Monthly Archives: October 2009
3 Questions For … KeKe Cribbs
GLASS: What are you working on? KeKe Cribbs: I’ve been working with fired enamels on glass since 1995, in part because it gave me a way to paint on glass and cut the painting into parts for mosaics and sculptural … Continue reading
Filed under Artist Interviews, New Work
Live streaming from the hotshop no longer a Museum of Glass exclusive
Videos of glass demos have been available on the Web for almost as long as YouTube has been around (a search for “glass demo” brings up more than 1,500 results), but it has been the Museum of Glass in the … Continue reading
On Other Blogs: Multimedia British artist’s glass models of viruses
British multimedia artist Luke Jerram’s exquisite glass sculptures depicting deadly human viruses was spotted by a science blog and that, in turn, was spotted by a Seattle weekly newspaper’s blog, helping to take his highly conceptual artwork to a wider … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, New Work, On Other Blogs
$1-million-plus Pilchuck auction results deemed success despite lower results
Raising a total $1.175 million, the Pilchuck Annual Auction last weekend was down slightly from the 2008 results ($1.2 million) but organizers view it as a resounding success considering the economic climate. The impressive total includes Friday night auction results … Continue reading
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Lalique expert will discuss the influence of nature on a master of Deco design
On Tuesday, November 3, Nicholas Dawes will deliver a lecture on the work of Rene Lalique at the New York Metropolitan Glass Club titled “Rene Lalique and the Natural World.” The presentation will explore Lalique’s relationship with nature, and how … Continue reading
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3 Questions For … Nancy Callan
GLASS: What are you working on? Nancy Callan: I’m working on a few different series right now, the most recent being blown glass sculptures I call “Clam Clouds” or just “Clouds.” These are technically very challenging for me to make. … Continue reading
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Seen: Glass as lens on dislocation in haunting yet sublime installation at New York’s Heller Gallery
The pairing of glass and neon effects transcendence in Hiromi Takizawa’s new installation at Heller Gallery in Manhattan. Opening on October 30th, Crossing the Pacific Ocean addresses the artist’s sense of being dislocated from her family in Japan while at … Continue reading
Corning takes the wraps off its 24th annual Rakow Commission
The Corning Museum of Glass unveiled its 24th annual Rakow Commission on October 16th. The 2009 commissioned artist was Isabella De Obaldía, a Panamanian native who has trained in several artistic forms. With the $10,000 provision granted by the late … Continue reading
Barely Cool: John de Wit exhibits new work shortly after artist residency
Next week, John de Wit will unveil a new body of work at Seattle’s Foster/White Gallery, much of it just out of the annealer from his September residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. “Incise,” the title of de … Continue reading
Filed under Exhibition, News
Preview of the 2009 Pilchuck Annual Auction taking place this Friday evening
On Friday, October 23, the glass world will convene at the Westin Seattle ballroom for the 31st Annual Auction Gala supporting the Pilchuck Glass School. After the $1.2 million raised in the 2008 Pilchuck auction, this year’s results will be … Continue reading
Filed under Art Market, News
Provocative lecture on the death of the craft movement now available as a print-on-demand book
Ceramics dealer and prolific author Garth Clark has a message for those working in craft media such as ceramics, metal, wood, fiber, or glass: The craft movement that sought to elevate craft objects to the status of fine art is, … Continue reading
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3 Questions For … Cirque De Verre
GLASS: What are you working on? Cirque De Verre: Our current project is our Cirque De Verre performance at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion taking place on Oct 30th. Our performances have become curated exhibitions in the hot … Continue reading
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Repost: On Other Blogs: Seattle cut-and-paster keeps tabs on glass scholarship
UPDATED 10/17 On a one-person campaign to raise awareness of the critical discourse about a medium, Seattle blogger Lauren Fujii has set out to chronicle “the written historical record of glass” with her ABJ Seattle Glass Online blog. Updated sporadically … Continue reading
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Finding valuable lessons in the glass process, arts organizations reach out to at-risk youth with special programs
Visualize this: a group of teenage boys go from “moaning, groaning” about having to be there to, just weeks later, describing their work on a glass project with undisguised pride. This transformation was observed by Pittsburgh mosaic artist Daviea Davis … Continue reading
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British online auction site conducts first sale of post-war and contemporary glass
UPDATED 10/17 Until October 21st, online bidders can make their best offer on post-war and contemporary glass design such as a rare Stig Peterson Darlington Glass “Pitter Platter” (circa 1970) with an £150/$245 low estimate, or a Frank Thrower Margueritte … Continue reading
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Seen: Seared by personal loss, Weston Lambert leaves figuration behind in first solo gallery exhibition
While studying for his BFA, Weston Lambert’s work was featured in the Spring 2007 edition of GLASS Quarterly (#106) when he was chosen by Rick Mills at the University of Hawaii for a special article titled “Director’s Cut” that identified … Continue reading
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Historic British glass museum saved from closure thanks to international campaign
After a 10-month battle that energized Britain’s Glass Association, and spawned new groups such as Save Our Glass Heritage, the fight to save Broadfield House glass museum is over. Those fighting the proposed closure of this West Midlands, England, institution … Continue reading
Holsten Galleries co-director Jim Schantz buys out longtime partner Kenn Holsten
After 27 years of working together, Kenn Holsten and Jim Schantz are splitting up. In a completely amicable separation that became official on October 2, the 31-year-old high-end Stockbridge, Massachusetts, gallery specializing in contemporary artists working in glass will change … Continue reading
Seen: NYC glass mosaic showroom says it with flowers
Walk past the SICIS: The Art Mosaic Factory showroom on Broome Street in SoHo, and you can’t help but gape at the brilliant panoply that is the shop’s window display. Large glass mosaic flowers—perhaps 18 inches in diameter—are suspended from … Continue reading
Glass Curiosities: Vitragylphic process allows rapid prototyping of glass objects
Solheim Labs at the University of Washington has been innovating the art of rapid prototyping, according to an article on the University of Washington’s news website. Using everything from ceramics to sugar they are able to “print,” objects made of … Continue reading
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