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Sculpture, "Innerland". Colorless lead glass; cast, cut, engraved, sandblasted, polished. Square; thirty-eight cut pieces which, when assembled, form 25 cubes placed together in a thick, flat, square; engraved and sandblasted imagery projects into glass from the underside and sides of components except for one large engraved lens which rests on surface (4B). Design consists of an imaginary landscape radiating from (3C), the center, five-part cube consisting of a free central squared column containing a small "cell" air trap and four beveled free sides with engraved imagery of a fortress walls. The fortress walls extend into the four adjacent cubes (4C, 3B, 3D, and 2C). Cubes (3D and 3E) join together to create the main path to the fortress intersected by two gates and a small free diamond-shaped prism (3D/E) sitting between both blocks, path flanked by low mountains. The remaining space can roughly be divided into four quadrants (moving clockwise from the back left corner):
The first quadrant consists of (1A, 2A, 1B, and 2B), which form bursting concentric circles of energy and intertwined tree roots surrounding a faceted, pyramidal mountain; the roots/energy lines develop into a tree in (5C) and wind down into (3A).
The second quadrant consists of (4A) block divided horizontally into two parts with large split center air trap, (5A) mountain with central air trap, (5Bab) two-part block with center free cylindrical column, and (4B) honeycomb of small polished "eye" lenses, which expand to fill nearly all of (4C) and some of (5C).
The third quadrant consists of (4D, 5D, 4E, and 5E) four blocks surrounding free four-sided columnar prism with central small air trap (4D/E), each block has concentric rings of energy/roots leading from a "tree of life".
The fourth quadrant consists of (1D) vortex/mountain surrounding small air trap, (1Ea) a cube with cloud formation on two sides and concentric ring/roots and also contains a cylindrical free column (1Eb), (2Db) a free, thin, flat lens which sits on top of (2Da) cube and is engraved with abstracted image of flying bird, and (5E), a cube with engraved flowers and abstract vegetal tendrils.
Exhibitions (1)

The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of the Crystal Object
Venue(s)
M. H. De Young Memorial Museum 1992-02-22 through 1992-05-17
Toledo Museum of Art 1992-06-30 through 1992-08-22
National Museum of American History 1992-10-03 through 1993-01-24
Denver Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Publications (26)
Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design (2018)
illustrated, p. 259 (bottom);
Flawless Until the End (2012-01)
illustrated, p. 49;
Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008)
illustrated, p. 38, 94-95 (fig. 77, plate 23);
BIB# 107478
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (2003 edition) (2003)
pp. 18-19, 21, 43, 170-171;
BIB# 75000
Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design (2002)
illustrated, 9-12, fig. 9.34;
BIB# 68554
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 165;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, pp. 2-3;
BIB# 63967
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum (1992-06)
illustrated, p. 55;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 224-225, pl. 104;
BIB# 33819
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989)
illustrated, p. 156;
BIB# 32803
A Touch of Glass: contemporary views of glass art and its origins (1983)
illustrated, p. 135;
BIB# 22743
Multimedia (3)

Hilton Innerland
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