New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Environmental Paperweight

Artist Paul Stankard (American, b. 1943)

CultureAmerican

Date1992

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 3 1/4 in. (5.1 x 8.3 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

InscribedSigned in diamondpoint on the bottom: "Paul J. Stankard B11 '92".

Credit LineGift of Mike Belkin

Object number92.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2

DescriptionPaperweight of encased lampworked glass. In a dome shape. Depicting a bouquet consisting of blue forget-me-mots (six blossoms borne on one stem and four borne on the other), a raspberry stalk bearing two pink blossoms, two ripe berries, and one unripened berry on a sandy soil-like ground. At the center is a honeybee. Underneath this ground are roots & three crouching human figures, called "root people" by the artist.

Label TextPaul J. Stankard American (b. 1943) Environmental Paperweight, 1992 Encased flame-worked glass Gift of Mike and Annie Belkin of Novelty, Ohio 92.2 The glass bouquet within this paperweight represents blue forget-me-nots and a fruiting raspberry stalk. From the side the viewer can catch a glimpse of the root people (anthropomorphic figures) that the artist put on the underside of the paperweight to symbolize life under the earth. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 04/18/2002Exhibition History"STUDIO GLASS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16-November 13, 1994 "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - March 2, 1997