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Monthly Newsletter
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Ans Bakker Our Newsletter.
M. A. Carretero.
In June 2008, we began the established artists and to publication of this Bulletin. make known artists that we consider novel because of Eleven years without their short career in the missing our monthly realization of glass art and appointment with our that we think deserve to be readers, except for the highlighted. months of August of each Also, the section of the year in which, when "Piece of the month" enjoying our holidays, we can not edit this publication. highlights some of the works that make up the permanent As we have repeated collection of the Museum of several times, the purpose Art in Glass of Alcorcón and of this Bulletin is, on the that, in many of the cases, one hand, to gather and can not be seen in the disseminate the news that Museum due to the absence has emerged in different of a adequate exhibition media written during the space. previous month on facts There are also room in the related to glass. Bulletin for the events that In the reproduction of this will take place in the type of news we have Museum, such as new always tried to cite the temporary exhibitions to be sources, although, I must held and some news that confess, it is possible that needs to be remembered we have omitted some, so about events that occurred we apologize to those previously. media that we could not cite The virtual pages of other as the origin of the news. important museums related It is also true that we do not to glass art worldwide can cite the source when it also be consulted through comes to news agencies. the corresponding links.
Bearing in mind that the edition of this Bulletin is non Nuestra sede: -profit, and that it is Castillo Grande de intended for people and S.J. de Valderas entities related to the world Avda. Los Castillos, s/n of glass, I do not think that 28925 ALCORCÓN. the different media that (MADRID) publish the news feel info@amigosmava.org assaulted by our reproductions.
We inform about the activities that we will carry out in the month and that correspond to the cultural visits related to the glass and the outputs that we will do according to the foreseen in the CULTURE program.
Visits to other cultural spaces are also mentioned, Another purpose of the both those we plan to carry Bulletin is to pay homage to out in the corresponding month and those made during the previous month. In another of the pages we mention the most outstanding characteristics of some of the museums that, worldwide, have funds related to glass art and that we believe should be disseminated to our readers
so that, if they are of interest, they can go deeper in his knowledge. Recycling also has its space to highlight a very important aspect in the reduction of CO2 through the cooperation of individuals and companies and news that, in general, we believe should be known by our readers. In another of the pages we mention some news that we consider important at a cultural level but that has no relation with the world of glass, since we consider that we should be supportive in relation to some cultural event that occurs and deserves to be cited. On the page "How it is done" we try to reproduce images of the techniques practiced by some of the artists mentioned in the section of consecrated and novice. And all the above can be summarized in our interest to disseminate in general the culture of glass and its artistic aspect in particular.
In another order of things, we have requested a meeting with the new Councilor for Culture of our City Council, Sonia López Cadena, to share our concern about the current situation of the exhibition space of our Museum, the lack of knowledge of its existence on the part of the most of the population of Alcorcón and for what we consider as a lack of respect of the Museum Director for the functions that should be exercised by our Honorary President, Artistic Advisor and promoter of the MAVA, Javier Gómez. I wish you a happy summer.
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S P E C I A L I NT E R E S T:
Part of the month
Trip to Corning
Bet on tourism
CMoG in Netflix
Activities on the MAVA
News
Our activities
Glass recycling
How does
Directive 2010/75 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of November 24, 2010, on industrial emissions.
CONTENT:
Piece of the month
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Established artists
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Young artists
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Trip to Corning
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Bet on tourism
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CMoG in Netflix
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Activities Museums
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Activities on the MAVA
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"Objects with Glass"
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Bullseye Glass Artists 2019 13 Interview: Peter Bremers
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At the Reno Fair
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Roman glass in Museums
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New book on vitrifications 17 Culture 2019
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Lawsuit against Chihuly
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Waste art
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The glass in museums
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Recycling
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Cultural visits
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Culture 2019 program
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Concept of stained glass
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Other trends
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Museum in San Cristóbal
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Best nature joke
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Dieline Awards 2019
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Ponferrada
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Rare earths in Spain
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How do
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Vitrum. Final stretch
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New showcase in the MVC 31 Tvitec in Castellana 77
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On a Chinese bridge
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Pyramid Gallery
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Sample Seculta
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Revolution of wood
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Glass Performance Days
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Glass motorcycle
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Glass carving in China
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Board Of Directors
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7. Until a relevant decision is adopted in accordance with paragraph 5, for the purposes of this chapter, with the exception of Article 15, paragraphs 3 and 4, the conclusions on the best available techniques from the relevant documents shall apply as such. BAT reference adopted by the Commission before the date mentioned in Article 83. Article 14 Permit conditions 1. Member States shall ensure that the permit includes all
the provisions necessary for compliance with the requirements set out in Articles 11 and 18.
as the measures related to the control and the management of the waste generated by the installation;
Such measures shall include, as a minimum, the following:
c) adequate requirements in terms of emission control, which will specify:
(a) the emission limit values for the polluting substances listed in Annex II, and for other polluting substances that may be emitted in significant quantities by the installation concerned, taking into account the nature and potential of transfers of pollution from a medium to another;
i) the measurement methodology, its frequency and the evaluation procedure;
b) the adequate prescriptions that guarantee the protection of the ground and groundwater, as well
ii) when Article 15, paragraph 3, letter b) is applied, the results of the control of the emissions will be available during the same time periods and reference conditions as those related to the emission levels associated with the best available techniques; d) the obligation to communicate to the authority at least once a year:
Organic abstractions.
Javier Gómez and his "Organic Abstractions" travel from the Madrid gallery Van Gogh Art Gallery to the Museum of Glass by Pedro Bernardo.
them recently created, the artist will bring the public to its most current universe.
Sonia López Cedena, Councilor for Culture, congratulated "our His works, which were exhibited dear artist Javier Gómez, adviser last June at the Van Gogh Art of our Museum of Art in Glass Gallery in Madrid, will travel to the MAVA, for this new exhibition in Museum of Glass in Pedro his long artistic career that has Bernardo, the hometown of Javier led him to be an internationally Gómez. With the eight pieces that acclaimed artist " make up the exhibition, some of
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. Hartmut Bechmann.
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Hartmut Bechmann, born in perfection and its Ernstthal (Germany) on June subsequent development 1, 1939. were significantly directed and influenced by them. After attending school, Hartmut Bechmann graduated from 1955 to 1958 as an Apprentice Appliance Blower in Jena. In 1973 he graduated from the Fachschule für angewandte Kunst in Schneeberg (Erzgebirge) as a glass designer. The following year he was admitted to the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR. Since then he has worked independently.
Paths to the glass led to Hartmut Bechmann in different seasons. From glassmakers to glass artists, they led the mastery of different techniques and their own design forms to the unmistakable "true Bechmann".
Bechmann's path to glass was always determined by the container. Figurative representations, it has not been allowed in glass.
For this he chose other materials, but his paths to Paths to glass: in them, Bechmann met personalities stone and wood are not the path to glass, but a different such as Albin Schädel, story. professor Ilse Decho and doctor Ing. Fritz Kämpfert, Hartmut Bechmann is not who had a decisive influence "just" a glass artist, he is also on his artistic development. a sculptor.
He built his own studio in Ernstthal with a foundry Bechmann's pioneers also furnace and specialized, studied at the Fachschule für among other things, in the metallurgical design of glass. angewandte Kunst in Schneeberg, admission to In addition, since 1975 he the Association of Visual also worked in sculpture Artists of the GDR and (stone, wood and bronze independent work since sculptures). 1974. He became a member of the Paths to glass: there are Association of Thuringian different ways of treating Artists e. V. glass as a material in Since 1972 he participated with his works in numerous art exhibitions in the country and abroad. His works are exhibited in various museums.
Whether in the field of lamp technology, furnace technology or both combining combination technology, he has remained true to his ideas for dealing with glassware.
Bechmann, which is the search for different occupations and activities of technical and artistic glass, but it is also an absolute loyalty to the design style of the glass itself.
He wants to know both things separately. Even if both are interwoven.
Glass and stone require a high concentration, a precise knowledge of the material and clear design ideas: an incorrect handle, a badly considered blow and ... it's over. Bechmann wants the perfect object. Retouching is not possible.
A historical "adaptation" of art, a positioning of the complete works of Hartmut Bechmann in the context of This training was always contemporary trends seems present in the path of Hartmut Bechmann loves necessary. Because, Bechmann, the knowledge of the clarity of form, is in favor comparatively, little has been the material, its own of clear messages. published about him. www.amigosmava.org
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Established artists. Ans Bakker.
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Ans Bakker, born in 1963 in Zwartsluis, the Netherlands, 19891993, University of Arts, Theater Design, Utrecht,2010-2015, University degree, Glassart (BA), State Institute of Arts and Crafts (BE), I am delighted to have been selected for the New Glass Now exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York State, on 12 May 2019 to January 5, 2020 What a great pleasure and miracle! "Light of Zeeland" The longing for a new landscape, the land between heaven and earth. It is the color that occupies me and the light of movement. Just what
appears before me, I am not looking for it. The nesting in the earth, the fire, the water and the rebirth shamelessly. And always looking for that light and that deep desire to do it that way again. "But it would not be a way if I stayed still" Ans Bakker 2017 "As long as you are not afraid to experiment, you can learn to see beauty anywhere." Light of life .......... I am fascinated by "lives", their origins, developments, desires, dreams and truths. I am inspired by the 'light' around people or accessories.
I use glass, wood, iron, copper and recycled elements for my work. As a theater designer I think in terms of images, movies and parts of films. I like clear language. That's why I often create clear images. But I also like to decorate, embellish things, create an atmosphere. It can take years to finish a series of objects. It's like digging up old fossils. They develop slowly under my hands, sometimes working, but often living. I would like to share, like the ancient peoples, instinctively. It has existed for thousands of years and, nevertheless, it is new. The time has frozen. Time is consciousness. Who needs a watch?
Emerging artists. Caroline Landau.
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Caroline has spent the last few years working with glass in Public Glass (San Francisco, CA), Slow Burn Glass (Oakland, CA) and Starworks (Star, NC). In these and other glassblowing centers, he assisted artists, taught and worked on his own art. In 2017, Caroline was part of the Arctic Circle artist residency in Svalbard, Norway, where she worked on Archiving Ice. For this project, Caroline made iceberg / bergie bits molds and replicated them in glass.
Caroline Landau is a multidisciplinary artist from Reading, PA. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 with a BFA focused on painting, drawing and engraving. He completed his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2016.
