Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin

Media - 1999.104 - SAAM-1999.104_1 - 58157
Copied Brent Kee Young, Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin, 1998, blown glass with lampworked inclusions, 10 124 12 in. (26.711.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sally and Ned Hansen (The Glass Gallery), Colleen and John Kotelly and Joan Lunney and Will Idler, 1999.104

Artwork Details

Title
Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin
Date
1998
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10 124 12 in. (26.711.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sally and Ned Hansen (The Glass Gallery), Colleen and John Kotelly and Joan Lunney and Will Idler
Mediums Description
blown glass with lampworked inclusions
Classifications
Object Number
1999.104

Artwork Description

Each detailed image depicted on Tight Loop Comin is lampworked in clear glass, using a small torch to manipulate the glass into intricate skeletons based on authentic North American archaeological fossils. Brent Kee Young pushes the pieces into the colored glass of his vessels, building up heavy layers of clear glass over the top so that the skeletons seem to disappear, leaving only their imprint.