Megaplanet
Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Josh Simpson, whose wife Catherine "Cady" Coleman is a NASA astronaut, creates spectacular glass orbs inspired by the night sky and other astronomical phenomena. He is known for incorporating silver into his glasswork. The metal gives his Planets the desired iridescence, tessellating patterns, and "flaming undulation of colors."
- Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stewart Gordon Rosenblum in memory of his parents, Elmer M. and Harriet G. Rosenblum
- Copyright
- © 2005, Josh Simpson
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 2005
- Object number
- 2018.13
- Artist
- Josh Simpson, born New Haven, CT 1949
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- 11 5/8 × 11 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (29.5 × 29.5 × 29.5 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Topic
- Allegory\place\extraterrestrial
- Record ID
- saam_2018.13
- Usage
- Not determined
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