Monumental Glass Sculptures
Constructed with thousands of 8mm thick glass window panes, glued together using invisible 2 part epoxy glue (Ciba-Geigy). The flat-drawn glass used (Emmaboda, Sweden) is deep green when seen from the edge of the pane (modern float glass would be much paler).
- Monumental Fountain, New York World Fair, 1939 (3m tall, 6 tons, not a flat pane construction)
- Ikaros Nadel, Stuttgart, 1964 (9m tall, 24 tons, 1000 panes) 48°45′0.1″N 9°6′19.8″E / 48.750028°N 9.1055°E / 48.750028; 9.1055
- Prisma, Norrköping, 1967 (11.5m tall, 33 ton, 3500 panes)
- Grön eld, Umeå, 1970 (9m tall, 45 tons, 3000 panes)
- Legend i Glas, Växjö, 1978 (5.5m tall, 12 tons, 1100 panes)
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