"Mandarin" by Toots Zynsky, 1992
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Toots Zynsky developed a technique she calls filet de verre ("net of glass")--artwork made of thousands of pulled glass threads. This was initially done by hand, but she collaborated with Mathijs Teunissen Van Manen to create a thread-pulling machine. Studio glass experts Tina Oldknow and Karen Chambers have likened Zynsky's work to, "brushstrokes of color frozen forever in space and time."
Toots Zynsky developed a technique she calls filet de verre ("net of glass")--artwork made of thousands of pulled glass threads. This was initially done by hand, but she collaborated with Mathijs Teunissen Van Manen to create a thread-pulling machine. Studio glass experts Tina Oldknow and Karen Chambers have likened Zynsky's work to, "brushstrokes of color frozen forever in space and time."
Artifact
Sculpture (Visual work)
Date Made
1992
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2015.92.71
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Bruce and Ann Bachmann.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 18.5 in
Length: 6 in
Volume: 0.32 cu. ft. (Storage volume: 0.83 cu. ft.)
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