Eversley Wine Glass Set of 2
Details
Modern and understated, the Eversley Wine Glass Set elevates everyday drinkware and tablescapes in its muted purple and amber hues. Handblown glass creates a unique elegance, and these footed pieces are sure to add warmth to your next gathering. Pair this set with other pieces from the Eversley Collection for a complete look.
Editors' Note
The Eversley Collection is named for pioneering Black abstractionist artist, Fred Eversley. A Brooklyn native, born in 1941, his parents were Frederick W. Eversley Jr., a civil engineer who later built a multi-million dollar construction company, and Beatrice Syphax Eversley, a descendent of Maria Carter Syphax, a woman born into slavery and descended from Martha Washington through her father, the slave-owner George Washington Parke Custis. Manumitted by her father at 23, Maria Carter Syphax is remembered as the matriarch of the extremely accomplished and prominent Syphax family of Washington D.C., whose accomplishments range from Reconstruction Era appointments in the Virginia General Assembly to chairmanships of the Congressional House Ethics Committee, and the attempted impeachment of Ronald Reagan. Eversley himself followed in his father's footsteps with an early interest in science. He built a workshop in his childhood home, filled with radio and photography equipment from his grandfather, which he used to conduct experiments that he read about in magazines. Among them was an experiment first conducted by Galileo concerning parabola. Eversley's successful recreation of the process sparked a lifelong interest in parabola that would greatly influence his later work as an artist. Graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, he earned a bachelor's degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University) in Electrical Engineering in 1963. He was the first Black student at the school which would, in 2023, bestow on him an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. After graduation, Eversley moved to California, where he worked as an engineer for Wyle Laboratories, building major high intensity acoustical laboratories for both the European Space Agency and NASA, which employed the labs Eversley worked on for both the Apollo and Gemini missions. Though Eversley credited the job with keeping him out of the Vietnam war, it was short-lived as in 1967 a near fatal car accident would prompt his retirement from one profession and the start of another. Living at the time in Venice, California and surrounded by the "bohemian" jazz and arts environment of the time, Eversley combined his knowledge of engineering and his fascination with parabolas — a major aspect of his acoustic laboratory work — to develop a new approach to art. Dubbed "centripetal casting" by the artist, the process uses centrifugal forces to create concave, parabolic surfaces by spinning liquid plastic around a vertical axis. Eversley's work was influenced early on by friendships with other local artists such as DeWain Valentine, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell, all of whose perception-based works have become associated with the loosely defined "Light & Space" or "California Minimalist" movement of the time. Inheriting the studio of his friend, artist John Altoon from his widow only two yeas after it had been renovated by Frank Gehry, Eversley would work out of the space for 50 years until he was evicted from the space in 2019 because the landlord refused him the option to renew his lease. It was an ironic turn, considering that Eversley arrived in Venice in 1964 primarily because it was the only part of the beach at the time where a Black person could receive a lease. Nevertheless, Eversley enjoyed an extremely well-received career as an artist. He was named the very first artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian in 1977. In 2001, he won the first prize for sculpture at the Biennale Internazionale Dell'arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the City of Florence Award by the same event in 2003. Evoking scientific themes of time, light and sound as well as more philosophically-minded, artistic interrogations of human perception, Eversley's colorful, abstract, translucent lenses, made from various polymers and resins, became immensely popular. In addition to numerous shows and exhibitions the artist was commissioned for several large scale installations including the 1983 work, "Pyramids of the Sun," and “Parabolic Light,” one of the artist's last works. A massive blade of translucent, pink polyurethane atop a trapezoidal platform, the sculpture stood at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza entrance to Central Park from 2023-2024. Fred Eversley passed away in March of 2025, following a life and career that spanned the space program and the art world, with pieces exhibited in hundreds of galleries around the world.
Details
Modern and understated, the Eversley Wine Glass Set elevates everyday drinkware and tablescapes in its muted purple and amber hues. Handblown glass creates a unique elegance, and these footed pieces are sure to add warmth to your next gathering. Pair this set with other pieces from the Eversley Collection for a complete look.
