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Peter Bremers Crafts or not.
M. A. Carretero.
In the present edition of the Feria de Artesanía of the Community of Madrid it seems that a certain disparity of criteria has arisen in relation to what is or is not crafts and that certain products must or should not participate in the Fair.
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product in the form of helmets, sheets, rods, silica sand, etc., and that, by means of the different stained glass techniques, such as blown to the air or in mold, of the rod worked with torch, thermoforming, hot melting or fusing, or several others, convert the original product into a new product endowed with a certain shape and a certain beauty and mastery.
methods while maintaining high temperatures and a subsequent controlled cooling process to prevent undesired breakage.
For all this, the organizers of the fairs or other events that want to offer the public truly artisan products, with proven quality, made by true masters who want to To illustrate this theme I equip the crafts with the put for example a certain necessary respect of the necklace of Swaroski public who knows they will glasses in which its not be deceived in the creator buys the glass acquisition of a product and thread in a concrete Second, craftsmanship requires a trade achieved that, while it may have a warehouse and only high price at first sight, is produces the necklace by through years of experience; It requires a endowed with a quality inserting the glasses in complex know-how and and rigor in its the thread and then learned through many implementation that makes putting it on sale. hours of work supervised the quality / price ratio is We can see this type of products quite regularly in by a teacher or many more much higher than at first hours of solitary sight . fairs that are called experimentation. But this requires a truly "craft". Can you call this crafting? Third, the artisan product comprehensive education is endowed with a culture work. In our country, I do not think so, in any with symbolic and generally, the public is not way. ideological values of the aware of the difference in terms of the quality of the local culture. This type of products products offered to them would fit, in my point of In the case of glass, its as artisans. view, in a demonstration manipulation requires of handicrafts, not of great skill and handling in Therefore, their criteria artisan production. a very special way by the when purchasing this type artisan, making it an art of of product is defined by its The craftsmanship price. A serious error but of requires, in the first place, difficult domain. what can not be a manipulation of the The craft is something original product. else. It does not require a considered as responsible, given that it lacks the thorough and intense In the case of objects training. It does not require necessary training to made with glass, it a manipulation of the raw discern between a truly requires that the artisan artisanal product but with a material to convert it and acquires the original high price and another endow it with a transformation capacity in that, being a craft or an a different product. It does industrial product, will allow it to disburse a much not require great skill in cheaper price. handling the products. It does not endow the I hope and wish that the realized product with a organizers of the Craft specific ancestral culture. Market of the Community of Madrid this Christmas In the case of glass, it have used a firm criterion does not require any to offer the public a true casting technique and subsequent application of craft. complex transformation
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S P E C I A L I NT E R E S T:
Part of the month
Exhibition of Pedro García
Crafts Fair
The Royal Factory and Bavaria
Activities on the MAVA
News
Our activities
Glass recycling
How does CONTENT:
Piece of the month
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Established artists
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Young artists
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Exhibition of Pedro García 5
Directive 2010/75 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of November 24, 2010, on industrial emissions. Article 6 General rules of a binding nature. Without prejudice to the obligation to hold a permit, Member States may include obligations for specific categories of facilities, combustion facilities, waste incineration facilities or waste coincineration facilities in general binding rules. When general binding rules are adopted, the permit may simply include
a reference to them. Article 7 Incidents and accidents. Without prejudice to Directive 2004/35 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability in relation to the prevention and repair of environmental damage (30), in the event of any incident or accident affecting In a meaningful way to the environment, Member States will take the necessary measures to ensure that: a) the owner of the installation informs the competent authority, immediately;
b) the owner immediately takes measures to limit the environmental consequences and avoid other possible incidents or accidents; c) the competent authority requires the holder to take all appropriate additional measures deemed necessary by the competent authority to limit the environmental consequences and avoid other possible incidents or accidents. Article 8 Noncompliance 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with the conditions of the permit.
Crafts Fair
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Royal Factory and Bavaria
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Activities Museums
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Activities on the MAVA
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The glass of Isturgi
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British Glass Biennale
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Twenty ritual lamps
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The science fiction tower
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Roman glass in Museums
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News
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Culture 2018
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Paraplegics .
"Fusion" in Valdemorillo
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Mechanized cover
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The glass in museums
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Recycling
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Cultural visits
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Culture 2018 program
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Neutralize pollution
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In this edition the initiative 'Recycles Glass and Pedaling', which aims to raise awareness about the recycling of glass containers, marked the challenge of donating 'handbikes' to the Hospital of Paraplegics with the benefits of selling miniglús inspired by the Return.
Other trends
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The temper in the glass
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Explosion of stars
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Tvitec and brothers Torres 26 Viewpoint with glass floor
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Grid does not work in black
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How do
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Companies and University 30 Holograms with glass
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Igor Obeso in Irurtzun
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Professor Pilar Alonso
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Glass artist
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Imagination in glass
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Transform bottles
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The market of spheres
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The "Festival of light"
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More about La Trinidad
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The glamor of Swaroski
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Board Of Directors
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A "handbike" for Toledo.
Ecovidrio, the non-profit organization in charge of the management of glass container waste recycling in Spain, has delivered a 'Handbike' bicycle to the Foundation of the National Hospital of Paraplegics, for research and integration, located in Toledo. Jose Luis Magro, member of the Marketing Department of Ecovidrio and Óscar Pereiro, former Spanish cyclist champion of the Tour de France in 2006 and ambassador of the initiative, presented the donation to Juan Carlos Adau, Medical Director of the National Hospital of
Citizen collaboration has allowed one of them to be donated. According to Óscar Pereiro, "the mobilization of citizens has managed to donate a handbike to the hospital, which will help patients to develop their muscles and maintain their contact with nature." The exciter offered a motivational conference to patients in which he recalled the importance of selfconfidence and small actions to achieve our goals.
17-01-13. Requesting inventory of the components of the permanent collection of MAVA.
11-06-13. Possibility of receipt by the MAVA documentation on glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of Science.
11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the Community of Madrid to install social services in the MAVA.
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Piece of the month. Milan Vobruba.
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He was born in 1934 in Třemošnice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). He studied at the industrial glass secondary school in Nový Bor, Czechoslovakia between 1949 and 1952 and subsequently obtained a diploma at the secondary technical school of glass in Železný Brod, Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Higher School of Education in Prague, Czechoslovakia and
at the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Czechoslovakia Graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (VŠUP), Czechoslovakia, in 1962. In the autumn of 1968, he fled from Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia and emigrated to Sweden, where he still lives.
1978, and in Munster, Germany, in 1987. He has worked in Munster for more than 17 years. In his first pieces of Gusum Glass, he used his own technique from Aleppo, which gives the glass a wonderful rough organic texture and an aged appearance. He was the initiator and, between 1996 and 2004 and 2013, artistic director of "Glasplastik und Garten" (Glass sculpture and garden), the international glass exhibition project in Munster, Germany. He has been awarded several prizes for his art, including an honorable mention, Artist of the Year (Ӧstergötlands Ǻskonstnӓr), in 1981; First prize with a scholarship, Artist of the Year (Ӧstergötlands Ǻskonstnӓr), in 1982.
Republic, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, France, Slovakia, Croatia . , Japan, Canada and the United States. His works are part of public collections in the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic, including: the Corning Museum of Glass, in the United States; Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic; the Norrköping Art Museum, Sweden; Museum of Art in Contemporary Glass MAVA of Alcorcón, Spain; the Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland; Frauenau glass museum, Germany; Immenhausen glass museum, Germany. He has placed his monumental sculptures of glass, metal and different materials
in the former Czechoslovakia, Germany, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi He has participated in more than Arabia, Sweden and the United Between 1968 and 1978 he 80 individual exhibitions and in States. worked as a freelance designer more than 50 collective in Sweden, especially in the The "Piece of the month" that is exhibitions in: Belgium, Reijmyre Glasbruk. exhibited in the permanent Germany, Greece, Sweden, collection of the MAVA is entitled He opened his own art and glass Switzerland, Norway, Finland, workshop in Gusum, Sweden, in The Netherlands, Austria, Czech "Black-red composition".
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Established artists. Peter Bremers.
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Born in the old town of Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1957, Peter developed an interest in fashion, interior decoration, architecture and design from an early age. It was not until his years at the Art Academy of his hometown that he developed a deep interest in three-dimensional art. While studying, he found love for light and form, creating sculptures of light. His work was published in several design books and he would probably still make these objects and light installations if he did not go through a glassblowing
workshop with Andries Copier and Willem and Bernard Heesen at the Jan van Eyck Academy in his hometown. Hypnotized by the bright light of the hot glass at the end of a torch, he not only decided to start investigating the possibilities of blown glass for his objects, but he also did a postgraduate degree at the Jan van Eyck Institute. Starting in 1987, he tried to learn as much as possible about glass blowing, following the workshops at The Oude Horn in Leerdam, the studio of Willem Heesen and
being assistant to Bernard Heesen. The series of sculptures known as Icebergs and Paraphernalia became an internationally acclaimed hit. In the book of the same name, the British glass expert Dan Klein called the sculptor Peter Bremers, to his surprise, a landscape artist. His fascination with ice and the way he transfers light made him undertake more trips to the polar regions, resulting in a vast body of work in constant expansion that shows the infinite source of nature inspiration for the artist.