It captured its glacial water and refilled it in each specific vessel, thus capturing the fusion process and the lost physical space. He was able to replicate each piece of ice, While in the Bay Area, Caroline meticulously documenting its smooth began to incorporate more blown or rough surfaces, or its clear, glass into her artistic practice. He became a strong medium to portray bubbly / opaque appearance. Glass his ideas while imitating the natural has the ability to imitate all these forms of snow and ice. He became forms. obsessed with the processes of the Caroline currently resides in elements. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Trip to Corning.
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In the first two they were able to contemplate, according to information provided by the Museum, more than 3,500 old and modern pieces made with the most diverse techniques, including important stained glass The trip was started the previous windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farge, being day on a Madrid-Paris-Detroitable to admire, among others, Elmira flight. pieces by Marvin Lipofsky , At the Elmira airport, already in Erwin Eisch, Émile Gallé, Josh the US state of New York, they Simpson and others of Czech had a rental car in which they design, highlighting a small piece went to their accommodation in created by Pablo Picasso and Corning. made by Egidio Constantini, as On May 29, and to celebrate the well as the Steuben factory, 70th birthday of our President, installed in Corning at the they began the morning visit to beginning of the 20th century. the Corning Museum of Glass, The huge Crystal City room focusing during the first hours on features iconic objects from the the exhibition New Glass Now, a museum's collection of carved temporary exhibition of 100 glass and engravings, as well as works selected by a jury of very selected private loans. recognized solvency and made Along with updated LED lighting, by artists from 32 different digital displays and a recently nationalities who work in more commissioned contemporary than 25 countries. glass sculpture presenting Then they went to the two Corning's topography, the amphitheatres of the Museum in renovated Crystal City Gallery which glass artists made connects people with the story of demonstrations of their blown Corning's origins as a glass glass technique making pieces center with a focus in history and with the support of some the innovations that led to its technicians of the Museum. appearance as the "City of A walk through different facilities Glass". of the Museum closed the first How Corning became one of the day of his visit to the Corning main centers for the size of Museum of Glass. glass. In the United States, a On May 29, our President and our Secretary began a visit to the Corning Museum of Glass, located in the city of Corning, in the US state of New York, an important icon of contemporary glass art worldwide.
The next day they returned to the Museum to visit the permanent collection that is divided into three large sections: 35 centuries of glass, Crystal City and the Heineman Gallery.
trend in luxury glass developed as Corning Glass Works was establishing itself in its new home. The Heineman Gallery shows the collection donated to the Museum in 2005 by Ben W.
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Heineman and his wife, Natalie G. Heineman. The exhibition exhibits 240 objects from 87 international artists, and documents almost completely the chronology of the American movement Studio Glass, with objects made between 1969 and 2005.
Among others, they include works by Erwin Eisch, Mary Shaffer, Marvin Lipofsky, Bertil Vallien, Harvey Littelton, Dale Chihuly, Maria Lugossy, Dan Dailey and Václav Cigler. In the store of the Museum they met and greeted Mª Angeles Villegas Broncano and Manuel García Heras, scientists from the CSIC History Institute, who had attended a congress in Boston. Satisfied with their thirst to learn as much as possible about the Corning Museum of Glass, they spent the rest of the days of their stay in Corning getting to know the city, the nearby town of Elmira, and the natural parks of the Taughannock waterfall, Cayuga Lake , Green Lake, Watkins Glen and Keuka Lake, with the beautiful Hammondsport village on its banks. As they showed us around this suggestive trip, they could not miss their visit to the Niagara Falls, located relatively close to Corning, so, after obtaining the corresponding visa, they crossed the border with Canada and from Niagara Falls they were amazed at the extraordinary perspective of these cataracts world-wide known through film, television and other audiovisual media. In short, a nice trip.
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They bet on tourism.
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The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has highlighted the commitment of Alkor Alcorcón school for entrepreneurship and tourism from very early ages, after the creation by sixth grade students of two cooperative tourism companies .
management structure, the logo, marketing and social networks".
the coast, but also the interior," added the minister, who has always shown a great proximity "It's a very nice project to the city where he and it's very interesting to resides. see how you work in entrepreneurial projects," The Alkor School, said Maroto, after being founded in 1991, is a interested in how the concerted, bilingual and students had thoroughly secular center that offers documented "The Castle "a personalized, quality of Valderas, the Museum and comprehensive The minister attended the of Glass and many other education, which presentation of the two aspects to put in value in develops in its students, cooperatives, Alkortour this city. " in addition to their and Alkortourist, through cognitive abilities, The minister insisted that which the students make autonomy and creativity, tourism in Spain "creates known the city thanks to their social skills and his a lot of wealth" and that guided tours in which capacity for Alcorcón "should also they explain the history entrepreneurship ". take advantage of it," so and traditions of initiatives like this, from From the center is Alcorcón, stopping at its such an early age, are a committed to a bilingual main monuments, great opportunity to let education in English that according to the center in everyone know that encourages the learning a note. "Alcorcón exists and He of new languages, based This is an initiative has interesting things to on personal and collective launched by the school show. " values, which also through the subject of "integrates "From the Ministry we are Entrepreneurship, where communication working to make those students have technologies in all who visit us come back, contemplated the entire classrooms through active and those who do not business project, "from methodologies and know us, come to Spain the company's bylaws, to cooperatives." to teach them not only the democratic
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The Corning Museum of Glass in Netflix.
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The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, will collaborate on a new television series aired by Netflix, Blown Away. The show, which takes the form of an "reality TV" artistic competition, was created by the Marblemedia production company and co-produced by Netflix and Blue Ant Media of Toronto.
Catherine Ayers, George Kennard, Brian Juk, Tom Ryder and Chris Rochelle, also participated in this episode. They helped the two finalists to take on their final challenge. The winner of the "Blown Away" program will receive the title of "Best in Blow" and a prize of $ 60,000, which will include an appearance as guest artist in the CMoG for a week.
This space allowed 10 artists to work simultaneously using two large glass melting furnaces, 10 reheating furnaces and 10 individual work stations.
The design studio at Sheridan College in Toronto advised the program designer and helped the participants in the first nine episodes.
The Corning Museum of Glass is The 10-episode program will the ultimate authority on art, present the art of glass to a The laureate will benefit from two history, science and glass design. global audience through the work sessions this summer, July It houses the largest glass broadcast platform and will be 17 and 18 and August 28 and 29 collection in the world, including launched on July 12, 2019. and an "impressive residence", the best examples of glassware which will take place from This is the first time that a spanning 3,500 years. October 14 to 18, 2019. museum has been offered global Daily experiences in making their visibility on Netflix. During this residency, the own glass allow visitors to create laureate will participate in The Artistic Reality television jobs in a state-of-the-art glass demonstrations of glass making program will follow a group of 10 manufacturing workshop. in front of the audience of the highly qualified North American The Corning campus includes a glassmakers who have little time CMoG auditorium. year-round glass school, The to create works of art that will be During the summer of 2019, the Studio, and the Rakow Research evaluated by a panel of expert CMoG will also present the Library, with the preeminent judges. exhibition "Glass Blowing" on collection of materials on art and Netflix ", which tells how the An artist will be eliminated in history of glass. Museum found itself in the each 30-minute episode until a Located in the heart of the Finger winner is announced in the tenth center of attention. Lakes wine region, in the state of and final episode. Visitors can discover the works New York, the museum is open created by each competitor for It is the first museum in the world every day of the year. Admission the program and watch a to join a series of shows is free for children and teenagers documentary behind the scenes under 17 years of age. broadcast by Netflix. with interviews on the set and Eric Meek, leader of CMoG's As we inform on page 5 of this the images of the museum Senior Hot Glass program, also teams participating in the final. Bulletin, our President and our served as guest critic for the Secretary have paid a visit to this The series was shot in the series finale, helping to select exceptional Museum on the 29th largest glass blowing studio ever the winner of the contest. and 30th of last May. built in North America, designed Six of the museum's glass specifically for competition. experts, Helen Tegeler,
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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. Exhibition Exodus.
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Claudia Golzman speaks to us in Exodus about a trip, one way, the one made by migrants in search of a better world.
transparent murals, and he devoted himself to making stained glass.
In the year 2008 Silvia Levenson taught her the technique of glass cast by Claudia Golzman was crucible and the poetry of born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1958, where translucent shapes in space. she currently resides. He has always drawn and painted. He studied with Luisa Reisner. He studied the Prilidiano Pueyrredón School of Fine Arts and the Berazategui Glass School.
She trained as a sculptor with Aurelio Macchi and Antonio Pujía and as an artist of glass with Silvia Levenson and Miriam di Fiore. She is one of the founders of the Argentine Muralist Network and the Mural Backlight group. When he discovered glass, he was fascinated by the idea of working with light, of making
He won numerous awards at the National Glass Art Salons. The National Museum of Argentine Glass owns his work.
He exhibited in Buenos Aires, in Madrid, at the Glass Art Museum in From then on he ventured Alcorcón (2014) and into that technique to lost Bullseye Gallery, Portland wax and glass paste. -USA, as a finalist for Emerge 2012. In this journey he joined a field of technical and A committed artist, aesthetic discoveries to attentive to the great account for a complex social issues of our time, artistic experience. the exhibition shown at the MAVA was presented She dedicates herself to for the first time at the teaching, understanding Galería Buenos Aires Sur art as an occupation and in 2017. that transmitting it is a way of life and an In the blog of "Objects irreplaceable part of work. with Glass" published an interview with the artist in He is currently teaching May 2012 and its text was art in glass and metals reproduced in our Bulletin enameled by fire in his No. 45 of the month of private studio, the June 2012. Vocational Training Center No. 24 and the We have published School of Non-formal images of the opening of Education San Nicolás. the exhibition and can be seen through this link.
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The "Objects with Glass" blog.
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"Objects with Glass", as explained in his blog, disseminates the contemporary art in contemporary glass through quality publications and a very active online presence, hoping that its content is inspiring for artists, curators, architects, designers, collectors and educators.
and the one in charge of leaving us to inform about the current situation of glazier art with, among other topics, interviews with people closely linked to the contemporary artistic glassmaking world.
visit our President and our Secretary last June, Herrera Guiñazú is one of the most outstanding sculptors in glass in Argentina.
