Juried into Online Exhibit
Fay Balk
Punica Granatum 'Nana'
Fay Balk
Kansas City, MO United States
Inspired by my time spent in Italy studying glass and seeing pomegranate trees all over Murano and then discovering dwarf pomegranate plants in the hills of Prosecco - so many of my favorite things coming together, that I had to do a sculpture of them. This sculpture is of a Punica Granatum 'Nana' or a dwarf pomegranate creatively displayed in the form of a bonsai. It is made of borosilicate glass that is hand-colored and blown or shaped to create it's final form. It is placed in a traditional bonsai pot with jade stones at it's base.
Dimensions 10 x 10 x 6 inches