Daniel Crichton (Canada, 1947-2003)
Vase (c. 1980)
3 15/16” high x 6” diameter
(see Canadian Museum of History, Box 608, F7)
SUMMARY: Daniel Crichton (Canada, 1947-2003) iridescent amber luster form vessel made of free-blown glass, circa 1980. The ovoid saucer form has a compressed and raised top and is finished with an abrasive and acid etched treatment. A comparable vase is found in the Bronfman Collection at the Canadian Museum of History, Box 608, F7. (see pics)
“My work as a vessel-maker has not been driven by technical virtuosity, but by a search for an inner voice, a place of equilibrium In an increasingly opaque and paradoxical world. I find myself often engaged in a dialogue about space and time, and for me this discourse has its roots in the very real interaction of the interior space, the internal emotional/psychological space with the exterior form and surface which records the mark, movement and pattern over time, personal and geological time.”
DIMENSIONS: 3 15/16” high x 6” diameter
MARKINGS: signed on base, “DANIEL CRICHTON 1980”
CONDITION: Vintage, Excellent Condition.
BIOGRAPHY: His work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Claridge Collection, Montreal; the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull; the Winnipeg Art Gallery; the Vancouver Art Gallery; the Montreal Museum of Fine Art; the Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto; and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions across Canada and the United States, as well as in Finland, France, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. As a former member of the Board of Directors for the International Glass Art Society, Crichton was responsible for bringing the International Glass Conference to Toronto in 1989. He is one of the founders of the Glass Art Association of Canada.
