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Paphiopedilum Bamboo

Artist Debora Moore (American, born 1960)

Date2002

Mediumglass

DimensionsOverall: 40 9/16 × 5 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (103 × 13.5 × 16 cm)
Overall (Bamboo): 30 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 9/16 in. (77 × 6 × 6.5 cm)
Overall (Leaf): 39 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (100 × 7 × 5 cm)
Overall (Flower stem): 39 15/16 × 5 5/16 × 4 3/4 in. (101.5 × 13.5 × 12 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2020

Object number2020.19.4

Debora Moore’s unique vision translates the beauty and complexity of nature through the medium of glass. Her glass orchids and bamboo shoots appear amazingly life-like, as she has developed new ways to create distinct surfaces and textures that are inspired by the natural world. While hot-sculpting glass, Moore takes artistic license in playing with colors in her interpretation of Paphiopedilum, or Lady Slipper orchids. These flowers are distinctive for their slipper-shaped pouches in a contrasting color to the rest of the flower petals. For the Seattle-based artist, her work is a meditation on nature, capturing the essence of the flower in glass rather than trying to reproduce one exactly as it is found in nature.

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