tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24142885431332133972024-03-13T08:28:03.219+00:00Glass Society of IrelandGlass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.comBlogger600125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-34851475353594625852015-11-20T09:20:00.000+00:002015-11-20T09:20:45.315+00:00Narrating Process - a Northlands Glass Experience <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.56; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<i><span style="line-height: 1.56;">Remember back when it was summer and some of us lucky few got the chance to travel and take some amazing glass classes? GSoI member </span><a href="http://www.catherinekeenanglass.com/" style="line-height: 1.56;" target="_blank">Catherine Keenan</a><span style="line-height: 1.56;"> travelled to our friends at </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.88px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="line-height: 26.88px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nothlands Creative Glass, an amazing glassy place not too far away from us - find out about her experience! </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first experience of Northlands was in 2008 when I got the opportunity of being a teaching assistant for american hot glass sculptor Richard Jolley. It was one of those complete shot in the dark applications that surprisingly, and dauntingly paid off! Luckily I wasn’t the only TA, seasoned Northlands gaffer <a href="http://www.nationalglasscentre.com/visit/onyourvisit/viewourexhibitions/exhibitions/details/?id=409" target="_blank">James Maskrey</a> was also there. This put me in the comfortable position of being Richards second assistant and also to work directly with the beginners to glassblowing. It couldn’t have been a better experience to build up my confidence in the studio and also in teaching.</span></div>
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<br />Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-50881843513191879692015-10-02T02:17:00.001+01:002015-10-02T02:17:59.012+01:00Glass Highlights from Sculpture in Context 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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autumn to see the gardens in all of their glory, this is the time to do so. Once
again talented glass artists have made themselves known at the <i>Sculpture in Context</i> exhibition at The
National Botanic Gardens in Glassnevin. This year’s exhibition had the highest
amount of entries to date. It w<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>as a challenge for the judicators
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Congratulations to all artists who have participated in Irelands largest and
most prestigious annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. Here is just a glimpse of
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made pieces <i>Fishermen</i>, (painted and
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Louise Murphy. <i>Arderin</i>, is a sculpted
mountainscape that displays the reflective and optical qualities of shot glass.
Just beginning her final degree year, this is the first time Louise has shown
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City project coordinator is showing some beautiful hot sculpted pieces in a
mini installation, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gone to Pot</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Both
artists’ works this year are finely displayed in the gallery window directly in
front of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whole world in your Hands</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, a
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Gardens, which will run until 16 October 2015. Admission is free and it's a
great visit for all the family to enjoy. Opening times are 9-5 weekdays
and 10-6 weekends and bank holidays. Free tours of the exhibition every
Tuesday 10.30am - 11.30am and every Saturday 3pm - 4pm. Full programme of all the artists and
works is available at the reception. More details and contact info
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><i>The Design and Crafts Council Ireland’s pioneering <a href="http://www.learncraftdesign.com/learn/crafted" target="_blank">CRAFTed Programme</a> has been connecting primary teachers with professional crafts peoples for several years now. The programme gives schools the opportunity to teach many techniques that wouldn’t ordinarily find their way into the classroom. Earlier this year GSoI member <a href="http://www.gerlinde.ie/" target="_blank">Gerlinde Kugler</a> undertook one such project </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During March and April 2015, I was awarded a CRAFTed Project by the Crafts Council with Rebecca Ivanoff and her 4th class for 10 time hours. The theme was to be ‘Construction’ and the teacher wanted to introduce the children (10 years old) to glass. </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />To introduce the children to the tools, metal and wire we started by making some jewellery using silver plated wire and coloured plastic strips (cut from plastic folders) as they were coloured and transparent; a little bit like glass. Mother’s Day was around the corner so even the boys were motivated to design and make a necklace.<br /><br /><br /><br />Next we did some wire birds. First the pupils did a line drawing and then bend fencing wire to the correct shape. They tied some pieces of coloured transparent plastic and some beads into the birds with tying wire and a button or jump ring as an eye.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<br /><br />For the next stage in the project I introduced them to glass and showed them some of my work. The teacher had already researched with the class how glass is made and which materials we would be using.<br /><br />I demonstrated the Tiffany technique, smoothed the edges of a glass bird and explained and showed how the copper foil was wrapped around the edges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shaped the trunk of the tree from a wide timber board, 160 cm high, painted it and fixed sculpture rods (RPM Supplies) onto it which then were shaped to become the branches. As I could only use one half of the window for the display the branches of the tree had to be on one side only. I tied and soldered the birds onto the branches and fixed the tree into the window.<br /><br /><br />There was just one problem: All the pupils were in love with their bird and did not want to part with it. The solution: Everybody made a second bird to take home and all were happy and proud.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />For more information you can contact me by email: <a href="mailto:gerlinde@kugler.ie">gerlinde@kugler.ie</a> - And have a look at my website www.gerlinde.ie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><i>Thanks Gerlinde for sharing your experience with us. Other glass artists who have completed projects with Schools include <a href="http://www.deirdrerogers.com/index.html" target="_blank">Deirdre Rodgers</a> and <a href="http://www.learncraftdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CRAFTED-SLIDESHOW-Michael-Ray.pdf" target="_blank">Michael Ray</a>. For more information on CRAFTed Projects see the <a href="http://www.learncraftdesign.com/learn/crafted" target="_blank">DCCoI Website</a> - and tell us if you have been involved in a similar project! </i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First up was Terrence McSweeney from <a href="http://www.irishkerryglass.com/" target="_blank">Kerry Crafted Glass</a>. I had met Terry before once at NCAD and once at an RDS Craft fair from Christmases past - He's a yearly staple at this stage, generally to be found in the main hall along the perimeter. All of Kerry Crafted Glass is made using recycled glass and his priduct range covers, lamps, mirrors, all kind of table wear and decorative ornaments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't get a chance to speak to Ruzica Ruane of <a href="http://www.cadenzaglassbeads.com/index.html" target="_blank">Cadenza Glass Beads</a> because she was too busy with customers which can only be a good thing but I think this was her first year at the RDS. Ruzica's lampworked beads create beautiful statement jewellery pieces and if you're interested in leanring some of her techniques she also offers <a href="http://www.cadenzaglassbeads.com/workshops.html" target="_blank">workshops</a> for small groups at her lovely custom built studio in Dun Laoghaire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some more glass jewellery - kiln-formed this time - from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShardsofDesign" target="_blank"><i>Shards of Design</i> </a>. Based in Dundrum in Dublin and operated by Fergus Quearney, this company had lots of playful fused glass jewellery, decorative wall pictures and clocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some more glassy exhibitors I didnt have a chance to talk to were <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agnes-Preece-Stained-Glass/531420780314647?ref=br_tf" target="_blank">Agnes Preece Stained Glass</a> Lamps, Celtic Heritage Kinsale and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RainbowStainedGlass" target="_blank">Rainbow Stained Glass</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PS: Also on display over the 5 days were the award winning works from the RDS Craft Awards 2014 - Here's some photography that does them no justice, but it was great that so many people got the opportunity to see them - congratulations again Dennis and Sadhbh! </span></div>
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Glass. Rarely seen glass. Mother Teresa. Water/Waader/Wawsher. Hot Glass. Painting Party. Crown Jewels. Irish Glass. S’mores. Beer. The Pond. Falling into the Pond. Cold Glass. Volleyball. Cartwheel Races. Golden Apron. Laughing. Crying. Glass Music. The Bell. Hot Shop Party. Climbing Walls. Silent Auction. Crazy Hair. Glass. Glass. Glass. Pilchuck was something else. A week just wasn’t enough.<br />
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Unlike other summer classes at Pilchuck, Session 7 was an open-studio session where students were free to work in all areas of the campus. This session attracted students of all levels and backgrounds many using the open studio experience as a chance to explore glass for the first time. A diverse and intriguing programme was on offer from instructors Róisín de Buitléar (hotshop), Fred Curtis (coldshop), Walter Lieberman (glass painting), Armelle Bouchet O’Neill (kilnforming) and Amber Cowan (flameshop).The enthusiasm of the students, the knowledge, skill and personalities of the instructors and the addition of inspirational live-wire Laura Donefer as the Artist in Residence into the mix resulted in the creation of some distinct, exciting, experimental art and enthralled students.<br />
