paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Artist
Paul Stankard
(American, b. 1943)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1987
TechniqueLampworked, cut, polished, laminated
SizeOverall H: 19 cm, W: 8.4 cm, Diam (max): 7 cm
Accession Number87.4.50
Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of American Glass
Interpretive NotesPaul Stankard is one of the world’s greatest paperweight makers and lampworkers. In his studio, he strives to reproduce accurately the delicate flora he studies and photographs during walks in the woods near his home. His “Botanical” series displays the entire plant, with soil and roots, three-dimensionally. Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), also known as corpse plant or convulsion root, grows in moist woodlands in warm and temperate areas of North America, in Japan, and in the Himalayas. The artist’s fanciful root system includes “spirit people” - a whimsical touch to an unusual chlorophyll-less, saprophytic plant. The detailed forms embedded in the glass are produced with extremely fine flameworking.
United States, NJ, Mantua
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Object copyright© Paul Stankard