Emerging artists. Fujikake Sachi. Fujikake Sachi was born in 1985 and creates conceptual blown glass sculptures that capture the delicate remnants of light and amplitude that define glass as intrinsically unique in relation to other media. To inculcate the softness features in the hard glass material, Fujikake considers it a challenge and his own reason for creation. Conceived by an ingenious and original new way of glass warp in a hole of glory, Fujikake is rapidly gaining followers within the circles of glass, and although still young, has been selected by the Alexander Tutsek Foundation in Germany, the Institute of Crafts Kanazawa Udatsuyama and the Koganezaki. Crystal Park. He has had several exhibitions in galleries and museums, including the Yufuku Gallery and the Ebeltoft Glasmuseet.
He has won a gold medal in the recent Toyama International Glass Exhibition.
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Exhibition of Pedro García.
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The Real Glass Factory (RFC) inaugurated last November 8 the temporary exhibition of Pedro García called 'Pliegues'.
to hide interior life and invite us to caress them.
"They are small universes full of vital energies that incite us to meditation".
Self-taught sculptor, with about 40 years dedicated to glass, represents one of the greatest exponents of contemporary sculpture in Spain.
Nature is a constant source of inspiration in his work, whose structure responds to organic solutions, often combining glass with iron, which sometimes serves as a solid support and in others acquires prominence, as an integral part of the work.
This is the first time he has exhibited at the Granjeña institution, although he has been involved and taught "This is a clear case of glass courses at the Escuela knowing how to flow with the de la Real Fábrica. materials and the whole In the words of the director Technique exhibition is conceived from of the museum of the RFC, this point of view. Meditation Starting from sheets of Paloma Pastor, "Pedro and energy are present in colorless glass, proceed to García is a very interesting every day of work and even person and one of the most paint each of the sheets, more in every moment of life, including organic and renowned Spanish since they have become an inorganic substances sculptors." "He works glass inseparable part of my work interspersed inside. with the thermoforming and my way of doing, "says technique," says Pastor, who Subsequently subjected to Pedro García, who adds that" adds that "it includes these sheets of glass at high in the works that they are particles inside the glass". It temperatures, to turn them shown a process of treats, the director insists, in into a mass that slides with meditation and energy a "very pictorial sculpture heat inside a mold, like the charge is developed, of and very suggestive". lava of a volcano. which each one of the The exhibition presents the The glass thus treated ends sculptures is endowed ". last works of the artist, made up merging with the The exhibition can be visited mostly of laminated and materials that accompany it until February 24 in the thermoformed glass, with until it becomes a unit. temporary exhibition room of inclusions and effects of The result is large volumes the museum of the Royal irregular textures, sometimes of glass that are Glass Factory. soft, polished and other subsequently cold-worked rough and rough that seem by cutting and polishing.
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Handicraft Fair of the Community of Madrid.
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The new location for this year 2018 will be in Paseo de Recoletos, from Cibeles to Plaza de Colón.
in your calendar, a showcase of authentic crafts where you will find unique and original pieces, as well as being able to learn about the Celebrating from techniques of ancient December 1st to the crafts that fortunately 30th. Opening every day, have not disappeared, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 and we hope they never p.m., except on do. December 24 and 30, which ends at 3:00 p.m. Artisans of different Closing on December 25. Autonomous Communities come The Market of Handicraft together in this FairMarket of the Community Market. of Madrid is another of the Christmas classics in Last year there were 178 Madrid, and Madrid is full master craftsmen, and of classics in Christmas this edition promises not times. to disappoint. The Handicraft Market Fair is a must if you visit our big city during the month of December or if you are one of those who enjoy touring the numerous markets that crop up during these dates.
To visit the Fair-Market of Crafts is to bet on the small artisan crafts. Many of them unfortunately are on the verge of extinction. If you have kids, do not leave them at home, they sure enjoy watching them work.
Although it is not a flea market anymore, make You will find unique no mistake. It is an objects, pieces made by annual and essential date
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hand. Decoration, pottery, jewelry, ceramics, brass, engraving, toys, wood, metal, paper, cardboard, binding, dry flower, textile, headgear, shoe store, leather or glass, among others. Quality products and made with the heart, after many hours of work. The perfect gift for this Christmas (away from the industrialized), be original and look no further, give crafts and bet on our craftsmen. And remember, consume head and responsibly. EVENT DATA PLACE: Paseo de Recoletos, from Cibeles to Plaza de Colón DATES: From December 1 to December 30, 2018 SCHEDULES: Every day from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. December 24 and 30 until 3:00 p.m. Closing December 25.
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The Royal Factory and Bavaria.
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The Real Fábrica de Crystals of La Granja (Segovia) has carried out the last weeks an exceptional commission, the reproduction of an old glass cross, originally from an old glass factory in the region of Bavaria (Germany). The manufacture of this replica represents for the Royal Glass Factory the rebirth of the old relations that existed since the 18th century with the Bavarian glass factories of the wooded areas, west of the city of Regensburg, in the center of Bavaria. According to the original documentation, several Bavarian glassmakers, experts in different techniques, were hired in 1750 to work in the Royal Factory of Crystals of the Farm, standing out among them the teacher Juan Eder and his family. Before settling in La Granja, this ancient series of glassmakers had contributed to the establishment of the royal crystal factories in Sweden, Norway and Portugal. After traveling half of Europe, the Eder family and their descendants ended up working in La Granja, staying in this place for several generations. In La Granja the
manufacture of glass has been maintained until today. On the other hand, the production of the Bavarian factories, from which these famous glassmakers came, ceased all activity in 1930, when the last glass factory that still existed was destroyed, leaving a small wooden chapel still standing. The glass cross that now reproduces in La Granja crowned the small bell tower of this chapel, from approximately the year 1905, until 1960, when it was destroyed. In his memory a small sanctuary was installed in this same place, on the side of a road, crowned by this small glass cross, which miraculously has been preserved in the open until the present. For more than a century this fragile glass cross has survived the inclemency of weather, avatars and possible threats. It was in the summer of 2017 when Paloma Pastor, director of the Technological Museum of Glass, visited, together with the local historian and descendant of this ancient saga of glassmakers, Georg Paulus, this same place and suggested that the original cross should be protected from the environment and
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move to a safe place, suggesting that it should be in a museum. Finally they agreed that a replica should be made in the furnaces of the Royal Glass Factory of La Granja so that the original cross could be replaced by the replica. After obtaining the permission of the owner of the cross and getting the necessary funding to develop the project, Georg Paulus and his wife Ruth recently arrived at La Granja with the original cross in their luggage. The replica was developed successfully in the workshops of the Real Fábrica de Cristales by the teacher Diego Rodríguez Blanco and his team. In this way the original glass cross can be kept in a museum and the replica made in La Granja will be installed in the small sanctuary, thus recalling the long tradition of glass in the center of Bavaria. A second replica of this cross was also made to be exhibited at the Technological Museum of Glass, in order to recognize the importance of the link that existed between the Royal Factory of Crystals of La Granja and the old glass factories of the center of Bavaria.
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Activities Museums I.
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Activities Museums II.
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Activities Museums III.
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Activities on the MAVA. Science Week.
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One more year, the MAVA participated in the Week of Science of the Community of Madrid with its own program, which ran from Tuesday 13 to Friday 16 of last November.
hidden work.
miniatures ... fantasy and beauty.
For this they read, used their ingenuity and observation As in other years, we and worked as a team. reserved the mornings from Tuesday to Friday from 10 To this the classic activities a.m. to 11 p.m. for primary of guided visits to the school children and from 12 museum and workshops a.m. to 2 p.m. for Secondary, On this occasion, the theme were added, this year of Bachiller and other adult revolved around women in decoration of the own jar, education centers. science and technological bottle or glass bottle that innovation. each student should bring to Following instructions from the museum (clean and the Community of Madrid, That is why they chose the without labels). reservations began on artist Miriam di Fiore - who Monday, October 22. throughout her professional They also had the temporary career has developed a exhibition Entomology of In the evenings, for the complex technique of glass and other cavities, by general public, they offered working with glass to carry Mario S. Ramos, an expert in workshops for families out her work -, as the central the technique of glass (Thursday and Friday), axis of the educational worked on the torch with guided tours at 7pm, activity: a set of escape-room which he makes conferences, etc., for which -type tracks that the students reproductions of insects, no prior reservation was should overcome to find the chalices and cups, required.
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The glass in Isturgi.
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The excavations carried out last summer in the archaeological site of Los Villares de Andújar, have brought to light a movable element "of which there is no other parallel in the Roman world". This was highlighted by the professor, Isabel Fernández, who heads the team of archaeologists at the University of Granada who has carried out these excavations in the framework of the so-called 'Isturgi project'.
that "such magnificent results reinforce the role that Isturgi had, as a core very important on the banks of the Guadalquivir, "said the archaeologist.
The City Council organized some informative days to publicize the conclusions of this work promoted by the Consistory itself and developed by the team of archaeologists of the University of Granada. In this sense, Paco Huertas, said that "the purpose of this Isabel Fernandez, who informative session was to yesterday offered a press disseminate this research conference with the mayor of with the aim of adding value Andújar, Paco Huertas, to the site and" thus, explained that the material in strengthen our cultural which this piece is made is identity. " 'worked bone', with dimensions of one meter by Isabel Fernández said she felt like an 'isturgitana' and about 50 centimeters, thanked the mayor and his approximately. government team for "the Together with this element, sensitivity they have shown Fernández also pointed out with our entire team." The the appearance of other gratitude extended to the findings as a structure from Peña López family "because the Iberian era and, in it has allowed this dream to addition, two furnace come true," Fernandez said structures for the production exultantly yesterday. of glass have been His work has made known in documented. "This means that the activity of Isturgi was the last 23 years as the old town of Isturgi was a great not only dedicated to ceramics but also there was producer and distributor of terra sigillata "we made a a glass industry," said the professor, who also insisted great documentation on pottery with more than
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40,000 fragments," he explained. Here the Isturgi project was forged, which preceded the study of the citizens who lived at that time and produced this pottery in what is now the town of Los Villares de Andújar. Exhaustive work Huertas recalled that they went to work three years ago in a conscientious and safe way with the appropriate mechanisms "to advance in the knowledge of what was under the ground, without undertaking a large project of excavation and without touching anything," he explained. first mayor in his appearance.