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This was my first time at Pilchuck and I was both delighted and nervous to be tasked with serving as a Teaching Assistant (TA) to the great Fred Curtis, Master Glass-Cutter from the Waterford Crystal Factory. I spent my time in Pilchuck’s fantastic cold shop, organising materials and equipment and attending to the students. Despite being a fellow Wexfordian, this was my first time meeting the famous Fred. My glassy adventure began at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, where I met Róisín, Fred and Antoine Brodin (one of Roisin’s TA's). The ground-breaking <i>Caution Fragile! Exhibition</i> was just about to come down. It was really great to witness such inspirational pieces of Irish Glass in such an important international venue. I was delighted to get the chance to see it before the end.<br />
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My day at the museum set the tone of the trip; I was already in awe of Fred, relaxed, laughing and surrounded by Irish artists. For such a small nation we were exceptionally well represented that session, to to the roll call there was: <a href="http://roisindebuitlear.com/roisin-de-buitlear/" target="_blank">Róisín De Buitléar</a>, <a href="http://www.fredcurtiscrystal.com/website/" target="_blank">Fred Curtis</a>, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/84198075@N08/" target="_blank">Meadhbh McIlgorm</a>, <a href="http://www.aoifesodenglass.com/" target="_blank">Aoife Soden</a>, <a href="http://www.andreaspencerglass.com/Andrea_Spencer/Home.html" target="_blank">Andrea Spencer</a> (English but now lives in Antrim so we're claiming her), <a href="http://www.rozariiphotography.com/" target="_blank">Rozarii Lynch </a>(Irish now living in Seattle) and <a href="http://www.sineadbrennanglass.com/" target="_blank">myself</a> - plus other honorary Irish (shout out to Conor McClellan Fred’s other TA, Irish in name)! It was great to see the appreciation that the students and staff, including the other instructors, showed towards us, with Fred being held in particularly high esteem. His reputation had definitely crossed the Atlantic with his demonstrations attracting the awe and complete attention of the audience. His cold shop grew in popularity throughout the week with students of all abilities getting their first experience of the infinite possibilities of cold glass.<br />
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The week was a whirlwind - nonstop from start to finish. The campus was a real hive of activity with artist talks on all week when we weren’t making use of the world class facilities. Two talks of note were presented by our own Róisín De Buitléar and Fred Curtis. Róisín gave an excellent heartfelt presentation on the plight of Waterford Crystal and her work in response to this. Fred’s slide show took a different direction with a montage of some of his most famous and technically ingenious pieces. Its fair to say there were a few amazed expressions while Fred presided over the room.<br />
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The old mantra of “work hard play hard” definitely rang true in the misty mountains of the Pacific Northwest. There was a real sense of fun about the entire week and this manifested itself in a number of interesting guises: From the tamer pursuit of hiking up the mountain to inspiration point - bottle of wine in tow and floating along the lake with fellow Irish TA Aoife Soden, to some more exuberant activities including an end of session hot shop party, dancing in the ‘Trojan Horse’ and the international athletic extravaganza that was the Pilchuck Olympics. With such a frantic week in the creative bubble of Pilchuck Fred, Aoife, Antoine and I eased ourselves back into the real world with a visit to the Dale Chihluly Gardens and Glass before leaving. A fantastic end to a truly ‘awesome’ week! ;)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by Sinead Brennan </span></div>
Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-12556566912034431922014-09-28T22:48:00.003+01:002014-09-28T22:49:36.701+01:00Glass in the Gardens @Sculpture in Context 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hard as it is to believe that a whole
year has gone by since I told you about <a href="http://glasssocietyofireland.blogspot.ie/2013/09/glass-galore-sculpture-in-context2013.html" target="_blank">‘GLASS GALORE @Sculpture in Context2013'</a> - I’m delighted to say that we have done it again and glass art is once more making a big impression at Ireland’s largest and most prestigious annual
outdoor sculpture event <i>Sculpture in
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gracing the gardens and glasshouses Dublin’s Botanical
Gardens every September/October since 2002 this exhibition features over 150
pieces from both Irish and International artists.There is always fantastic variety with works in all mediums from both established and emerging artists. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have counted an amazing <b>fifteen</b> lovely
pieces made with glass this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Here's the list of their creators: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Benjamin Just<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eva Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gwyn Grace<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lisa Sarsfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Madeleine Hellier<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mags O'Dea<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Margaret Tuffy <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Merce Canadell<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rose Sinclair-Doyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sadhbh Mowlds<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Continuing the theme of glassy excellence,
I'm delighted to report that one of the three cash prizes for </span><i style="font-size: 12.5pt;">an Outdoor Work of Distinction in Any Medium’</i><span style="font-size: small;">
was awarded to Merce Canadell, a final year student in the National College
of Art and Design glass department, for her piece E</span><i style="font-size: 12.5pt;">mbracing Water. </i><span style="font-size: small;">Her cast glass piece is partly submerged in the water feature in one of the greenhouses where the running water makes the sculpture glisten and seem to come
alive. (Though you should obviously try to see it in person – there is a great
shot of it at the end of this short </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro6698TJ9UI" style="font-size: 12.5pt;" target="_blank">youtube video</a><span style="font-size: small;">).</span></span></span></div>
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Some returning stars from last year’s exhibition are recent NCAD graduates Gwyn Grace, Mag’s O’Dea (who was awarded a prize last year) and Sadhbh Mowlds (The GSoI Prize winner at the RDS awards this year). The NCAD students are ones to be watched in this exhibition for sure! <br />
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National Botanical Gardens will run till 17 October 2014. Admission is free and it's a great visit for all the family to enjoy. Opening times are 9-5 weekdays and 10-6 weekends and bank holidays. </span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.6pt;">Free
tours of the exhibition every Tuesday 10.30am - 11.30am and every Saturday 3pm
- 4pm. Full programme of all the </span><span style="line-height: 24.7999992370605px;">artists</span><span style="line-height: 18.6pt;"> and works is </span><span style="line-height: 24.7999992370605px;">available</span><span style="line-height: 18.6pt;"> at reception. More details and contact info see </span><span style="line-height: 24.7999992370605px;">their</span><span style="line-height: 18.6pt;"> <a href="http://www.sculptureincontext.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKGq4YhSaHu5wO3Jr_IHMkeLXlLgwmHVhs-Bs9EVL0CM4VwXO_RAAcdkT2Bs9M7P-_ERcmqznk_HHt7w2Sj8xiCwSTCTdDpVIuV4K2AbY07KM7Od4IdIT1-RVWi7zkLKACWkWq6rcRmE/s1600/Sadhbh+Mowlds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKGq4YhSaHu5wO3Jr_IHMkeLXlLgwmHVhs-Bs9EVL0CM4VwXO_RAAcdkT2Bs9M7P-_ERcmqznk_HHt7w2Sj8xiCwSTCTdDpVIuV4K2AbY07KM7Od4IdIT1-RVWi7zkLKACWkWq6rcRmE/s1600/Sadhbh+Mowlds.jpg" height="200" width="128" /></a>This year the Glass Society of Ireland were proud to be able to sponsor a prize at the RDS National Craft Awards. The GSoI Ireland sponsored prize was €300 this year and was won by Sadhbh Mowlds a recent graduate of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Sadhbh's main interest is in blown glass and she is travelling to Berlin Glas EV this summer to hon her skills. We were delighted to be able to provide some support for this young artists to continue with her craft. Congratulation Sadhbh and we look forward to hearing how you get on in Berlin - keep in touch!</div>
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In the main glass category was awarded to Denis Brown (who also was awarded for his work in the calligraphy and lettering). His layered glass panels were created at his studio in Sandyford. For more information on Denis you can visit his website <a href="http://www.quillskill.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> </div>
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We were also happy to see many familiar faces that got selected for the exhibition which will be open for the duration of the Horse Show and will then travel to this year's City of Culture, Limerick and will be on display at the Hunt Gallery. Those selected for the exhibition in the catagory of glass were: Rose Sinclair Doyle, Eva Kelly, Denis Brown, Sadhbh Mowlds and Mc Gonigle Glass Studio.</div>
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We hope that next year we will see even more entries into the glass category!</div>
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For a full list of this years awards click <a href="http://www.rds.ie/index.jsp?a=1105&n=177&p=211" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-26504821404954399692014-06-25T14:32:00.000+01:002014-06-25T14:32:05.098+01:00Glassy Future Makers of 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifgoQEJqykWjt-2gCP0LAWQ2kePnXMYITb8U8qvMCl-BGs9XNHih7CD0u6gT3X2DLmSj1Mfe3W0sCg7R_EHxLA_8THgainT_FTNpFGMV-OZDS8YPO8H3QvpAZOZT7-XYxAqVjslRGKqM/s1600/future-makers-logo-green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifgoQEJqykWjt-2gCP0LAWQ2kePnXMYITb8U8qvMCl-BGs9XNHih7CD0u6gT3X2DLmSj1Mfe3W0sCg7R_EHxLA_8THgainT_FTNpFGMV-OZDS8YPO8H3QvpAZOZT7-XYxAqVjslRGKqM/s1600/future-makers-logo-green.jpg" height="171" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year’s <a href="http://www.futuremakers.ie/" target="_blank">Future Makers</a> Competition has been a great
success for Glass Society of Ireland members Karen Donnellan, Emma Bourke and Mags
