Glass Rods, Used by Paul Stankard, 2010-2015
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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
Rod (Object genre)
Date Made
2010-2015
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Colored glass
Dimensions
Length: 9.25 in (light green rod)
Diameter: 0.188 in (light green rod)
Length: 7.375 in (red rod)
Diameter: 0.25 in (red rod)
Length: 11 in (brown rod)
Diameter: 0.25 in (brown rod)
Length: 9.25 in (black rod)
Diameter: 0.25 in (black rod)
Length: 7.5 in (orange rod)
Diameter: 0.25 in (orange rod)
Length: 8.125 in (light blue rod)
Diameter: 0.25 in (light blue rod)
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