Carborundum Chemical Corporation

13 copies made for the US

The sculpture is part of the Collection of the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Gift of Carborundum Corporation, 1996.

In Spark sculptor John Vassar House clearly refers to the spark testing technique to classify ferrous materials with the circular form of the grinders used to produce sparks and the gap spacing between the electrode

Sculptor John Vassar’s SPARK Gift of Carborundum Corporation 1966 was also part of an exhibit by Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University taking place in December 5, 2023 to March 17, 2024.