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Where I've Been
Where I've Been

Where I've Been

Artist (American, 1952-2025)
Date1995
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 23 × 7 in. (17.8 × 58.4 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2017
Object numberSN11582.13
The Seattle-based artist Ginny Ruffner focused her artistic practice on flameworking glass for over four decades. Using a torch to shape borosilicate glass, Ruffner sculpted the form, followed by sandblasting to achieve a matte surface. Ruffner then drew and painted details on the surface to accentuate elements, such as the creases on the palms of the hands and the snakeskin. The seemingly unrelated forms in this sculpture were symbols in the artist’s personal journey. Influential in the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement, Ruffner taught at the Pilchuck School in Washington and encouraged up-and-coming generations of artists to explore flameworking.
On View
On view
Location
  • Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion, 2nd Floor, gallery, wall case 4
Collections
Image Not Available for Eye Candy, Patterns of Thought
Eye Candy, Patterns of Thought
Ginny Ruffner
1994
Image Not Available for (8) "I'm so glad you're home again, wife dear. I've been counting the minutes until you should return."
(8) "I'm so glad you're home again, wife dear. I've been counting the minutes until you should return."
R.Y. Young
1902
Image Not Available for "Where Have You Been, My Pretty Maid?"
"Where Have You Been, My Pretty Maid?"
T. W. Ingersoll
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Seven Wives Going to St. Ives
Seven Wives Going to St. Ives
Miles White
1941
Man and Boy Going to St. Ives
Man and Boy Going to St. Ives
Miles White
1941
Where the Balance of Power Lies
Where the Balance of Power Lies
Seth Randal
1994
Youngest Daughter Has Been in the Mill for a Year, Virginia
Youngest Daughter Has Been in the Mill for a Year, Virginia
Lewis Wickes Hine
1911, printed later
Image Not Available for "You have been my own but twelve sweet hours"
"You have been my own but twelve sweet hours"
Benjamin West Kilburn
1905
Image Not Available for (2)-7254-"Why, you little beauty! How long have you been our cook?"
(2)-7254-"Why, you little beauty! How long have you been our cook?"
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for 5435 (3) Injured Innocence.--"Really, Miss Grey, it must have been some other room."
5435 (3) Injured Innocence.--"Really, Miss Grey, it must have been some other room."
H. C. White Co.
1902
Image Not Available for "I ask your Fish what news at Sea. He tells me he don't know--not been there dis free week."
"I ask your Fish what news at Sea. He tells me he don't know--not been there dis free week."
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for 93 She may have been a Belle a Hundred Years Ago.
93 She may have been a Belle a Hundred Years Ago.
mid 19th-early 20th Century
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