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Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: RAY on July 28, 2005, 09:03:16 PM
Allan just sent me these photo's of his amazing weights which he showed at this years exhibits at the Scottish Glass Society

click on the image for larger photo, i put these on a large file so you can see all the detail sorry bernard

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_ba06f159.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/ba06f159.jpg)   rain forest

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_13e77544.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/13e77544.jpg)  ozone-3-layer

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_032006bc.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/032006bc.jpg) neptune

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_3dca0e5b.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/3dca0e5b.jpg) mother earth

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_c31deb45.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/c31deb45.jpg) hot berries

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_73491983.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/73491983.jpg) fireflower

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_421d8d63.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/421d8d63.jpg) aqua

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_95e663a6.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/95e663a6.jpg) amethyst blue










Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Anonymous on July 28, 2005, 10:00:03 PM
Hi ray

Many thanks for loading those up., they really are superb. Do you have any idea of prices and if they are one offs or limited editions.
TIA

Regards


Gareth


Morgan48
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Anonymous on July 28, 2005, 10:00:46 PM
Ray
apologies ...hit the button then saw it fading away.
Gareth
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: RAY on July 28, 2005, 10:09:45 PM
hi Gareth

i think these are one off's for the Scottish Glass Society show, i will ask him, but mine's the rainforest if Allan's thinking of selling :D
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Anonymous on July 28, 2005, 10:16:38 PM
Hi Ray

All are really excellent....I would have to agree with your choice plus the next one down...the Ozone Layer. ...... actually any one of them would be a fine aquisition.
Do you know of any other UK ( I'm assuming he is ) artists making lampwork of this quality... which I tend to associate with some of the US makers.


Regards


Gareth
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on July 29, 2005, 09:15:58 AM
Yes, they are one-offs.  Yes, they are for sale.  Yes, 'Rainforest' is available!   :D

I know, because I just took my 'reserve' off it, after deciding to have the 'Neptune' instead!   :lol:

Leni  :wink:

BTW, forgot to say many, many thanks for posting the pics!   :D
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: RAY on July 30, 2005, 12:07:08 AM
Allan said that there still in the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff, and to go through them if anyone want to purches them as they support a lot of local artists
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Frank on July 30, 2005, 10:45:35 AM
Next weekend a lot of us will be in Perth for the conference... side trip, are they open Sunday afternoon?
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 30, 2005, 11:28:16 AM
:D Yes.  www.strathearn-gallery.com

The new exhibition is of paintings by Claire Harkess, opening today (Sat 30th)
Title: exhibition weights
Post by: allan on July 31, 2005, 08:09:16 PM
Hi All you nice people,
                               Thanks for all the nice comments about the weights,I am trully "CHUFFED" as they say up here(thats "pleased" to those that don't know and think I have a terrible disease,lol).I thought I would tell you that the weights are being kept on display at the gallery for the next couple of weeks.They wanted them for longer; so if those of you who are going to the Ysart convention would like to see them,I will tell them they can keep them untill after the conventions finished.Post a reply on this thread if you want me to do that.Thanks again for the positive comments.
               Allan :D
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Frank on July 31, 2005, 08:21:49 PM
Hi Allan,

Sunday afternoon will be the only chance for people not staying over to Monday or arriving on the Friday.
Title: exhibition
Post by: Allan on July 31, 2005, 08:22:31 PM
Hi,
   It's me again,just to say I meant that the gallery was only going to get the weights for two weeks after the exhibitions official close on the 23rd of july.I had forgotten the convention dates but I will let them have the weights untill it is finished and you have all headed for home.I really should check my diary dates before writing anything, lol.
                                       Allan :?
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 04, 2005, 08:57:28 AM
:D Hello,
I was in the Strathearn Gallery yesterday, and I saw that "Ozone-3-layer", "Mother Earth" and "Aqua" are by Harry McKay.
I didn't see "Fireflower", but it has a "look" that makes me think it might be too!
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on August 04, 2005, 09:04:07 AM
'Fireflower' is one of the pictures Fiona sent to me as one of Allan's, but 'Hot Berries' was in the Exhibition Catalogue as Harry McKay's  :shock:  :?

