Somewhere between the precious realm of figurine art ala Lladro and the crazy mixed media planet of Robert Rauschenberg lies a tiny world inhabited by glass sculptor Susan Taylor Glasgow. Time stood still in this sun-dappled nook around 1952, and her pieces celebrate that era of frilly aprons, towering wedding cakes and torpedo bras. To my knowledge, she’s just about the only artist who works in “sewn glass.” After kiln-forming several separate pieces, she literally sews them together and the effect is like cross-stitching – a perfect analogy for the faux domesticity of the Leave it to Beaver era. Step off the 15th floor and her work will be right in front of you.

-Dale

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