GIRO E GIRO

Here is a wee peak of Jasper Dowdings awesome Praxinoscope as shown at Collect 2011 at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Jasper is represented by the Glass Artists Gallery Australia at Czech Novy Bor

 

http://www.glassartistsgallery.com.au/jasperdowding.html
http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1276&bih=696&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=jasper+dowding+glass+images&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

TAGLIARE

Second to catch my eye at Australia’s Glass Artists Gallery was the amazing work of Tim Shaw. My first glimpses of this guys work was back in 2007 at Brierly Hill’ s International Glass Centre. Employing the same cutting style here are some images of Tim Shaw’s latest work

 

http://www.glassartistsgallery.com.au/timshaw.html
http://www.glassartistsgallery.com.au/artists.html
http://www.nationalglasscentre.com/glass-studio/glass-makers/tim-shaw.html

LAVORO FREDO

OVEST

Thomas Goode, South Audley Street, West London. This window display shows off the work of the prolific couple Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin.

http://www.bgnonfoux.com/

http://www.thomasgoode.com/

TAGLIO

Awesome cut glass plate, as found in a vintage furniture store in Berlin.

GRAZIE

TRANSPARENT

Today was the last day of the Crafts Council’ s organised 4 day craft extravaganza Collect 2010. Held at the prestigous Saatchi Gallery grounds just off Sloane Square, London, UK. The exhibition boasted some of the worlds most renowned galleries. Over the next few days we ‘re going to feature some of the amazing  work from the following Galleries and artists.. .

blas & knada collective from Stockholm, Sweden’s featuring Anna Carlgren, Pernilla Jansson and Anna Höggren.

Bullseye Gallery from Portland, Oregon artists Heike Branchlou, Catherine Newell Jeffery Sarmiento and Joseph Harrington.

Adrian Sassoon’s artists Galia Amsel, Bruno Romanelli and Colin Reid.

Japanese based Yufuku Gallery showing off the incendiary talents of Niyoko Ikuta and Rikie Shojiguchi.

Australia’s Glass Artist’s Gallery featuring the work of artists Jasper Dowding, Kevin Gordon and Tevita Havea.

The Scottish Gallery featuring Takahiro Kondo, Katherine Coleman and Dante Marioni.

V&A 12

Here is todays Victoria and Albert Museum Picture of the day. It contains three pieces by celebrated glass maker extraordinaires.

From left to right: Toots Zynsky, Dante Marioni and Lino Tagliapietra.

Here are web sites, images and videos of the todays featured artist

Toots Zynsky

Images http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=ieY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&resnum=0&q=toots+zynsky&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=x1zXS5DLO4qunQPChfWwCA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB8QsAQwAw

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Y1jfirlFA

Dante Marioni

Web site http://www.dantemarioni.com/

Images http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=dante+marioni&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=-VvXS7-dEZfWmQPrlZm-CA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCYQsAQwAw

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KQ7FlW6cu0

Lino Tagliapietra

Web sites http://www.linotagliapietra.com/

Images http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=lino+tagliapietra&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=UFvXS7H3KZSInQPozJihCA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQsAQwAw

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0JypMyTfI

FORTNUM AND MASON

News from Stewart Hearn. Fortnum and Mason Piccadily’ s the 300 year old food hamper experts and window display extrordinaires are having an exhibition of Handmade British Craft featuring glass works by Bi-me, Gilliesjones, Glasstorm, Helen Millard, Katharine Coleman, Michael Ruh, Nancy Sutcliffe, Phil Atrill, Sam Sweet, Sheldon:Cooney, Stewart Hearn. The exhibition started 21 April and runs until 20 June.

http://www.fortnumandmason.com/events/britishhandmade.aspx

http://www.fortnumandmason.com/

Iridescent

Pictured here is a classic Okra bottle. Amazing cameo work!

http://www.okraglass.com/