Dorothy Hafner (American, b. 1952), Two Fused Glass Plates

1997, kiln fired multi color square dishes with raised corners, etched signature.

14 x 14 in., and 11.5 x 11.5 in.

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

Trained as a painter and sculptor, Hafner first tried her hand at ceramics, both functional and sculptural in 1973. In the ensuing 15 years she created over 12 lines of tableware, both hand crafted and industrially produced, for such firms as Tiffany & Co. in NYC and Rosenthal in Germany.

Inspired by a scuba diving adventure in 1991, Dorothy began working with transparent glass and paired up with glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra as her gaffer. In 1997 she changed from blown glass vessels to two-dimensional glass art relating her pieces to more painterly objects building layer upon layer, as seen here in these pieces.

Good condition.