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Description
Toots Zynsky is internationally regarded as one of the most innovative figures in studio glass. Lucente is a vibrant example of her signature ‘filet de verre’ (net of glass) technique, in which she fuses thousands of intensely colored hair-thin threads of glass together on a flat surface and then allows them to slump into a bowl-shaped mold. The colors undulate and evoke feathers, flames, or woven textile designs. Zynsky’s glass-layering technique has a painterly quality unique for the medium. In Lucente, the exterior wash of green and yellow threads gives a misty appearance to the oranges and reds seen through it. 2001
Publication Date
8-18-2014
Publisher
RISD Museum
City
Providence, Rhode Island
Keywords
Rhode Island School of Design Museum; fliet de verr; glass
Disciplines
Sculpture
Recommended Citation
RISD Museum; Ruth, Sebastian; and Zynsky, Toots, "Lucent" (2014). Channel. 32.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/risdmuseum_channel/32