María Eugenia Díaz de Vivar visited him in his workshop, where he could have contact On this occasion he presents with his work and Alejandro told him about his the Mendoza sculptor Alejandro Herrera Guiñazú. beginnings in glass art, the From the blog cultural opening of his own Alejandro Herrera Guiñazú management and workshop, his beginnings in grew up in Mendoza, with organization of events is learning with the great the imposing Andes carried out: seminars, teacher Loretta Yang, that he Mountains in the workshops, courses, likes most about glass and background. conferences, talks, his preferred technique. exhibitions and competitions. As a boy he spent hours What inspires him, what has playing in his father's stained María Eugenia Díaz de Vivar been a special moment for glass workshop and in that is the creator of this page Alejandro in his artistic place his passion for glass evolution, what he does was born. when he is not enjoying the Very close to nature, he manipulation of glass .... discovered paragliding, his All these questions and a other passion, which allows large gallery of images that him to feel free to fly over the embellish the article mountains and observe published by "Objects of beautiful landscapes. Glass" can be enjoyed by With the sculpture he entering your blog through achieved a perfect fusion of this link. his interests, creating pieces Congratulations to María of glass with stones found in Eugenia for her permanent the mountains. work in everything related to With extensive training in the diffusion of contemporary Corning, whose museum glass art. has had the opportunity to
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Bullseye Glass Artists 2019.
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war to evoke the memory and feeling for individual soldiers.
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These relics, taken out of the frame of a soldier's life and recreated by me, operate indexically to create a new memory of war based on impartiality and context. Ultimately, my work confronts military service and re-entry into civilian life - examining the physical and mental impact that I, and many infantry personnel must overcome. For more information, visit Geoffrey's website. De theglassprize.co.uk.
Winner: Geoffrey Bowton "Contagion Series: Lost Components"
-entry into civilian life. A new understanding of these stories is introduced through these objects, instigating a dialogue about military service and veteran experience”.
What does winning The Glass Prize mean to you?
"Being selected on an international stage excites me, for the opportunity of expanding my footprint as an artist. I believe my work “One day, I decided to has a connective thread convert personal military that extends to service objects into a mold Technique: Pâte de Verre members, their family and making and material friends, beyond the United transfer process by using Type of glass States. my old service issued used: Bullseye Glass items that were stowed My dreams are to open away. Type of kiln positive and healing used: Paragon conversations that help Represented in the glass establish a new techniques of Pâte de Country: USA understanding to service Verre, I created a body of About the Artist: members post war; to work that represents relics from the soldier's My path to becoming an mend the lives of those involved and to bring an past. I called the work artist began while awareness to those who Contagion Series: Lost embedded inside a are seeking understanding Components. combat zone. After of the before, during and deploying to the Middle These Pâte de Verre after effects of military East for the Army, and vessels refer to objects subsequently returning to service." that hold old memories non-military life, I The prize for this category and combat stories, discovered the potential is a workshop at Bullseye which have been of art to both reconcile Glass Co. in Portland, transformed to and share my USA, including hotel investigate the various experience. accommodation. This prize struggles of the veteran population. The hollow Using materials such as is typically valued at about US$2000-2400. We're burned out internals of metal and glass, I the glass vessel convey embody the psychic and extremely grateful to new stories—pain, physiological effects war Bullseye Glass Co. for struggle, burdens, mental has on the soldier's body their continuing support of weight, injury, recovery, through installation and The Glass Prize. and the complexities of re sculpture. I use relics of www.amigosmava.org
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Interview with Peter Bremers. successful exhibitions and my first book Metamorphosis.
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Although I was never trained beyond an assistant, I love blown glass and I learned a lot about it over the years, studying how the material behaves, how it flows, what it means to go with the material or against it. In my opinion I keep working with light, color and shape. Another significant change in my work and my approach to glass as a medium came after a very influential and inspiring trip to Antarctica in 2001. After translating my impressions of the landscapes, the glaciers and the plaza of three masters with whom I traveled on boats, I found that we could not blow an iceberg! It frustrated me because I was so enthralled with the many icebergs I saw as the "floating sculpture garden of nature." Being trained as a sculptor, I easily switched to the foundry furnace, a technique used specifically by Czech artists and manufacturers such as Zdenek Lhotsky.
Tell us about you and your background.
Warm glass light at the end of a torch, not only I decided to start I was born in 1957 in the old town investigating the possibilities of of Maastricht, in the Netherlands, blown glass for my objects, but I developing an interest in fashion, also did a postgraduate degree at the Jan van Eyck Academy. interior decoration, architecture and design from an early age. Tell us about your work. It was not until I went to the Art Academy in my hometown that I developed a deep interest in three-dimensional art. While studying sculpture, I found a love for light and its influence on the shape that results in the creation of light sculptures. In 1980, after four years of study, I continued to make sculptures of light and began to exhibit throughout Europe. My work was published in several design books and I would probably still make these light objects and installations if I did not go into a glassblowing workshop with Andries Copier and Willem and Bernard Heesen at the Jan van Eyck Academy in 1986.
In short, this forces us to make a full-size model in wax, clay or, in my case, industrial hard foam. I create my model by separating myself from a block, it is not different from working in wood or stone.
From this model a plaster mold will be formed. Once the mold is dry, it will be filled with pieces of glass. It is then placed inside an oven and ignited until the glass melts and assumes the shape of the model. After a prolonged The following year I started working on blown glass. Instead cooling, for weeks and sometimes even months, the of trying to become a master mold is taken out of the oven glazier, I tried to learn as much as possible about the material by and, through the careful extraction of the plaster, the helping and working with shape of the glass is revealed. masters such as Lino Tagliapietra from Murano and By removing the "skin" that Neil Wilkin in England. Neil and I results from the casting process, worked together with a highly the final sculpture will be polished qualified team for many years, and polished to match my model. producing many blown objects. The series of sculptures known The use of the graal technique (glass made with a color layer that is cooled, recorded, reheated and enclosed in a layer of transparent glass and blows again to expand the decorative engravings) and then the development of the double graal, gave as It resulted in many
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as Icebergs and Paraphernalia became an international success, documented by a book with the same name. The complete interview can be seen through this link.
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At the Reno Craft Fair.
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For Tate Bezdek, blowing glass was the work for the focus needed to love at first sight. meet a merciless timeline. “I took a glass blowing class when I was 17 years old and I fell in love instantaneously and decided that’s what I was going to do for the rest of my life. The rest was history,” Bezdek said smiling among hundreds of glass objects he an his brother Aaron created in their shop in Orangevale, California. Several large plates of glass hung in Bezdek’s stand. The pieces are striking in and of themselves but are much more impressive if the beholder understands that it takes years to gain the facility needed to successfully create such a piece. Blezdek said the process of making big plates is highly orchestrated. “There’s a lot of planning that goes into glass blowing as a whole. Everyone thinks when you’re watching it, it’s just like a crazy show happening, but really it’s all choreographed. All the steps are lined up so we know exactly what’s going to happen after each step. With the plates it all comes down to the final moment where you spin really fast and you open it up with some centrifugal force. Then you flop it out and let gravity do its thing. So you don’t really have a whole lot of control. The whole moment of the piece hinges on like 30 seconds, so you gotta nail that part perfectly.”
of the energy costs needed to keep glass molten. Blezdek said he and his brother started with a metal “That’s part of the reason that I building and built the needed really love blowing glass is because equipment themselves after it’s really physical, not only with studying top designs. hand eye coordination with all of your fingers and your eyes, but it’s “Me and my brother built our whole also physical in that you have to lift shop completely by hand over the everything. If you’re making a big course of three years. We are lucky plate, it’s heavy and it’s on the end enough to have a 100 square foot of a six foot rod so it’s even heavier metal building in the back of our and it’s a moving, so it’s even property, which is where our shop heavier. It’s a lot of up and down, is, so it’s nice and convenient. back and forth. You’re sweating. It’s We’ve traveled all over the world hot. It’s really fun. That’s what really and learned how to build the drew me to the process. I don’t equipment from some top have much patience, so it’s manufacturers.” something that keeps me engaged, Methods of shaping glass are as because you have to be focused diverse as the people who do it. the entire time.” Blezdek specializes in imprinting The evolution of a glass artist can patterns in the glass. have many junctures over time. At “We specialize in making things that what point does the artist master are functional and things that have the rudiments well enough to be texture. Almost everything that we able to express creative intent make has texture, like the pumpkin through the medium? have textures, our bottles have “I’m kind of at that point now where textures; our cups have textures. So you can make the things that you we’re really drawn to the idea of want to make. I still have a lot of having glass that has depth and drawings in my book and I’ve made feeling to it and not just perfectly some of them now but I’ve spent smooth.” the last eight years developing my If money were the exclusive object, skills to get to this skill level to there are many other more redily make the things that I want to profitable activities than blowing make. It’s really just all about repetition. You have to make all the glass, but for Blezdek, making ends mistakes to get to the point of view meet is only part of the motivation. where you know what to do in what “It’s really fun and incredibly situation for the piece to come out challenging, and that’s what keeps how you want it to.” me coming back every day is that I
In order to merely manage molten glass requires a practiced, confident and fine manual dexterity that only practice will yield. Blezdek enjoys Blowing glass requires specialized and expensive gear, to say nothing
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still consider myself, I have a lot, a lot, a lot to learn. And that’s, that’s what keeps me going and it is fun.”
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The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (XLXI).
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the end of the Republic; In the last years of this period the State practices an increasingly important control over associations because at that time some of them stand out for hiding subversive groups that endangered political life. This led to the year 64 a. C. A senate consultation would put an end to These were associated in pagi state control in the associations. For Schnorr Von all associations that could pose with their particular a threat to the Republic. Garolsfeld freedom of administrative organization association occurred even in In the year 58 a.C. the tribune P. during the High Empire. The Clodio, head of the democratic colonists of the imperial or imperial times. private estates also associated F.M. de Robertis has classified party in Rome, voted for the Clodia Law that allowed for the themselves with the purpose of the history of Roman being able to defend their associative law; with it agrees restoration of the suppressed schools and gave complete interests better, but neither the J.M.ÂŞ Santero Santurino. freedom to associate. With this small owners nor the settlers In the XII Tables the absolute public order could falter so in of the large estates obtain the freedom of the associations the year 56 a.C. a senate denomination of Collegium or until that moment is limited. consulted all the Sodalitates and Corpus, although they have In the year 186 a.C. a senate the Decuriae. This senate characteristics similar to the professional associations . In appears on the Bacchanalia. consulted the Lex Clodia regarding subversive other provinces the same fact From here, associative strictures will be produced that associations of a political nature will also be appreciated. culminate with the Lex Iulia de (Sodalitates) and groups of Within the framework of rural Colleiis. agitators (Decuriae). As far as activities we must take into The State allowed the increase the other associations are account the existence of concerned, no action was taken of associations with the specialized trades in against them. agriculture or floriculatura that condition that they were not Eduardo Alonso Cereza
All the associations were In North Africa the land was linked to the laws and senate organized into latifundia whose consulted. owners were the Emperor or Waltzing considered that in the important private owners, but Republic the freedom of we also found small owners association was produced, and who enjoyed certain imperial this suffered a restriction in assignments when they imperial times. M. Cohn stated finished their military activity. that there was continuous
make up associations.
against the public laws until
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N E W S (I).
