Bedeutendes Schalenobjekt Mary Ann ''Toots'' Zynsky, um 1990 Ausgezogene, verschmolzene und heiß verformte Farbglasfäden. Bez.: Z (aufgeschmolzener schwarzvioletter Glasfaden). H. 13 cm; L. 27,5 cm Aus feinen selbstgezogenen Glasfäden schafft die Künstlerin faszinierende Schalenobjekte. Acht Kilometer und mehr werden in einem einzigen Werk verarbeitet. Die Fäden werden in leuchtenden Farbkombinationen zusammengelegt, in der Fusingtechnik zusammengeschmolzen und schließlich über verschiedene Formen abgesenkt. ''When I hear music, it translates into color.'' (Toots Zynsky) Toots Zynsky's distinctive heat-formed filet de verre (glass thread) vessels enjoy a widespread popularity and deserved acclaim for their often extraordinary and always unique explorations in color. Defying categorization, her pieces inhabit a region all their own, interweaving the traditions of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. Mary Ann Toots Zynsky was born in 1951, she received her bachelor of fine arts in 1973 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. There, she was one of a group of pioneering artists studying with Dale Chihuly, who made studio glass a worldwide phenomenon. Her glass vessels are represented in over 70 international museum collections. (Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass (www.tootszynsky.org)) Literatur: L'Art du Verre Contemporain, MUDAC, Lausanne 2006, Abb. 307, 373 & 444. S.K. Frantz, Contemporary Glass, S. 184. ''Toots Zynsky'', Ausstellungskatalog des Stedelijk Museums Amsterdam, Text von Dan Klein, 1989.