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Artist |
Morris, William |
Title |
Artifact: Pouch |
Medium |
blown and acid etched glass |
Date |
1995 |
Description |
William Morris (Carmel, California 1957; lives and works in Seattle) Artifact: Pouch, 1995 Blown and acid etched glass 21 x 15 x 11 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2016 gift of June and Rob Heller William Morris grew up near Indian burial mounds and has had a lifelong fascination with ancient artifacts and cultures. Although he took ceramic classes in high school, it was his job as a truck driver for the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington that sparked his interest in sculpting glass. He went on to become the protégé and chief glass blower for Dale Chihuly, one of the current masters of American glass sculpture. By the mid-1980s, Morris opened his own studio practice and began developing a distinct method of working with hot glass. His method involves applying glass powders and acid to hot blown forms in order to transform them into sculptures resembling pottery fragments, bones, and other seemingly timeworn artifacts. |
Catalog Number |
2016.15.01 |
Search Terms |
Glassblowing Glass Sculpture |
Credit line |
gift of June and Rob Heller |