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Arcverre, object / design database
Marie Christophe for Baccarat : Mousson
Inga Sempé for Baccarat : Tole
Marianne Guely for Baccarat : Gio
Mathilde Bretillot for Baccarat : Zepelin
Géraldine Gonzalez for Baccarat : L'arbre des abysses
Christiane Gestrich for Baccarat : Water light

Selected website : Bert Frijns
Dutch glassblower Bert Frijns presents his designed pieces on his website.
www.bertfrijns.com

network

This Side Up 36 was the last, after 9 years of producing and handling This Side Up! our two partners from Fuga Foundation have chosen to focus on other activities.
Angala will try to link readers and writers with Fjoezzz/Fyoozzz as they work towards a bilingual magazine in dutch an english in 2008.
To keep in touch with Angela Van der Burght :
angelavanderburght@fenestra-ateliers.biz

Canberra Glassworks director named
Kirstie Rea has been appointed as creative director of the Canberra Glassworks, a new contemporary glass center in the former Powerhouse, to open in March 2007. The center will provide world-class infrastructure for the production of glass art.
Sources @AACG

Symposium 2007 "VITRA"
CERFAV (European Research and Training Glass Arts Center) presents Meeting point of European schools in glass arts, artists and craftmen
from the 25th to 30th of September 2007
in Vannes-le-Châtel & Nancy - France
Official presentation of the website VITRA and the pedagogical tools in glass techniques.
Conferences about arts and technics, exchanges and schools
contact aurelie.wellenstein@idverre.net

The new architecture event-navigator
The germanspeaking architecture community now profits from our new agenda, listing, big and small events in the region and abroad : exhibits, lectures, trade fairs and openings.
Now on www.austria-architects.com
www.germanarchitects.com
and www.swiss-architects.com

The first gallery on funeral art in the USA will open in early 2007, for more information www.funeria.com

The Ruskin Glass Centre is about to submit an application for a large capital grant to the local Regional Development Agency, Advantage West Midlands. This capital funding would provide with the opportunity to create great new facilities for glassmakers and visitors which would be open to everyone.
Highlights include:
- A new hotshop with viewing gallery
- Cold processing area
- Wet room
- Lampwork/neon room
- Plaster/mould room
- Kiln Room
- 12 new workshops, including incubator units
- Café
- Showcasing and exhibition facilities
- Retail and display areas
- Educational facilities
- A full programme of business support
Artists would be able to rent the hotshop, kiln room, wet room, lampwork and plaster room as and when they need it, accessing specialist equipment for projects or commissions and bridging the gap for glass graduates who don't have the resources to set up their own studio. The International Festival of Glass will benefit from the additional resources to stage exhibitions and demonstrations. The Ruskin Glass Centre aims to support glass makers by promoting, supporting and attracting new audiences wherever possible.
Contact :
The Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, DY8 4HF, UK

glass people

5 questions for Michèle Lapointe
by Murielle Languin
"I remain convinced that direct action, continuum and perseverance are the basis of evolution".
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Ana Thiel's new sculpture
by Barbara Levine
The new sculptures in Ana Thiel's exhibition, "Mutabilis" (Latin for change and mutation) opening at YAM gallery on January 12, immediately captivate your attention. Thiel's work for this exhibition mixes ideas about books and text with materials found in nature including elements that are both fluid and solid such as water and glass, to address issues of time, the body and our relationship to the natural world.
Ana Thiel by Yam art design, Ancha de San Antonio 20, Instituto Allende Int 1 Centro, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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events

COLLECT
The international art fair for contemporary objects, presented by the British Crafts Council.
8 - 12 February 2007, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Stained-glass window techniques in the 19th century
Forum for the Conservation and Restoration of Stained-Glass Windows
14 - 16 June 2007
Namur (Moulins de Beez), Belgium
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Estonian Glass 70, the best of 10 years Selected works from 1996 - 2006
25 January - 25 February 2007
Estonian Museum of Applied art & design Lai 17, Tallinn

Slovakian Glass
inc: Lukas Mjartan, Stepan Pala & Zora Palova.
Leo Kaplan Modern. New York (NY). US
January 6th - February 24 th 2007
Tel : 00 1 212 872 1616 - Fax : 00 1 212 872 1617
lkm@lkmodern.com
www.lkmodern.com

Colin Reid
The Scottish Gallery. Edinburgh. GB
January 8th - 31th 2007
Tel : 0131 558 1200 - Fax : 0131 558 3900
E-mail: amanda@scottish-gallery.co.uk
Website: www.scottish-gallery.co.uk

