Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Urna

Artist Emilio Santini (Italian, b. 1955)

Date1997

MediumFlameworked glass with oil pastel

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 x 4 in. (44.5 x 10.2 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. Scott Waitzer

Object number98.5

Terms

Figures
Colorless
Williamsburg, Virginia

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DescriptionLampworked, colorless borosilicate glass, frosted by means of sandblasting, with decoration in oil pastel; broad trumpet-like foot, spherical obdy, trumpet-like neck, with attenuated cylindrical neck flaring at rim, two narrow handles forming an inverted triangle.

Label TextEmilio Santini Italian, b. 1955 Urna, 1997 Flameworked glass Gift of Scott Waitzer 98.5 Emilio Santini was born on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy, to a family that has been working with glass for more than 600 years. Like many Venetian glassmakers, Santini began his glass training as a young boy. Under the tutelage of his father and uncle, he concentrated his efforts on flameworking—a process that involves working with a torch to melt and shape glass. Urna demonstrates Santini’s masterful skill as a flameworker and his inventiveness as a designer. Notice how the elongated arms and legs of the black and white monkey-like figures playfully accentuate the elegant vessel’s swelling shape.