Artist:

Mary Shaffer, born Walterboro, SC 1943  Search this

Medium:

slumped and fused glass with bronze

Dimensions:

A : 80 × 10 × 11 7/8 in. (203.2 × 25.4 × 30.2 cm) B: 5 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (14.3 × 26.0 × 26.0 cm) C: 7 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (18.1 × 27.0 × 27.3 cm)

Type:

Decorative Arts-Glass

Crafts

Date:

1993

Luce Center Label:

In Mamoure, curved pieces of slumped glass appear to be spilling out of a tall, geometric form. Shaffer scattered tiny threads of color within the fused layers of plate glass to suggest ripples and bubbles of water. The artist creates abstract shapes that evoke sculpture rather than functional ware.

Luce Object Quote:

“I’m not interested in making something that people put a flower in. I want people to reflect on something vital, on a vital human emotion, either terrifying or pleasant. And you simply can’t do that, in my thinking, through a goblet.” Mary Shaffer, Handmade in America, 1995

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Cindy Miscikowski and Doug Ring

Object number:

2000.77A-C

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72f9753e9-e82e-445c-aff3-329d5c6a23b1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2000.77A-C