Sidney’s glass interests are closely matched with studio and commercial fabrication practices. As demand for his work steadily grew, he realized he needed to have the plate glass circles ground and polished more efficiently and precisely. He designed and helped create machines to help fabricate his work. That, along with advancements in adhesive technology, allowed him to laminate several circles before grinding and polishing them precisely to match his Polished Laminated Plate Glass Vase (PLPGV) design. In this series, 1/4" plate glass circles are laminated together into 3-packs before cutting, grinding and polishing into circles or bars. The bars are then laminated between the circles in a helical pattern.
PLPGV #49
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2007
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & fViolet dye in the circles and bars.
2007
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & fViolet dye in the circles and bars.
PLPGV #43
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2007
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with fViolet, blue & dark violet dye in the circles and blue dye in the bars.
2007
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with fViolet, blue & dark violet dye in the circles and blue dye in the bars.
PLPGV #39
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2006
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow & fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
2006
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow & fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
PLPGV #10
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2004
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, blue & yellow dye in the adhesive.
2004
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, blue & yellow dye in the adhesive.
PLPGV #37
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2006
Unavailable
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow, fViolet & blue dye in the circles and green dye in the bars.
2006
Unavailable
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow, fViolet & blue dye in the circles and green dye in the bars.
PLPGV #5
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2003
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, blue & violet dye in the adhesive.
2003
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, blue & violet dye in the adhesive.
PLPGV #55
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2008
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow, blue & fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
2008
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow, blue & fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
PLPGV #53
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2008
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow & violet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
2008
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow & violet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
PLPGV #4
detail
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2003
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red and clear dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2003
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red and clear dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
PLPGV #63
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2008
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow, blue & fViolet dye in the circles and purple dye in the bars.
2008
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with red, yellow, blue & fViolet dye in the circles and purple dye in the bars.
PLPGV #64
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2009
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow& fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
2009
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow& fViolet dye in the circles and yellow dye in the bars.
PLPGV #13
16.5"x9.5"x9.5"
2004
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow, blue & green dye in the adhesive.
2004
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/2" clear plate glass laminated with yellow, blue & green dye in the adhesive.
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