ITALIA

DOMANI

 

http://glassistomorrow.eu/

PRAGA

Shan Shan Sheng whose monumental Open Wall Project I helped deconstruct in Venice and China has now been shipped to Prague to the Museum Kampa for an exhibition running until August 31 2011.

http://www.museumkampa.com/en/
http://shanshansheng.com/
http://designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/7025/shan-shan-sheng-open-wall-project-at-the-venice-art-biennale-09.html

DISEGNO

Hot on the back of Coca Cola France’ s cool injection endorsement with Daft Punk back in March 2011, here is the UK equivalent mini Diet Coke bottles. Brought to us kindly by Mr Karl Lagerfeld and available in silver spots, pink stripes and black stars at Harvey Nichols
http://fashionista.com/2011/04/karl-lagerfeld-diet-coke-campaign-features-coco-rocha-jeneil-williams-and-heidi-mount/
http://www.harveynichols.com/food-wine/categories/groceries.html?productsPerPage=100&gclid=CK-vt77ghakCFVJX4Qod-RqjjQ
http://www.karllagerfeld.com/

OFFICINA

Soon to open glass studio in the heart of Europe. Check it out

http://berlinglas.org/home/

PARCO

Up to Yorkshire and Wakefield more specifically for the opening of the new Barbara Hepworth Wakefield gallery that not only featured many of her past models, methodology and works but amazing pieces by the likes of Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Terry Frost and Mondrian to name a few.
Yesterday I headed over to the Yorkshire sculpture park to see monumental new pieces by Henry Moore as well as a recommended first major UK exhibition by renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa whose new work is without doubt some of the most amazing sculpture I have ever seen. This exhibition runs until 25 September 2011. A must.

http://www.jaumeplensa.com/
http://www.ysp.co.uk/exhibitions/jaume-plensa
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jaume+plensa&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=diT&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsuo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xHPbTbzCL4Sq8APsnqAI&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1276&bih=696
http://www.ysp.co.uk/
http://www.barbarahepworth.org.uk/wakefield/

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

COLLEZIONE

The first thing you see when you walk into the Saatchi gallery is this awesome vase by Vidar Koksvik

http://www.klartglass.no/

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Vidar+Koksvik&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=7vj&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=lyqMTtbcOMXT0QWLq_DiBQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=766

http://www.norwegiancrafts.no/issues/03-2011/perhaps-beauty-is-enough/

STRANIERI