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Artist Concetta Mason (American, born 1956)

Date1984

DimensionsH of bowl and stand: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm);
Diam of bowl: 6 13/32 in. (16.3 cm);
Length of stand: 6 5/8 in. (16.85 cm)

MediumGlass, blown, tooled, "controlled broken"; parts sandblasted, enamelled and fired; reconstructed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1986.23

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Description

Label TextTo create her fractured bowls, Concetta Mason has developed a “precision breaking” technique, where she carefully breaks a piece or pieces off her blown-glass form and then reconstructs the segments into a new form. What looks like cutting on the bowl and stand is achieved through the sandblasting process, where glass is removed by bombarding the object with fine grains of sand that are propelled by compressed air.