O’ Dea. The awards ceremony took place again this year in Fallon and Byrne’s
function room in Dublin on June 11th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.karendonnellan.com/" target="_blank">Karen</a> received the Exhibitions Assistance support award, worth €800. She plans to use this funding to assist with
her solo show <i><a href="http://www.nationalcraftgallery.ie/exhibitions/kilkenny-arts-festival" target="_blank">Resonance</a></i> which will be
held from August 9th to October 15th as part of the Kilkenny Arts
Festival. Her work will be displayed
next to Róisín De Buitlear’s at the National Craft Gallery and both exhibits
will innovatively explore the sonic qualities of glass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emma Bourke, who is currently a GSoI board member, was
awarded a substantial Residencies and Training award. This €1000 support award will allow her travel
to Sunderland to continue training with the scientific glass-workers who own
and run Wearside Glass at the <a href="http://www.nationalglasscentre.com/" target="_blank">National Glass Centre</a>. We must also mention her success earlier this
year in receiving the <a href="http://www.goldenfleeceaward.com/" target="_blank">Golden Fleece Award</a> with which she purchased two new
kilns and renovated her home studio in Mayo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mags-O-Dea-Glass-Artist/833969573297401" target="_blank">Mags O’Dea</a> received a Materials Support award in the student
category. Mags just completed her BA in Glass Design in the National College of
Art and Design and this DCCoI assistance will be very helpful in kick-starting
her career. Her winning piece was from
the same body of work that was displayed in NCAD’s Graduate exhibition held
last week in the Thomas Street campus.</span><br />
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held every year with various other awards and supports apart from the ones
mentioned above. Since the change from
the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) to the Design and Crafts Council of
Ireland (DCCoI) it is not only a great opportunity for crafts people but for
designers too. Congratulations to Karen,
Emma and Mags who received the supports out of a fierce competition of around
100 entrants. We look forward to seeing
how the funds will help their already beautiful art and hope to see even more
GSoI members getting shortlisted and receiving awards from Future Makers over
the next few years! </span><br />
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Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-80238949764481267322014-06-24T20:55:00.000+01:002014-06-24T20:56:33.912+01:00Ulysses Cylinders Public Lecture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">In the lead up to the opening of the Ulysses Cylinders exhibition by
Dale Chilhuly and Seaver Leslie with Flora C. Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick a
lecture was held at Dublin Castle. This lecture looked at the making of the
exhibition, glass in Ulysses and also gave an insight into why the artists and
organisers decided, almost forty years after the exhibition’s original
conception, to recreate this iconic show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">The evening began with introductions from Paula Stokes and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Róisín de Buitléar, who have both been instrumental
in getting this exhibition to Ireland for its very fitting launch</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> to
coincide with the Bloomsday festivities<i>. A screen</i>ing of the making
process of<i> </i>these beautiful pieces took place and the complexities of
the artistic process were clear. These pieces have been lavished in gold, had
delicate and intricate glass drawings melted into their surface, and then
skilfully blown to their final shape. This labour intensive process
encapsulates the love and effort on the part of everyone on this project to
make the vision of the Ulysses Cylinders a reality.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Seaver Leslie gave a wonderful talk about his role in the project and his
respect for his fellow artists, including Joyce himself, is worn on his
sleeve. His modesty is such that he comes across as a man who is proud to have
been allowed to be part of this project and not as one of its main characters.
However, once he began to speak you can feel the connection and depth of
knowledge that he has for his subject matter.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">He stressed the links with Ulysses and Joyce that
go beyond a mere visual representation of the book.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> ‘Proportion
is everything in the making of art’, Leslie tells us, echoing the harmonics of
proportion in Ulysses. The joy of discovery also links these two artists we
learn as Leslie recounts the story of finding a description of glass blowing in
Ulysses and describes the emotion and pride he felt at his discovery. This is
something which translates to the objects in the exhibition, as <i>Róisín
de Buitléar</i> pointed out, you have to walk around each piece to get the
full picture, you have to actively seek it.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ownership is not seen as an issue. Leslie expresses how all art steals and
borrows inspiration from others. This exhibition is about collaboration and
creation, using the ideas and talents of a group to push the art form to new
levels. His collaboration with Chihuly began a long time ago when Leslie first
encountered Chihuly working the hot work shop in college. He described how
Chihuly’s vibrancy attracted an entourage of fun, creative people.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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painter and this very team orientated process of glass blowing served to draw
Leslie in to the world of Chihuly. He describes himself as being hidden in a
forest and Chihuly being out there causing a storm. I for one am glad he chose
to come out of his metaphorical hiding place and add his talents to <i>the
Ulysses Cylinders</i> project.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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finding something deep and essential within art, taking it, and making it your
own. Leslie leaves us with the thought that Ulysses is a spiritual book and not
to be daunted as, ‘you will find what you need’ from it.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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‘Through the glass darkly’ in his talk about the importance of glass in Joyce’s
writing. He tells us that Joyce asked us to look at the glass and not just
through the glass. To illustrate this he described the first scene of the
Dubliners where there is a young boy looking up at the stained glass windows in
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ways, once saying that ‘only a transparent sheet separates me from madness’. Gibbons
informs us of the fortuitous meeting of Joyce with Thomas Pugh of Pugh’s glass
manufacturers. In Pugh he found a man who had claimed Ulysses as a seminal work
but who operated outside of the academic circles, this, Gibbons tells us, was
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tells us of the mix up with a commission involving the artist Matisse who was
asked to illustrate Ulysses. However misunderstanding the commission he
illustrated Homer's Odyssey instead, leaving Ulysses without illustrations</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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car accident stopped the original exhibition in its tracks and resulted in
Chihuly losing the sight of his left eye. Today the Ulysses Cylinders
exhibition is on display at Dublin Castle after a long time in the making. This
beautiful collection of objects holds more stories than those illustrated on
their surface. They are alive with narratives waiting to be unlocked by the
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Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-43925076941767089282014-06-09T23:42:00.001+01:002014-06-09T23:42:05.401+01:00GSoI Dublin Events 17th of June _ #chihulysses<div class="MsoNormal">
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Dublin, the GSoI is hosting a number of events in the city on June 17<sup>th</sup>
to coincide with his lecture and exhibition of the ‘Ulysses Cylinders’ at
Dublin Castle. </span></span></div>
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also be hosting an informal get-together with drinks, food and a small glass
display for anyone interested at <a href="http://www.bagotshutton.com/" target="_blank">Bagots Hutton Bar</a> (28 South William Street,
15min walk away from Dublin Castle) which will be a lovely chance to catch up
with old friends and maybe make some new ones. </span></span></div>
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Visible Storage section of Collins’ Barracks. Debbie will look at the
historical collection which consists of Irish, American and European glass
dating from the 18th to the 20th Century. Traditional collecting centered
on the industrial manufacture of Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Waterford in
the late 18th to mid 19th Century. Debbie will also discuss the
important collection of high quality Irish/Irish-related contemporary works
that were purchased in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland.</span></span></div>
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stained glass windows date back to the 1960’s; some of which were executed by
the Abbey Stained Glass Studio. In 1989 a series of windows for the nave were
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of the largest in the world and is still displayed in its original 19th century
cabinets Researcher of Blaschka glass and trained as a scientific lampworker,
Emma has an intuitive understanding of this work. At 3pm she will lead a group
up to the restricted third floor balcony, where she will explain the importance
of these pieces to our national collection, the creation of the work and the
restoration of the exhibits. Spaces are limited on this tour so registration is
essential to be </span>guaranteed<span lang="EN-US"> a space, contact <a href="mailto:emma.glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com" target="_blank">emma.glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com</a>
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Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com1Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309699999993453.0463133 -6.9057566999999933 53.6532973 -5.6148626999999935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-12877669689735358852014-05-29T17:04:00.001+01:002014-05-29T17:04:02.292+01:00COLLECT London 2014<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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home to ‘The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects’, better known to
