Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- The Exotic Mammal Pelt Spheres were made using the Swedish Graal process. A photograph of the flat animal pelt is manipulated and transferred to the glass so the image can be sandblasted onto the surface. The marbles are sized in proportion to the size of each animal and the opposing poles of the design correspond to the neck and tail of the pelt.
- Luce Object Quote
- "They seem to have touched a nerve, people are drawn to these patterns." Mark Matthews, Victoria and Albert Museum press release, 1996
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Mark Matthews, born Youngstown, OH 1954
- Date
- 1998
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist and family in honor of Francis M. Greenwell
- Copyright
- © 1999, Mark Matthews
- Medium
- hot glass and Graal technique
- Dimensions
- 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm) diam.
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
