blue-green glass; football-shaped base; wedge-shaped body with rounded top and thick "handle"; brown pigments on "trim"; copper wire wrapped around handle

%C2%A9 Daniel Clayman

Untitled, c. 1990

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Clayman chose cast glass (molded glass frit, not poured) as his way of exploring the monolithic and semi-opaque qualities of glass while at the Rhode Island School of Design, an important center for experimentation in the medium. This untitled cast glass sculpture has various references-perhaps to ancient tools or memorials, or not-so-ancient tools, such as early 20th century flat irons. These so-called "handled" early works share a reference to function while gaining graphic definition through copper wire wrapping the form.

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Title
Untitled
Artist Life
born 1957
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.112.5
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blue-green glass; football-shaped base; wedge-shaped body with rounded top and thick "handle"; brown pigments on "trim"; copper wire wrapped around handle

© Daniel Clayman

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