everyone as ‘Collect’. A weekend trip across the pond to London is a bit of an
extravagance for most at this busy time of year but since I’m now living a
short(ish) train journey away I thought I’d share some of this year’s glassy
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work, including this beautiful transparent blown glass by Kari Hakonsen. Glass is never the most represented material at craft shows like this but what
it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality (then again maybe we’re just
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some familiar names from the UK and elsewhere pop up every
year at collect: Danish artist Steffen Dam and his impossibly realistic hot
sculpted jellyfish jars still fascinate me even more now I know how many stages
and intricate processes creating them requires. Katherine Coleman, one of the
best known glass engravers in the UK had some of her beautiful, optical vases
on display and across the room another big name on in UK glass, Burno Romanelli
showed some super precise and expertly polished kiln work.</span><br />
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Unfortunately there wasn’t much in the way of an Irish glass
representation this year. To the best of my knowledge we can only claim
Dubliner Edmond Bryne, who is now based in the UK, as the sole Irish glass
participant. Edmond, represented by the FLOW gallery, displayed a number of his
signature textured mould-blown forms. Inside
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'The Flanders Gallery' featured some interesting work from Belgian glass artists Pia Raeymaekers and Chantal Delporte. I thought Chantal’s work was particular interesting; she seems to be using pate-de-verre and lost-wax casting to create very detailed, natural looking forms. On some of them the frit seems to blend into the solid cast glass, creating an impressive mix of texture on the one sculpture. I would love to know how she does it.<br />
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vast majority of the glassworks on show were shown in special exhibit from The
National Glass Centre and ‘The Gallery’ at London Glassblowing. There were far
more delightful objects on show than I could even photograph. As always there
were some fantastic examples of contemporary jewellery in a huge variety of
materials, ceramics ranging from the sculptural to the functional, metalwork,
finely crafted wood, textiles and so much more. I really recommend a visit next
year for inspiration and visual delights abound and with any luck maybe there’ll
be a few more familiar pieces from our friends and members too! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coming from NCAD’s glass programme in Dublin, I was excited
about the opportunities that going on student exchange at Southern Illinois
University would bring. One of these opportunities was to attend the annual
Glass Art Society Conference, held this year in Chicago. The conference ran
from March 19-22 and was hosted across a few venues in Chicago. The lectures
took place in the Palmer House Hotel near Chicago’s busiest area, the Loop. Demonstrations
from artists took place in Ignite Glass Studios and West Supply Glass Studio. I
had the fortune to stay at the Palmer House with the students from Southern
Illinois University; I already knew this would be the nicest hotel I would stay
in for a long time! Day one began with a welcome note, Lifetime Achievement
Lecture and the Keynote Address in the Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House. What
a beautiful surrounding for some great talks! Demonstrations were held during
the latter part of the day in West Supply and Ignite Glass Studios. Marc
Petrovic demonstrated his iconic birds in West Supply while Richard Royal
tested the capacity of the glory holes in Ignite with a massive glass
ball. The opening reception was held in
the Grand Ballroom later that night, with delicious signature food and punch
from the Palmer House served on silver platters, no expense was spared!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was an early start for the second day of the Glass Art
Society Conference in Chicago. The Emerging Artists talks are often one of the
most popular lectures at the conference and this year was no exception, the room
was filled with early birds. Jiyong Lee, currently on the Board of Directors
for the Glass Art Society, and head of the Glass programme at Southern Illinois
University introduced the three speakers; Steven Ciezki, Charlotte Potter and
our very own Karen Donnellan. Karen, the only Irish speaker at the conference,
received her Bachelor of Design from the National College of Art and Design
(NCAD) in Glass, her Master of Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology
(RIT) in New York State and is currently aArtist in Residence at NCAD. Karen
begins her presentation with “Dia daoibh”, a friendly Irish phrase for my Irish
ears. She apologises for the early start
as there were a few tired heads from the opening reception held the night
before, but nevertheless looking bright-eyed herself. She explains that she is
a qualified Reiki practitioner. The influence this has in her work becomes
apparent as the lecture continues. When
Karen was an undergrad, she also participated in a student exchange at Southern
Illinois University. She discusses the
work she developed there based on Chakras and shapes associated with feelings
of being grounded and low centres of gravity.
Karen admits that colour for her was a language she used freely at an
undergraduate level, but whilst studying in RIT she challenged herself not to
use colour and thus found a new language in texture and form. This language can very much be seen in the
work that follows. Her work has a
meditative quality. Donnellan discussed how she signified this in her work <i>21 Days</i>: this<i> </i>being the required timeframe to complete the healing process in
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Quite refreshingly, Donnellan shows a video of some glass-making
processes, the audio of ringing solfeggio tuning forks filled the room,
uninterrupted by any audience member. Again her focus on meditation can be recognised
in this piece. Much of her lecture consists of talking about her time spent in
an Emerging Artist Residency in Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. She talks
about the collaborative work she created with John Hogan. This work is more
recent and explores the light and optics of glass. Recently she has been invited to have a solo
exhibition at the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny. She talks about her
interest in sound and the grant she recently received from the County Council
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could only write so fast. She is an emerging artist with huge potential and is
beginning to be recognised on the world glass art stage. Her pathway from
undergrad on exchange at SIU to Emerging Artist at the GAS conference is a colourful,
busy and a successful example for Irish glass artists. </span></div>
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that day. I got the chance to see two marvellous demonstrations in Ignite and
luckily for me I had a good vantage point of both lampworking and blowing
studios. Chris Carlson demonstrated marble making with colour chip pick-ups and
Martin Janecky also tested how large a piece could fit in the glory holes with
a huge bull head. Both demonstrations
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participate but the feedback was excellent. The hop featured many of Chicago’s
exciting galleries such as the <i>Made Gallery</i>.
The last day of the conference had an early start with demos beginning at 8am. I
attended Kiva Ford’s lampworking demonstration in West Supply where he maticulously
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Student Exhibition was open to the public later that evening and I took the opportunity
to present my work in this show. Another highlight of the evening was the Neon
Exhibiton also held in the Palmer House. Other services were available on the
last day including the portfolio review open to all students, where one had the
opportunity to have their body of work reviewed by a panel containing some of
the Board and the demonstrators from the conference. The closing night party
was held in Chicago’s Culture Centre and no better place to gather all these
glass fanatics together than under its famous Tiffany glass dome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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conference took place over three days and the schedule was jam-packed with
demonstrations, lectures and several educational resources. The Glass Art Society offers a discounted
conference ticket price to members so it is definitely worthwhile becoming a
GAS member. It also allows you to apply for scholarships to attend their
conferences. It was announced this week
that the GAS Conference 2015 will be held in San José, hopefully there will be
more Irish glass artists out in full colour there!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to CCoI statistics
the number of people buying craft has been rising in recent years which is good
news for all the Irish-Glassies.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As well as the
usual suspects (Jerpoint Glass Studio, Irish Handmade Glass and Kerry Crafted
Glass who we caught up with <a href="http://glasssocietyofireland.blogspot.ie/2013/01/showcase-2013.html" target="_blank">last year</a>) there were some new faces at
</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.showcaseireland.com/" target="_blank">Showcase Ireland</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> this year including the familiar faces of <a href="http://www.scottbenefield.com/Scott_Benefield/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Scott Benefield</a> and
Catherine Keenan. </span><br />
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Scott was there representing the <a href="http://www.btustudio.com/BTU/Welcome.html" target="_blank">BTU studio</a> which he founded with his wife and
fellow glass artist, <a href="http://www.andreaspencerglass.com/Andrea_Spencer/Home.html" target="_blank">Andrea Spencer</a> in 2011. They are based in Randelstown in
Northern Ireland. The studio is named after a dated measure of energy, the British
Thermal Unit and they produce and annual line of blown glassware and decorative
objects. Here’s what Scott had to say about selling at Showcase this year:</span></div>
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"I had really good experience. I thought that the buyers were much more
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to, say, the </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">British Craft Trade Fair</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.
