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Courtesy of De Santillana Foundation

Laura de Santillana
"Black Grain", 2010
Hand-blown and shaped glass, powders
H13 3/4 x W7 1/8 x D7 1/8 in
H35 x W18 x D18 cm
H35 x W18 x D18 cm
C28420 (LS2010_SUN09)
Copyright The Artist
Created at the Tacoma Museum of Glass in Washington, the distinctive oblong form deploys mastery over color de Santillana perfected in life-long glassmaking experience in Murano, and draws inspirations from Hindu cosmology. The opaque black glass enveloped in white frit powder reflects a diffused light like the eclipse of the sun. Piecemeal shards of clear glass dance across its body—melded into the rounded form—and magnify the shimmering surface in fractured shards.