Signs of the Times Magazine Cover Glass Art

Object/Artifact

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American Sign Museum

Name/Title

Signs of the Times Magazine Cover Glass Art

Entry/Object ID

1990.0002.0002

Description

Signs of the Times magazine published themed issues from time-to-time at the end of the last century, including several issues themed around gilding. Museum founder, Tod Swormstedt, who was an editor at the time, commissioned gilded glass pieces to serve as the covers for three of these themed issues. This October, 1984 was the first in the series, and was designed and created by Gary Volkman. The reverse glass piece also carried a turn-of-the-century design theme, utilizing many of the same classic techniques of glass decoration such as marbling, cross hatch goldleaf and engine-turned goldleaf.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Gary Volkman

Date made

1984

Dimensions

Height

30-1/2 in

Width

25 in

Material

Gold Leaf, Paint, Glass, Wood

Location

Category

Storage