Untitled by Giles Bettison, 2018
THF180566 / Untitled by Giles Bettison, 2018
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Artifact Overview
Giles Bettison is a master of the Murano "murrini" technique -- the use of cut up canework. Bettison fashioned this vessel using murrini fragments that he created over the past 20 years. As Greenfield Village master glassblower Josh Wojick states, "It is almost like a retrospective of the artist in a single object." Bettison's arrangement of murrini is like the imagery of a painting by the American abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sculpture (Visual work)
Date Made
2018
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made in May 2018 in the Glass Shop in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2018.116.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Giles Bettison.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in
Diameter: 5.5 in
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This platter is a new form for Janusz Pozniak, based on experimental pieces he first produced at a glass furnace in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2017 and developed in conversation with Josh Wojick, Greenfield Village master glassblower. The colorations in the platter are from bits of murrini glass sandwiched together and fused into shape.