Petri Dish with Glass Inclusions, Used by Paul Stankard, 2010-2015
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Paul Stankard, renowned paperweight artist of the Studio Glass movement, uses a technique called flame working to create what he calls "inclusions"--amazingly lifelike tiny flowers, insects, and even human figures made of glass. Stankard fashions these "inclusions" from commercially available rods of glass--a process perfected only after hours of trial and error. He then encases them into a glass mold, to produce a paperweight.
Paul Stankard, renowned paperweight artist of the Studio Glass movement, uses a technique called flame working to create what he calls "inclusions"--amazingly lifelike tiny flowers, insects, and even human figures made of glass. Stankard fashions these "inclusions" from commercially available rods of glass--a process perfected only after hours of trial and error. He then encases them into a glass mold, to produce a paperweight.
Artifact
Petri dish
Date Made
2010-2015
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New Jersey, Mantua
Creator Notes
Petri dish made by Corning, glass inclusions made by Paul Stankard in Mantua, New Jersey.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Color
Colorless
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: .875 in
Diameter: 3.938 in
Inscriptions
CORNING
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