Melding Impetus
In the 1970s Glancy studied at the Rhode Island School of Design with glass master Dale Chihuly. Since then his work has developed a marked affinity for scientific concepts. The title of this work means a force that has been joined to something through its weight and motion. In Melding Impetus metal has been fused with blown and industrial glass through the process of electroforming.
Artwork Details
- Title: Melding Impetus
- Artist: Michael Glancy (American, Detroit, Michigan 1950–2020 Harwich Port, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1994
- Medium: Engraved blown glass, industrial plate glass, copper, and gold leaf
- Dimensions: 13 × 18 × 18 in., 37.2 lb. (33 × 45.7 × 45.7 cm, 16.9 kg)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Purchase, Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg Gift, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.517a-c
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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