"Aureate Scarlet Tenax" by Robin Cass, 2019

Summary

Robin Cass teaches glass at the Rochester Institute of Technology. According to the artist, this is the first piece in a new series that will contemplate on post-industrial nostalgia, resilience, and hope. Cass used Greenfield Village glass shop's "brake-light" ruby glass, blowing it into lightbulb and automobile lens molds, as well as using automobile spray and detailing paints.

Robin Cass teaches glass at the Rochester Institute of Technology. According to the artist, this is the first piece in a new series that will contemplate on post-industrial nostalgia, resilience, and hope. Cass used Greenfield Village glass shop's "brake-light" ruby glass, blowing it into lightbulb and automobile lens molds, as well as using automobile spray and detailing paints.

Artifact

Sculpture (Visual work)

Date Made

2019

Creators

Cass, Robin, 1969- 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

Creator Notes

Made in June 2019 in the Glass Shop in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

Greenfield Village
 On Exhibit

at Greenfield Village in Glass Shop (Sandwich)

Object ID

2019.118.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Robin Cass.

Material

Glass (Material)
Paint (Coating)
Gold (Metal)

Color

Red
Gold (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 inch

Width: 18.25 inch

Depth: 7 inch

Inscriptions

on back [signature in black marker]: R[obin] C[ass] / 2019

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