Petri Dish with Silica Sand, 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
Petri dish
Date Made
2010-2015
Creators
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Silica sand
Color
Colorless
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Diameter: 3.938 in
Inscriptions
CORNING
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