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Primary Description:
Wall Sculpture, "Garden of the Forgotten and Extinct". (a) Opaque white found pressed milk glass objects, opaque white glass, metal, silicone, wood, paint; flameworked, hot-worked, fused, sandblasted, assembled. Rectangular wall sculpture with roughly scalloped outer edges. Sculpture constructed of various flameworked and hot-worked flowers, leaves, thorny branches, and curls that frame a three-dimensional scene including several found glass objects. Found objects include: two swans, two sheep, a lion, a camel, two koala bears, a rabbit, a hand, and a teacup. Some sculptural elements are fused, others are pinned and siliconed onto a wood mount painted white. (b) Wooden wall cleat.
Publications (4)
Notes: The Rakow Commission (New Glass Review, 36) (2015)
illustrated, cover; pp. 99-101;
BIB# AI99414
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2014 (2015)
illustrated, pp. 66-67 (#47);
BIB# AI100547
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2014 (2014)
illustrated, p. 9 (bottom);
BIB# 706293