It was great to meet other exhibitors and staff from the </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crafts Council</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">; it gave me an expanded sense of the handcraft scene
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The offerings in glass were absurdly few- besides me, there were only three
other studios in the <i>Creative Island</i>
section. It's far from critical mass levels and so the market in Ireland for
contemporary glass remains undeveloped, in my opinion. But the good news is
that there seems to be plenty of room for new designers and makers who are
working with glass."</span></blockquote>
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her BA in Glass from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and
continued her studies in the U<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">K</span>. Since
graduating, has continued to work from her native Northern Ireland producing decorative
blown vessels and lamp-worked glass jewellery. She is currently based at <i><a href="http://www.flowerfield.org/" target="_blank">Flowerfield Arts Centre</a></i> in Portstewart.</span></div>
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was mostly fashion accessories and jewellery, as I was focusing on getting
wholesale orders for my lamp worked glass jewellery. However I also brought my
blown glass in order to draw people to my stand and also make clear the
connection between the blown glass and my jewellery.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
I got a great response to my work, people were instantly drawn to the colours,
particularly in my new 'Colourscape' range of jewellery. I gained a
substantial number of new stockists mostly throughout Ireland, also one on
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In terms of the market for glass in Ireland: I found a lot of shops liked my
blown glass and I had some good discussions with higher-end galleries but it is
a rather small and select group of buyers who have a particular interest in
glass. I think is the main issue that people often don't understand the cost of
producing a piece of glass and therefore don’t understand the value.<br /> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
That said however, when I have exhibited through the <i>Crafts Council of Ireland</i>, or at the <i>RDS</i> <i>National Crafts
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are getting the select audience for high end craft, who appreciate the work and
quality of blown glass."</span></span></blockquote>
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Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-4691627527011005122014-02-06T23:13:00.002+00:002014-02-06T23:18:55.549+00:00Bright Adventures: Interview with Karen Donnellan <div class="normal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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In my new position as one of the National College of Art and Design
(NCAD) glass artists in residence, I have the pleasure of sitting beside one of
the most interesting emerging artists in Irish Glass today: <a href="http://www.karendonnellan.com/" target="_blank">Karen Donnellan</a>. We
have been acquainted for some time, meeting at glassy events and giving the
awkward nod of acknowledgement which says ‘I know who you are...ish’ on campus.
While she was a familiar name to me, I was otherwise concerned with important
student matters (drinking and danc- I mean intensive study) but now we’re
desk-neighbours. The significance and scope of her practice to date has
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Karen is my favourite kind of hippy; one with
a great work ethic. The circle often features in her works and she treats the
intricate, repetitive methods of her making process as a meditation or mantra.
At its core, her practice explores the potential for healing via the
manipulation of universal energy. It is thoughtful, considered work, made with
care and informed conceptually by her extensive study of metaphysical
philosophies. She also practices what she preaches; I've seen her burning sage
to clear a space of “dense energies” and she’s a qualified Reiki healer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since she graduated with her MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology
(RIT), New York in 2011, Karen has worked and exhibited extensively. Many
readers will be familiar with her </span><a href="http://www.karendonnellan.com/pages/essentia.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Essentia series</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> which featured in last year’s </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Future
Makers</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> prize-winner’s exhibition at the NCAD Gallery and most recently at
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Recently my little bit of internet delight has been</span><a href="http://spaceandlightcollab.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"> <i>J/K: Light Glass and Space</i></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: The blog began as part of an ongoing collaboration
between Karen and American glass-artist John Hogan and thus far has led to
their exciting Emerging Artist Residency (EAR) at Pilchuck Glass School last
autumn. This blog is packed with my favourite kind of internet eye candy;
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MM: <i>The work you made at Pilchuck is
visually very different to your previous work from your MFA. Was that because
it was a collaboration or have you moved your work in a different direction? </i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">KD: A lot of people have said that; that it </span>doesn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> look anything
like my work, but I wear ridiculous colours all the time! I worked with colour
the whole way through NCAD and the light and projection has always been an
interest. In core year at NCAD I worked a lot with plastics, water and light.
Then again during the masters, I spent some time experimenting with an overhead
projector and seeing how different glass objects projected. </span>I've<span style="font-family: inherit;"> dabbled on and
off with those ideas and maybe I </span>wasn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> encouraged or </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> have the
confidence to bring it any further but it’s always been an interest.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">KD: We met at Pilchuck in 2012 when we were both Teaching
Assistants. We were sharing the same studio space and assisted each other a bit
in the hotshop. John works as a glass blower and designer in Seattle. He’s also
done a lot of casting and cold working. (He did a residency last year in the
Czech Republic with the maestro Milan Handl.) John showed me his work and I was
just really into it – he was using a lot of dichroic glass and gave me some to try
out. I’ve always been fascinated by dichro. You don’t see it used much in
contemporary work, it’s completely underrated! I suggested a collaboration and
when the Pilchuck residency came up we just said, “let’s go for it”!</span></span><br />
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experimental and even though it was a seven week residency it felt like we had
only got going when we had to finish. The work developed in various directions but
on the next residency we’d like to hone in on the rear projection systems.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MM:<i> So I guess the last question is what’s next for you?</i><br /><br /><b style="font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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Work-wise I’m getting to grips with neon and developing some new projects
around glass and sound. I’ve also just begun working on some lighting designs
with <a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/SuzannahVaughan" target="_blank">Suzannah Vaughn</a> and <a href="http://www.perch.ie/about" target="_blank">Perch</a>. At the end of the month I’m heading to Cill
Rialaig in Ballinskelligs for a retreat residency. The plan is to get away from
glass for a while and just read, draw, paint…and maybe print.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since I spoke to Karen for this interview there have
been several exciting developments: Firstly it’s been confirmed that she will
<a href="https://www.camocagi.org/en/events/pate-de-verre-by-karen-donnellan" target="_blank">teach a pate de verre workshop</a> this August at the Glass Furnace in Turkey. She
has also been awarded an <a href="http://www.glassart.org/2014_Emerging_Artists_Presentations.html" target="_blank">Emerging Artist Lecture</a> at this year’s Glass Art
Society Conference in Chicago.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, massive news for <i>J/K – </i>Karen and John will continue their collaboration with a
week’s residency at the <a href="http://www.toledomuseum.org/glass-pavilion/" target="_blank">Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio</a> from March 14<sup>th</sup>
– 19<sup>th</sup>. I can’t wait to see what they do next!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a place near Seattle, half way round the world from our rainy little island, that's synonymous with glass art: <b>Pilchuck Glass School</b></span><b>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every year Pilchuck serves as melting pot (pun intended) for glass art enthusiasts worldwide. The school offers <a href="http://www.pilchuck.com/summer_program/educational_program_v2014.aspx" target="_blank">summer intensive classes</a> from May through to September and <a href="http://www.pilchuck.com/residencies/residencies_overview.aspx" target="_blank">several artist residencies</a> throughout the rest of the year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A trip to Pilchuck is a truly unique experience where you learn far more than the syllabus of your chosen class; It is an unequalled opportunity to make international connections and see in one place the vast diversity and scope of the international glass art practice. Once you have an open mind and a desire to learn, you are never to old or too inexperienced to enjoy a trip to Pilchuck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Money. We all wish we had more of it, I won't lie Pilchuck course fees are expensive and travelling from Ireland will cost the guts of a grand for flights. There are however a range of options to help with the costs including scholarships, campus internships and teaching/artist assistant positions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almost one third of Pilchuck students receive some kind of financial assistance through scholarship programmes. Some are full scholarships, covering tuition, accommodation and travel to Pilchuck. Half scholarships, which are more numerous, cover half the cost of tuition and accommodation but do not cover the cost of travel. Those with studio experience in glass can also apply to work as Artist or Teaching Assistants: TAs and AA's receive accommodation, meals and covered or subsidised travel to the Pilchuck campus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All staff on campus, from the ones who clean the bathrooms to those who process the paperwork, are practising artists. Artsits can apply to work in a range of positions (kitchen staff, maintenance staff etc...) for two or more of the summer sessions. Staff get accommodation, meals, a small subsidy and some time to do some personal work between sessions. Mainly though, working as seasonal staff is a great opportunity to meet and connect with the visiting artists and students, make some great friends and have some great experiences. As it is not a paid position, Irish applicants can go on a travel visa (avoiding the great expense of an american work visa). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two NCAD glass students went to Pilchuck in summer 2013. I asked them for a few words on their experience: </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigW8Mn8Wh-WMkK-yAK7JBYaifBiWV6npQ45ZmQMYZJL2fofi5AveO1w9In2CVQ4fS9iFq0cKwGlxOwwPp3R3k68j0CsOOKPPOxyP1axoPOUFMIJWOIqmhH9sK-gk9QnVNkp5IzuwIIsw/s1600/pilchuck+Aug2013+347+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>'Gwyn Grace went to Pilchuck Glass School in August 2012 on a Partner half-scholarship through NCAD having just finished 3rd year. Her course was lost-wax kiln-casting </i>‘Shape into form’<i> with Joel Hurlbert and Karin Tornell - glass artists working in Stockholm, Sweden. There were 9 on the course, a mix of students and established artists and teachers. Kiln casting is a long process so time for finishing and cold-working was short as most of the pieces were only ready a few days before the end however most of us were able to take our work with us to complete once we'd returned home. All the class worked long hours, often well after midnight preparing for a kilnfiring but we had lots of fun as well. The pace of the kiln-casting class gave us lots of opportunity to see demonstrations happening </i><i>in other classes and meet the rest of students. </i></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She summed up here experience with a toast: “ Here's to fond memories, future plans and heart-felt thanks to everyone's generosity of spirit!”'</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesse Gunther travelled to Pilchuck on a scholarship after finishing his BA in Glass in NCAD, summer 2013. Jesse proves that you never know what a trip to Pilchuck might bring. Here's what he had to say about it: <br /> </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'For starters it was an amazing experience! I took Tom Rowney's class; ‘Cups with Cane’ and focused on making different styles of cane, ranging from straight to very intricate twisty cane. After that we learnt how to turn these canes into straight cups and footed vessels. In the last week we started using the garage to make more complex goblets. Our entire class were all newcomers to Pilchuck, and the skill level was very even throughout the class, which made for a great experience for everyone. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got really lucky after Pilchuck; I had a while before my return flight and I got to help out Jeff Ballard in the Tacoma Museum for two days where he was Artist in Residence, that was a great experience! Then two days later I also got to work one day for Martin Blank in his studio who was just preparing for a big exhibition, amazing stuff..'</span></i><br />
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<br />Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-8580355641757918782013-12-17T02:33:00.002+00:002013-12-20T16:04:02.487+00:00GSoI: Looking back on Orientate (Part 2)<div class="MsoNormal">
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that point. The cosy atmosphere of the canteen also provided a good opportunity
for guests, speakers and board members alike to relax and discuss the
conference so far. We felt that this was a very important element to include in
the day. Opportunities for the Irish glass community to mingle are rare enough
and we wanted to ensure the day left some room for everyone to re-connect and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lunch finished and food digesting nicely we made our way
back to the lecture hall. While the first half of the conference featured talks
from speakers whose professional careers had been led by glass/craft but did
not work with the material directly, the latter half was devoted to artists
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjy2rv1Y2iGwjq9I_hMp290Jfpi0Prr3XHn0Y1bBdICA7tXzn-_mg7WAmbVWDiC3OU-VJmcqCkRmjy8uY0B-8CjnfH13_cmgyMbhBaDyRce0mV8s0PQIETW0-D8AcgFGnnYqQr01SHlWY/s1600/1-glass-nov-13-2-85.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First up was the wonderful <a href="http://www.angelathwaites.com/" target="_blank">Angela Thwaites</a>. Angela is a
glass artist, researcher and teacher based in London. She works predominately
in kiln-cast glass and has been involved extensively in numerous research
projects on refractory mould making for glass.
She talked about her practice and the development of her career which
began with an undergraduate degree in glass and ceramics from Farnham College
of Art and Design, Surry. A monumental point in her career occurred in 1983
when she was awarded a scholarship to study under one of the all-time masters
of glass casting; Professor Libensky. After receiving three more consecutive
scholarships, she completed her MA at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague in
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Angela pointed out that the meaning of orientate is ‘to determine one’s
position with reference to another point’.
She described her extensive career as a journey where, “each experience
leads to another.” Her study period under the Czech master was a pivotal point
in her practice. After it she was part of a research project at the Royal
College of Art and in 2010 she was commissioned to write a book <i>Mould Making for Glass </i>which followed on
from the findings of the project. She reminded us that any small opportunity
such as a conversation at a conference perhaps or an exhibition call, could
lead to the next important step in our careers. She also stressed that an open mind
and willingness to never stop learning are paramount to progression. <br />
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The other area of Angela’s career which she feels has really brought her many
valuable experiences is teaching. Angela is currently senior lecturer in Design
Crafts at De
Montfort University, Leicester and a tutor at Richmond Adult and
Community College. In addition, she has taught at numerous institutions as a
visiting lecturer and continues to teach workshops and master-classes in glass
casting internationally. She finds teaching very rewarding and feels she often
learns as much from students as they learn from her. We were delighted to have Angela
teach a casting workshop in NCAD just prior to the symposium. She truly is a
passionate and engaging educator. All the workshop participants enjoyed her
warm, relaxed manner and genuine enthusiasm towards their casting projects. In
addition to her teaching duties Angela works from her own studio which is
slowly taking over her back garden. She is currently working on several
projects, assisted by her cat! <br />
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Our second practitioner talk was from Slovenian artist and designer <a href="http://www.tanjapak.com/" target="_blank">Tanja Pak</a>(pronounced Tanya). Tanja is currently head of the glass and ceramics programme
at the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital. Tanja’s
talk was entitled ‘Immersed in Duality’ and she focused on her relationship
with glass as both an artist and a designer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her work is influenced by the rhythm and flow of the natural
world. She works from a restrained colour pallet; black, white and transparent glass,
so nothing distracts from the organic simplicity of her forms. Tanja began her
career as an industrial designer, graduating in 1994 from the Academy of Fine
Arts and Design in Ljubljana. This initial training in design is evident in how
her complex ideas are simplified and expressed as functional glassware which is
manufactured in collaboration with Slovenian glass factories. The glass
tableware is functional and stylish and has received honourable mentions in the
Red Dot Design Awards. While it is very commercially successful, evidence of
the artist’s passions and influences still remain. The design of the vessels
echo water drops and ripples. Graceful curves and soft lines give these
manufactured pieces a very organic and feminine feel. Tanja does not see a
difference, as such, between her practice as a designer and as an artist. The
same inspirations create both lines of work; they are two sides of the same coin
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is a meditative quality to all her work – quiet and
still, a frozen moment. It is most evident in her large installations which are
often immersive environments incorporating smells and sounds as well as
lighting and visuals. An example of one such installation was <i>Within</i> at Ljubljana Castle, 2010. This
work featured cast glass branches, illuminated within wooden ‘trees’. The room
was darkened and visitors’ footsteps muted by the chipped bark across the
floor. The bark also filled the room with an earthy smell, further enhancing
the illusion of being in meditative woodland. The atmosphere Tanja creates in
her installations is one of tranquillity and reflection. She uses glass for its
special relationship with light which becomes part of the complete experience
of the work. “Glass for me”, she said, “is pure poetry”. Her talk showed
numerous slides and videos of her installation but I imagine they cannot
compete with seeing the work in person – I hope I get the chance to do so one
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is regarded as one of the world’s best glass painters, a master of the grisaille or
gray-tonal painting technique. However, the material glass or the technique she
uses is not of central importance to her. Cappy is first and foremost a painter
and what is important is the narrative content of the work rather than its
canvas. She is self-taught in glass working, beginning as a stained glass
painter. Her initial paintings were influenced by folk art and mythology. While
the design of her imagery still references this style of drawing the content
developed to become entirely her own and is drawn from her personal life
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cappy’s lecture dealt with her beginnings as an artist and
then traced the development of her style and career through the content of her
work. The audience, at least many that I spoke to afterwards, were really moved
by Cappy’s lecture. It caught you off guard; one minute she would be telling a
cheerful anecdote about an element in the story, the next moment she would
reveal a very personal and painful memory. Her talk was warm, sincere and
unassuming and I think it really allowed the audience to connect with the work
she shared with us. The narrative style of her work easily captures the
imagination, enriched by the detail and jewel-like colours. Hearing the story
behind each of the characters she paints makes the beautiful work even more
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cappy has been producing her unique work for over thirty years