New book on vitrification.
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Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) Jesús María Rincón. This monograph unites scientific communities with common interests and problems in research on the structure of glasses and geopolymers, obtained from waste In the edition of this book, also, the president of the Committee on vitrification of waste of the International Commission of Glass, Olivier Pinet, and the professor of the Department of Agrochemistry and Environment of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, participated. Manuel Jordan.
"Vitrification and geopolymerization of waste for its immobilization or recycling" is the title of the book coedited by our partner and research professor at the National Museum of Natural Sciences of the
This publication has received the support of the UMH and the International Commission of the Glass (ICG), as well as of the Government of Spain in its Project of National Program of Investigation of the Government of Spain. In September 2017, the scientific meeting of TC05 (Technical
Committee of the International Glass Commission, ICG) was held at the Elche campus of the UMH and focused on waste and its vitrification. This scientific meeting attracted wide international participation, with more than 50 scientific communications and five plenary lectures. It was the first international congress that brought together, for the first time, scientists involved in the vitrification of waste and researchers involved in geopolymers (alkaline activation of waste). According to the authors of this monograph, it is evident that characterization methods and physical or technological properties are common in these related research lines and, also, common questions arise about the capacities of vitrification and waste processing through geopolymerization.
Culture 2019.
Last June, we visited the Prado Museum to see the exhibition "Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Similar looks. "
been reached with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. that has yielded an important group of works.
This exhibition, dedicated to Dutch and Spanish painting of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, is the result of an ambitious project of great importance for the Museum for which a collaboration agreement has
The exhibition proposes a reflection on the pictorial traditions represented by Spain and the Netherlands. Although artistic historiography, especially the Dutch one, has considered these traditions as essentially divergent, the
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exhibition seeks to confront the historical myths and the artistic realities of both fields, and to reflect on the numerous traits that unite them. To verify these similarities, it has outstanding works by artists such as Velázquez, Rembrandt, Ribera, Frans Hals and Vermeer. The exhibition was inaugurated on June 25 and can be visited until September 29.
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N E W S (II).
Lawsuit against Chihuly.
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A federal judge in Seattle has thrown out a lawsuit by a man who claimed to have contributed to paintings by the glass artist Dale Chihuly. Michael Moi worked for years as a handyman at Chihuly’s studio, for which he was paid. But he claimed Chihuly owed him
more than $20 million for work he did on 285 paintings from 1999 to 2014. Chihuly said he had no recollection or record of Moi working on any paintings.
contributions to any paintings were or that he should be considered a coauthor of them.
Moi said Chihuly promised to “take care” of him for his contributions to the U.S. District Judge Robert paintings. The judge said Lasnik ruled Thursday that that promise, if made, was Moi had failed to too vague to enforce. demonstrate what his
They turn waste into art. opportunity. He showed me what he was doing and told me to try it and if I could do it, it would depend on me if I stayed or not, "says Carlos Alberto Gino, a blind craftsman.
From unotv.com.
These artisans turn glass waste into authentic works of art in Xalapa, Veracruz. The sense of touch is their tool of work, their visual disability does not prevent
them from bringing sustenance to their homes, a stained glass workshop gave them the opportunity.
With the sensitivity of an expert and the patience of an artist, the hands of the craftsmen shape beautiful objects with glass and offer new life because they turn them into works of art.
With small pieces they dress jewelers, picture frames, ashtrays, clocks, mirrors, windows and "I came here as a blind person practically anything. and I was one of the first to what was given the
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The glass in Museums: Wordsley.
Our web
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The GRANT funding of almost £ 50,000 has helped create a landscape of what will become the district's new glass museum.
"The vision of the museum is the creation of a tourist attraction for tourists and the local population, preserving and discovering its rich heritage, a place that The British Glass Foundation inspires imagination in has been able to orient the young people and innovation facade to what will be the in the glass industry with new White House Cone glass making in place to Museum of Glass in create the profile of our Wordsley, thanks to the glass heritage ". donation of £ 30,000 from the Enovert Community The new landscape has Trust and £ 18,000 from the transformed the entrance to Ibstock Enovert Trust. the museum, which aims to show the wonder of glass The new museum, which through educational and has only been opened for inspiring exhibitions and that emerging exhibitions to date, will also tell the stories of the will be fully opened to the people who used to work public within 12 months. there and how they helped create some of the most Based on the old Stuart famous in the world . Crystal glass factory in Important decorative art. Camp Hill, which has been renovated with new houses Angela Haymonds, trustee and the museum building, it of Enovert Community Trust will house Stourbridge's and Ibstock Enovert Trust, prized glass collection, which said: "The trustees were was previously held at the delighted to support the Broadfield House Glass British Glass Foundation Museum in Kingswinford. its with two grants for the closure in 2015. landscaping project, which Graham Knowles, president of the British Glass Foundation that will manage the museum, said: "We have one of the best Stourbridge glass collections in the world. Many local people have relatives who worked at the Stuart Crystal factory and I am sure they will be satisfied with the transformation of the entire site.
The museum opened briefly in June 2016, when it was built for the first time to give supporters an advance, but its official opening has had to stop while the activists work to raise the necessary money for their internal accessories. At this time news is expected on a request for less than £ 1 million for the internal adjustment, which has been submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Graham Fisher, spokesman for BGF, said: "We are still working hard to raise funds for the adjustment. internal to include glass cabinets and several interactive screens focused on different glass techniques. "
has created a wonderful open public space in front of the new museum .which offers opportunities for outdoor leisure and exploration. "
He added: "One of the interactive screens that we would like to include is a visual audio presentation that will include a Stourbridge map and will tell the story of Stourbridge glass, taking into account not only the quality of the art and the design of the glass, but also of the people, the past workers, the owners and the families, as well as the 19 factories in which they worked in the glass produced in Stourbridge. "
"Stourbridge is famous for its tradition in glass making and the museum will provide a fantastic place to celebrate the unique glass heritage of the area."
The screen is expected to cost around £ 18,000 and donations are being sought from glass aficionados and businesses to help raise the money.
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Recycling. Circular economy.
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The concept of circular economy for the glass industry is not new at all. Glass containers have been recycled in Spain since 1982, becoming a pioneer industry in our country in terms of the start-up of recycling. Long before there was a law to impose the industries to be sustainable, the glass container was already working to protect the environment, creating the Glass Container Center, the germ of It is important to note that the the current SIG (Integrated recycling of glass is an integral Management System), recycling, in which all the ECOVIDRIO . Having a specific properties are maintained and all collection system for this the material is used, without any material guarantees that all the leakage and closing the cycle glass introduced by consumers when it becomes a container in green containers, returns to again, and not in another object the glass kilns to create new with lesser degree of recyclability containers. or another object that necessarily And since we are talking about ends up in landfills. In this way the glass container at a time the cycle can be repeated when society is questioning indefinitely in time, just as recycling should be understood certain aspects of packaging (or in terms of purity. In fact, it is not better packaging) and all the problems that can cause, it possible to differentiate a glass seems necessary to mention the container made with virgin raw role of packaging and particularly materials from another that of glass. manufactured with recycled material; its characteristics and The importance of the guarantees are exactly the container same. That is why we can say The containers have a double that it is a sustainable, permanent and safe material. In mission. Technique of conservation and protection of addition, the glass container is content and marketing as a inert, does not require internal layers (varnishes, coatings ...) to means of communication, sale be in direct contact with food and and image. beverages, it is a single-layer One could say that packaging is container, this quality also an identifying element of modern facilitates the recycling process. societies. He has accompanied Simply by looking at the name, we see that the circular economy is intimately linked with recycling. And it is precisely this extraordinary quality of glass as a material, its recyclability, which makes possible for our industry a circular approach based on the use of resources, sustainable development and non-waste, compared to a linear approach based on using And throw.
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the man since always and has become an essential element for what he contributes. The packaging allows a product to reach many people who otherwise would not have access to it. In this sense, it equals us as consumers, so it could be said that it is a democratizing element. In addition, the packaging gives warranty. Any product for the fact of being packed already offers us security in terms of quality, in terms of hygiene and in terms of content. On the other hand, the packaging adapts perfectly to the new habits, helping the man to satisfy the needs derived from these new habits. In the face of export, it is sometimes the only form of communication in the market that has a product, which also adds a value and a guarantee of origin. The packaging is a meeting point where the interests of the manufacturer and the packer converge on the one hand, that of the distribution channels and consumers on the other and finally of the society as a whole that must attend to needs of a health nature, economic, ecological, etc (rest of the article in this link) Juan Manuel MartĂn Cano, Secretary General of ANFEVI.
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Our activities.
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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 2019.
Cultural visits. Reusing it (for art) when others discard it (even in their daily life) is its fundamental principle. Recycled glass and decomposing trunks, attacked In his work he gives life to a by climate, fungi or insects, sculptural series in which the are for him elements organic and the inert combine. recovered and dignified, Glass and wood intertwined with a endowing them with an common message: art consists in authentic glassy soul. During the month of August we will transforming, in reusing, in order visit the Technological Museum of Pizarro recaptures this space not to succumb. of La Granja, earning, with his La Granja to see the exhibition The sculptor Pablo Pizarro once coherent art, the positive "Entre maleza" by our partner again underlines his commitment assessment of those people Pablo Pizarro. to climate urgency with his new who are aware of the decisive This exhibition shows the most exhibition: "Entre Maleza". moment we live on the planet recent work of the artist, where About twenty works with which the and the need to express it steel has been losing prominence artist remembers that matter (like with elements born of their and has come to appear almost own insides. testimonial, like a wake of the past. energy) does not create or destroy, only transforms. Large wooden trunks are inhabited by multiple vitreous organisms that form a new dream universe.
