Images(2)

Dream Portal

Object NameBead in Frame

Artist Jeri Warhaftig (American, b. 1955)

Artist Neil Fabricant (American, b. 1953)

Made FromSoda Lime Glass, Enamel, Vinyl, Steel, Epoxy, Wood

Date2013

Place MadeUnited States, NJ, West Orange

TechniqueFlameworked, cut, ground, applied and fired glass powders, pate de verre, enameled, sandblasted, sealed

Size(a) Bead H: 0.9 cm, Diam (max): 8.6 cm; (b) Box H: 18.1 cm, W: 18.4 cm, D: 3.4 cm

Accession Number2014.4.63

Credit LineGift of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (President's Collection)

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBead in Frame, "Dream Portal". (a) Inner ring made of red, pink, orange, white, blue, yellow, and green soda-lime glasses; flameworked, cut, ground, applied and fired glass powders, polished. Inner ring decorated with embedded cane slices. Outer ring made of red, orange, and pink pate de verre glasses, enamel, applied vinyl letters, sandblasted, sealed. Inner and outer rings assembled with steel rod and epoxy in drilled holes. Outer ring inscribed with the following text: "Thus only in a dream we are at one... ". (b) Magnetized black frame with colorless membrane faces, between which the bead rests.
Provenance

Source International Society of Glass Beadmakers - 2014-09-29