and in that time she has taught workshops internationally in major glass
institutions. We at <i>GSoI</i> made the
most of Cappy’s visit to Ireland – she taught a great workshop at the National
Sculpture Factory in Cork before the conference and another great one to the
National College of Art and Design glass students the week after in Dublin. It
wasn’t all work though, she did get to see Cork, Dublin and lots of beautiful
Irish countryside while she was here and we assure you, she said she really
enjoyed her stay! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the talks finished up we headed over to Tactic Gallery
at Sample Studios for the opening of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/198006283716565/" target="_blank">Sofie Loscher’s exhibition </a><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/198006283716565/" target="_blank">Waiting in the Wings</a>.</i> Sofie’s exhibition
one of two exhibitions curated by <i>GSoI</i>’s
vice-chairperson Emer Lynch to coincide with the symposium. Our guest speaker
Jerome Harrington formally opened the exhibition after a brief curator’s speech
from Emer. Conference guests and speakers had a chance network and mingle a
little more at the exhibition with a well earned cold beer. The second exhibition
in the 'Orientate' visual arts
programme, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/657281597644693/?ref=22" target="_blank"><i>These Liquid Brinks</i> </a>featured artist Caroline Doolin and was opened at <i>The Guesthouse</i> on Sunday November 3<sup>rd</sup>
with a tea and cake reception. The exhibitions were very well received – but I
won’t say more than that because Emer has promised me a much more exciting article
discussing both them and her work as a curator in more detail in the New Year,
thanks Emer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meadhbh McIlgorm studied glass at the National College of Art and Design and
graduated in June 2013. She is the <i>GSoI Media
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</span>Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0Cork, Ireland51.8968917 -8.486315699999977451.818503199999995 -8.6476771999999773 51.9752802 -8.3249541999999774tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-7039225587089572412013-11-24T17:20:00.001+00:002013-11-27T20:38:52.262+00:00GSoI: Looking back on 'Orientate' 2013 <div class="MsoNormal">
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recently re-formed G<i>lass Society of Ireland </i>held its first international
symposium; <i>‘Orientate’ </i>in CIT Crawford College of Art and Design,
Cork. Early that morning our favourite GSoI<i>
</i>members (I joke, we have no favourites – we just hope even more of
you can make it next year) sacrificed their Saturday lie-in to join us for a
day of stimulating talks and presentations from a variety of glass
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fields amongst our speakers was deliberate. We are acutely aware that the
future of glass as an art material relies upon much more than a talented
artists working alone in a studio. Everyone is connected by a vital network of
dependency – the artists, the writer, the curator, the buyer. The symposium <i>‘Orientate’
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our first speaker that morning was our keynote speaker <u>Dr
Francesca Giubilei</u>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We asked Francesca to give the keynote address
as she is Project Manager and Curators Assistant for the pioneering</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.glasstress.org/event_2013/12" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><i>Glasstress</i> exhibition</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;">Glasstress, </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">a satellite
exhibition of the world renowned Venice
Biennale, seeks to open up the use of glass as a material by giving
artists access to the incredible skills and expertise of Murano’s glass-masters
to produce work.</span><br />
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origins of <i>Glasstress, </i>a project she described as ‘a bridge between the
old idea of glass and the future.’ Projects like <i>Glasstress</i> are breaking
down the perception of glass as a disciplined craft material and injecting it
into the ‘anything’s possible’ world of contemporary fine art. Francesca’s
lecture really set the tone about the pivotal point that glass is at today. The
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen Story: <a href="http://www.glasstress.org/event_2013/artist/helen-storey/12_175" target="_blank">The Dress of Glass and Flame</a>, Glasstress 2013 </td></tr>
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questions and converse. An interesting discussion arose from the audience about
the importance of ‘intellectual property’ when a glass-master is involved in
the production of an artwork. Do projects like <i>Glasstress</i> undermine the
technical skills and achievements of the glass-masters? Many of the makers
present in the audience felt slightly uncomfortable with the idea that this
style of a conceptually led project might be the way forward for glass. While
everyone seemed to agree that the collaborations and exchange of knowledge
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next speaker of the morning was our only Irish national:
<u><a href="http://placeinternational.org/flegg.htm" target="_blank">Dr Eleanor Flegg</a></u>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eleanor is a writer and lecturer. Craft is her
main inspiration although as she informed us, she does not consider herself ‘a
champion to the cause of craft’ she writes about it because she finds it
interesting. Eleanor’s talk was a personal favourite: though it had very little
to do with glass, it had everything to do with the potential of writing to
explore all kinds of art/objects. She talked about the different types of
writing that may be used in the context of writing about craft – how it is
often indulgent writing, focusing on promoting the artist/gallery/material or
bland information based around dates locations and statistics about the piece
or person in question. Critical writing is less common but is something that
perhaps should be considered more since, Eleanor pointed out, “the reason that
I write at all is to find out what I think.” Our thoughts and opinions are rarely
straightforward; the reflective process of writing can help us assess them more
clearly. She referred to writing as “a making process – it’s just not three
dimensional”. Eleanor is interested in finding new ways of writing about craft
and she is currently writing a speculative fiction novel based on her
experience of a ceramic artist’s work (the name eludes me, I apologise). She
delighted us by reading an extract from it during her talk – it was the most
unusual way of engaging with an object I've encountered and
strangely captivating. </span><br />
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in my mind was the idea that we should be ‘pushing boundaries without being
certain of the results’. She is pushing boundaries in her atypical craft
writing practice just as exhibitions like <i>Glasstress </i>push boundaries and
break material tradition. If the audience – who were largely makers and
students - were to take just one thing away from her talk I hope it’s an
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The third speaker of the morning was <u><a href="http://www.jeromeharrington.net/" target="_blank">Jerome Harrington</a></u>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jerome is a UK artist with a background in glass making whose current
work takes an ‘expanded’ view of working with glass. He is not so much interested
in working with the material itself as investigating how it is culturally
perceived and utilized. Jerome broke his talk into 3 loose sections,
based around the questions ‘why glass?’, ‘what is glass?’ and ‘what does glass
mean?’. One of Jerome’s most interesting projects the audience found was his
2011 study of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Glass in the Expanded Field. </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">ased on Rosalind Krauss’s exploration of the expanded field of
sculpture in the 1960s, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Glass in the Expanded Field</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a study of how
glass makers identify themselves and their peers within the discipline:
subjects orientated themselves on a diagram in proximity to either
‘prioritising of craft skill’ or ‘prioritising of concept’. The results of the
study show a wide range of stances by makers as to where they position
themselves in relation to the studio glass movement, to craft practice and to
fine art.</span><br />
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three speakers and led by <i>GSoI </i>Vice-Chairperson Emer Lynch, a curator whose
own practice has developed from her educational background in glass at the National
College of Art and Design. Emer invited the audience to engage with the
speakers and ask questions on issues raised in their lectures. The main subject
that was discussed was the difference between glass art and glass craft, and if
indeed there was a difference at all. The apparent consensus within the audience
was that the labels are generally nothing more than ‘marketing categories’ and
that in general the discussion is one that makers can become fixated with but
the general public don’t particularly care about the distinction. Everyone in
the audience seemed interested in the debate and I imagine that if time allowed
we might have continued to pick the speakers brains all afternoon but time
waits for no one and it was off to a delicious lunch of home-made curry,
courtesy of the college canteen. Yum!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to GSoI Chairperson Debbie Dawson who set off this week to China! </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Debbie will travel to Xi'an, China to represent Ireland in an international sculpture symposium. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">She will be part of an ambitious </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">initiative involving selected practitioners from China and Europe. The project has been developed by of </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> EUNIC (the
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Ireland, Ireland's state agency for the promotion of Irish arts abroad. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Debbie Dawson is a stained glass artist and head of the glass department at CIT,<i> Crawford College of Arts and Design. </i>Her work</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> is concerned with inner dialogues and the notion of the ‘self’. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Debbie was nominated by the <i>National Sculpture Factory</i> (NFC) and has been selected through an
intense competitive process. The selection panel was impressed by Dawson's work
but also her established relationships with China developed through projects she
has been working on in her capacity as a lecturer at CIT. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dawson is no stranger to Chinese relations, having built up a strong
