Monthly Archives: September 2009
Etsy-find: An elegant mask of glass beads woven so beautifully it’s scary
Catherine Ross didn’t plan to become an expert at creating structured masks and other forms out of woven glass beads using highly evolved versions of traditional Native American techniques, but she found her way there after dropping out of Bryn … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, Design, Etsy-find
Stephen Procter Fellowship offering $4,200 travel stipend for 2010 Canberra artists in residence
The Stephen Procter Fellowship was established in 2001 in memory of Stephen Procter, Head of the Glass Workshop at The Australian National University 1993–2000. The aim of the Fellowship is to assist Australian and international artists working in glass to … Continue reading
Filed under Fellowship, News
Artists in residence Isabel and Ruben Toledo will return to Pilchuck to chair annual auction
Isabel Toledo, a Cuban-born fashion designer who designed Michele Obama’s inauguration outfit, spent this past summer as an artist in residence at Pilchuck together with her artist husband, Ruben. They will be back in the Northwest to chair the 2009 … Continue reading
Hot off the presses: GLASS 116, Fall 2009
The new issue of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly hits newsstands and subscriber mailboxes this week. On the cover: Yoichi Ohira’s Cristallo Sommerso N. 49—Scolpito Vase (2008), made from hand-blown, cut, and polished glass with partial inciso surface.
Filed under News, Print Edition
3 Questions For … Tom Patti
GLASS: What are you working on? Tom Patti: Currently I’m overseeing the assembly and installation of a site-specific work for a 14-story parking garage in Miami. Titled Miami Rain, the project is part of a larger 67-story building designed by … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, New Work
DVD Report: The Spherical Universe of Mark Matthews
Mark Matthews Glass Masters at Work A Film by Robin Lehman Corning Museum of Glass 83 min, $19.95 The career-spanning love affair between Mark Matthews and glass spheres is well known, but through the lens of veteran filmmaker Robin Lehman, … Continue reading
Filed under DVD Review, New Work
