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Courtesy of De Santillana Foundation

Laura de Santillana
"3 Eyed Lateral", 2010
Hand-blown and shaped glass, powders, iridescence
H13 3/8 x W7 1/8 x D7 1/8 in
H34 x W18 x D18 cm
H34 x W18 x D18 cm
LS25NY11 (LS2010_SUN23)
Copyright The Artist
Part of the ‘sun’ series blown during de Santillana’s creative residency at the Tacoma Museum of Glass, the atypical, yet minimalist, standing-oval form evokes a solar orb and the symbolic Indian lingam. The ancient South Asian iconographic form bears three repetitions of smooth glass additions, characteristic of the deity’s eye or enlightenment; referred traditionally as opening of a ‘third eye.’ The semi-transparent surface treatment of frit powders is only partially melted into the glass itself, like a veiled impression of a world hidden within, visible only through the three viewing points.
Provenance
Production details: MoG, Tacoma (USA), made by Ben Cobb with the team of the hot shop of the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and with the help of Charles ParriottExhibitions
(Research pending; not exhibited in Scapes (2012) or Sofa Barry Friedman (2013); Marina Barovier 2011?)Join the Ippodo Gallery newsletter
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