Murrini Vessels
by Sam Stang
Location: Pre Security, Terminal 1, Ticketing Lounge
Each of the vessels in this collection were created by Stang using a traditional European glassblowing technique called murrini. Stang is inspired by African trade beads, mid-century Italian and Scandinavian design, and by nature. In this collection, the Artist uses monochromatic colors to showcase the incandescence of the glass. The traditional vessel shapes highlight the repeating patterns of the murrini, which are both carefully controlled and delicately skewed through the act of blowing the glass.
About the Artist: Sam Stang
Sam Stang is a glassblower based in Augusta, Missouri. His work is exhibited throughout the country and is well-known in the St. Louis region. Stang studied glassblowing at Washington University in St. Louis. He was also a student of Fritz Dreisbach at Penland School of Crafts and of Lino Tagliapietra at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Stang was a founding partner in Ibex Glass Studio which operated in St Louis from 1985 to 1991. He founded Augusta Glass Studio in a former gas station in Augusta, Missouri in 1992 which is where he continues to create blown glass art today with his wife and fellow glass Artist Kaeko Maehata.
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