Lieberman’s series of glass guns are reminiscent of the toy pistols and retrofuturist space guns of mid century and the science fiction films of the 1980s. These elaborate and intricate glass sculptures counterpose objects of play and whimsy to weapons of violence and thereby suggest a dichotomy between the innocence of childhood and the overarching threat of violence in childhood environments. Regarding the symbolism behind her glass guns, Lieberman states that “a toy gun is an icon that embodies the conflict between reality and fantasy in the mind of a child, and in American culture in general.