The first Plate Glass Vase (PPGV) was designed in 1979 and created during Sidney’s graduate studies at Mass Art. It was born from two significant events that later proved fundamental to his career. The first was that the hot shop got Too Hot! It burned down. The Plate Glass Vase was his unique reinterpretation of a vessel using the planar qualities of sheet glass and satisfied his frustrated desire to blow glass. The second significant influence was his wish to make glass sculpture more accessible (both in size and recognition). Until that point, his work was large scale and more conceptually driven.
PPGV #32-11
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2013
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red and blue pigment in the adhesive.
2013
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red and blue pigment in the adhesive.
PPGV #32-14
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2013
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with gold and special effect pigment in the adhesive.
2013
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with gold and special effect pigment in the adhesive.
PPGV #32-15
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2014
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with scarlet, yellow and blue dye mixed with special effect pigment in the adhesive. The special effect pigment adds a shimmer to the adhesive when viewed from different angles.
2014
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with scarlet, yellow and blue dye mixed with special effect pigment in the adhesive. The special effect pigment adds a shimmer to the adhesive when viewed from different angles.
PPGV #32-05
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2010
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue dye in the adhesive.
2010
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue dye in the adhesive.
PPGV #32-03
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2010
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red, yellow and blue dye in the adhesive.
2010
Private Collection
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red, yellow and blue dye in the adhesive.
PPGV #32-07 and MPPGV S2-#2
16"x9.25"x9.25" (PPGV#32-07)
2012
PPGV #32-07 available
MPPGV #S2-07 in Private Colletion
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue pigment in the adhesive.
2012
PPGV #32-07 available
MPPGV #S2-07 in Private Colletion
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue pigment in the adhesive.
PGV #70-78
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2010
Cut and polished alternating 1/4" AFG Green glass circles and 1/4" gray circles with 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue and special effect pigment in the adhesive.
2010
Cut and polished alternating 1/4" AFG Green glass circles and 1/4" gray circles with 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with blue and special effect pigment in the adhesive.
PPGV #32-02
16"x9.25"x9.25"
2010
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red and blue dye in the adhesive.
2010
Cut and polished 1/4" plate glass circles and 1/2" clear glass bars laminated with red and blue dye in the adhesive.
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