Mary Ann Toots Zynsky Studio Glass Vase Ritemprare Serena

Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky – Ritemprare Serena, Studio Glass Vase / Bowl, Polychrome Thermoformed Glass Threads, Unique Piece 2000 Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky · Born 1951 · Filet de Verre Technique · Unique Piece · Height 19.5 cm · 36.8 × 24.5 cm · American Studio Glass

A Studio Glass vase / bowl entitled Ritemprare Serena, in polychrome thermoformed glass threads (filet de verre), executed by Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky in 2000. Height 19.5 cm · width 36.8 cm · depth 24.5 cm. Unique piece · unikat. Very good condition · showcase object.

The filet de verre technique — developed by Zynsky in Europe in the 1980s–1990s with a glass thread-pulling machine she helped design — consists of layering thousands of polychrome glass threads onto a flat heat-resistant fiberboard plate, fusing them in a kiln, then, wearing special heat-resistant gloves, reaching into the kiln to shape the glass by hand at extreme temperatures — a gesture that is simultaneously technical and sculptural, of remarkable precision and speed. As she describes it: "You never see the whole composition at once after that. You have to move around the piece. There's always something mysterious, as the light and your viewing point change." Around 2000, Zynsky began evolving her palette by introducing threads of gold, amber and colourless glass, softening certain chromatic contrasts — an evolution directly visible in Ritemprare Serena.

Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky (Boston, 1951), a pioneer of the American Studio Glass movement, received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1973, having studied under Dale Chihuly. In 1971 she co-founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State — the institution that brought Studio Glass to worldwide prominence. From 1980 to 1983 she played a key role in the development of the New York Experimental Glass Workshop (now UrbanGlass). In 2005 she was one of the first artists to receive a commission from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2015 she received the Smithsonian Institution Visionary Award. In 2016 she was artist-in-residence at the Corning Museum of Glass. Her works are held in more than 70 museum collections worldwide, including: Corning Museum of Glass · Detroit Institute of Arts · White House Collection of American Craft · MoMA, New York · Dayton Art Institute.

Comparable pieces are held in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (New York) and in the African Dream Series at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

• Height: 19.5 cm · Width: 36.8 cm · Depth: 24.5 cm
• Technique: filet de verre · polychrome fused and thermoformed glass threads
• Type: unique piece (unikat)
• Title: Ritemprare Serena
• Design and execution: Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky, 2000
• Literature: Delaborde, Yves, Le Verre, Art and Design – XIXe–XXIe Siècles, p. 53
• Public collections: Corning Museum of Glass · Detroit Institute of Arts · MoMA, New York · White House Collection of American Craft · Dayton Art Institute · 70+ museum collections worldwide
• Condition: very good · showcase object · vintage

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Keywords integrated: Toots Zynsky, Ritemprare Serena 2000, filet de verre, American Studio Glass, unique piece, Corning Museum of Glass, MoMA New York, Smithsonian Visionary Award, Pilchuck Glass School