A Passion for Glass

By Bonita Fike

Fike uses the collection to discuss studio glass within the context of contemporary fine arts. Biographies of the fifty-seven are also included, as well as a bibliography on the studio glass movement. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895581507
• ISBN13: 9780895581501
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Detroit Institute of Arts
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

A celebration of a brittle subject

This is a beautifully printed book for those who want to see the best in contemporary studio glass. The seventy eight works shown were donated to the Detroit Institute of Arts by Aviva and Jack Robinson. Bonita Fike contributes a short essay on studio glass from the sixties.Considering how fragile glass it is amazing how these artists create such wonderful shapes and textures. I love the vase by Stephen Powell (page 61) and the Karl Schantz's colorful 'Urban Rainbow' (page68) made from vitrolite glass.The back of the book includes a comprehensive artists biography and book list.