Susan Glasgow Taylor- Pittsburgh Glass Center Resident Artist Project- "Absence Of Body"

Susan Glasgow Taylor is currently completing a 2 month residency at Pittsburgh glass Center. Her project is for a solo show called "Absence of Body" opening October 3, 2008- January 3, 2009. The installation she is planning is called "The Communal Nest" made up of several hundred glass twigs that have been created from artists from all over the world. Each artist is also invited to send a quote to be transferred onto vellum strips and woven into the nest. The center of the nest will be lined with glass feathers and a large, sewn glass pillow with a indentation in the top as though someone has just recently left. Surrounding the nest will be 5-6 additional sewn glass pieces supporting the concept of "Absence Of Body"

*The exhibition will benefit both the PGC and local women's shelter, Bethlehem Haven, and will coincide with the International Women's FOrum also being held in Pittsburgh that month.

Some of Susan's other work below

"RASPBERRY SWIRL" #145, 2007
Susan Glasgow Taylor
glass/mixed media
4 X 7 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches
350-0121

SIZE 8 SEWN GLASS CORSET
2004
glass
12 X 12 X 10 inches
350-0095

Tapio Wirkkala-design

Tapio Wirkkala

(1915-1985) Born in Hanko, Finland. Tapio Wirkkala is known as the versatile genius of design. His contribution to design includes everything from glass products to the design of banknotes and graphic art. During his career, Wirkkala has participated in many interntional exhibitions, as well as being the artistic director of the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki for many years. He has won a large number of awards, including three gold medals at the Triennale in Milan in 1951, followed by another three in 1954.

Deborah Czersko- HO HO BLOW 2007- Wheaton Arts

Deborah Czeresko has been a glassblower/artist for 19 years, starting in 1987, most of those years living and working in New York City. She began working with glass following completion of her Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She started by focusing on Venetian techniques, studying with several masters of the material, including William Gudenrath, Lino Tagliapietra, Pino Signoretto, Dino Rosin, and Elio Quarissa. Now, her artistic philosophy combines two basic points: everything has an essential, inescapable nature; and, balance equals harmony. Using this inspiration, she makes work that is directly influenced by the material. Deborah has exhibited extensively in New York and Louisiana. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, in Ebeltoft, Denmark and the Frauenau Glasmuseum, in Frauenau, West Germany. She has received several full scholarships from Pilchuck Glass School and from Tulane University, where she received her Master of Fine Arts. Deborah has received a fellowship from Metropolitan Contemporary Glass, and residencies from Appalachian Center for Craft and Bild-werk Frauenau. In addition, she has been teaching and lecturing for 16 years and her work has been featured in several well-known magazines, including Interior Design, Dwell Magazine, House and Garden, and Glass Magazine.

Wheaton Fellow Demo

At Wheaton arts on friday september 26th the fellows give their lectures and demos at 7pm.

Current fellows are Vanessa Cutler, United Kingdom, Joshua Dewall, Illinois, Ethan Stern, Seattle.

The night consists of each artist giving a lecture about their work and them doing a group demo for the audience. It is free to the public and always so much fun!!!

To read more about CGCA at wheaton click here

Swivel Liqueur Glass

Scandinavian designers created these fun stem-less glasses. Simple, pleasurable and sure to be an experience.

Jessica Townsend- Glass House

Kiln cast glass dollhouse

Jessica Townsend web-site

Crystal Chandelier

Featured in the NY Times- So amazing!!!!

To see more click here

Light Bulbs by Pieke Bergmans

Light bulbs- a series of crystal lamps by Pieke Bergmans, with Royal Leerdam Crystal and Solid Lighting- handblown glass.

To see more of the work click here

Glass Harmonica- (Armonica)- video included

Benjamin Franklin invented a radically new arrangement of glasses in 1761 after seeing water-filled wine glasses played by William Deleval. He called in the "armonica" after the Italian word harmony, worked with London glassblower Charles james to build one, and the first performance was in 1762 played by Marianne Davies.

Upside down Glassblowing- Chris Taylor

Below is an image still from Pilchuck session 5, 2005 of Chris Taylor blowing glass upside down. Check out the full video.

To see the video click here

WOW!!! Check out this amazing Klein bottle

This is one of a series of glass Klein bottles made by Alan Bennett in 1995 for the Science Museum, London. It consists of three Klein bottles, one inside another. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot properly be constructed in three dimensions. In the series Alan Bennett made Klein bottles analogous to Mobius strips with odd numbers of twists greater than one.

Want to know exactly what defines a Klein bottle click here.

Glass Factory Marks on Bottles

Ever wonder why there are so many marks on bottles or wonder where an old bottle came from?

check out this site which lists clues to help you figure it out

click here

Liza Lou- featured artist- breaking boundaries- she beads the world!!!

Liza Lou beads the world. She states "I began as a painter and I walked into a bead store and it was just like a flash in my mind. I just thought, 'My God, that's the most amazing paint I've ever seen."

In school she was ostracized for her choice of materials, she explains that most thought she was making jewelry. "I had become a sort of craft person, and that's not a good thing apparently," says Lou. "If you're doing something with beads then your're a craft person. If you're making paintings, you're an artist. You're a fine artist and there were very distinct categories."

Her response was to leave school and pursue her passion- what would you do???

To read more articles and see more images of her work click below

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New Glass Review 30- DEADLINE 10/1/08

Deadline coming up!!!! Have great images and new innovative work using glass, you must apply. Lets make every years issue better and more exciting!!!

Entry deadline: October 1, 2008. CD-ROM photograph review of innovative works in glass designed and made between Oct. 1 2007- Oct.1 2008. All glassmakers, artists, designers and companies are invited to participate. 100 selections will be published in "New Glass Review 30." Entry fee: $20.00. Application: Curatorial Department, The Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830, or apply online.

To get an application click here.