After two tastings were done "that have highlighted the great archaeological interest that has the area," said Huertas, who admitted that they have exceeded all expectations. The University of Granada is writing a restoration project and it is validated by the Junta de Andalucía. The councilman wished that the valorization of this deposit will suppose an important revulsive economy and tourism of the environment.
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British Glass Biennale 2019.
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The British Glass Biennale is the main sworn exhibition of excellence in contemporary glass by British artists, designers and craftsmen in the United Kingdom. With at least 80 new glass works selected every two years, the British Glass Biennale is the most important exhibition within the International Glass Festival and attracts collectors, galleries and museums from around the world.
Applicants must Have lived and worked in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the past two consecutive years; or Live, work or study abroad, but have a British passport and have previously lived in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 15 years. Each artist can send up to three pieces for consideration.
Dr. Jane Cook Principal Scientist, Corning Museum of Glass, USA UU Róisín de Buitléar Artist, curator and creative director of Green Edge, Dublin Monica Guggisberg Artist and designer Angel Monzon Founder and Director, Vessel Gallery, London Cathy Shankland Exhibition Officer, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Each piece should be Matt Durran curator predominantly glass, but Hannah Shepherd, The British Glass can incorporate other Coordinator of the Biennale is open to materials. Biennial. artists, designers, The work must have artisans and students The British Glass Biennale who work in all areas of been done since March opens on August 23 and 1, 2017. contemporary glass closes on September 28, practice or who use glass All pieces selected for 2019. as a key design element. exhibition must be for The online submission The emphasis is on new sale. form is now open and they work that demonstrates DEADLINE FOR are waiting to receive your the highest level of REGISTRATION requests. excellence in design, midnight Sunday, Click here to access the creative imagination and February 24, 2019. shipping form. technical skill. The jury of the British Glass Biennale 2019.
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Twenty ritual lamps.
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One of the findings that has added more interest to the Lorca synagogue has been the appearance of glass lamp remains.
the musealization of the synagogue complex.
launch an "important and powerful" promotion campaign, both nationally The rest can be visited at and internationally, to the Municipal attract "not only tourists Archaeological Museum. from the United States, More than 2,600 But they also formed an but throughout Europe. fragments that have exhibition, 'Luces de Tourists who move by the allowed the recomposition Sefarad', which opened symbols, "he explained. of 20 ritual blown glass in 2009 in Murcia and lamps, which served for In the Jewish quarter of later, in 2015, starred the Hebrews to celebrate Lorca, along with the another in the Spanish the festivities of the religious area of the capital. Luminarias or HĂĄnuka in synagogue, an artisan The existence of these the city. area has been registered, important archaeological probably for the These were lit in remains has had a very manufacture of glass December during the positive impact on the objects and a butcher's festival that city. shop. commemorates the purification of the temple Visits from Jerusalem In the same area, the soand Jewish institutions of Jerusalem. called Casa VII appears. around the world, In one of its spaces, the The luminaries are the including Israel's great kitchen, was found a jar in first Jewish elements of Sephardi rabbi, have whose interior were this type located in the taken place since these documented a bowl and a region, and the only ones remains were put to use, mortar, and a pantry for that have been recovered recalled the mayor of the the storage of the so far in Spain. city. trousseau, visible during Several of them appear in the journey. The intention, said the the new showcases after Minister of Culture, is to
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The science fiction tower.
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Since the arrival of the millennium, the City of London has embarked on a feverish race to see who can achieve the highest and most impressive skyscraper in the country. Or the world.
flower bud, to make justice to his nickname.
The 12 plants of the upper end, which looks like an exaggeratedly stylized egg, will be built in glass, where there will be viewpoints, games for The last frontier is drawn by children, bars, restaurants and the architect Norman Foster, educational centers that will who proposes to build a 305.5 teach about the history of the meter glass tower just to serve city and the city since its as a lookout point. Roman origins to the present. The project will be integrated into the other great creation of Foster, the 'Pepinillo', as it is popularly known as the conical tower of 30, St Mary Ax.
For this, the plan includes eliminating more than half of the perimeter walls surrounding this building, inaugurated in 2004 and purchased by the Safra Group in 2014 for 785 million euros. A 360 degree viewpoint 'The Tulip' will be the name of this future lookout, equipped with transparent elevators inside to have a 360 degree perspective of the British capital, a panorama that unfolds when you arrive at the crown with the shape of a
Entertainment and ecology
performance of materials and optimized construction systems to reduce energy consumption. The heating and cooling are based on technologies that do not generate emissions, while the energy will come from photovoltaic cells installed in the building. The struggle to achieve the highest viewpoint According to The Guardian, the origin of the idea was the request of the banker Josep Safra to provide a lookout for the 'gherkin'.
On its sides there will be spherical capsules, which will rotate for eight minutes through seven levels of the The Brazilian magnate saw structure, like a kind of London how a neighboring building, the Eye 2.0, by the Ferris wheel Shard (designed by Renzo located in the Thames. Piano) with its 306 meters There will also be surfaces of obtained an interesting billing hanging gardens and green of the viewpoint installed at the walls, to follow the suggestions top. of Mayor Sadiq Khan to turn As the structure of the 'gherkin' the city into the first urban park made the construction of a in the country. tourist lookout unfeasible, The interior of the tulip will be Foster drew this project. visited by a million people, and Its cost is not reported, and if it the Safra group will provide has the green light of the City 20,000 free passes to of London corporation, in 2025 schoolchildren each year. will see the light. The glass of the structure will be built with a high
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The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (XLIV).
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Eduardo Alonso Cereza
significant city or a relevant J.P. Waltzing differentiated the person, and are usually different schools according to composed of humble people: clients, freedmen and slaves. their nature; These were Waltzing includes in them the grouped into four types: Collegia Funeraticia, but F.M. a) Religious schools. Robertis assigns them a b) Political associations. different place. J.M. Santero agrees with F.M. of Robertis in c) Circles of fun. the observation that private d) Professional corporations. religious colleges offer worship to their deity, but also grant Religious colleges can be burial and funeral rites to their official, semi-official and members when they died, and private. The officers and possessed burial spaces, semiofficials are those without meaning that their destined by the State to public main purpose is burial. worship. The private ones offer their cult to a divinity that is The funeral colleges form chosen by them; the actions associations with the main carried out have as objective of offering burial and characteristic the freedom with funeral rites to its members. which they are executed. The They usually have a deity as reference to them is already in patroness. the Republican era and It is difficult to establish when increases in the imperial a school has a marked period. religious and funerary They make up groups that character, given that the two process cults of emperors, characteristics are usually living or dead, or the lares of a linked to a greater or lesser www.amigosmava.org
degree, and much more difficult when the term Collegia Tenuiorum is applied to both. Waltzing considers to the Collegia Iuvenum, constituted within the cult to a certain divinity, integral part of the private schools. In the republican period we already know of the existence of political associations; these were called Sodalitates, Sodalicia or Factions. Its members were important citizens who used their groups to reach high positions. We also find clubs created for the purpose of entertaining or attending banquets organized by members. They spread more intensely throughout the first two centuries AD, but we can not forget that the celebration of banquets was a frequent occurrence in funeral, religious and professional schools.
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N E W S (I).
Veteco 2018 exceeded all expectations. at the Feria de Madrid, within the framework of ePower & Building, an event that has registered almost 90,000 professional participants, 24% more than in the previous edition of 2016, with that has far exceeded previous expectations. 15% of the visitors were international, coming mainly from the European Union, Maghreb and Ibero-America, especially Colombia and Morocco, the two countries invited on this occasion. On November 16, Veteco 2018 closed its doors with the certainty of having met and exceeded the expectations of success that both exhibitors and visitors had raised a priori.
Throughout the four days of the event, within the umbrella of ePower & Building, Veteco consolidated the upward trend that began in the 2016 edition.
The number of exhibiting companies exceeded 1,600, which represents an increase of 25% compared to the previous call.
The contest organized by Ifema was held from November 13 to 16
Culture 2018.
Last November we visited the exhibition "Twelve photographers at the Prado Museum". The Prado Museum and the Friends of the Prado Foundation Foundation present the fruit of the work that twelve contemporary photographers have carried out in close relation with the collections of the institution. Belonging to three different generations and with very diverse ways of understanding and using photography, they have been inspired by the works treasured by the Museum, but also by the aura that surrounds them, the building that shelters them and those that contemplate them.
