Accession Number
1972/2.372

Title
Emergence XIV

Artist(s)
Dominick Labino

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1972

Medium & Support
glass

Dimensions
11 1/8 in (28.3 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Simmons in honor of Charles H. Sawyer

Subject matter
Dominick Labino was a pioneer in bringing glass-making into the field of fine arts. He began his career by inventing many different glass materials, techniques, tools and machines, many of which were used for scientific purposes, such as insulating NASA spacecrafts. He was eventually invited to participate in some of the first studio glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art, where he developed revolutionary glass-blowing processes. One of these, known as internal veiling has been used in this sculpture, and is what allows for layering sections of blown glass within each other.

Physical Description
This glass sculpture is a large oval encasing a smaller pale peach oval which encases another smaller, darker peach oval like bubbles within bubbles. 

Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts

Primary Object Type
glass

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
abstraction
blown glass
decorative arts
glass
inventors
modern and contemporary art
sculpture
sculpture (visual works)