CULTURE 2019 program.
This month of July, and before starting to enjoy our holidays, we will visit the Prado Museum to see the exhibition "Fra Angelico and the beginnings of the Renaissance in Florence". The exhibition studies the beginnings of the Florentine Renaissance around 1420 and 1430, with special attention to the figure of Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro Muguello, 1395/1400 - 1455). Fra Angelico is one of the
great masters of the Renaissance, and was responsible for the first great artistic achievements reached in Florence at this time, together with the painters Massaccio, Masolino, Uccello and Filippo Lippi, the sculptors Ghiberti, Donatello and Nanni di Banco, and the architect Brunelleschi. The Annunciation will be a central work of the exhibition and next to it will be included two other Fra
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Angelico paintings recently incorporated into the Museum's collection: the donation of the Funeral of San Antonio Abad that accompanied the acquisition of the Virgen de la Granada, both works from the collections of the Duke of Alba. The exhibition can be seen until September 15.
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Updated stained glass concept.
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From fastcompany.com
Can you capture impressionistic ideas of light and color as an abstract shape that changes its appearance depending on how you look at it? That’s what French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec aimed to do with their new glass collection. Their Oblique & Chevron collection— created for architecture glass maker Skyline Designa—is a futuristic update of the classic stained glass windows from medieval times. But instead of using lead and religious imagery, the two brothers used a computer algorithm to transform their inspiration—the “sensation of light and colors” in everyday
life—into abstract patterns. According to Core77, they started by taking photos of things around them at different times of the day. Then they took a selection of eight photos and processed them with a custom computer program that Erwan Bourellec developed. The software extracted an average color from the photos. It also chopped the photos into a geometric pattern. Then the designers added an extra layer of translucent gradient color to the glass. The darker lines act like the lead in old medieval windows, breaking the base color. At the same time, they have small variations in their geometry and color density, which interact
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with the base color layer to create infinite, apparently random variations of that hue. The collection, which is intended to be used in the interior design of everything from lavish offices to hotels to homes, has four versions, each with its own geometric pattern: Chevron Fill, Chevron Stroke, Oblique Bold, and Oblique Regular. Each of them are available in different colors: sea (blue), pond (graphite), forest (green), and bark (brown). The prolific designers have a love story with glass and crystal. They recently built Swarovskiencrusted LED fountains at Paris’s Champs-Elysées.
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Other trends. Award to Margarita Salas.
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From agenciainc.es.
The Asturian biochemistry has received a double recognition in Vienna for his career, since he has won the category of achievement of a life and also of the popular vote. It is a 'doublet' never before seen in the history of the award given each year by the European Patent Office. His achievement: to have the most profitable patent in the history of the CSIC. When Margarita Salas (Canero, Asturias, 1938) wanted to register her polymerase in 1989, in Spain they shrugged their shoulders. "I went to the CSIC to see how it was patented because I had no idea, and they were not very well off," he recalls. Thirty years later, that patent is the most profitable one in the history of the CSIC: between 2003 and 2009, more than half of the royalties obtained by the institution were thanks to the Asturian biochemistry and its discovery, which allows to amplify the DNA and for This has enormous applications in biotechnology. Now, Salas has received in Vienna the Inventor prize of the year 2019, delivered by the European Patent Office, in two categories: achievement of a life and popular vote. It is a double never before seen in the 14year history of the award. "I am very excited and I feel very honored to have won
the prize," he says. "Being a finalist was already an acknowledgment, but on top of that they give it to you, it's no more". Salas is an ironclad defender of basic science and declares herself "very happy" with the record held by her patent. "The fact that from a basic research, which is what I have always done, comes out a biotechnological application of such importance, is very rewarding." The biochemistry can not fail to mention Nobel laureate Severo Ochoa, who was his mentor. "He said that basic quality research must be done and leave the researcher free to do it, because it will yield practical results that are not foreseeable a priori but will be for the benefit of society." That unpredictability defines the discovery of Salas, whose importance no one could foresee. "When we started working with phage phi29 we had no idea what he could give of himself. Nobody could". This virus contains a protein, called polymerase, capable of amplifying small samples of DNA to allow analysis. Without it, genomic sequencing would not have revolutionized the world. Nor would there be series like CSI. Effort, patience and imagination
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At 80, Salas still goes to the lab every day, discloses his work and still has time to attend events like the one organized in Vienna. "I believe that there should not be retirement for a scientist. If he wants, he should retire, but if he does not want to and is in good condition, for what? He has all the experience that the years give and can produce a lot. " For this reason he assures that his model is the Italian neurologist Rita LeviMontalcini, who died in 2012. "He died at 103 years old and with 100 he went to the laboratory every day. He said that the important thing was not to have wrinkles on the face, but not to have them in the brain. I sometimes jokingly say that when I grow up I want to be like her. " The scientific importance of Salas' work contrasts with his anonymity for a large part of the Spanish population, unable to name a single scientist. Even so, he assures that the panorama is changing: "They already begin to recognize me by the street from time to time". The researcher takes the opportunity to alert the situation of Spanish science, which considers "the limit" for the "very poor" investment. "In Spain we do miracles, because there is very good research despite the little funding there is," he says. Salas believes that one of the characteristics of a good scientist, along with effort and patience, is imagination. That is why he regrets that the Spanish university does not teach thinking. "When I came from the United States in 1967 with my husband, who was also a scientist, we introduced molecular biology in Spain and taught it from an experimental point of view, not as an abc to be learned by heart."
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A museum in San Cristóbal.
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Touring the Colombian streets of San Cristóbal and enjoying its richness is an opportunity to learn about history. This area, inhabited since pre-Columbian times by communities that settled on the banks of the Fucha river, was declared a locality in 1991, when Bogotá was called the Special District. It is estimated that today it has almost 400,000 inhabitants, being one of the most populated in the city. Among its particularities is that there was founded the first working class neighborhood of the capital, driven by the Jesuits; the Vitelma water treatment plant was built, which for decades fed the homes of the Bogota residents, and the first velodrome in Latin America. However, its value was forgotten little by little. Now the mission is for both locals and foreigners to take
advantage of six destinations that outline the town as a promise of tourism: the church of July 20, the Glass Museum, the Mayo de Mayo velodrome, the El Delirio reserve, the Museum Plant Vitelma and the Entrenubes Ecological Park. "We have an articulated work with the police, coexistence managers and communities to guarantee security. We want to change that sad and laconic image with which it is related to San Cristóbal, "said its local mayor, Ignacio Gutiérrez. Glass Museum Wonders made by delicate hands, skilful and patient are the works that make up the Museum of Glass (Mevibo), an extraordinary place tucked between the houses of San Cristóbal. This cultural destination started on the internet, since it was
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nothing more than a virtual museum. It was not since 2014, thanks to a team of volunteers, when he moved to the plane of reality. One of the most beloved spaces is the Glass Room, since there are sculptures that have been donated by the same community. There are also the Eneida, Fuego and Silica rooms. "This town in its essence is stained glass, brick and ceramic, because before here there were many factories of these materials. That's why this museum is important for us, because it maintains historical memory, "explains Sandra Solano, deputy director of Mevibo. This, which was the first museum of its kind in Colombia, also has a glass torch workshop, in which multiple activities are carried out.
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The best joke in nature.
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Today you can not only walk barefoot among those neatly polished glass beads, but a healthy and entertaining pulpit can slide between them, giving you a romantic and confident look. And if you needed a paradox, natural life not only returned to this beach, but even emerged some variants of plants in extinction, such as the socalled Menzies Wallflower. So much wonder deserved to be rescued from the private lands and in 2002 its 15 hectares were incorporated into the MacKerricher state park that was annexed.
From http://viajes.elpais.com.uy
They filled a beach with trash and see what changed when the man stopped bothering. It happened on a beach near Fort Bragg, in California. To the indolent people of that population, he did not care or was not interested in what the collectors did with their household garbage. The available information does not mention the person in charge, but it is ensured that they carried all the filth to the cliffs of a small beach, private property of the Unión Madera Company, and from there they lowered it.
give us this help because maybe we behave with it worse than these people from California. They may have been less unscrupulous than us, but they took everything, otherwise glass is not explained as much. The beach was called "Glass Beach" in all fairness and there were not encouraged to walk barefoot or those guys who walk over the fire. But time goes by and the waves work tirelessly even if people do not look at them. There they are without rest, back and forth always dragging and rubbing until polishing the bottles, glasses, fountains and everything else. Of course there were also cans, wood and even refrigerators and kitchens out of use, but to those other things the waves were taking them out to sea or ended with it the crews who then came to give a little help.
They figure that happened during most of the last century. And not only threw bottles and discarded wastes, but even threw the cars that as is well known, in the United States are worthless if they were covered by the radiator or any other From the organic waste the rats pavada. were first occupied and then the If you're about to rant against the seagulls, which finally ended up residents of that town in California, with the rats. The sun and the wind you better shut up and remember completed the work. If nature will or discover, that this huge mound be industrious and beneficial! that is where they start in the Rambla del Buceo, is nothing more Look at her now! If only one tanza than a pile of garbage accumulated is needed to turn it into a gigantic necklace! As if the beach was in what was considered the most registering for a collective show horrible place in Montevideo: the beach. That disgusting place where together with our Águeda Dicancro. It should not surprise you, the same people darkened their skin, useful natural forces that produce a only to install cemeteries. sunset, are capable of many other And if it's not enough for you, I went works of art waiting for someone through the neighborhoods, paying with sensitivity to discover the attention to the garbage containers pleasure of contemplating them and their waste collar on the without waiting for a sign that tells sidewalk. But here nature does not you when to get excited.
