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

Megaworld

Artist Josh Simpson (American, b. 1949)

Date1994

MediumSolid-worked glass with glass cane and flameworked inclusions

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Gladstone Hill

Object number99.22

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 3, Section 1 Sh1

DescriptionThis is a glass sculpture in the shape of a sphere. Furnace-gathered, solid-worked glass with glass cane and flame-worked inclusions, the bottom ground flat to allow the sculpture to stand up. The inner core is blue with suggestions of landmasses, while colorful inclusions of red and white twisted canes appear to float in the atmosphere created by the outer casing of colorless glass.

Label TextJosh Simpson American, b. 1949 Megaworld, 1994 Solid-worked glass with glass cane and flameworked inclusions Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gladstone Hill 99.22 Exhibition History"Josh Simpson: New Work New Worlds," Hamilton College, ..., Court House Galleries of the Portsmouth Museums, Spring 1998. Published ReferencesConstantina Oldknow. JOSH SIMPSON: NEW WORK NEW WORLDS. Clinton, New York: Hamilton College. 1994: p. 25, color plate #6. Michael Monroe, et al. THE WHITE HOUSE CRAFT COLLECTION. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1995: p. 41.