Starfire Particle

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Starfire Particle

Artist Tom Patti (American, born 1943)

Date1992-1994

Dimensions3 15/16 x 4 7/8 x 4 in. (10.0 x 12.4 x 10.2 cm)

MediumPittsburgh Plate Glass Starphire® glass, hot-formed, ground, polished

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Ann and Glen Hiner

Object number

1995.10

Not on View

Label TextTom Patti uses industrial glass as a sculptural medium to create miniature moments that explore the relationship between art and science. To create the internal veiling seen in Starfire Particle, Patti fused sheets of glass that have been mechanically treated to form tiny spheres of air. The result is a stretched, undulating, organic composition that appears to be larger than it actually is.Comparative ReferencesSee also (Exhibition) Springfield, Massachusetts, The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Tom Patti: Glass, 1980. Cf. (Exhibition) The Saint Louis Art Museum, Currents 24: Tom Patti, 1984 (brochure).