Sandy Clark Fused Glass Hawaiian Reef Triggerfish, Kauai 2000 View Watchlist >
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Sandy Clark Fused Glass Hawaiian Reef Triggerfish, Kauai 2000
The humuhumunukunukuapua'a — Hawaii's state fish, and the longest name in the English language for a creature barely the size of your hand — has been a Hawaiian reef fixture since long before anyone was counting. Sandy Clark, working in fused glass on Kauai, didn't paint it. She built it: turquoise and aqua glass stacked against deep aubergine flanks, electric-blue dichroic banding running across the body like a current of light. The dorsal field is scattered with pale glass beads that read as rising reef bubbles. The fins — dorsal, anal, caudal — are combed through with sharp yellow line-work. Under direct light the dichroic passages shift and ignite. It's not a picture of a fish. It's what a fish looks like when it's made of light.
Clark's studio was on Kauai, and the work is dated and titled on the verso in her own hand: "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a / Reef Triggerfish / Sandy Clark 2000 / KAUAI." A molded glass keyhole hanger is fused directly into the back — no hardware needed, ready to hang. At just over a foot wide and two pounds, it lives comfortably on any wall that could use a little reef in it.
CONDITION
Good, with no remarkable damage. Dichroic passages are bright and shift cleanly under light; the integral glass keyhole hanger is intact and undamaged.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- 7" H × 13¼" W × ¼" D
- Weight: 2 lbs
- Material: Fused glass with dichroic inclusions
- Signed, titled, dated, and located verso: Sandy Clark, 2000, Kauai
- Integral molded-glass keyhole wall hanger
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
