Corona Virus Tumbler, 2020

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Artifact Overview

Artists at the Glass Academy in Dearborn, Michigan, create handcrafted glass products and provide an array of learning opportunities for the community. In 2020, their business, like many others in America, essentially came to a halt during the global coronavirus pandemic--but they found a creative outlet. Inspired, they recreated the coronavirus in glass, donating a portion of their sales to help other small businesses.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Tumbler (Drinking glass)

Date Made

2020

Creator Notes

Made by Jacob Nordin at the Glass Academy in Dearborn, Michigan.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2022.50.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Michelle Plucinsky.

Material

Glass (Material)

Color

Red
Colorless

Dimensions

Height: 5.5 in
Width: 2.75 in
Length: 3 in

Inscriptions

etched on bottom: J[acob] Nordin 2020