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Sydenstricker Art Glass

     In the mid 1960s on Cape Cod, Bill Sydenstricker developed a new craft inspired by the extensive research he had conducted on early Egyptian art at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His efforts resulted in new and exciting glass designs produced by a method similar to the ancient art of enameling.
      Two sheets of glass are cut to fit a mold made out of high fire terra cotta clay. The first sheet is decorated by sifting powdered glass through a stencil. The stencil is then carefully removed, and the second sheet of glass is laid over the decorated first piece. Both are placed on a mold and put into a fifteen hundred degree kiln for five hours. At this point, the two pieces of glass fuse, assuming the shape of the mold and locking in the colored design. The kiln is then turned off until the glass is cooled, about 40 hours later.
      Artists and collectors have been fascinated by this product. Pieces are on exhibit in many major galleries and museums, including the Toronto Museum of Art, the Tiffany Museum in Winter Park, Florida, the Chrysler Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several American Embassies provide dessert services of Sydenstricker glass.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
12 1/2 by 2 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
11 1/2 by 6 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
1 1/2 by 6 3/4 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
3/4 by 8 1/2 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
1 1/2 by 6 3/4 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
3/4 by 8 1/2 in.

Sydenstricker
signed
fused glass
1 1/2 by 6 3/4 in.

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