Bug Boy

Description

'Bug Boy', assembled cast glass figure, cut, polished and engraved, with pâte de verre vest, metal inclusions, fabric and string attachments: Scotland, Edinburgh, by Karen Akester, 2009

Museum reference

K.2011.60.5

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Sculpture

Production information

Akester, Karen, 1969 (b.) - 2016 (fl.), Artist
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

2009

Materials

Glass, Metal, Fabric, String

Associations

The Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Glass
Collector: Klein, Dan, 1938 - 2009
Collector: Poole, Alan J., 2011 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• A Passion for Glass (20 May 2011 - 11 Sep 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Watban, R. (ed.), A Passion for Glass: The Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Glass, NMSE, Edinburgh, 2015, p.6, illustrated

Credit

Donation from The Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Modern Glass