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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Cybercyr on July 16, 2017, 08:05:36 AM
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Found in storage unit sell, with recycled glass art, Fire & Light dishware, and a sea glass dish. Weighs 25 lbs, is huge, like 15 inches long and 5 inches thick.....I don't even know what to search, slag glass cutting board?? Chopping block? hoping someone can recognize what I'm looking at and point me in a direction, thank you in advance for the help and if I'm noob posting, please be gentle
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I don't know if a glass chopping board exists really but I know what I would use it for.
Considering it's a bit hollow, I think it would make a great presentation piece for seafood and fish etc ...
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Its not hollow, its solid, over 20 lbs heavy......
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Sorry if I didn't express myself correctly, I can see it's solid allright ... I meant that it looks like it's hollowed out a bit, like it has a slight border ...
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Slots for hands, on each side, I'm so stumped on where to look, was going someone had seen something similar
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I had wondered if there were "slots" on both sides - if so, they're probably for holding it upright, so that light can come through it to show off the textures.
There have been contemporary artists recently, using slabs of slabs like this, but constructed on a spiral to make table bases or another shape for a water fountain to dribble over, etc.
If it's art, it doesn't have to be anything. ;D
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Oh I didn't think about that, thank you for the suggestion...I instantly thought it looked like a cutting board block and we all assumed that's what it was...
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The colour is very much like the that used by Berube Studio, Canada. Alas, I can find very little infomation on them. ::)
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Glass really does not make a good chopping block - everything skids everywhere, even the modern ones with a slightly bobbly surface to stop skids.
They're only for show and to trick you. They don't stop skids.
Can anybody with a copy of Judith Miller's 20th Century Glass (DK Collector's Guides) work out who the artist is who made the sculpture "vase" on the back cover of the jacket?
I can't find a reference to who made it, but whoever they are, they make scupltures of slabs of glass stuck together. I had hoped finding that name might help find some more.
I think the colour is "window glass green", isn't it?
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Welcome to the board. :)
I agree with Sue re glass chopping boards for cutting on, they also blunt my knives horribly, but they are excellent for rolling out pastry on as they help keep it cold. The vase on the back of 20th Century Glass is by Sidney Hutter, it's also on page 205 of the book. :)
I would favour using this one as a server for fishy bits or cheese or similar too. It's rather nice!
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Thanks, Anne. :-* (with an added "doh")
I wouldn't like to try carrying a platter that weighs 20 odd lbs, with the added weight of fish or cheese on it to a table!
I'd end up with broken feet. ;D
Googling Sidney Hutter does bring up loads of lovely images, but none like this piece.
I know he's not the only artist to be doing this sort of thing though, there are several Hungarian artists who do, that I know of, from Atilla Sik's website. Well worth a browse!
http://prisma-gallery.com/
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Sue, you carry the platter to the table first, and then take the food and add it there. Saves your wrists and your toes! :)
Seriously, I'd overlooked the weight in the first post, so perhaps it is just meant to be ornamental then... even if I'd still use it for... ;)
It looks like laminated float glass made into a sculpture? Ben Young (http://brokenliquid.com/) uses this for his glass sculptures and you can see the same lines through them as through this one.
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I love mysteries, and this is truly strange. It's almost industrial and organic at the same time and reminds me of Fordite as if the slabs of glass were hot ends cut of in an industrial process that fused together but it's a made item, would be good for serving fresh seafood on a bed of crushed ice. Can't wait to see where this one goes :-)
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You've found the words I was needing Anne.
Laminated float glass, made into a sculpture.
I could see the clean slabs, stuck together, but then, has the surface at right angles to them been fused?
I did get to thinking later that it could be a table centrepiece for some amazing fishy extravaganza at some huge important feast.
It could even be used as a "privacy" window for a ground floor bathroom.