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Title: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 04, 2012, 03:49:44 PM
This section is to celebrate the '50th' anniversary of the Studio Glass movement and is to post Studio Glass pieces from 1990 onwards.
The aim of the different sections is to be able to 'see' a progression and development in Studio Glass over time.
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 04, 2012, 04:48:13 PM
Paperweight from The Glasshouse (set up in 1969 in Neal Street,Covent Garden,London)
dated 1990 and signed either AM or HM (I thought it was HM for Helen Millard but looking afresh I might be wrong and it could be AM for Annette Meech? maybe) 3812 The Glasshouse
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 04, 2012, 05:20:49 PM
A cameo piece, by Ramski Art Glass, October '92.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chriscooper on November 04, 2012, 07:47:30 PM
Now I am getting confused ???
The previous thread covers  '80s-'90s surely so why another from '90 onwards?

Chris
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 04, 2012, 07:59:29 PM
Chris, I will ask Sue to amend the title of the other thread to read 1980-1989. At the start of the other thread it says for glass from 1980-1990, so the header needs amending.
It was though t it would be a good idea to split this topic so that progression of Studio glass can be seen through the periods with this one showing 1990 onwards.
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 04, 2012, 08:28:51 PM
a very large lost wax sculpture by James O'Reilly (O'Reily/O'Rily - difficult to read).  There are other smaller large perfume bottle size versions of this in Broadfield House.  This one is signed and dated 1995

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39775.msg220223.html#msg220223
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chriscooper on November 05, 2012, 10:12:27 AM
I know m  :) but the 3 things I have included were actually from the '90s so they need moving to this one.
Read the title '80s-'90s so put them in that one ;D

Chris
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 05, 2012, 11:04:04 AM
yes  :) I was a little late starting the new topic -   thought better to sort at the start of this, so that the threads will continue over time. 
It's a fantastic idea from Sue, and I for one will really enjoy seeing the progression of Studio Glass over time. 
Whilst there are books on the subject, there is no ongoing resource, and history gets 'lost' if it is unrecorded or in bits and piece.
Hopefully the Glass Message Board will end up containing a comprehensive resource on this subject encompassing worldwide Studio Glass items and makers.
Apologies to the mods from me for extra work caused :)
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 05, 2012, 03:11:36 PM
A Stuart Akroyd piece, produced sometime around the late 90s I believe.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 05, 2012, 03:22:48 PM
 ;D It's pink - but that's ok - it's dying... ;)

weird, Greg!
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 05, 2012, 03:46:42 PM
Interesting - did Stuart Ackroyd ever dabble in crackle glass do you know?
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 05, 2012, 05:09:01 PM
Interesting - did Stuart Ackroyd ever dabble in crackle glass do you know?
m

I'm not sure M to be honest, although I haven't come across any crackle glass pieces by him before. I had a quick glance through his website and couldn't see any on their, although these are mostly recent designs.

http://www.stuartakroydglass.com/
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 06, 2012, 11:34:32 AM
A selection of Peter Layton Pieces, the first three are all 'Landscape pieces' and the bottom one a Layton 'Glacier' stone.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: brewster on November 06, 2012, 11:56:33 AM
OK, enough of the old guys for now. Here are some more modern treats, post 2000. The first is by Colin Heaney, a most influential figure in Australian studio glass. I have written about him elsewhere (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,17710.msg266578.html#msg266578) on this board. These pieces are miniatures of what he called"vitrolith", with the larger one just over 20cm long. A little exploration with Google will yield lots more pictures, including some enormous examples. He has since retired from glass and now designs silk scarves and bikinis.

There is a 1999 book about Heaney's vitrolith glass written by Noel Hart, an established artist painter who worked as a designer in Heaney's studio in Byron Bay. Since then Hart has designed his own works in glass and used experienced glass blowers to help him create them. The colours and patterns are derived from various birds. The one in the photos from 2003 is called Sun Conure, a South American beauty. At 24cm by 25cm it is modest in both size and colour compared with his more recent works. His website (http://www.noelhart.com/) is lively and colourful.

