WA

Date1989

DimensionsH: 74 in. (188 cm); W: 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm); Depth: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm)

MediumBlown glass, painted alderwood, enamel.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1991.125

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Seattle Art Museum, Figures of Translucence, (exh. cat., Documents Northwest: The Poncho Series 6, 4, ill.), 1989.

Toledo Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, 1993-1995, pl. 30, p. 58, cat. no. 54, p. 199.

Label TextMade of stripped tree limbs found on the grounds of the Pilchuck Glass School, glass leaves, and a serene, ghostly glass head, Garden of Ladders combines elements of nature, autobiography, and metaphor. Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick met at Pilchuck and have been collaborating as artists for more than 27 years. "The wood and glass sculptures reflect our continuing interest in the many and varied ways we experience nature,” they explain.