Crystal Math

Date2007

Maker Oscar Tuazon American, born 1975

Maker Eli Hansen American, born 1979

Label TextBrothers Oscar Tuazon and Eli Hansen both participated in the residency program at Pilchuck, and their collaboration builds upon both of their backgrounds: Hansen’s more formal training in glass, and Tuazon’s in sculpture and installation. They are fascinated with countercultural societies and do-it-yourself lifestyles, but are also steeped in the traditions of studio glass in the Pacific Northwest. As such, the bevel-cut crystal forms featured here refer to hippie-era geodesic domes and the mathematical systems by architect Buckminster Fuller that guided them, as well as bourgeois candy dishes and drug paraphernalia.

Brothers Oscar Tuazon and Eli Hansen both participated in the residency program at Pilchuck, and their collaboration builds upon both of their backgrounds: Hansen’s more formal training in glass, and Tuazon’s in sculpture and installation. They are fascinated with countercultural societies and do-it-yourself lifestyles, but are also steeped in the traditions of studio glass in the Pacific Northwest. As such, the bevel-cut crystal forms featured here refer to hippie-era geodesic domes and the mathematical systems by architect Buckminster Fuller that guided them, as well as bourgeois candy dishes and drug paraphernalia.

Object number2007.69

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistoryVancouver, British Columbia, ": VOluntary Non vUlnerable; The Bodgers' and Kludgers' Co-operative Art Parlour", March 24 -April, 20, 2007Published ReferencesDarling, Michael et al. "Betty Bowen Award: Thirty Years." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2009, pp. 68-69, illus. p. 69

Credit LineGift of Merrill Wright, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm) approx.

MediumBlown, cut, assembled glass and plywood