Editors' Note
The Eversley Collection is named for pioneering Black abstractionist artist, Fred Eversley. A Brooklyn native, born in 1941, his parents were Frederick W. Eversley Jr., a civil engineer who later built a multi-million dollar construction company, and Beatrice Syphax Eversley, a descendent of Maria Carter Syphax, a woman born into slavery and descended from Martha Washington through her father, the slave-owner George Washington Parke Custis. Manumitted by her father at 23, Maria Carter Syphax is remembered as the matriarch of the extremely accomplished and prominent Syphax family of Washington D.C., whose accomplishments range from Reconstruction Era appointments in the Virginia General Assembly to chairmanships of the Congressional House Ethics Committee, and the attempted impeachment of Ronald Reagan. Eversley himself followed in his father's footsteps with an early interest in science. He built a workshop in his childhood home, filled with radio and photography equipment from his grandfather, which he used to conduct experiments that he read about in magazines. Among them was an experiment first conducted by Galileo concerning parabola. Eversley's successful recreation of the process sparked a lifelong interest in parabola that would greatly influence his later work as an artist. Graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, he earned a bachelor's degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University) in Electrical Engineering in 1963. He was the first Black student at the school which would, in 2023, bestow on him an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. After graduation, Eversley moved to California, where he worked as an engineer for Wyle Laboratories, building major high intensity acoustical laboratories for both the European Space Agency and NASA, which employed the labs Eversley worked on for both the Apollo and Gemini missions. Though Eversley credited the job with keeping him out of the Vietnam war, it was short-lived as in 1967 a near fatal car accident would prompt his retirement from one profession and the start of another. Living at the time in Venice, California and surrounded by the "bohemian" jazz and arts environment of the time, Eversley combined his knowledge of engineering and his fascination with parabolas — a major aspect of his acoustic laboratory work — to develop a new approach to art. Dubbed "centripetal casting" by the artist, the process uses centrifugal forces to create concave, parabolic surfaces by spinning liquid plastic around a vertical axis. Eversley's work was influenced early on by friendships with other local artists such as DeWain Valentine, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell, all of whose perception-based works have become associated with the loosely defined "Light & Space" or "California Minimalist" movement of the time. Inheriting the studio of his friend, artist John Altoon from his widow only two yeas after it had been renovated by Frank Gehry, Eversley would work out of the space for 50 years until he was evicted from the space in 2019 because the landlord refused him the option to renew his lease. It was an ironic turn, considering that Eversley arrived in Venice in 1964 primarily because it was the only part of the beach at the time where a Black person could receive a lease. Nevertheless, Eversley enjoyed an extremely well-received career as an artist. He was named the very first artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian in 1977. In 2001, he won the first prize for sculpture at the Biennale Internazionale Dell'arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the City of Florence Award by the same event in 2003. Evoking scientific themes of time, light and sound as well as more philosophically-minded, artistic interrogations of human perception, Eversley's colorful, abstract, translucent lenses, made from various polymers and resins, became immensely popular. In addition to numerous shows and exhibitions the artist was commissioned for several large scale installations including the 1983 work, "Pyramids of the Sun," and “Parabolic Light,” one of the artist's last works. A massive blade of translucent, pink polyurethane atop a trapezoidal platform, the sculpture stood at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza entrance to Central Park from 2023-2024. Fred Eversley passed away in March of 2025, following a life and career that spanned the space program and the art world, with pieces exhibited in hundreds of galleries around the world.
Details
Modern and understated, the Eversley Wine Glass Set elevates everyday drinkware and tablescapes in its muted purple and amber hues. Handblown glass creates a unique elegance, and these footed pieces are sure to add warmth to your next gathering. Pair this set with other pieces from the Eversley Collection for a complete look.
Editors' Note
The Eversley Collection is named for pioneering Black abstractionist artist, Fred Eversley. A Brooklyn native, born in 1941, his parents were Frederick W. Eversley Jr., a civil engineer who later built a multi-million dollar construction company, and Beatrice Syphax Eversley, a descendent of Maria Carter Syphax, a woman born into slavery and descended from Martha Washington through her father, the slave-owner George Washington Parke Custis. Manumitted by her father at 23, Maria Carter Syphax is remembered as the matriarch of the extremely accomplished and prominent Syphax family of Washington D.C., whose accomplishments range from Reconstruction Era appointments in the Virginia General Assembly to chairmanships of the Congressional House Ethics Committee, and the attempted impeachment of Ronald Reagan. Eversley himself followed in his father's footsteps with an early interest in science. He built a workshop in his childhood home, filled with radio and photography equipment from his grandfather, which he used to conduct experiments that he read about in magazines. Among them was an experiment first conducted by Galileo concerning parabola. Eversley's successful recreation of the process sparked a lifelong interest in parabola that would greatly influence his later work as an artist. Graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, he earned a bachelor's degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University) in Electrical Engineering in 1963. He was the first Black student at the school which would, in 2023, bestow on him an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. After graduation, Eversley moved to California, where he worked as an engineer for Wyle Laboratories, building major high intensity acoustical laboratories for both the European Space Agency and NASA, which employed the labs Eversley worked on for both the Apollo and Gemini missions. Though Eversley credited the job with keeping him out of the Vietnam war, it was short-lived as in 1967 a near fatal car accident would prompt his retirement from one profession and the start of another. Living at the time in Venice, California and surrounded by the "bohemian" jazz and arts environment of the time, Eversley combined his knowledge of engineering and his fascination with parabolas — a major aspect of his acoustic laboratory work — to develop a new approach to art. Dubbed "centripetal casting" by the artist, the process uses centrifugal forces to create concave, parabolic surfaces by spinning liquid plastic around a vertical axis. Eversley's work was influenced early on by friendships with other local artists such as DeWain Valentine, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell, all of whose perception-based works have become associated with the loosely defined "Light & Space" or "California Minimalist" movement of the time. Inheriting the studio of his friend, artist John Altoon from his widow only two yeas after it had been renovated by Frank Gehry, Eversley would work out of the space for 50 years until he was evicted from the space in 2019 because the landlord refused him the option to renew his lease. It was an ironic turn, considering that Eversley arrived in Venice in 1964 primarily because it was the only part of the beach at the time where a Black person could receive a lease. Nevertheless, Eversley enjoyed an extremely well-received career as an artist. He was named the very first artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian in 1977. In 2001, he won the first prize for sculpture at the Biennale Internazionale Dell'arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the City of Florence Award by the same event in 2003. Evoking scientific themes of time, light and sound as well as more philosophically-minded, artistic interrogations of human perception, Eversley's colorful, abstract, translucent lenses, made from various polymers and resins, became immensely popular. In addition to numerous shows and exhibitions the artist was commissioned for several large scale installations including the 1983 work, "Pyramids of the Sun," and “Parabolic Light,” one of the artist's last works. A massive blade of translucent, pink polyurethane atop a trapezoidal platform, the sculpture stood at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza entrance to Central Park from 2023-2024. Fred Eversley passed away in March of 2025, following a life and career that spanned the space program and the art world, with pieces exhibited in hundreds of galleries around the world.
Additional Details
Set of 2 wine glasses
Weight: 0.4 lbs
Opening Size: 2.5""
Material: Glass
Dimensions: 2.75" x 2.75" x 4.75"
Imported
Made to order
Ships within the continental U.S. in 3-4 weeks