The lower gallery north of the Villanueva building of the Museo del Prado hosts this exhibition, curated by Francisco Calvo Serraller and which has the support of Japan Tobacco International as a collaborating entity of the Friends of the Prado Foundation. The exhibition presents a collection of twenty-four photographs taken by twelve contemporary photographers who, on the occasion of the celebration of the Bicentennial of the institution, have been invited by the Friends of the Prado Foundation to show their vision of their collections. There are twelve creators who reflect on the Museum through photographic technique, twelve different
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and personal views that are inspired by the works treasured by the Museum, but also in the aura that surrounds them, the building that shelters them and in those that contemplate them The twenty-four photographs that make up the exhibition will open new paths through which to delve into the Museum's collections and bring new perspectives and new perspectives to contemplate them, as well as showing that the Prado maintains its inspiring capacity two centuries after its inauguration. This initiative joins those carried out by the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation in 1991 and 2007, "The Prado Museum seen by 12 contemporary artists" and "Twelve artists in the Prado Museum" respectively, whose objective is to show the a dialogue that, through all eras and styles, current art maintains with the art of the past, but also bring contemporary art closer to the visitor of the Prado and the Prado to the public of contemporary art.
N E W S (II).
"Fusion" at the Cultural Center of Valdemorillo. In the exhibition you can admire sculptural pieces to more conventional ones, but they stand out for their beauty and simplicity, passing through jewels with messages that will make us reflect on our surroundings. There are also collaborations between artisans and artisans from different sectors. In short, a variety that also reflects the diversity of the people who created them and that includes the bilingual English-Spanish catalog of the exhibition.
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Next Wednesday, December 5 at 8:00 pm will take place at the Cultural Center of Valdemorillo the inauguration of the show Fusión, Jewelery with Glass Contest. After the inauguration a short violin recital will be offered by Patricia Cordero, Extraordinary Music Award of the Community of Madrid and National Prize of Professional Artistic Education. Fusión brings together works of young talents and established artists who were
selected in the I Contest of Jewelery with Glass, convened by Fundesarte, chair of promotion of crafts of EOI (School of Industrial Organization), and the Museum of Art in Glass of Alcorcón - MAVA. It aims to offer a representative sample of this artisan subsector and to bring together the creations of artists who work on a material as versatile as glass, as well as to promote collaborations between artisans from different fields.
The exhibition can be visited at the Casa de Cultura Giralt Laporta in Valdemorillo, Calle La Paz 51, in Valdemorillo from December 7 to January 19, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4:30 pm to 8 pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The exhibition will be closed between Monday, December 24 and Sunday, January 6. Admission is free. Guided tours are available by appointment on the phone 91 897 76 15.
Mechanized glass cover.
It has been a century since the relentless bounce of the "pelotaris" has been heard in the historic Beti Jai pediment (Marqués de Riscal, 7, Madrid). Since the last match was played in 1919, what is considered the "Sistine Chapel" of the Basque pelota has suffered improper
century. As a result of this rehabilitation process, the Consistory and the College of Architects of Madrid (Coam) have already chosen what their new life will be like: the ball game will be promoted by repairing the original elements and, as a novelty, a glass cover will be installed mechanics. The Consistory demanded in the specifications that 25 percent of the roof will have to be devoid of coverage to guarantee its ventilation. For this reason, the team of abuse of the value of the property: architects devised a glass it was a prison during the Civil War, enclosure equipped with a rehearsal space for bands and "mechanized opening even a workshop repair of cars. systems" and roller blinds. "A Since it was declared an Asset of light structure is projected that Cultural Interest (BIC) in 2011, the does not interfere with the City Council and Patrimonio have interior perception of the struggled to recover the splendor building," says the memory. enjoyed at the end of the 19th
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The glass in Museums: Finland.
Our web
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The Finnish Glass Allinna until 1980 and Museum was established moved to its current in Riihimäki in 1961. building in 1980. The collection of the museum was based on a compilation of 500 objects and artifacts collected by the students of Osakunta, the Corporation or Student Nation of the Province of Häme. Open to the public in 1965, the museum operated for the first time in a village known as Allinna in the center of Riihimäki.
The installation was originally built in 1914 as a turf factory for the company Paloheimo Oy. In 1921, the Riihimäki Glassworks company turned the building into a glass factory. The building also houses a plastics factory and a screen printing plant and, more recently, the glasspolishing department of Riihimäki Glassworks.
The current cafeteria of An example of the Danish the museum are the old manor style Allinna was stables of the built by the owner Rudolf glassworks. Gestrin for his wife Alli in The modifications of the 1919. building and the The house was designed permanent exhibition of by architect Oiva Kallio. the museum were The Finnish Glass planned and designed by Museum operated in Tapio Wirkkala, a
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legendary name in Finnish design and member of the Academy of Finland.
The permanent exhibition was opened to the public in 1981, the third centenary of the Finnish glass industry. The museum has 1,700 square meters of exhibition space. The Finnish Glass Museum is a specialized museum that focuses on glass design and the history of glass that goes back more than 4,000 years and the 300-year history of the glass industry in Finland. The collections consist mostly of glass, design and Finnish art from the 18th-21st centuries.
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Recycling. Ecovidrio Awards 2018.
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One more year, Ecovidrio, the non-profit organization in charge of the management of the recycling of glass packaging waste in Spain, has held its annual awards in Madrid. In this 19th edition, one theme stood out among all: awareness about the effects and challenges of climate change. Thus, Manola Brunet, first woman and Spanish named president of the Climatology Commission of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has been awarded the prize for the 'Environmental Personality of the Year'. The sperm whale was also awarded in September and was found stranded in the Manzanares river. After recognizing the biologist Jane Goodall and the National Geographic Society in the editions of 2016 and 2017, respectively, the 2018 award to Manola Brunet has been granted "as recognition for his extensive career and dedication to the preservation of the environment through the study of the climate, its teaching work, its high social commitment and the inspiration it supposes for the young scientists ". In his speech during the awards ceremony at the Impact Hub in Madrid, Brunet stressed: "Climate change is undoubtedly the most important environmental challenge facing human beings today. The fifth report of the IPCC (intergovernmental panel of experts on climate change), 2013, documented the rise in temperatures both in the terrestrial environment and in the oceans. Human activities have already led to a 1 degree warming of the Globe; and between 2030 and 2050 we may
eat we are determining the use that is made of the soil ". The winner insisted that, as citizens, we can decide, and much, through every daily gesture, "also at the time of voting, opting for those political representatives who really commit to programs that address the environment." And he finished: "Climate change is a challenge, it is a scientifically proven fact that is already here, which requires rapid changes that will lead us to a more sustainable and equitable society and economy. And one of those roads is configured, for example, Ecovidrio, with the recycling of reach a 1.5 degree rise. " Brunet glass containers, which saves considers that this is the red line energy and huge amounts of raw that we should not cross under materials, and the promotion of any circumstances, although the the circular economy, contributing Paris Agreement talks about the to climate security and minimizing 2 degrees. "Already the climate change " threshold of 1.5 degrees," he He has also been awarded the continued, "will bring serious unfortunate sperm whale that risks of floods, droughts, extreme heat waves ...; This will roamed the Manzanares River as it passed through Madrid. We also mean high adaptation and explain: the Belgian collective mitigation costs, such as the Captain Boomer and the City regeneration of beaches, the extinction of forest fires and the Council of Madrid have been impacts derived from the arrival awarded the prize for the Greatest Impact Citizen for the of invasive species. " "It will artistic intervention Whale, which require unprecedented simulated for a few days last transitions in all aspects of society, transformations in water September on the Manzanares River a real case of emergencies systems, urban, industrial, before a huge cetacean stranded. agricultural, energy; it will be necessary the collaboration of all "This action has been recognized the political, economic and social for promoting reflection among citizens, through art, on the agents to develop changes, model of the city in which they which will also have to occur in want to live and the role they play the patterns of individual in caring for the environment." behaviors to reduce those gas emissions ". As for the journalistic prizes, 80 candidatures were received. And Manola Brunet pointed out Finally, the distinguished media in several of those necessary this XIX edition have been: In the changes: "Changes towards category of Television, Nadia responsible consumption, of Kolotúshkina, for the report A local and seasonal products; in second chance for the extinct the generation of less waste; species, broadcast by La 2 of changes in displacements over TVE. On Radio, Raquel Sánchez, short and long distances, for the interview with Jesús choosing for example the train Alonso, president of the instead of the airplane, whenever possible; in the choice Fundación Vida Sostenible, broadcast on the program La of products with low carbon footprint; in the planting of more Mirailla de Onda Cero. In the category of Print Press, Priscila trees. Why invent new machinery that eliminates CO2, Guilayn, author of the report Comemos kilos de plástico if we already have forests and invisible, published in the Sunday trees? ". magazine XL Semanal. "It is time to take courageous action and we have the means to In the category Best Digital Initiative, the Too Good To Go build a more prosperous and app was awarded, which more sustainable future. But a promotes the reduction of food joint action is required at the waste in catering establishments. same time; because in the decisions of what we buy and
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Our activities. In this section we detail the activities which take place this month, corresponding to the cultural visits related to the glass and outputs that we as provided in the program CULTURE 2018.
Cultural visits. 2018, opening every day from 11:00 to 21:00, except December 24 and 30 that ends at 3:00 pm. Closing on December 25. Artisans of different Autonomous Communities come together in this FairMarket. Last year there were 178 master craftsmen, and this edition promises not to disappoint. This December we will visit the Craft Market of the Community of Madrid that this year is celebrated in the Paseo de Recoletos in Madrid due to the remodeling of the Plaza de
España, where in previous years the Fair had been held.
To visit the Fair-Market of Crafts is to bet on the small artisan crafts.
