Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace, Three Citrus Goblets

1993, fine blown swirled clear glass with lime green rim to the cup and feat, each stem with a realistic blown colored glass fruit including a lemon, lime and orange, each signed and dated.

8.25 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"We began our journey into the art glass world when Tom Riley put us in touch with Pilchuck Glass School. Visited and met William Morris, and wonderful glass artists called Joey & Flora. They invited us to their studio. This began many years of visits - including their wonderful visits to us in Cleveland and to them in Seattle. We shared many special times together and have stayed in touch."

"This set of beautifully blown goblets created by Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace was a gift from my husband, Benson, in celebration of my 40th birthday" - Francine Pilloff

Joey Kirkpatrick (American, b. 1952) and Flora Mace (American, b. 1949) are a powerhouse of the contemporary art glass movement with strong ties to Pilchuck Glass School. Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills. Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials with feministic symbolisms.

Their artwork can be found in many public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum / Corning Museum of Glass / the Detroit Institute of Arts / the Museum of Fine Art, Boston / Seattle Art Museum / the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Krannert Art Museum / Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art / the Smithsonian American Art Museum / and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne.

Note the exact detailing of the fruit skins to accomplish the natural visual appeal of these fruits.

"The process we use when making the glass fruit and vegetable forms is unique. Our approach evolved out of our experience using the two dimensional painting tradition. As in painting, we have learned to build layers of color by sifting colored crushed glass powders onto hot glass during the blowing process. It was exciting to find a method of "painting" onto three dimensional blown glass, creating forms with a painterly surface of realistic color and textures." - Mace & Kirkpatrick

Good condition.