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Thousands of people come every year to Glass Beach and even celebrate as a "mea culpa" a day they call "Memorial Day" and that has glass as the maximum exponent of this glorification of nature. Before so much filth on a beach, it would not be surprising if we had been content to send indignant letters to the newspapers and the authorities to send some bulldozers to clear the dirt, along with several trucks loaded with posters with messages that start with "Prohibido" and end with "under warning of ... such severe sanction". That is what we would have done even at the end of the 20th century, although now we are improving ... a little bit. There they proceeded first in a manner similar to ours, closing the area in 1967 and prohibiting littering, which was also not obeyed by rajacincha. Then, and in a common and friendly agreement, the owner (owner of a beach, finally something that we take a lot of advantage!) Began the cleanup along with the California Coastal Conservancy and the Integral Waste Management Board. Finally, the now beautiful beach was under the responsibility of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. I'm not going to deceive you by recommending you get here, but if you're one of those guys like Nando Parrado who gets on a motorcycle and not for anyone; or if you are one of those who like to rent a car and give it gently to the wonderful coast of California, the MacKerricher Park, can be an interesting option.
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Dieline Awards 2019.
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other packaging in the The Dieline or Dieline market and, at the same Awards, awarded by The time, adapting perfectly to Finally, the Scottish firm Dieline magazine to the the image, philosophy Contagious has taken the best food and beverage and history of the gin cat to the water with Lind packaging in the world, brand. & Lime. reached its ninth edition. The agency worked on A work done for the Port The prestigious the visual identity of Port of Leith distillery, inspired publication dedicated to of Leith when the distillery by the industrial buildings design distinguishes each debuted with the launch of the Leith coasts. year the best packaging, of a sherry. Its elegant silhouette and rebranding and studies. Thus, the creatives brilliant presence make Of course, glass bottles reinterpreted the material this packaging stand out always occupy a used in this first product, in any store or business. prominent place in the modernizing it. The labeling that tops the different categories. Special emphasis was top of the bottle pays This year, one in placed on accentuating homage to James Lind particular has risen with the elegance of the neck who, during the the Best Of Show. Lind & of the bottle. eighteenth century, Lime Gin, a design gin discovered that citrus The Dieline Awards have that has deserved the fruits prevent the disease also distinguished Studio appreciation of a jury of scurvy. of the Year: Jones composed of industry Knowles Ritchie. The design of the winner gurus, such as Debbie His ideas for Budweiser Millman, Pum Lefebure or of the Dieline awards offers a great variety of and his perfumes with silk Ken Lo. details. scarves are among the The favorite bottle at the ideas that have reinforced There is nothing typical in Dieline Awards the iconic character of the its proposal, seeking to The judges have had to products he works with. differentiate itself from do with thousands of From infopack.es.
proposals submitted by agencies of the globe.
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Ponferrada, European capital of glass.
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From lanuevacronica.com
established in more than forty countries of the world, a Last June, the Bercian capital hosted the first day position that has been achieved thanks to the of the Isolar Glas convention, which brought conventions such as the one that opened in Ponferrada together some of the and that for three days leading experts of the old continent from a sector on makes the city the European capital of glass. the rise Ponferrada hosted the first day of the Isolar Glas convention, one of the leading European groups of independent insulating glass manufacturers, which brought together some of the leading experts and contrasted voices of the sector in Europe.
"It is an opportunity to exchange impressions and analyze where the market is going and how the sector is evolving," said Tvitec CEO Javier Prado.
In this sense, the Bercian company arrived with the duties done after a year that has consolidated the company as one of the The city of Biarritz made history and hosted a meeting references of glass at an international level with that had never taken place projects such as the Four outside Germany and that Seasons One Dalton Hotel, was able to concentrate in the tallest residential building the region more than fifty in Boston . technicians and representatives of the main In fact, the Bercian company glazing companies of the old was the main responsible for continent, a unique getting the region to host a opportunity to Analyze the convention that also state of a business on the encourages collaboration rise. between companies. Proof of this is that Isolar is
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Among the speakers and attendees who participated in the conferences held at the Hotel Ciudad de Ponferrada were renowned figures in the sector such as Hans Joaquim Arnold, chairman of the shareholders' meeting of Isolar Glas. A promotion opportunity The arrival of representatives of the 'giants' of European glass in Bierzo is also an opportunity for 'promotion' for the region. Thus, it has been tried that the participants in the conferences know more closely some of the main hallmarks of berciana cultural and gastronomic level with scheduled visits to the place of Las MĂŠdulas or the Canedo Palace, a way to take advantage of the convention to enhance and to value the tourism sector of the region.
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Rare earths in Spain.
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The president of the Illustrious College of Geologists (ICOG), Manuel Regueiro, believes that Spain should investigate its rare earth resources because it sees "a lot of potential" in these geological resources that, nevertheless, admits that "they have hardly been investigated."
He also pointed out that in Galicia studies have been carried out for the exploitation of rare earths in the GaliĂąeiro mountain (Pontevedra), which according to some estimates could produce 2,856 tons per year in rare earths. Regueiro stresses that Spanish legislation is "extremely restrictive" in relation to environmental impact, although he admits that any mining project produces environmental effects. "If the projects comply with current legislation, the impact is limited and recoverable," he says.
Thus, Regueiro points out that the only site studied to date, in Ciudad Real, has not achieved the authorizations but "has a lot of potential" just as it points out that another autonomous community that could be rich in them is Galicia. According to the college of At present, 95 percent of the world geologists, the world production of rare earth oxides is about 160,000 production of Rare Earth oxides, 165,000 tons per year, comes from tons of which 95 percent comes from China. In addition, it explains China, while Spain currently that the known world reserves are imports 550 tons per year. between 80 and 120 million tons, Rare earths are a set of 17 according to Regueiro, "enough to chemical elements that appear in cover the demand of the next 625 the form of oxides in minerals and compounds and that have multiple years, but most are in China."
electric motors and the storage of computer data in increasingly smaller equipment and with greater capacity is due in part to the extraordinary magnetic properties of ytterbium and terbium . Also, the colors of the flat screens of televisions have "much to do" with europium and yttrium, while cerium and erbium are "key elements" in the "special metal alloys, while the latest advances in the crystals lasers are neodymium and holmium. Regueiro also emphasizes the neodymium, which is used as a colorant in ceramic glazes and crystals of various types, as well as in the manufacture of glasses used by welders since it "absorbs the amber light of the arc flame".
As an example of other uses has put the catalytic processes of oil refining, in ceramics technical superconducting, in optical fibers, refrigeration, energy storage, These rare earths are used in glass specialized glasses, nuclear applications in the technological, and ceramics industries, especially batteries, X-ray tubes, microwaves automotive, medical and chemical in China, Italy, France and Austria and "a long etcetera". industries. and Spain imports 550 tons per The rare earths are 17 chemical "There are sufficient indications and year. elements: scandium, yttrium and the even some already evaluated area The uses of these lands are fiber 15 elements of the lanthanide group with a lot of potential, such as optic cables, tablets and mobile (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, Matamulas in the province of phones, hybrid vehicles, energy neodymium, prometheus, Ciudad Real", according to saving lamps, magnetic samarium, europium, gadolinium, Regueiro. resonances, wind turbines, among terbium, dysprosium, holmium, This deposit of Matamulas has erbium, thulium, ytterbium and gravel with monazite and according others. lutetium ). "Although invisible to citizens, the to the president of the geologists has a potential of 40,000 tons of resources with a law 2.25 kg / cubic meters and are characterized "by their high content in europium". Regueiro added that to date the project has not been authorized because it has environmental claims, such as water consumption and the effects on fauna and flora.
applications of rare earths are very present in our day to day in industries as diverse as automotive, medical, wind, chemical, ceramic, glass and of course the technological, without excluding the uses military, "he stressed. For example, samarium is used in powerful permanent magnets that allow the development of modern
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However, Regueiro clarifies that scandium and yttrium are included among the rare earths because they frequently appear mixed with the lanthanides in the same deposits. In general, these are elements that do not appear in nature in isolation, but in the form of a multitude of minerals and compounds of them, mainly oxides.
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This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Caroline Landau.
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Vitrum enters its final stretch.
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Of interempresas.net.
Milan will once again host one of the most important international fairs in the world of glass. Vitrum 2019, which will be held this year from October 1 to 4, enters into the final preparations before returning to gather a good part of the sector in an event specializing in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass, in addition to its accessories . Today, there are already more than 110 companies that have confirmed their presence in Vitrum, to which we must add the many that will do so in the coming weeks. In total, it is expected that more than 250 firms are in Milan, taking advantage of the business framework and opportunities offered by the Italian fair.
banners that the Hall itself facilitated were valued. In addition, other valued services were free Wi-fi, parking space or hotel discounts for exhibitors and visitors.
Vitrum contributes to this mission with a special emphasis on manufacturing and industrial processes that take into account the importance of these balances.
Excellence and innovation
Contacts and business
For this edition will be repeated many of the amenities offered by Vitrum, in an event that will include the entire glass chain with its excellence: the most advanced technologies, exclusive presentations and the latest generation integrated solutions. All the exhibition areas will be equipped to accommodate machines and installations of all sizes and in perfect operation.
During the fair, opportunities for networking and establishing relationships acquire proactivity and value if they are supported by an effective organization with a vision of the future. Vitrum aims to be an expanded platform that, through a broad panel of activities, stimulates and fosters dialogue and interaction among all the players in the sector.
On the other hand, another of Vitrum's objectives will be to At the heart of the fourth respond to the needs of industrial revolution, the updating the sector, giving rise winning strategies go through to seminars and training events specific investments to boost that contribute to the In fact, the expectations for and strengthen the processes professionalization and this edition of 2019 are very of digital transformation. excellence of the world of positive, according to the Enabling infrastructures, glass. This type of event allows opinions collected in 2017 and interconnections and the strengthening of the most the current situation of the automated production systems demanded competences, in a sector. Two years ago, there are confirmed as engines of market in constant evolution. were many companies that competitiveness. Aware of all In conclusion, the assistance to valued some of the many this, one of the aspects that Vitrum is an opportunity for advantages that Vitrum tried to Vitrum will affect will be the offer, both from the point of development and the trend of multiple companies and glass professionals to know first view of services and the ease manufacturing, highlighting, hand the sector and what the of making human and once again, that the business connections. mechanics of glass processing future may hold, as well as to establish contacts with other is at the origin of logic 4.0. Specifically, the fees for experts and to be trained in attendance at the fair, the On the other hand, the fair some of the seminars and facility to execute the knows that all these demands organized talks. Milan will once application, the possibility of must be accompanied by again be, from October 1 to 4, having unlimited invitations for respect for the environment the capital of the glass sector. clients or the promotion and for the entire planet.
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New window in the MVC of Malaga.