The new location for this 2018 will be from Cibeles to Plaza de We will take this opportunity Colón. Celebrating from to greet our friends from the December 1 to December 30, glazier sector.
CULTURE 2018 program.
In this month of December we will visit the Prado Museum again. Since the Royal Museum was opened on November 19, 1819 with funds from royal collections, this institution has become one of the main repositories of Western pictorial memory, a fundamental point of reference for Spanish culture and in a object of collective pride. Two hundred years after its foundation, the Prado Museum reflects on all this
and shares it with its visitors in an exhibition format that for almost four months will convert its rooms A and B into a rich interpretation center of its development and historical significance. Curated by Javier Portús, Chief of Conservation of Spanish Painting (until 1700) of the Prado and in his own words, the exhibition "proposes a chronological journey through the evolution of the museum, which is a criterion that allows you to underline what you have of living institution
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and especially permeable to the historical swings of the country. The exhibition has a total of 168 original works, of which 134 are part of the own collections and the remaining 34 are received on loan from various national and international institutions USA, France, Hungary, United Kingdom, Israel, Germany and Russia - to create a context that helps to understand the Prado Museum.
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To neutralize pollution.
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Ariño Duglass has manufactured the glass of emblematic buildings such as Principal Tower in London (Norman Foster), the headquarters of Amazon in Barcelona, the AVE MedinaMecca and the largest ocean liner in the world. Ariño Duglass, a high performance glass company for construction and trains, is developing a research project with the University of Zaragoza to manufacture glass in layers in buildings to combat atmospheric pollution. "Conveniently treated glass produces a chemical reaction to the CO2 of the environment that neutralizes it, thus contributing to mitigate the pollution suffered by the most populous cities in the world," according to the company's general director, Raimundo Garcia-Figuera, during the recent celebration of ePower & Building, held in Madrid. Ariño Duglass is a Spanish company, founded in 1952, with headquarters in Zaragoza and with delegations in several countries in Europe, the United States, Mexico and Asia. It specializes in the transformation of highperformance glass for building emblematic
buildings and railways, with projects in more than 60 countries on five continents.
We also manufacture high security and anti reflective glasses for the main luxury and jewelry stores of Paris Some of the most recent and Monaco. This will be the constructions in which he trend that will reach the rest has participated are; of Europe, combining Principal Tower, in London, a aesthetics with the safety of skyscraper by architect ships. " Norman Foster; the headquarters of Amazon Ariño Duglass has developed Europe, in Barcelona; the a collaboration of more than Medina-Mecca AVE of the 20 years with the Department Saudi Arabian desert and of Applied Physics of the trains in New Zealand, the University of Zaragoza in the United Kingdom and the development of new highNetherlands. performance layers for glasses, such as the antiAriño Duglass is a world abrasion layer of Ave Medina leader thanks to its R & D Mecca. department and its technical engineering team, which Raimundo Garcia-Figueras, provides unique and holds a degree in Economics innovative solutions to the from the University of world's best architects and Zaragoza, a postgraduate the most important rail degree in Industrial and companies worldwide. Regional Economics from the University of Saint Étienne The CEO points out that "at Lyon. the moment we are leading the transformation of the After a long professional company and overcoming career in the national and the crisis through the international market, in 2015 evolution of the business he joined Ariño Duglass as model towards innovation, CEO. research and a higher quality standard. Ariño Duglass has In his desire to create a glazed the largest ship in the model company in the glass sector, Raimundo Garcíaworld, Symphony of the Figueras has promoted a seas, creating glass series of investments in structures with a technical level capable of withstanding cutting-edge machinery, in the worst storms of the sea, addition to investing in the development of the team that tested on the most forms the staff of Ariño demanding test bed in the Duglass. world in the North Sea.
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Other trends. The power of Art.
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The well-known installation by Juan Muñoz Cinco figuras sentadas (1996), located in the lobby of the Queen of the Congress of Deputies, could represent members of any parliamentary group who make an aside to discuss any issue of the day.
The Madrid artist's memorable sculpture is one of the 43 works chosen by the Reina Sofía Museum to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the approval of the Spanish Constitution in an exhibition titled The Power of Art, which spans the two chambers (the lower one and high, the Senate) and that will be able to be seen, previous request in the web of the Congress until the 2 of March of 2019. The exhibition is a joint project of the Cortes Generales, Acción Cultural Española (AC / E) and the Museo Reina Sofía. In the Hall of the Lost Steps, the hostess and president of the Congress, Ana Pastor, told that the idea occurred to her and she exposed it to Manuel Borja-Villel. "I wanted that from this house of the town it will be celebrated as it deserves the anniversary of the Constitution. Art helps us to talk about dialogue, thought and freedom. The Reina Sofia is our museum of democracy. The piece by Juan Muñoz gives us an idea of the importance of this exhibition ". The president asked the media to encourage citizens to request the visit through their page. It can be accessed in groups of 35 people for a tour that lasts about 45 minutes. Yesterday, 600
requests had already been registered without advertising.
the video by Itziar Ocariz about the territory.
João Fernandes, deputy director of Reina Sofía and curator of the exhibition, explained during the tour that pieces of 42 Spanish artists have been selected -Juan Luis Moraza has two works- that have developed his work during the last four decades.
The cut of liberties and the censorship are approached in the works of Concha Jerez and Daniel G. Andújar.
De Colita, the only artist present on the tour with the press, exhibits a memorable selection of images that perfectly document There are as many men as there what happened in Spain since are women and all the supports the death of Franco. of contemporary art are shown: painting, sculpture, photography, In the Senate, where his president Pío García Escudero video, performance or served as host, the surprise documents. starts with five humanoid Artists have reflected on power, sculptures by Francisco Leiro in freedom, democracy, identity, the Hall of the Lost Steps. memory, history, memory or Along with walls full of paintings symbols. All works are property and sculptures of historical of the museum. character, contemporary art The exhibition plays with the acquires a strong presence. idea that the works have been A canvas by Juan Genovés and a conceived for another photograph by Juan Navarro environment and when they Baldeweg, loaded with historical reach the Congress or the references, give way to names Senate they acquire a new that became international in the meaning. seventies and eighties: Luis Some of them are located in Gordillo, Miguel Ángel Campano, surprise points of emblematic Juan Uslé, Soledad Sevilla, Eva places of the Congress of Lootz. Deputies, as it happens with the indicative signs of Rogelio López The figuration is represented by sets of pieces by Patricia Gadea, Cuenca, the sculptures of Juan Luis Moraza, the photography of Miquel Barceló or Menchu Ignasi Aballí or the performance Lamas. of Dora García. One of the most spectacular pieces of the Senate is an In the basement of the building, unfinished video of Elena Asins an old furniture warehouse entitled Antigone and converted into an exhibition representing the eternal rebel space, surprises are who answers the conventions of accumulated, such as the sculpture by Cristina Iglesias, the the powers of his time. industrial materials of Ángeles The work is projected in the Marco, Txomin Badiola's beautiful library of the Senate, photographs of sexual identity or built precisely by the artist's grandfather, Bernardo Asins.
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The temper in the quality of glass.
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The quality of glass is an important task within the field of tempered glass and the attention for it increases constantly and not only for its enormous impact on costs.
Therefore, either production stops or must be done on weekends, which causes additional costs.
In this article, Herbert Jung, manager of the Business Unit of Lisec, explains what are the keys to carry out a correct tempering of the glass.
• Reduction of production stops. If a glass breaks in the Aeroflat The transport rollers have an impact on all the mentioned heating zone, it can be cleaned problems. So it may be asked: Is only in 15 minutes (without cooling or heating) it possible to temper the glass without these transport rollers? • Low-e Tempered Glass with The answer is yes!. A unique 50% more speed. This technology that uses air cushions eliminates the famous significantly reduces costs per square meter. problems of roller ovens. The glass is transported on air Conventional tempering cushions, which makes it technology versus Aeroflat air possible to temper high-quality cushion technology glass and thus reduce the costs The analysis shown above was resulting from the problems measured using the mentioned above. StrainScanner from Arcon and It must be borne in mind that, if Ilis. no transport rollers are used, it is not necessary to replace or clean This unique system measures them, which saves a lot of time in both the residual tension and its alignment. the cold cleaning cycles.
What quality problems can occur when tempering a glass? The most known quality problems for tempered glass are the marks left by the rollers when tempering the glass, the white mist, the distortion of glass and the anisotropy.
How can I solve the mentioned quality problems?
These problems can challenge an organization because to control or reduce them it is necessary to invest money and time in experienced operators and in the knowledge process. Since the location or the analysis of a problem or the correct What solutions use air cushion settings are not so easy to technology and what are the execute, the experience of the advantages? operator is particularly important So far, there is only one solution In addition, the glass companies in the market: Lisec has must perform frequently (for developed and patented the example, quarterly) cold cleaning tempering furnace with air cycles of the tempering furnace cushion technology called to remove deposits and dirt and Aeroflat. It is characterized by clean or change the rollers. several advantages. These cleaning cycles are time consuming because you should • Significant cost reduction: No experience is required in the try to cool the oven for about 6 tempering of the oven because hours; then you have to clean it each employee can operate the and heat it for 6 more hours. oven within 3 days and achieve www.amigosmava.org
high quality. This is very suitable for your growth strategy. • Higher speed and output, since you can change a recipe in 3 seconds.
A qualified statement about possible anisotropic effects can only be made with information about both parameters. In the area of anisotropy, the Lisec Aeroflat technology is a great leap. The air cushion system makes possible the homogeneous tempering of the glass, which reduces the anisotropy without additional options, without additional processing and without the experience of the operator and tempering.
