A Moment in Time
Sculpture
1998 (made)
1998 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
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Peter Aldridge works with light in much the same way that a musician works with sound. He has said:
‘The underlying mathematical progression of individual notes, the multiplicity of overlaying rhythms, tonal range and chromatic intervals all have their parallels when composing with light.
The objects I make have an inherent mathematical progression, just as a musical instrument has proportion in its fingerboard and precision in its construction, both critical to the sound it produces.’
‘The underlying mathematical progression of individual notes, the multiplicity of overlaying rhythms, tonal range and chromatic intervals all have their parallels when composing with light.
The objects I make have an inherent mathematical progression, just as a musical instrument has proportion in its fingerboard and precision in its construction, both critical to the sound it produces.’
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 22 parts.
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| Title | A Moment in Time (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Vertical strips of starphire plate glass, and 'prisms' of dichroic-coated glass, set into a slotted steel base plate covered with a slotted polished aluminium finishing plate |
| Brief description | Glass sculpture |
| Physical description | Sculpture of 24 vertical clear glass strips set in a square formation with angled, 'prisms' set within in a downward spiral formation. Starphire plate glass used for the vertical strips, dichroic-coated glass for the 'prisms'. The vertical strips are set into a slotted steel base plate covered with a polished slotted aluminium finishing plate. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Peter Aldridge 1998 (Signature; date; English; Lower back edge; engraving (incising); Aldridge, Peter; 1998) |
| Gallery label | A Moment in Time
Starphire glass incorporating dichroic coated prisms
Peter Aldridge (English); 1998
C.112:1-22-1998
Starphire is the brand name of a flat glass manufactured by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company. A dichroic coating, deposited in a hydrogen chamber, transmits certain frequencies of light and reflects others in a range of colours which vary from limited to a very wide spectrum. This work has the most sophisticated of colour ranges possible using this complex and extremely expensive technique.
'A Moment in Time' is displayed in a case constructed in non reflective glass, to allow visitors to enjoy the work without uninterruption.
(1998) |
| Production | Peter Aldridge is an English glass artist working in Corning, NY, America. He has been associated with Steuben since c. 1980. He is now Vice President and Director of Design at Steuben glassworks. The concept, drawings and the finishing and polishing of this sculpture was by Peter Aldridge working in his own studio in Corning. The larger cutting and glass assembling, and the production of the metal base and finishing plates was done by him with John Depp Inc, New York. The Starphire plate glass was manufactured by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. See subject and information files for full information. Reason For Production: Commission |
| Summary | Peter Aldridge works with light in much the same way that a musician works with sound. He has said: ‘The underlying mathematical progression of individual notes, the multiplicity of overlaying rhythms, tonal range and chromatic intervals all have their parallels when composing with light. The objects I make have an inherent mathematical progression, just as a musical instrument has proportion in its fingerboard and precision in its construction, both critical to the sound it produces.’ |
| Bibliographic reference | Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 41, 1999, p. 214, no. 73. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.112:1 to 22-1998 |
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| Record created | December 10, 1998 |
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