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Renaissance Ornament Prints and the Collaboration of Practitioners This research project explores the relationship between sixteenth-century ornament prints and the creation of Renaissance-era decorative art objects. Specifically, it begins with a series of seventeen sheets of ornamental designs recommended for use by glass engravers, published in Antwerp circa 1565. The project examines how glass artisans and their collaborators may have used these prints, along with similar ones, in workshop practices to bring a complex glass object to life. To this end, I am experimenting with a variety of glassworking techniques, inspired by a 16th-century vase found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that features glassblowing, molding, engraving, painting, and gilding. I am developing a series of process objects guided by contemporary expert glass artists and scholars to better understand each technique individually and how they might have been combined in ornate decorative arts. Additionally, I am exploring guild structures and regulations in Renaissance Antwerp to gain insight into how various artists, possibly from different workshops and artisanal trades, might have worked together to create such a vase. Currently, there is no comprehensive scholarly study of how Renaissance ornament prints were used in the creation of decorative art objects. My research begins to address this gap by examining a case study of glass art, highlighting the challenges of adapting printed designs for glasswork and their role within a broader artisanal ecosystem. Oral Session 1: 9:00 AM-10:15 AM CT Room: MSC 2300 D Presenter #2: Kyla Beck Majors: Agribusiness

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Texas A&M University / 2026

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Major: Political Science