The European Glassblowers Symposium 2007
Veldhoven. NL. 6/06/07-09/06/07. Tel: 00 31 497 339 696. Fax. 00 31 497 386 372
marionbruurs@hetnet.nl
www.bnglass.com/symposium/index_uk.php
sources@DanKleinassociates

Glass art by Vesa Varrela at Design Forum
Vesa Varrela is especially known for his one-off glass objects and his large works and installations in glass that are often an integral part of the architecture of public spaces. In his sculptures in particular Vesa Varrela combines many other materials with glass, such as wood, stone, metal and even asphalt. Vesa Varrela's art in glass is marked by a graphic approach, ornamentality and three-dimensionality created with the aid of sandblasting.
His recent works include sculptural and colourful one-off pieces of complex technique made in glasshouses with master glassblowers. Working together with master glassblower Jaakko Liikanen, he has made works assembled from ring-shaped cylinders, which are also on show at Design Forum. These works reflect the spirit of Kaj Franck while also renewing it.
Several large one-off blown pieces realized in different techniques will be featured in the exhibition. They will include new multicoloured works made in the Czech Republic, incalmo and filigree glass, and glass sculpture.
The exhibition also presents other, less-known aspects of Vesa Varrela's oeuvre.
He has prepared the stage and visual design of a work of dance based on Samuel Beckett's play Rockaby for the MobitaDanscon dance theatre.
Vesa Varrela was awarded a five-year state artist grant at the beginning of 2007.
Vesa Varrela - Out of Glass
January 12th - Fevruary 4th 2007
Design Forum Finland, Tila1, Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki
Exhibition information : Tel +358 (0)9 6220 8132
For further information please contact :
Aila Kolehmainen, Tel : +358 (0)9 6220 8121, +358 (0)41 538 7533
aila.kolehmainen@designforum.fi

The Finnish Glass Museum
Champagne in Finland : There are many ways to enjoy champagne, which makes all moments festive ones. A champagne glass design competition was arranged in connection with the exhibition.
February 9th - September 9th 2007
Suomen lasimuseo Finlands glasmuseum The Finnish Glass Museum
Tehtaankatu 23
FI 11910 Riihimäk
+358 (0)20 758 4101
www.suomenlasimuseo.fi

competition

Call for artists : Land, Light & Identity
Land, Light & Identity will bring together work by glass artists from Canada, Spain, England and
Finland to explore these themes in glass work. Ideas that can be addressed within an exhibition
such as this include, but are not limited to :
- multiculturalism and its manifestation/influences on process, themes, etc
- diversity in traditions, techniques, etc
- regional differences
- influences of "schools" (whether of thought or as training grounds)
- concerns about loss of identity, language, culture as global societies become more and more heterogeneous
The exhibition is scheduled to "kick off" November 23rd, 2008 to January 25th, 2009 at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery and will then travel to other participating countries.
Submission requirements : c.v., artist statement, 3 to 5 images of work, any other appropriate supporting material
In proposing work for this exhibition artists must consider that these works are being shipped internationally. Artworks not to exceed 4' in height or 100lbs.
Submissions can be made :
- Electronically to Virginia@canadianclayandglass.ca
Format not to exceed 5 MG total.
- Hardcopy to : Virginia Eichhorn, Curator, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, 25
Caroline St. North
Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 - images on slides or cd are accepted.
Deadline : January 22nd , 2007 - Notification of selection by February 19th, 2007.
sources@gaac

Open exhibition of contemporary glass
Closing date 1, 2007
Applications are invited from professional makers working in the field of glass whose work demonstrates originality, creativity and high quality.
Application form from admin@cgs.org.uk
Or download from www.cgs.org.uk
Or www.crafts.org.uk

Steve Sizelove named a "2007 NICHE Award Finalist" for the piece entitled "the game in glass"
The Award is sponsored by NICHE magazine, the famous trade publication for North American retailers of American Craft.
Application for the 2008 NICHE Awards will be available in spring 2007.
For more information e-mail danielw@rosengrp.com
Or www.AmericanCraft.com

Call for Entry : "Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence Within Diversity"
A juried exhibition to highlight a national celebration of craft, Craft Year 2007 will be presented by the Crafts Association of British Columbia (CABC) in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. It is open to all artists/makers working in fine craft. The exhibit will be held at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver in September 2007.
The application form for jurying is available on the CABC website at www.cabc.net, Craft Year 2007 project button or go directly to the link at www.cabc.net/news/craftyear2007/craftyear2007.htm.
The deadline for entries is March 15, 2007.
For further information contact Yvonne or Calvin at 604-687-6511, or craft2007@cabc.net

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