Carbon Glassmaking Mold with Glass Cube, Used by Paul Stankard, 1985-2000
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Artifact Overview
Paperweight artist Paul Stankard creates small botanical worlds in glass. Using a technique called flame working, Stankard melts rods of glass--pulled and shaped with tweezers and other tools--to fashion amazingly lifelike tiny flowers, insects, and even human figures. These "inclusions" are then encased in a glass mold to produce a paperweight.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Glassmaking mold
Date Made
1985-2000
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Mold made by unknown company, glass cube made by Paul Stankard in his studio in Mantua, New Jersey.
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Carbon
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Color
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Brown
Colorless
Red
Dimensions
Height: 6 in (mold)
Width: 6.875 in (mold)
Length: 17.5 in (mold)
Height: 3 in (cube)
Width: 2.875 in (cube)
Length: 2.875 in (cube)
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