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motto of the mythical knight of Bayard: Sans Peur and Sans Repoche (Without Fear and Without Reproach). Pierre Terrail de Bayard (1476-1524) represents in the gala history all the virtues of the nobility of the XV and XVI centuries.
That's why the crystals are much thicker than normal.
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Alberto Cascón has once again been really surprised, because after so many years dedicated to his profession as a stained glass restorer at the national level, he had never had the opportunity Our shop window reflects to see something similar a lady spinning at dawn, before. . with a lighted lamp next Day by day we continue to a window where a working so that the city romantic landscape can and its visitors can enjoy be seen. our entire collection. The most interesting part A compendium that, due of the work is its to its variety and quality, technique, because it is is turning Malaga into a not made only with paint world reference in the art and enamels, but of glass. We hope you engraved on the wheel to like it". enhance the relief.
From the Museum's Facebook page.
"Alberto Cascón, from VIARCA, has just installed another window.
This is a huge piece of the nineteenth century, with 2 meters 26 centimeters high by 1 meter wide. It belongs to the category called "Vitraux de Château", because they were made to adorn the residences of French high society during the time of Napoleon III. The stained glass carries the weapons and the
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Tvitec en Castellana 77.
July 2019
manufactured in the modern facilities of Tvitec for Castellana 77 was made on a glass under Guardian Sunguard emissary SN 70/41, which in certain cases went through a careful tempering process.
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In this case, the glass is fixed to the aluminum carpentry by means of hidden metallic fixings and structural silicone.
The system also contains sealing glands and A2 quality stainless screws. The system allows free ventilation of the edges of the glass that prevent unwanted condensation.
Castellana 77, in the heart of the district of Azca in Madrid, has become since its recent transformation into one of the most architecturally decorated office complexes for its avant-garde and ecoefficient concept.
lamination of the glass in a great part of the near 2,000 units that were installed throughout the length and width of this tower of 62 meters of height.
This type of high performance insulating glass solutions is also being used by Tvitec for the coating of some of the office and residential skyscrapers in which the main Spanish transformer is participating with massive supply contracts both in the United States and in Canada. . Since its recent completion, Castellana 77, beyond having aesthetically become one of the most attractive buildings in Azca, is also hoarding efficiency certifications such as LEED Platinum, but also multiple candidacies for Year Building in Spain in the category of offices .
Tvitec met the requirements of the architecture studio, In this recognition, the the construction company innovative face of its façade and the Ferga façade, so and, consequently, the high- that the laminated double performance glass that has glazing favored in perfect been used in enclosing the harmony the penetration of enclosure, has played a key sunlight and at the same role. time allowed to regulate the interior air conditioning of the Tvitec is one of the few Tvitec System Glass companies in Europe that building. processed for this work has completely automated almost 9,000 meters of From this point of view, the double glazing lines with the insulating glass for a really specialized technical teams capacity to handle the iconic curtain wall, designed of Tvitec, which are available manufacture of large pieces by the studio Luis Vidal + to any client at the time of of up to 12 meters. Arquitectos. performing the most Its facilities in Cubillos del Sil, appropriate calculations to The solution manufactured dedicated to the determine what type of by Tvitec for the renewed transformation of high intelligent layer may be the leather of Castellana 77, in most appropriate depending performance glass for which other latest generation on the orientation of the building, reach 100,000 materials are combined, meters of surface. facades and other includes a laminated double conditions, they observed as On May 11, 2017, our glazing that not only perfectly accurate the President and our Secretary contributes to energy incorporation of the 70/41 made a guided tour of these efficiency in combination with range of Guardian Glass. facilities where they could an appropriate luminosity, but see the work being done in also to the safety and to the In this way, most of the attenuation of the acoustic double glazing with acoustic this leading company berciana. contamination that adds the laminates that was
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famous glass bridge of the great canyon of Zhangjiajie, in China.
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It is the longest and tallest glass floor bridge in the world and opened to the public on August 20, 2016.
It measures 430 meters in total length and 6 meters in width, and is suspended at 260 meters above the ground.
He spent the biggest scare of his life.
images would gain popularity on Facebook.
A woman visited with her family a well-known tourist site in China when she was surprised by the sudden gesture of her daughter.
And is that thousands of Internet users came to believe that the child was about to fall into the abyss; However, after finishing the clip it is possible to verify that the girl was never in danger because she was in the
The recording of the curious scene ended up going viral on Facebook and other popular Internet platforms. As you can see in the recording, everything starts when the girl decides to stand next to what appears to be a great abyss. This is how his mother decides to record everything, without having any idea that the
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The curious scene, recorded on video by the mother of the child, generated various reactions among users, who could not help expressing their amazement at seeing the material that became a trend on Facebook and other oriental social networks. The publication made in the social network Facebook accumulates millions of reproductions and thousands of reactions.
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Pyramid Gallery.
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PYRAMID Gallery is hooking up again with its first glass artist for a summer show that celebrates a partnership stretching to 25 years. After buying the business in 1994, owner Terry Brett realised that glass would play a big part in his life when he sold a beautiful vase on his first day at the gallery in Stonegate, York.
says Terry. "So it seemed very appropriate that for our celebration of 25 years as a partner, Peter and his team of ten glass makers should co-operate in an exhibition to be known as Partners to honour a remarkable relationship."
Layton is exhibiting 30 pieces of glass alongside "some very special pieces" by his resident team of Jochen Ott, Cathryn Shilling, Laura The vase was made by Peter McKinley, Layne Rowe, Louis Layton, of London Glassblowing, Thompson, Bruce Marks, Elliott one of Britain's foremost Walker, Tim Rawlinson, Hanne contemporary glass studios. "I took Enemark and Anthony Scala. over Pyramid Gallery 25 years ago on May 31 1994," recalls Terry. "I Born in Prague and brought up in can remember clearly the first item I England, Layton studied ceramics sold on that day: a German at the Central School of Art and collector bought a beautiful white Design in London before chancing flask by Peter Layton. It was about on glassblowing while teaching 40cm tall and quite pricey. ceramics at the University of Iowa. Since returning to Britain, he has "My passion for this art form was been at the forefront in promoting born on that day. Since then, Peter this versatile medium. Layton has shown his glass continuously at Pyramid and been In 1969 Sam Herman conceived part of many exhibitions. and set up the Glasshouse in Covent Garden, where Layton "At 82, Peter is now regarded as helped to build the first furnace. the doyen of studio glass blowing in Subsequently, Layton established the UK, having celebrated 40 years his own small glass studio at his running London Glassblowing and pottery at Morar in the Highlands of helped some 40 or so glass makers Scotland; a glass department at establish themselves as artists in Hornsey College of Art (Middlesex their own right." University) and, in 1976, the London Glassblowing Workshop in London Glassblowing refers to its favoured gallery outlets as "partner an old towage works on the Thames at Rotherhithe. galleries", Pyramid Gallery being one of them. "To me this has always felt a privileged position, far more important and satisfying than any usual business relationship,"
Layton produces decorative glass in sculptural and functional forms. The work is free blown, permitting a
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greater degree of involvement and attention to detail than is possible on standardised production and ensuring the individuality of each piece.
In 2016, London Glassblowing marked 40 years in business and Layton celebrated his 80th birthday, visiting York to open a show at Pyramid Gallery and give a talk to the York Artworkers Association. His new show will run until July 21 and is open from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, and midday to 4.30pm on Sundays. The exhibition also may be viewed online at pyramidgallery.com. Meanwhile, Terry Brett, now 63, is to renew his lease on the shop premises for a further 15 years. "I couldn’t retire," he says. "I would feel bereft without the gallery. The stock rooms are full of magnificent art that I love to handle and bring out on display. "Everyday is a joy because the customers tell us such wonderful tales. Some have been buying presents for each other for over 30 years. "Maybe I will retire eventually, but I will make sure that the business can continue without me. My staff, Fiona, Sarah, Ruth and Sammy, are quite capable of running the business. I hope they will want to carry it on in 15 years' time, so that I can pop in for a chat and look at wonderfully inspiring art every day."
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Muestra Seculta.
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identity of a state Oaxaca (Mexico) .- This municipality, the month we began with an "Xaquixe" workshop inauguration at the State makes an important Museum of Popular Art of contribution by creating Oaxaca (MEAPO), a traditional San Pedro place belonging to the Quiatoni necklaces in Secretariat of Cultures glass, respecting the and Arts of Oaxaca intellectual authorship in (Seculta) with the each piece; In addition to exhibition "The glass of inviting women and men Oaxaca, the sustainable from the community to creativity ", work with join the project and blown glass, recycled and thereby generate income San Pedro Quiatoni for their families. necklaces. In the same way, the "The glass of Oaxaca, name of the exhibition is sustainable creativity", is due to the workshop an exhibition that "Xaquixe" works with the integrates works of blown reuse of burnt oil, glass from the workshop obtained from the 80 "Xaquixe", which is made restaurants of the City of with recycled glass.Their Oaxaca, supporting with craft work dates back 17 this material for the years and today, they process of blown glass carry out a important and with This avoids the production and great contamination that commercialization of its can be generated when products, under the disposing of it by different supervision of its general means. director, Salime Harp This exhibition is by Cruces. Salime Harp Cruces, who As a tribute to the cultural is originally from Oaxaca Of citizenship-express.com.
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and an industrial engineer graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) with a thesis specializing in industrial processes in the production of glass. He specialized in techniques applied to glass (Urban Glass, NY) in blowing, fusing and unleaded stained glass. He has participated in several national and international collective exhibitions. The owner of the Seculta, Adriana Aguilar Escobar informed that this exhibition was inaugurated on June 1 of this year and will be temporary, since her stay will be until July 12 in room 4 of the MEAPO, located in Independencia street without number, San Bartolo Coyotepec; It also invites tourists to attend this exhibition and discover other types of artistic works of our state.
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The revolution of transparent wood.
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From elpais.com
Who has visited the Glass House, or House of Glass, of Philip Johnson in Connecticut (USA) affirms that it has the sensation of being walking through the field with a heavy roof over it.
The architect built this house in which he lived until his death with the conviction of intervening only in nature using glass walls. This option of transparent walls today can be closer to domestic use. The Swedish scientist Lars Berglund, professor of the Wallenberg Wood Science Center of the Royal Institute of Technology of Stockholm (KTH), has created the first transparent and biodegradable wood that can become the constructive element of the future. For this he eliminated the lignin from the balsa wood, the component that gives rigidity to this material and makes it opaque, and the resulting substrate impregnated it in a transparent polymer. Thus he obtained a material similar to wood in rigidity, which allows light to pass through and, in addition, is capable of absorbing heat.