relationship with Prof. Xiao Wei Zhuang, Director of the MA in Glass at the
C<i>ollege of Fine Art, Shanghai University</i>, and the inaugural Director of the
<i>Shanghai Museum of Glass.</i> Debbie has hosted a number of Chinese exchange
students at CCAD over the last couple of years, and has delivered workshops in
China. She was the curator of Xiao Wei’s outstanding solo exhibition,
“Poetics of the Handmade” which was held at CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery as part
of Ireland’d Year of Craft in 2011. She has herself delivered workshops at
Shanghai university and has exhibited in China. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She has been
invited to Xian for 10 days as one of up to 10 European artist and she will
meet her Chinese colleagues and have the opportunity to engage in
residencies and international institutional exchange. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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key note presentation and she has been invited to talk about the role of
artists in Ireland and the work of the NSF in expanding the definitions
of sculpture and the possibilities for art works in the public realm.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both Mary and Debbie have been invited and will be hosted by the prestigious Chinese National
Academy of the Arts, EUNIC and the Shaaxi Provincial Department of culture
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The conference topics include space/Culture and Object. This is an exciting opportunity for both Debbie and Mary. Eric
Messerschmidt, President of EUNIC has been highly impressed by Ireland's desire
to participate in this event and the efforts of the Department of Foreign
Affairs and the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht via Culture
Ireland to enable this participation.<br />
<br />See more of Debbie's beautiful work on her <a href="http://www.debbiedawsonstainedglass.com/work.html" target="_blank">website</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well done Debbie and best of luck on your trip! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Set up in 1985 by sculptors who wanted to create exhibition space outside the normal white-cube gallery, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sculpture in Context</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> now sees the grounds, ponds and glasshouses of the Botanic Gardens transformed each September into the biggest and most prestigious outdoor exhibition in Ireland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We know that we’re ever so slightly biased here at GSoI but as in this case the figures speak for themselves - Irish glass artists really held their own in the Gardens this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There were 12 notable glass pieces amongst the collection from artists;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Karen Donnellan</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> Naomi Draper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> Gwyn Grace </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Jesse Gunther,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Eve Kelly</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Paivikki Kolehmainen (Finland) </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Alison Lowry</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> Charlene McFarland</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Meadhbh McIlgorm </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kira Myer</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sadhbh Mowlds</b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Further more, 2 out of the 3 <i>Sculpture in Context Awards</i> for large outdoor works of distinction in any medium were awarded to NCAD glass students: Jesse Gunther for his piece 'Desert Ophidians' (on view in the cactus house) and Mags O'Dea for her installation 'Tree Dressings' (a site-specific glass installation on a particularly weathered tree). Both Mags and Jesse received €500 each - well done guys! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>So we have had a very busy year so far at GSoI but its not over yet! In Nov we will be having a series of exciting events in both Dublin and Cork - workshops, an exhibition and a conference with a fantastic line up of speakers...</b></span></div>
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<br />Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-41037886878858063542013-08-13T17:22:00.002+01:002013-10-13T20:10:19.832+01:00CultureCraft: Craft in the Making @ The London Street Gallery, Derry<br />
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North West. It is going to be a real showcase for craft in Derry, and hopefully
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Peter Meanley, Gail Mahon, </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">Peter Fulop </span></span><b>(Glass) Scott Benefield, Caroline Madden, Peadar Lamb,
Alva Gallagher, James Toal, Charlene McFarland </b>Stuart Cairns, Rachel McKnight, Eily O Connell, Sabrina Meyns, Justyna
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exhibition is contextualised by essays from a number of leading
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Glass Society of Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072106660077122392noreply@blogger.com0Londonderry, Derry, UK54.9966124 -7.308574799999973954.9233694 -7.470623299999974 55.069855399999994 -7.1465262999999739tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414288543133213397.post-7569117854129572072013-07-07T12:16:00.000+01:002013-07-07T12:16:53.245+01:00Shanghai in Cork<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yanyan Wong and Shihui Zhang are exchange
students from the Shanghai University of Fine Art. They spent three months in
spring practicing glass, ceramic and textiles at C.I.T Crawford College of Art
and Design, Cork. After six weeks of dedicated work, the girls showcased some pieces
in the recently renovated foyer area of the college. </span></div>
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great volume of work after six weeks. The girls were so friendly and
enthusiastic; they really made their mark on the students. Not only was their
lunchtime showcase pleasing to the eye, there was a wonderful social element
between the girls, the students and our tutor, Debbie Dawson. It was a pleasure
to be present at what may be the first of many glass showcases in the college.
The new Applied Art course is starting up next September, our little glass
community in the college will hopefully blossom.</span></div>
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River Lee. She discovered the idea when she was rowing on the River Lee on her
first Saturday in Cork. A beautiful permutation occurred in this work where Yan
was able to merge the primary materials of glass, ceramic and textiles.
Combining these materials brings about a new understanding of these elements; weight,
density, texture. The transparency and two dimensional qualities of the glass
give way to the more solid and three dimensional qualities of the ceramic. A
beginning; Yan certainly seems to be creating something exciting here. She is
intuitive, a quality that I have heard students speaking of at the Shanghai
Academy. However, this natural intuition is always accompanied by careful consideration
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used hard and soft material together. She describes this piece as “a
contradictory work”. It’s a delicate type of contradiction. The glass is etched
and then, like a patchwork quilt she has very affectionately worked the fibers
around each panel. This work is one that is much more poignant when seen in the
flesh. Gorgeous meditative oranges and subtle hints from other palettes flow.
The river is truly present here. The piece is a river itself and each panel is
presented as moment from its surface. It is a mix between a traditional Chinese
scroll, a patchwork quilt, and a stained glass panel. We can see a beautiful
synthesis of antiquity, complemented by a subtle sense of inventiveness.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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most si<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2414288543133213397" name="_GoBack"></a>mple shape of the world is round, square and
triangle”. She uses the plane of shape and the plane of material to make
three-dimensional effects. Her work, in contrast to Yan’s, is more design
based. The very careful execution of this simple concept makes for an interesting
consideration of form. One associates the work with the inner workings of the
cosmos; shapes construct other shapes, which in turn construct other shapes and
so on. This approach plays on micro and macro imagery. Exploring how we all exist
in this world in a physical alliance. It speaks of symbiosis; it is organic yet
can also place itself in the realms of something practical and mathematical. Shihui
had worked on many ways of conveying this sense of shape. It is simplicity she
admires the most. This has provided an excellent platform from which to
continue her endeavors. I am excited to see her progression with the work once
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The quality and quantity of the work after
just six weeks was something that took our students by surprise. We have all
heard of the Chinese work ethic, however the girls seemed to have this and also
some another magic behind them. Their dedication to all materials under
investigation is to their credit. They dealt with each element appropriately and
appeared to have no discomfort in showcasing their works or experimenting. They
are proud and genuinely interested in both the material and conceptual
relationships between the maker, material and the other life that the work
emanates after it is has been granted freedom in the artistic realm. The girls
visit was something of an inspiration, they displayed a mystical sense of
wonderment about them. They carry themselves with an honest, polite grace that
can be seen through their work. It is this honesty and pursuit of the self that
has certainly rubbed off on myself and a notable few that have been to Shanghai
on exchange, but also those who shared our glass-workshop with them. I feel as
though I have visited their culture, I have yet to discover in what way. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The work on display is as diverse as the students who made it; from Kathy Burke's carefully considered ceramic multiples to Etaoin O'Reily's playful and brightly coloured <i>'Buggaplants'</i> the work displayed shows personality and craftsmanship. It is no surprise to see little red-stickers popping up all over the exhibition - these beautiful pieces, are very reasonably priced. </span></div>
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panels developed from this study of organic objects. They have used multiple firing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Glass
Society of Ireland to wish the new graduates all the best in future and we look
forward to hearing about all your up and coming exhibitions – stay in touch!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">written by Fiona Byrne</span></div>
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