Glass sculpture - Green Pig
| Accession Nr.: | 98.172.1 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Melcher, Mihály (1953 - ) / glass-engraver |
| Date of production: |
1997
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| Place of production: | Hungary |
| Inscription: | jelzetlen |
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| Materials: | pate-de-verres glass |
| Techniques: | ground; melted in mould; pâte-de-verre; polished; so-called zömítés (artist's term) |
| Dimensions: |
height: 26,5 cm
length: 45,5 cm
depth: 13,5 cm
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Surreal figures, like this stylized but spirited Green Pig, recur throughout the sculpture and painting of the contemporary glass artist Mihály Melcher. He makes his glass sculptures by a special technique he calls zömítés ["compression"]. This consists of gradually melting pieces of broken glass, some as small as grains of powder, into a negative plaster mould in a furnace. It is an idiosyncratic combination of the casting and pâte-de-verre techniques.
Literature
- Szerk.: Pataki Judit: Művészet és Mesterség. CD-ROM. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1999. - üveg 62.
