In an article in this months issue of Art and Antiques bearing the caption above, author John Dorfman starts off stating “Helped by new technologies , today’s glass artists are pushing this ancient medium beyond its traditional boundaries.” This extensive article then summarizing what is happening with studio glass artists today. The article concludes, “The position of glass within the art world has also changed. Doug Heller of Heller Gallery in New York sees a sort of bifurcation going on: ‘Glass art is moving either into fine art world or the design world, and away from craft.'”

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Nile Green?

It is my opinion we could identify another green. I am positive what color Nile Green is. Can the vetting committee please take a look at this and make a decision. I would like to have the 3585 goblet and the vase in the ship holder entered at the web site as Nile Green I noticed that Nile Green is shown in a few line drawings with a specific cut decoration. Here is one of shape 3585 cut in the Belmar pattern. Next is the CMOG picture of that Nile Green piece. Third I will show a vase that I used to own. This color in person looks very similar to Pomona Green. I can barely tell the difference, but a black light will immediately separate them. Pomona Green will glow from uranium and Nile Green will not. Nile Green is really very emerald in color but will sometimes throw just a little yellow like the rind of a lime that is not fully ripened. Simple rule ” If it looks like Pomona and doesn’t glow it is Nile Green. The Thistle green cut to clear pieces are also in this color. Mr. Dimitroff has a fabulous picture of it fig. 10.150 on page 257.

Some of you may relate to this color by the old fashioned made up name of “overlay green”. As you can see by the Nile Green vase in the ship holder it can come in solid color too! Just like Greg Merkel expressed his fancy for the unique color of Antique Green, I express the same liking for the unique shade of color found in Nile Green. How did Mr Carder make such an “electric green” without using any uranium?

Rande Bly,
Birmingham, AL