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Explosion of stars.
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Our planet is made of stars. This phrase may sound like a metaphor, but we are serious.
when the massive stars explode in the universe.
our sun-collapses, creating that intense explosion that can fuse This means that buildings atoms, forming several made of concrete, glass other elements in the Scientists discovered that windows and even process, such as sulfur, one of the most common several electronic calcium and silicon. minerals found on our devices contain material planet comes literally that was formed during Also, the analysis plans from the sky. the explosion of a star. that in ancient times there were so many We are talking about Moreover, NASA details supernovas, which silica (silicon dioxide, that about 60% of the created enough dust SiO2), which is present in Earth's crust contains (containing silica) to cover a lot of materials in our silica. the entire universe, world, such as rocks, Returning to the study, including the one that sand, glass and quartz. US academics detected later formed our planet. A new study, released by that silica was present in This study was published the National Aeronautics the remains of two in October 2018 in the and Space Administration supernovas, Cassiopeia journal Monthly Notices of of the United States A and G54.1 + 0.3. the Royal Astronomical (NASA, by its English A supernova is formed Society. name), concluded that when a star-larger than this mineral is created
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Tvitec and the Torres brothers.
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The main architectural studios, socimis (Listed Companies of Real Estate Investment) such as Lar, Colonial or La Finca, as well as those responsible for the construction of the leading national construction companies, participated in Madrid in the singular 'pairing' organized by the largest transformer of glass from Spain on the occasion of the Veteco 2018 fair.
restaurant of the Meliá Gran Duque Hotel, a select group of fifty professionals, was also co-sponsored by the manufacturer of aluminum joinery for construction, Reynaers.
The general director of Tvitec, Javier Prado, and the commercial director of the company, Alberto Sutil, were very pleased by the ability to call and the possibility to highlight the relevance that the highAmong the studies that performance glass of the were represented in the Spain Brand is Acquiring in pairing of architectural many of the projects of glass and the haute envelopes and facades that cuisine of Los Torres were crown the great complexes those of Rafael de La-Hoz, of offices, residential and Foster + Partners, Fenwick institutions on an Iribarren, Arup; Ferres international scale. The high-performance Arquitectos, Enar, glass of Tvitec and the promoters such as La The representatives of the haute cuisine of the Torres Finca, Lar, El Corte Inglés companies invited to the Brothers allied to bring or Single Home, and first pairing of high even closer some of the construction companies performance glass and such as Ferrovial, haute cuisine are already outstanding actors of the Dragados, Sacyr, San betting on their projects for building in Spain ecoJosé and also the Irish smart glazing in which efficient glazing solutions Bennett. Tvitec is one of the leading processed by the company transformers in Europe with located in Ponferrada The brothers Torres, Javier the incorporation of eco(León) and that are now and Sergio, wearing efficient coatings in pieces present in some of the aprons from Tvitec and of up to 12 meters in length major skyscrapers under Reynaers, served as with insulating features, construction in the United masters of ceremonies by tempered safety and States or luxury surprise, since the guests shielding or acoustic developments such as were not aware that they laminates, as well as Lagasca or the Complex would share with them the digitally serigraphed Canalejas festive promotional event glasses. or the subsequent dinner. The event, which brought together at the Dos Cielos www.amigosmava.org
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Viewpoint with glass floor.
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The new The MahaNakhon Observatory, located on the 78th floor of the King Power Mahanakhon skyscraper, is - in addition to the latter - the most adrenalin-like attraction in Bangkok.
shaped glass boxes with exterior views or illuminated interior spaces, which reveal the interior life.
In the areas without pixelated effect of the tower there are large It is a viewpoint with glass balconies and windows floor and 360 degree views that occupy the entire wall. of the city, the icing on the The MahaNakhon building converted into a Observatory (or symbol of the new MahaNakhon SkyWalk) is architectural trends. The MahaNakhon was inaugurated in 2016, becoming the tallest skyscraper in the country. It has a height of 315 meters with 77 floors that house luxury apartments, a hotel, shops, restaurants and now this observatory with glass floor. The German architect Ole Scheeren created a tower with entrances and projections that maximize the panoramic views of the residents and an unusual pixelated effect. These "pixels" are cube-
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314 meters above the ground. It is divided into three zones. The first two are interior spaces located on floors 74 and 75.
The third is a glass platform on the roof, on the 78th floor, one of the largest in the world of this style, which causes panic or astonishment ... according to each visitor.
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In Envidrio you do not work in black.
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The Uruguayan deputy MPP (Broad Front), Daniel Placeres, referred to the complaints about Envidrio, the cooperative that he directed until 2015, when he submitted his resignation to take a seat in the Parliament of Uruguay. In declarations to the program Informal breakfast of Teledoce, Placeres maintained that "in Envidrio it is not worked in black" and that there are no workers in unemployment insurance. In this regard, he stressed that "we inaugurated the plant three months ago". Regarding the denunciation of the former employees in the Santo program and Señal de Canal 4, the legislator referred to the ruling of the Court of Appeals in this case, which was favorable to the cooperative and pointed out that it is not the same to do "voluntary work" during a unemployment insurance to have employees "in black". Placeres recalled that in 1999, in the glass factory of Comercio y Rivera, "we occupied 407 days" with "all workers in unemployment insurance." During that time, "the furnace had to be kept on and the factory maintained waiting for a buyer to come".
On the audios in which it is proposed that those who take unemployment insurance must go to work to maintain the venture in the same way, the deputy said that "it was not talking about work in black, but volunteering. maintain the productive unit, "that is, the machinery. Likewise, he maintained that "the one who did not want to go to the voluntary task, did not go". They did not receive any kind of remuneration, it was voluntary. You can receive a per diem for lunch or for the bus, but there was no salary. There is confusion because culturally generations are changing and self-management is a totally cultural change. "We understand that no infringement was incurred since no remuneration was received for being a voluntary task," says the companions' statement.
In the cooperative, "the average retirement is 38 thousand pesos." Do you know that in the society we live in, an asset that earns 38 thousand pesos per month must be a phenomenon? in black and you have to meat ', no, no, you have to be very careful, because the retirees of Envidrio love it and feel part, "said Pleasures.
The sayings of Pleasures arrive in the middle of a controversy over the denunciation that three former employees of Envidrio made to the Santo and Seña program on November 7. The ex-employees claimed that they were forced to work "in black" and that, although he resigned from the board in 2015 to be a legislator, "the one who sent" in Envidrio was still Pleasures. For the MPP, the complaints respond to an attempt to attack former President José Mujica, who sponsored Pleasures in politics. Alejandro Sanchez, deputy of the sector, recalled that his coreligionist resigned from the management of Envidrio before assuming his seat in the House of Representatives and affirmed that Goñi "has a cruelty with the cooperatives, always thinks against the recovered factories". Mujica, meanwhile, said in Cerro Largo that "you have to go to see the factory and talk to the workers and not speak for the press," because "a thing was said that does not resist logic and common sense."
On the denouncing former workers, Mujica asked himself "how are they going to be actively working in a bottle factory that is the only one that Uruguay has if they do not have the oven (because) the oven is "407 days were occupied, 407 days The deputy also said that "in a broken". "The furnace of a factory were the workers in black? No, the country where we have work lasts 7 and 8 years and when it is problems, (if) you generate laburo workers were maintaining an turned on it never shuts down, jobs, they will not put a red carpet expectation to reactivate a plant during all that time they were in when it is the only glass factory and unemployment insurance they were that was theirs," he said, adding the importer has just lost an that "it is half crazy to say that going to help, to mend the factory important sale with the brewery and so that they could continue, undo someone is working in black when the soft drink factory, it's stick and they are not producing. " the furnace and build the other one. stick, and the strange thing is that Of course they worked, but they did Placeres affirmed that in the current the sticks came when we started, not work making bottles to sell, "he directive of Envidrio "there is the after three months ". added. father of one of the former workers What are the complaints? who denounce" and that "his brother is working in the factory".
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How does it.
This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Peter Bremers.
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Companies and University.
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For 14 years, the Group of Photonic Technologies of the University of Zaragoza and the company Ariño Duglass collaborate to provide new qualities to glass with which to contribute to the development of society.
Communications of the School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA) of the University of Zaragoza.
sciences, which have more coverage. "
"However," he continues, "it is a very necessary task for society, since it Currently, the team is transfers the knowledge composed of seven we generate in the professionals, four of university to tangible them as permanent staff. things such as jobs or technical capacity in A social work "We take care of the companies." On how they received the deposition of optical In his case, he says: news of their election as multilayers - very thin "Now, in Ariño Duglass, winners of the fourth layers of different we make much better edition of the Third materials - on glass to products than we did Millennium Awards in the give it interesting before, we have opened category of Universityproperties. new markets and all this, Business Knowledge Architecturally, for in the end, has concrete Transfer, Salinas notes: example, so that the light results, which in other "With enthusiasm for the passes but not the heat ", types of basic sciences recognition of our work, it indicates Íñigo Salinas, are also very important. , is interesting to see this member of the but in our field they really aspect because it's not Department of Electronic contribute to society ", as flashy as other Engineering and underlines Salinas.
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Holograms with glass.
