Michael Petry
Joshua D's Wall, 2011
Hand blown glass
Each stone: ~6 x 13 x 9 in
Copyright the artist
55 hand blown glass 'stones' These glass pieces were made in Murano, Italy at the Berengo factory for an installation entitled Joshua D’s Wall. Originally installed in the Palm Springs...
55 hand blown glass "stones"
These glass pieces were made in Murano, Italy at the Berengo factory for an installation entitled Joshua D’s Wall. Originally installed in the Palm Springs Art Museum, the piece featured a field of 250 hand-blown glass stones that are scattered over the museum floor. Joshua D’s Wall references the Biblical story of Joshua and the crumbling walls of Jericho. Resembling small boulders, these glass stones evoke the earth’s magma and the many colors found therein, as well as Petry’s own artistic impression of the natural environment.
These glass pieces were made in Murano, Italy at the Berengo factory for an installation entitled Joshua D’s Wall. Originally installed in the Palm Springs Art Museum, the piece featured a field of 250 hand-blown glass stones that are scattered over the museum floor. Joshua D’s Wall references the Biblical story of Joshua and the crumbling walls of Jericho. Resembling small boulders, these glass stones evoke the earth’s magma and the many colors found therein, as well as Petry’s own artistic impression of the natural environment.