Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Various Possibilities in Architecture

Artist Ginny Ruffner (American, b. 1952)

Date1991

MediumFlameworked glass and paint

Dimensions31 × 14 × 14 in. (78.7 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Lisa Shaffer Anderson and Dudley Buist Anderson

Object number2021.28.19

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DescriptionThis is a tall flameworked glass sculpture that resembles a sort of round tower built in a “house of cards” style. The flameworked elements making up tiers are as follows, beginning at the base: playing cards topped by large silver paperclips, wavy rectangular elements painted with various wall finishes (clapboards, brick, etc.) and one window, and different types of chairs suspended at the top; yellow pencils extend from the playing cards to the chairs, as structural elements. No signature.