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The evolution of technologies is taking over one of the most important branches: education. Something unthinkable a short time ago was to be able to mount a series of simultaneous classes in different geographical points where the teacher was the same. This seemingly paranormal fact is about to happen in England at Imperial College London. The lectures will be offered live for students and can be done remotely, even if the teacher is out of the country. This institution is the first in Europe to use technology related to holograms on a regular basis to organize events with foreign speakers.
who were on stage. The goal was that they could be able to communicate with each other. The operation is based on projecting a live image on a glass screen. This allows you to create an illusion of depth using a background. Teachers will have a high definition monitor to make eye contact with their students. To send their image, the speakers need to use a "studio", in which to film them on a black background while they are illuminated on both sides.
Imperial College plans to use two external studios: one in Los Angeles and the other in Toronto, as well as a portable kit to invite people overseas to Initially, its use will be limited to give talks to their students. We business school activities, but will try to use the equipment so this technology is expected to that one of their professors makes a presentation at an become commonplace. economics school in February. However, it will not be limited to project a video of the lesson The disadvantage of this of the teacher, students can system, however, is that ask questions in real time guests are less likely to chat through a system of cameras with people in the audience that are located in the when their conference is over classroom where the and there is always the conference takes place. David possibility that there is a Lefevre, director of the center's technical problem. However, Edtech lab, explained that the this university is convinced alternative would be to use that the advantages have videoconferencing software, more weight on the balance. but holograms offer a greater In relation to the teaching of sense of presence. medicine, a series of hologram In the event "Women in animations was developed in Tech" (Women in technological London five years ago. The areas) was shown two guests effects were developed by Dr whose images were Kapil Sugand, who works at transmitted from the United Saint George's Hospital and States along with two others www.amigosmava.org
Imperial College London, and Dr Pedro Campos. These animations were not exactly holograms, but were based on an illusion called "Phantom of Pepper", which uses glass or aluminum foil, combined with special lighting techniques to make objects appear in the air. The images are animated and can be controlled by the teacher. Three projectors are used to generate the images on the stage. The system is designed to be used in a large auditorium. The doctors said they wanted to make it easier for students to absorb the large amount of detail necessary to pass the exams. Mexico joins the hologram fashion Professor Alfonso Serrano Heredia was the first to impart his lesson on the subject of Physics 1 at the campuses of Monterrey, Saltillo, Chihuahua, Laguna and Tampico. On the TecnolĂłgico de Monterrey website, he tells how a series of holograms of him that were deployed simultaneously was assembled. More than 160 students across 5 campuses were participants on August 21, 2018 of the first holographic class held by the University of Mexico. This opens a new academic agenda in which five other teachers will participate by teaching through holograms.
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Igor Obeso in Irurtzun.
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The irurtzundarras celebrated the patron's day, San Martín, a festival in which the handicraft fair occupies a prominent place for more than two decades.
magic with glass, a process that was shown again and again before the numerous people who stopped at their stand, admired with their work.
The Irurtzun fair always puts the focus on children, present and future, with a workshop in which the txikis could make personalized plates.
While the Indian to which the saint is associated has been half-fulfilled, the morning encouraged him to approach the square to lose himself among about thirty stalls, with stops to try some homemade pastas, taste some cheese or honey at the same time it was enjoyed with the good work of artisans, an opportunity also to buy unique gifts for Christmas or for oneself.
To work the glass first had to heat it in a furnace to 1,100 degrees and then shape it by blowing it or with hammers and tongs, adding color with the incorporation of different oxides. Thus, from the hands of this artisan-artist specialized in lamps arose vases, fish or balls.
Another of the fixed acts of the San Martin celebrations, which ended after an intense weekend, is the pastry contest organized by the company Erga-Larreak.
At the fair there was a bit of everything, from jewelery, silver jewelry, clothing, caramelised The truth is that there were seeds, creams and no two puppets alike in the ointments ... a varied offer post of puppets of Danel for all budgets. Iñurritegi, of Iltzarbe, in the Between stop and stop at valley of Ollo, dolls that the posts, there was no invited to play, to assume shortage to be taken to the other roles and let the mouth, with delicious imagination run. petals at the post of Also unique were the Mieltxo Saralegi with which creations made by Igor some were almost eaten. Obeso, by Argia Badago, an exhibition of almost
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There were eight candies and desserts, of which those present gave a good account once the ruling was known. The first prize went to Antonia Ramírez, with a tiramisu cake. The second was for Ginesa Maestre, with a bunch of stuffed truffles, and the third for Miriam Rekalde, with canutillos de nata and crema. The jury consisted of Fermín Idareta, Miriam Moreno, Jorge Angulo, Ismael Zunzarren and Iker Alegre.
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Professor Pilar Alonso.
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The University of Burgos (UBU) has constituted the first R + D + i Associated Unit to the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) through the Institute of Materials Science of Aragon (ICMA). This will be dedicated to glass and Cultural Heritage materials (VIMPAC), called 'Glass and Cultural Heritage Materials (VIMPAC)'.
Campo Ruiz, scientific researcher of the CSIC and director of the Institute of Materials Science of Aragon (ICMA), and Dr. Mª Pilar Alonso Abad, professor of the Area of Art History of the UBU, specialist in Heritage in Glass.
In this way, a trajectory of interdisciplinary research between Sciences and Humanities, The scientific leaders Conservation and Restoration is will be Dr. Javier consolidated, which
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had been developing for almost a decade in the study of heritage materials, especially in glass. The associated units are a fundamental instrument to promote synergies and alliances with other institutions with the strategic objective of optimizing capacities and improving their scientific production and for the promotion and transfer of science and technology.
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Artist bathing in glass.
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Imagine an artist wearing an impeccable white suit and walking through the streets asking people how they want to die.
"For me it is very strange because it is a 'performance' without violent actions, without pain, without anything. It's very simple, I ask people how they want to die, and from this Also, invite them to write their moment it's very interesting, response in their costume, people cry or leave or say they which becomes a kind of do not want to talk about canvas. What would you write? death, "Marussich explains in Imagine the same artist a day a telephone conversation. later, in a completely different The Swiss tour lasts five situation, inside a tub that hours. The artist says that instead of water is filled with 'Blanc' poses a kind of 600 kilos of pieces of glass. paradox, as viewers come to assume that it is a game, but And it's not that he's staging in reality it is talking about a one of the wishes written the transcendental subject. day before in his white suit. No, it is his way of reflecting on And the message that has the relationship between most impacted him is "dying resistance and pain. for love," says Marussich. The artist is the Swiss Yann The second day is the turn for Marussich, one of the figures the most delicate assembly: of the Festival Dance in the 'Bain brisé', in which he City of Bogotá, who will be as submerges himself in a tub full a special guest in the of cut glasses. Artestudio room. The spectators then see that Marussich, who began his kind of crystallized lava career as a dancer and moving to the rhythm of the choreographer and then turned artist's breathing while one of to performance, gave a talk his hands stands on that and, the next day, undertook a daunting and anguished tour of Chapinero with his work panorama and removes the 'Blanc'. pieces of glass. It is in this piece that he "I like to work on the subject dresses in white and invites and glass is a matter that viewers to write on his clothes. everyone knows, everyone
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knows what it is. With the bathtub it's a bit surreal and it's also a very bad trip, "says Marussich. The artist says that the day of the presentation has a six-hour preparation cycle, which includes yoga and breathing techniques. Already in the technical part, the glasses must be windows or doors, which according to the Swiss have a more poetic symbolism, and also, the bottle glasses could be very dangerous because of its curved contour. Following this precise score, Marussich has not been seriously hurt in any of the presentations he has done since the premiere of the piece in 2010. "Only small cuts, but nothing important," says the Swiss, who emphasizes that 'Bain brisé' manages to generate a deep catharsis in the audience. "The public sees a crazy image, because they are 600 kilos of glass, and I am in another world, I have to be very calm, at peace with me, because if I do not die. It is a total anguish, because you can not move a finger, "the artist concludes.
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Imagination in glass figures.
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A Mexican couple of Poblano origin combines the talent of painting and the creation of delicate glass figures to form handicrafts through the technique of blown glass, pieces that were sold and exhibited at the Bone Fair. Francisco Ascensión, originally from the state of Puebla narrated that making these figures in glass to which he adds his creativity and craft vision, are images of mythical fauna such as dragons or unicorns or common animals such as dolphins, besides creating
religious figures, flowers, among many others The figures take a few minutes to complete, in the case of the smallest ones, and in others it takes several hours to complete them, in the case of the largest and most detailed ones. "The job is to melt the glass with a blowtorch and at the same time I'm giving it the shape of the piece. To apply the heat to the glass, consider the thickness of the bar and what you want to do. Small pieces do not need a lot of heat. There in Puebla
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there are many people who are dedicated to this and now we are in Chihuahua, "he explained.
After creating the bases and detailing the glass figures, Francisco passes them to his wife, Silvia Jiménez, who then applies them a stained glass lacquer that gives them a lively color and leaves them ready for sale. The prices of handicrafts vary from 30 to 300 pesos (€ 1.3 to € 13), pieces that are part of the Mexican cultural diversity.
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Transform glass bottles.
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because they have recycling glass bottles after he ran out of work. found in recycling a way to obtain resources and Then he joined his a way to help save the brother Billy in the task planet. of transforming glass In this way, the into creative pieces. Hernández brothers The young people have Now both share the transform glass into managed to assemble activities of collecting useful products. their equipment in an bottles, cleaning, cutting artisan way to give a Young people say they and polishing them to better presentation to create the final product. are willing to share their their products. knowledge with other The Hernández brothers people. William Erick show happiness Hernandez started The Salvadoran brothers William and Billy Hernandez are dedicated to creating creative pieces of glass bottles.
