Tierra del Fuego Series

Tierra del Fuego Series, by Toots Zynsky, on display SCC

Tierra del Fuego Series, by Toots Zynsky, on display SCC

Name/Title

Tierra del Fuego Series

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.15

Description

Fused and slumped fllet de verre

Type of Sculpture

Glass

Artwork Details

Medium

Art Glass

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Pilchuck Glass School

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Toots Zynsky

Role

Glass Artist

Date made

1989

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

11-1/2 in

Depth

11-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Toots Zynsky is celebrated for her characteristic, heat-formed, glass thread vessels and her exploration of form and color. Utilizing a process of her own design, known as “filet de verre,” Zynsky layers and arranges super fine glass threads on a fiberglass board in a method the artist has likened to drawing or painting. These thin threads are then thermally fused in the kiln as the artist shapes and curves the glass into fluid waves that characterize her vessels.