Winter Spirit Globe Rattle by Preston Singletary

Few artists have changed the possibilities of contemporary Indigenous glass as profoundly as Preston Singletary. Winter Spirit Globe Rattle is a commanding example of Singletary's fusion of blown glass with the visual language of his Tlingit heritage. Deep blue glass becomes the ground for boldly sand-carved formline imagery, its symmetrical eyes, ovoids, and flowing shapes wrapping continuously around the spherical form.

Singletary began blowing glass in Seattle in 1982 and later worked in Benjamin Moore's studio alongside artists including Dante Marioni, Richard Royal, and Lino Tagliapietra. His artistic direction changed when he began incorporating Tlingit stories and designs drawn from his own cultural lineage. Today his work is internationally recognized and held by institutions including the British Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

This 2009 work offers a chance to acquire an important piece by an artist who helped establish an entirely new conversation between Indigenous tradition and contemporary glass.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 12 x 6 x 14

Learn more about the artist at www.prestonsingletary.com.

The Live Auction will take place Sep. 18 at 8pm ET. Bid live at the event, place bids online via Live Auctioneers, or submit absentee bids by contacting Heather McElwee at 412-365-2145 or heather@pittsburghglasscenter.org.