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The spheres market of Chignahuapan.
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With the record of one million visits in the high season (October-December), the Magic Town of Chignahuapan (Mexico) is among the most visited in the Poblano territory, despite being located among the municipalities where insecurity has grown; Even so, the tourist preference continues to increase, perhaps attracted by the colors and the brightness of the spheres. According to information provided by the social communication coordinator, Martín Martínez Vega, the high season of tourism includes the months of October to December, date where - traditionally - the area becomes a pretext to visit this Magical Town. The most visited areas are the center, by the artisan corridors, the recreational center of the jump of Quetzalapa (although it belongs municipality of Zacatlán), the thermal baths. The investigations made by this reporter, in recent years, reveal that the amount of production of pieces of beings is difficult to estimate, although the production and reaches the count of millions of fueros produced throughout the year, in more than 300 models and materials, from accessible costs to higher prices. The beauty of these spheres and their original models captivate national buyers, as well as American, European and even Vatican buyers. On this last emblematic European site, the spheres of this town adorned the chapel of Guadalupe, of the Vatican. A year later, for the second year in
a row, at the headquarters of Pope Benedict XVI, 520 spheres of matt silver and cobalt blue adorned the Christmas tree of that Catholic chapel. Currently the figures are between 200 and 420 workshops, eight factories and more than 200 families that benefit directly from the production of spheres, many of them handcrafted. Not everything has been easy, there have been difficult times in which they have had to compete with Chinese products or, when the economy has had a crisis, improvising with cheaper materials. Four years after his death, the legacy of Rafael Méndez Núñez prevails as one of the icons that give prominence to this municipality in Mexico and abroad and that has made the company esferera one of the most representative icons of this Magical Town , more than half a century of the manufacture of the first "glass bubble".
zero, smooth and without decoration. Its initial market: the capital of the country. He could not avoid the hoarders who became his main clients. There was no supply: 300 thousand boxes were produced only for one client, of the three that became its most important buyers. This is how the first spherical factory in Puebla was born, today with the name "Casa Méndez". Like all good start, there was not much capital and faced other challenges such as buying video, raw material of crafts, because at that time there was a monopoly. He had to travel to Monterrey (Nuevo León) to buy a type of glass used to manufacture lamps. Later, he was able to obtain a type of glass that was manufactured in Azcapotzalco (Mexico City, formerly the Federal District), with which he could start working.
In 1970, I had 25 workers working. A decade later he began with the coloring of the sphere, "How I like to live here," said the without diamond, with a brush, distinguished Michoacan, Puebla always silver. by adoption more than once. He had already become fond of this In that same decade, he began to "metallize" the sphere, without land that had seen birth to leaving the approach, a tradition personalities such as Gaspar that belongs to this day. Henaine "Capulina". According to Mrs. Amparito, her For the native of Uruapan husband liked the idea since he (Michoacán) his studies as a was in Guadalajara, to the point chemical engineer gave him a that it became one of the different vision in sphere hallmarks in the production of this production. His method, glass craft. discipline and rigidity in his work This is how they began to be marked his legacy. known throughout the country He chose to make a silver dial, and abroad. with the appropriate sizes, initially number six and number
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The "Festival of light".
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The Cathedral of Mallorca hosted last November 11 the 'Festival of Light', a light phenomenon consisting of the chromatic projection of the rosette on the front wall, just below the opposite rosette, so that during a short period of time you can see the two rosettes in a tangential position.
of light.
the inside wall.
With the denomination of the 'Festival of Light', the Seu de Mallorca aims to revitalize the historical denomination from the 6th century in the West, from a Marian devotional tradition and associated Likewise, the with the celebration of construction of the Candelaria on February 2, temple defined its date coinciding with the basilical plan repetition of the same incorporating the areas of lighting effect. The event took place at the pre-existing mosque, 08:30 hours, after as well as the spaces of The phenomenon of the sunrise. From the light projection of the the urban environment. organization explained largest rosette constitutes that if the weather is not The dimensions of the an itinerary that is favorable, the Cathedral central nave are chronically reproduced determined by the will continue to open its each year, related to the occupation of the doors to the public. winter solstice and the previous space of the prelude to spring. During each 11th of mosque. November, if the weather Likewise, during the The construction of the permits, the light of the whole year, inside the main façade was made in rising sun crosses the Cathedral you can see three chronological largest rosette and other episodes of light projects on the opposite phases (XVI-XVII and following the solar rotation XIX centuries) and has wall, just below the and its polychrome two different façades, rosette of the main diffusion projected on the interior and exterior. façade, being able to architectural structure and contemplate an eight This is a decisive factor the movable elements of formed by two rosettes, in the current location of the cathedral heritage. one of glass and another your rosette seen from This phenomenon is possible given that the orientation of the Cathedral, approximately 120 degrees southeast, coincides with the sunrise during the winter solstice.
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More about La Trinidad.
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The plenary agreement adopted by the City Council of Seville last June definitively approving the new special plan for internal reform (PERI) of the grounds of the old La Trinidad glass factory, located on Miraflores Avenue and whose protected spaces will be destined to public use while the rest of the plot will host private homes, has been the subject of an appeal through the Contentious Administrative Law, as it appears in an official document collected by Europa Press. Specifically, the promoters of the aforementioned appeal would be four brothers and their challenge is already being processed by the Contentious Administrative Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA), since the final document of the new PERI promoted for this emblematic site Fabril de la Macarena was approved on June 29, with the favorable vote of the PSOE, PP and Cs and the abstention of Participa and IU. This litigation arose after the aforementioned new PERI and the agreement signed between the City Council and the compensation board formed by the owners of the old La Trinidad glass factory, among which the Asset Management Company from the Bank Restructuring
stands out. (Sareb), definitively clear the future of this plot of Miraflores Avenue. And it was in 2001 when the Ministry of Culture agreed to inscribe in the General Catalog of the Andalusian Historical Heritage several elements of this ancient and symbolic set of Miraflores Avenue, as it is one of the few surviving examples of architecture of the great industry and the first industrial expansion of Seville.
factory complex, which was the object of various illegal occupations and episodes of pillage. Finally, the destination of the enclave was redirected thanks to the aforementioned agreement between the City Council and the compensation board set up for the development of the land, headed by Sareb.
As for the document challenged in the aforementioned litigation, the reform of the PERI of these For this reason, the statement of lands promoted during the cultural interest approved at that previous mandate already extended the restrictions and time protects the central nave, the furnaces and the chimney of instruments of protection to the auxiliary buildings of the complex, the plant as a place of the enclosure wall and the ethnological interest. However, courtyard of operation of the the Ministry began years ago enclosure. another file to catalog also the ships two and three of the Fruit of the new PERI definitively enclosure and to unify the approved last June and the protected assets in a single aforementioned agreement with typology: the one of "place of the compensation board, in any industrial interest". case, the City will receive 1,400 square meters of buildings of the The idea, according to the negotiation promoted years ago site with heritage value, ie the with the owners of the land, was protected areas, in addition to about 14,000 meters squares to cede to the public patrimony the protected spaces on account destined to green zones, while the private owners of the plot will of its restrictions in urban count on 27,000 square meters matters, to develop the rest of that admit the construction of the plot. But the terms of the project and the bankruptcy of the more than 200 new houses of free rent. society that owned most of the land sharpened for years the abandonment and ruin of the
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The glamor of Swarovski.
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Polish origin, details the The tree, which as a whole process of creation of the star: "To make a bright star will measure almost 22 The American architect meters and weigh 12 tons, of three dimensions has Daniel Libeskind has is a Norwegian birch from been an arduous process, but a great adventure. It is designed, by the hand of Wallkill, in New York undoubtedly one of my the famous jewelry firm, a County. greatest creations. " star of three million glasses In the elaboration of its to crown the Christmas design, in which two years Even so, the creator of the star recognizes that there tree Rockefeller Center. of work have been were problems in almost all Thus, the star, located in invested, craftsmen from creation processes: "it was the heart of Manhattan, New York, Rhode Island especially complicated to was inaugurated in a and Austria have integrate the crystals in the ceremony broadcast live intervened. by the US network NBC on "I was 13 years old when I structure. Also, balancing the materials (glass, glass, Wednesday November 28 arrived in this city on a aluminum and metal) was a and will be in the heart of boat. And the first place I New York until January 7. visited was the Rockefeller great challenge. " Likewise, Libeskind, which With an approximate Center. For me it is an has already collaborated weight of 400 kilograms, honor to have the with Swaroski in the the Swaroski star has a opportunity to build creation of a chess game, diameter of approximately something for this city, points out that it has been 2.80 meters. "explained Libeskind. inspired by the geometric In turn, it has 70 barbs, The process of creating a studies of the Italian artist each one made with star and inventor Leonardo da tempered glass and glass Daniel Libeskind, who Vinci. with LED lights, made by moved his studio from Precisely the executive of Swaroski. Berlin to New York in 2003 the company, Nadja The center of the star is after being selected to Swarovski highlights the composed of different redesign the World Trade creative talent of Libeskind: types of aluminum Center, has been very "the star is a unique blend components and 140 satisfied with the star: "It of imagination and points of LED light that will has been really rewarding innovation. We want the emit more than 106,400 to design something so star to bring happiness and lumens - an LED lamp unprecedented." prosperity to New York produces approximately Also, the architect, of City". The elegance of Swaroski reaches the heart of New York.
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