Glamour Legs Girdle by Susan Taylor Glasgow

Susan Taylor Glasgow transforms one of fashion history's most restrictive undergarments into something simultaneously delicate, witty, beautiful, and impossible to wear. Glamour Legs Girdle combines translucent blue glass, corset-like black detailing, floral imagery, and even garter straps in a wall-mounted sculpture from her celebrated Glamour Legs series.

Before becoming a glass artist, Taylor Glasgow worked as a seamstress. She later developed an ingenious process of fusing and shaping thin glass panels and then literally stitching them together. Her work frequently borrows the visual language of 1950s domesticity and femininity to examine expectations placed upon women. The contradiction is irresistible: a material we think of as rigid and breakable behaves like fabric, while an intimate garment becomes sculpture.

Clever, beautifully crafted, and unmistakably Susan Taylor Glasgow, this is a piece people will want to talk about.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2" x 12" x 16"

Learn more about the artist at www.taylorglasgow.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.