"Wood is by far the most used biological material in buildings,
Diego Barajas, from the Spanish studio Husos Arquitectos, reflects on this transparent wood, also, from a social perspective: "It would be interesting to ask ourselves how it could be used to build new microclimates not only in thermal and environmental One of the direct effects of the terms, but also socially. the use of this type of transparent construction of thermally wood is aimed at its capacity protected spaces, at the same to absorb heat, causing the time more fluid and visually opposite effect to that felt in less fragmented, with the the suffocating interior of a passage of light, would glass building exposed to the generate shadows or new sun. With its use, the nuances of light, perhaps construction sector would save leading to new visual costs for a correct air relationships between activities conditioning and would help in the city that tend to remain the development of solar separate ". energy. Lars Berglund, who began with "Transparent wood is a good these investigations in 2016, is material to be used in large currently working on the areas of solar panels, because industrial production of this it is low cost, easy to get to new material, with other types and renewable," says of wood, improving its Berglund. transparency. But what the scientific A few days ago he commented, community and the architects in front of the American wonder is whether this Chemical Society, that "the material could also be used for only part of this material that is windows and facades. not biodegradable is acrylic, but we hope to replace it with "When we extract the lignin, another bio-based polymer." the wood turns white, but not naturally transparent," he In five years, Berglund clarifies. That is, it would be foresees the first domestic perfect to create walls that let applications in interior design. in light but kept the privacy of the interior. it is also very attractive because it comes from renewable sources and offers excellent mechanical properties, including strength, toughness, low density and low thermal conductivity." clarifies the Swedish scientist.
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Glass Performance Days 2019.
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Façade, Market trends in Despite his upcoming retirement, Viktala The 2019 edition of Glass the glass industry and continues to work and Performance Days (GPD) more. deeply appreciates all has been an event that A special event those involved in making will make history. This is the last year of GPD the recognized With more than 700 Jorma Vitkala at the head international event he has registered participants, of GPD as President of become in the last 27 242 presentations and an the Organizing years. alignment of 220 worldCommittee. Thanks to hours of work, class speakers, the conference, the exhibition As the founding father of dedication, cooperation and confidence in such a and the workshops took this spectacular event, throughout all these special event, GPD has place in Tampere, Finland, from June 25-28, years Jorma knew how to reached a very high level connect with the of popularity and has breaking all records. . participants of the glass become the meeting point The GPD program is industry by creating this that contributes to intense. The event special forum that brings generate change in the started on June 25 and together and promotes industry of the glass 26 with a record number greater performance sector. of 17 different workshops among the members of "Thanks to all the -some of which already the glass industry. participants, speakers, exceeded their The traditional Farewell believers in our project attendance limit- on hot Party of GPD, which took and the entire glass topics related to glass. place on Friday, June 28 industry. You have helped The program continued and which this year had us to bring the on June 27 and 28 with 7 as its theme the 'Far performance of glass far simultaneous, West', also had a record beyond our most simultaneous sessions number of participants unsuspected dreams and that covered a variety of who took the opportunity we are truly grateful, topics, such as Intelligent to pay tribute to Jorma "says Jorma Viktala. Technology, Glass and Viktala. Sustainability, R & D, Information obtained from interempresas.net.
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A glass motorcycle.
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From israel21c.org.
“I always wanted to have a motorcycle,” admits Israeli artist Boris Shpeizman. “But my mom was telling me it is too dangerous.”
Shpeizman has a history of dreaming big. He grew up in St. Petersburg in a family of Refuseniks who regularly got in trouble with the KGB for Zionist activity.
good at fixing teeth,” he tells ISRAEL21c. “That was not good enough for me.” He started his studies at Bezalel initially as a “pure hobby to remove the boredom of routine.”
“Luckily I have never been arrested That’s turned into a passion. “I for longer than a few hours,” he create and teach in Israel by says. choice,” Shpeizman says. “Every person who lives in Israel is a part In 1988, Shpeizman received Shpeizman is one of Israel’s of an ongoing, unprecedented permission to immigrate to Israel. leading artists working with “hot historic event. I am proud to be part Today he lives outside of glass,” a technique where glass is of Israeli culture by pioneering here heated to a liquid so it can be blown Jerusalem and maintains Israel’s the modern hot glass art into surprising new shapes. Like the “first open-to-the-public hot shop” movement.” for glass in Tel Aviv. wheels and handlebars of a So Shpeizman did the next best thing: he built himself a life-size motorcycle – entirely out of glass.
motorcycle.
Given the years of longing for Zion, it’s not surprising that Jewish motifs Glass at high temperatures can be found in some of his art. “behaves like a live tissue,” Shpeizman won first place in 2013 Shpeizman tells ISRAEL21c. “There is no other material that has at a competition sponsored by the Museum of ImaJewnation in St. so many unique properties.” Louis for his Passover-themed “four Shpeizman’s motorcycle is entirely cups of wine for freedom” glass art. gold in color – “like a horse of “The work is a goblet made of glass Helios, the Greek god of sun,” he and rusted tin cups,” he explains. quips. The resulting sculpture is “Many brave Jews, who were sent ethereal, appearing more like a heavenly dream than the real thing. to the Gulag due to their Zionist activities, did not have Kiddush That’s intentional, Shpeizman says. goblets but nevertheless celebrated Passover by drinking from tin “When I grew up and could afford to cups.” get one myself, I realized it was much better to hold a dream about Shpeizman also created several a bike rather than to have the real glass shofars that were acquired by one,” explains the artist, a graduate the Genesis Fund and presented in of Bezalel Academy of Art and awards ceremonies to Michael Design in Jerusalem, where he has Douglas in 2015 and US Supreme taught since 2006 Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2018. Shpeizman’s bike is part of a series he calls “Rise of a Lollipop.” Shpeizman almost didn’t become an artist. In his native Russia, he “It’s about the childhood dreams of trained to become a dentist and men, about the toys they never stop worked in the field for 10 years, dreaming about and their fragile including when he first made aliyah. inner world,” he says. “Behind every man hides a little boy who “One day, I thought, if I die, people wants to get his lollipop.” will not know what to say about me at my funeral except that I was
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In 2012, Shpeizman was invited to build a hot glass workshop at the University of Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria. He was a visiting lecturer at the school for four years and participates in annual master classes there. Shpeizman’s work can be seen around the world, including in the UK at the Pyramid Gallery in York and the Peter Layton Gallery in London, and in the US at the Museum of American Glass in Wheaton Village, New Jersey. He has participated in competitions in Canada, Germany, Holland and the Czech Republic. Closer to home, the Eretz Israel Museum has on display a glass knight Shpeizman created. As for the glass motorcycle, you’ll have to visit Shpeizman in his studio to see it by appointment. Contact him via his website. If you wanted to purchase his glass bike, how much would it cost? “A glass motorcycle costs much more than a real one,” he responds. “Dreams have significant price tags!”
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Glass carving in China.
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For 56-year-old Zhang Chunlin, a happy life cannot be realized without two things -glass and grinding wheels. Wearing a leather apron, Zhang holds a glass disc with both hands against a rapidly spinning grinding wheel that is used for carving designs into glass. A glass artist carefully controls the angel and the strength with their hands. About one hour later, a vibrant peacock appears in the glass. Zhang's workshop in northern China's Tianjin Municipality is full of glass carving, etching and painting artwork. On a large piece of glass, 1 meter long and 0.6 meters wide, a carved lion "sways" his mane in the wind. The delicate work often draws admiring visitors. "You cannot feel the engraving traces on the front side when you touch the glass, for the image and the characters are carved on the reverse side," Zhang said, adding that the back side would be coated with a layer of aluminum or silver as a mirror. Zhang was enthralled in the art of glass since his childhood. "My father, a local folk artist in glass carving, often made exquisite glass works in our old, shabby house," he recalled.
He worked in a mirror making factory as a glass carver in 1979. Zhang recalled that he, as a beginner, had broken many pieces of glass until he was able to finish his first glass carving work.
However, its shine has been gradually lost in modern times.
They were used to decorate furnitures such as wardrobes and wine cabinets and regarded as popular gifts in weddings and birthday parties.
"My father has not given up glass art even in his 90s. It is his dream, and now it is mine," Zhang said.
Zhang sees the challenges and tries to keep glass art alive through various measures.
Feathers are a common The edge of the ground glass element in glass carving crafts can be as sharp as the blade, for auspicious bird images, like the red-crowned crane, which and his hands were often injured. When this happened, is traditionally considered as a Zhang would just grab a band- symbol of longevity. aid and continue to work. Old craftsmen need to grind dozens of times to show the Though tedious and demanding the work seems to texture of crane's feather. He adapted a grinding wheel be, Zhang said he is satisfied and happy to dedicate himself which can produce feathers of birds in an easier and more to glass carving. vivid way. In order to sharpen their With Zhang's efforts, the artistry, Zhang, together with craftsmanship of glass carving his collogues, created many was listed as one of Tianjin's new grinding wheels of intangible cultural heritages in different sizes and shapes. 2017. In the same year, Zhang "From normal round grinding founded his own studio to pass wheels to cam and triangular down glass carving to younger ones, we have made many generations. improvements. These grinders However, young people regard are like paintbrushes, which it as a daunting art. To attract can create different patterns more lovers of the glass with various textures in the carving, Zhang strives to glass," he said. brighten the art by integrating In its heyday, carved, etched glass carving elements into and painted glass was daily-use handicrafts like purchased by nearly every goblets, tea sets and jewelry family in China. boxes.
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The Association of Friends of MAVA was incorporated on June 21, 2003 in accordance with current management.
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The purpose of this Association is to promote, encourage and support many cultural activities, in the broadest terms,
When glass culture
are related to the mission and activities of the Museum of Glass Art Alcorcon.
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Our goal is to develop and collaborate with other public or private entities in the promotion, protection and dissemination of art and culture. Our members may be fees, benefac-
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Presidente honorario Javier Gómez Gómez Presidente Miguel Angel Carretero Gómez Vicepresidente Pablo Bravo García Secretaria Rosa García Montemayor Tesorera Mª Angeles Cañas Santos Vocales Evangelina del Poyo Diego Martín García Francisco Martín García
tors, Full and juveniles.
José María Gallardo Breña