Small Vase, from the First Toledo Studio Glass Workshop
Small Vase, from the First Toledo Studio Glass Workshop
Artist
Edith Franklin
American, 1922-2012
DateMarch 1962
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Medium# 475 fiberglass marbles by Johns-Manville Co.; blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number
2011.107
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2
Collections
Published References"Acquisitions, " Decorative Arts Society Newsletter, v.20, n.1, Spring 2012, repr. p. 8.
- Glass
Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 25, plate 8 (col.) p. 26, repr. (col.) p. 182.
Adamson, Glenn, "Attack of the Blob," The Glass Art Society Journal, 2012, p. 31, repr.
"Recent Important Acquisitions", New Glass Review, 34, 2013, repr. (col.) p. 109.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.Label TextA much beloved and celebrated fixture of the Toledo art scene for more than six decades, Edith Franklin was an accomplished artist whose practice centered on ceramics. In 1962 she was one of the participants in the Toledo Workshops. The transparent pale green color of these early pieces come from the #475 borosilicate glass marbles supplied by Johns-Manville Fiber Glass, Inc., Toledo, that were used for their ability to melt at low temperatures. Few of the objects made at the workshop survive due to improper annealing, but the workshop was, overall, considered a success and, along with two others, would prove to have tremendous impact.
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