Miniature Glass Elephants, 1966
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Artifact Overview
Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, dreamed of becoming an artist even as he worked for chemical laboratories making scientific instruments. At his home studio in the late 1960s, he began fashioning small flame worked novelties and sold them to support his family. This creative outlet was not enough and he began to experiment with making paperweights--a form in which he would excel.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Miniature (Object genre)
Date Made
1966
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Colorless
Dimensions
Height: 2.25 in (large elephant)
Width: 1.5 in (large elephant)
Length: 3 in (large elephant)
Height: 1.25 in (small elephant)
Width: 0.5 in (small elephant)
Length: 1 in (small elephant)
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Paul Stankard is one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement of the 1960s and 70s. Most early Studio Glass artists began their careers creating paperweights and moved on to other forms. Stankard concentrated on creating the most technically sophisticated and beautiful paperweights he could imagine. Today, Stankard is acclaimed for his miniature worlds, consisting of imaginary botanicals, bees and sometimes human figures.