Bee Tree

Object NameBead with bees

Series

Bee Tree

Artist Alan Youse (American, b. 1955)

Made FromNon-lead glass (Moretti)

Date1996

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueflameworked, tooled

SizeL: 3.7 cm, D: 3 cm

Accession Number96.4.190

Credit LineGift of Alan Youse

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Jefferson County Fair

Kitsap County Gem and Mineral Show

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque brownish orange, yellow, black, colorless non-lead glasses (Moretti rods); flameworked, tooled. Solid egg-shaped bead of colorless (narrow end at top) with central cylindrical core of brownish orange partially inlaid with yellow honeycomb-shaped sections, encircling the cylinder and trapped inside the colorless at varying depths are five bees with yellow bodies striped with black, black legs, antennae, wing outlines and details; scattered bubbles; central hole runs from top to bottom of cylinder, abrasion marks on inside of hole openings; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Alan Youse (American, b. 1955)