Amber Cowan’s piece “Hummingbirds with Column in Helio and Lavender” (2022) ties in a variety of vintage glass elements, including the candlestick, candy dish and hummingbirds. Credit...Heller Gallery
Her work is instantly recognizable: lush, collaged tableaus in pastel colors, frozen in the middle of a drip, perpetually in motion.
The candlestick from the 1920s shaped like a Roman column is a rare find. There’s a candy dish from the ’40s and a hummingbird from the ’90s. The glass artist Amber Cowan touches each element of the sculpture as she lists its provenance. Read the full article at The New York Times.
