Starfire Particle
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
Collections
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).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.- Glass
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
1835-1850
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