The last photo celebrates the "Australian roll-up". This complicated process involves fusing a platter of coloured glass rods, machining it to make the surfaces flat, then rolling it up into a vessel that is blown. You can find examples by Klaus Moje for sale on the Internet in the $8-12,000 price range. These examples are attributed to Johnathon Schmuck, an American graduate student at the Canberra School of Art when the roll-up method was being developed in 1998-2000. He is an established artist with more modest prices and his own website (http://www.schmuckglass.com/). He also features in a YouTube video that demonstrates the method.

Trevor
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 06, 2012, 12:17:08 PM
Will is fantastic at his own publicity  ;D but he needs more

http://shakspeareglass.co.uk/home.php

Some vintage Will Shakspeare vases and paperweights - I absolutely love his work especially the matt surface vases. These paperweights are large and very very heavy.  All his glass is beautifully made. I'll take a group shot of some other vases in a mo.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 06, 2012, 12:26:18 PM
Groups of Shaks vases
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 08, 2012, 10:54:07 AM
One final piece for today, blown by Patrick Stern, brother of Anthony, dating from the 90s.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 08, 2012, 11:49:39 AM
Trevor, that's fascinating about the Australian roll-up and I love the pieces.
I had a very particular glassie dream once.
I was a glassmaker, and I had fused together a large bundle of multicoloured thick sticks of glass, and was going to use that as the embryo for blowing. What turned out was something like a Mdina stripey onion vase.
That's obviously not what would happen in reality. I've always wondered what would turn out....
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 08, 2012, 12:54:30 PM
From 1992, Louis Le Loup.         
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 08, 2012, 02:02:02 PM
Nice to see Louis Le Loup included in this thread Sue. Is that white ring towards the bottom of the vase part of the  actual design, it almost looks like a reflection of the light..?
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 08, 2012, 02:14:27 PM
It's a band of clear glass around the base of the neck.
Bears some similarities with your amazing Sam Herman Platter....  ;D
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: Greg. on November 08, 2012, 02:38:57 PM
Ok, thanks I had wondered, it almost seems to float on the glass looking at the photo.

In terms of the Herman charger, it was only after seeing your Louis Le Loup piece previously and looking into it further that I became aware that many of the Herman VSL pieces were joint collaborative pieces between the two.  :)
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 08, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
It was finding that out, the Sam Herman connection,  from the wonderful (and sorely missed - he's vanished from the glass world) Alister MacIntyre, Glashaus, that "allowed" me to splash out on this piece. His stand at fairs was always one of my highlights, he had such interesting and fantabulous stuff -  he was simply too far ahead for the uk's very conservative tastes in contemporary glass.
I bought this and my Jim Megura from him... and more... I will be putting pics up in the appropriately dated threads. :)
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: aa on November 12, 2012, 09:30:48 PM
Paperweight from The Glasshouse (set up in 1969 in Neal Street,Covent Garden,London)
dated 1990 and signed either AM or HM (I thought it was HM for Helen Millard but looking afresh I might be wrong and it could be AM for Annette Meech? maybe) 3812 The Glasshouse

Annette Meech.
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 12, 2012, 10:56:45 PM
Thank you so much for confirming that Adam  :)  I'd not thought about it for ages until this thread came up then looking again, suddenly realised it might be.
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 13, 2012, 10:39:45 AM
I hadn't realised you had such a superb collection of Will Shakspeare bits, flying-free - or so many Peter Laytons... you dark horse, you! :-*
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: flying free on November 13, 2012, 11:40:46 AM
Hi :)
I only have one PL vase - I just can't find another that is 'the one' at the moment (the others are Greg's post :)  )
And at the moment, I have  only a small collection of Will's vases (I've kept those that have sentimental value) -  I've given many away  as presents over the years.  I've also given the paperweights  away as well, as they are perfect for 'boy presents' as they are quite 'masculine' large and very heavy, really quite sculptural rather than paperweights. 
I slightly regret giving away some of the paperweights to be honest, but we are near enough to him for me to find pieces by him round and about, and also to be able to visit to buy new pieces.  So I know I will be able to add to my collection.
m
Title: Re: Happy '50th' Birthday to the Studio Glass movement - 1990 onwards
Post by: chopin-liszt on November 13, 2012, 12:31:24 PM
 :-[ Doh... at the moment, 2+2 is just a non-symmetrical pattern on the page...