Artist:

Flora C. Mace, born Exeter, NH 1949  Search this

Joey Kirkpatrick, born Des Moines, IA 1952  Search this

Medium:

glass

Dimensions:

8 x 11 x 8 5/8 in. (20.3 x 28.0 x 21.9 cm.)

Type:

Decorative Arts-Glass

Crafts

Date:

1994

Luce Center Label:

Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace hope their fruit sculptures inspire people to appreciate everyday objects. To build up the realistic color in Green Apple and Pear, they sifted crushed colored glass onto the blown form while it was still hot, creating layers of tone and texture. In the Zanfirico fruit, thin canes of glass were fused onto the surface of blown glass to create delicate spirals of pattern that stand out against the clear form.

Luce Object Quote:

"[Fruit] shows the bountifulness of life." Joey Kirkpatrick, American Craft, 1989

Topic:

Object\fruit\plum  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance

Object number:

1995.16.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 55B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7106993df-a934-4cc0-8631-eaf32c0bd2f6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1995.16.3