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Tiger Swallowtail with Gold Mica

Object NameMarble

Artist Drew Fritts (American, b. 1958)

Made FromGlass

Date2006

Place MadeUnited States, MO, Springfield

TechniqueFurnace-worked and flameworked

SizeOverall Diam: 4.5 cm

Accession Number2006.4.107

Credit LineGift of the Artist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Not On View

Physical Description"Tiger Swallowtail with Gold Mica", marble. Colorless and multi-colored glass; gold mica flakes, flameworked and hot-worked. Large marble with a black core with gold flakes and an outer pattern of yellow white, red and yellow glass. This marble has a clear core, rolled in black powdered glass and then rolled in uncommonly-gold mica flakes. It was then dipped into the furnace for a layer of clear. Stripes of colored glass were then applied and raked with a tungsten pick. It is then rounded and dipped into the furnace for the final clear coating, then further rounded using both graphite and cherry wood molds.
Provenance

Source Drew Fritts (American, b. 1958) - 2008-02-27