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Glass truck hitch [electronic resource] : trailer ball hitch, coupler and chain in glass replicated to scale in glass.

Glass truck hitch [electronic resource] : trailer ball hitch, coupler and chain in glass replicated to scale in glass.

 
 
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Author/Artist: 
Dixon, Keetra Dean.
Other Authors: 
Keller, Jonathan Keller.
Rochelle, Chris.
Publisher: 
2012.
Series: 
GlassLab preparatory drawing
Subjects: 
Dixon, Keetra Dean.
Keller, Jonathan Keller.
Corning Museum of Glass. GlassLab (July 14-15, 2012 : Governors Island, New York, N.Y.)
Glassware United States 21st century Design.
Record Number
Bib ID: 
132906
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Description
1 computer file.
Notes
Document includes three central images: ball mount and trailer ball, trailer coupler, and chain; another image, of the three objects together, appears in the lower right corner. The designers wanted to achieve a parallel of trying to haul a heavy load with a glass trailer hitch to the emotive state of "bearing a load".
"Components could be simplified" --
typed below title.
Keetra Dean Dixon and Jonathan Keller Keller collaborated with gaffer Chris Rochelle July 14-15, 2012 during their time at GlassLab at Governors Island. This document helped in the creation GlassLab objects GL218.
Dixon and Keller experiment with non-traditional materials in the field of graphic design.
GlassLab provides an opportunity for designers and glassmakers to collaborate by using hot glass as a catalyst for innovation.
Object/Material Note: 
Related to CMoG object: GL218.