Miniature Glass Elephants, 1966
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Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, dreamed of becoming an artist even as he worked for chemical laboratories making scientific instruments. At his home studio in the late 1960s, he began fashioning small flame worked novelties and sold them to support his family. This creative outlet was not enough and he began to experiment with making paperweights--a form in which he would excel.
Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, dreamed of becoming an artist even as he worked for chemical laboratories making scientific instruments. At his home studio in the late 1960s, he began fashioning small flame worked novelties and sold them to support his family. This creative outlet was not enough and he began to experiment with making paperweights--a form in which he would excel.
Artifact
Miniature (Object genre)
Date Made
1966
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery
Object ID
2016.34.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Colorless
Dimensions
Height: 2.25 in (large elephant)
Width: 1.5 in (large elephant)
Length: 3 in (large elephant)
Height: 1.25 in (small elephant)
Width: .5 in (small elephant)
Length: 1 in (small elephant)
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