Perhaps Allan will pop in here again and explain for us :wink:

Leni
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Frank on August 04, 2005, 02:59:31 PM
Allan does the lampwork and Harry the weight. Stunning pieces.

http://www.ysartglass.com/Scotglass/AllanScott.htm
Title: Me and "WEE" Harry
Post by: Allan on August 04, 2005, 07:48:31 PM
Hi ,
    Thanks Frank for posting the explanation about Harry and I.I always seem to be thanking you for something lol.To everyone else,as Frank says, and I should of said,I design the weight and make the lampwork and Harry whom I have worked with at Perthshire paperweights,Jay Glass and now Caithness,inserts the lampwork into the glass.The way we work is that we split the weights between us for the exhibition.I have worked with other glassmakers at Caithness to do "one-offs", one of which can be seen on Franks web page on me.The"Victorian bouquet" is a design I made for the Caithness Glass collectors convention,I worked with Shona Spittal to make all my "one-offs" for the convention last year.
    I hope this clears up the confusion I caused by not explaining before.
                                           
                                      ALLAN  :roll:
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on August 05, 2005, 12:15:34 PM
Just wanted to say a few things to anyone who may be thinking of buying one of Allan's weights:

1) IMHO Allan is the best lampworker in the UK and his work is VERY collectable.

2) These weigts are ONE-OFF's and are worth every penny of what they cost!  

3) There is a wonderful scheme called 'Own Art' which allows you to pay over 10 months with no interest!  

4) You will never regret buying one of these truly beautiful works of art!   :shock:

5)  Allan is a really nice man :wink:

OK - sales pitch done  :oops:  :roll:  (and I'm not even on commission!  :lol: )

Leni
Title: overwhelmed
Post by: Allan on August 06, 2005, 09:37:53 AM
Hi Leni,
          WOW!,thanks for that,Much more of those kind of comments and I might start believing that I actually know what I am doing.Seriously,it is great that people like what I do and are kind enough to say it.It definitely makes any artist,in any field,feel like they are lucky to do something with so much "job satisfaction",when they get that kind of feedback.
          I dropped into the "drinks meeting party"to meet Frank face to face last night at the Ysart convention..what a good idea that turned out to be as I also met Ray and KevH so I now have faces to put to 3 of the names on the message board.The convention looks like it is going to be great,I met a lot of interesting "glass-nuts", Ray  and his wife Julie were really nice people as were kev and a couple from Glasgow,the Mathesons,(I hope the spellings right).I wish I had had the time to meet everyone,everybody seemed to be looking forward to the event.Good luck to Frank and Alice McLelland with their organisation of it all.
            I had better go now as I am off To my Nephews wedding.Thanks again Leni for your "PR" job on me,lol.
                                     ALLAN :D
Title: Re: overwhelmed
Post by: aa on August 06, 2005, 11:52:07 AM
Quote from: "Allan"
Hi Leni,
          It definitely makes any artist,in any field,feel like they are lucky to do something with so much "job satisfaction",when they get that kind of feedback.
         

Artist to artist, they are superb. :D

Quote from: "Leni"

2) These weights are ONE-OFF's and are worth every penny of what they cost!  
4) You will never regret buying one of these truly beautiful works of art!    
Leni


Seconded :!:

....thinking of taking up lamp-working.....how long would it take to learn? :wink:
Title: Lampwork
Post by: Allan on August 07, 2005, 10:10:09 AM
Hi aa,
        Thanks for the comments on the paperweights,it is nice to hear from a fellow glassworker.What kind of work do you do?,you will have to post some images on the message board so we all can see.To answer your question on how long it would take to learn..To do the type of work we do at Caithness Glass,I would expect a new trainee to take about 5 years to get fully trained.It all depends on the individual though,some people never pick it up,some do really well like Linda Campbell who works with me now and was doing her own designs after only a few years.There are obviously a lot of different styles of lampwork and lots of other things you can make by lampworking,not just paperweight designs.Again,how long  these different skills would take to learn would depend on the individual and the amount of practise they got.Not exactly a precise answer I am afraid but I hope it is of some interest.I look forward to seeing some of your work.
               Allan
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on August 07, 2005, 11:03:18 AM
Hi Allan,

To preserve his modesty,  :wink: I'll post a couple of samples of Adam's work - the first Adam Aaronson piece I owned - a perfume bottle:  http://tinypic.com/a3jcl1.jpg

And my precious 'Estuary Dawn' vase, from his 'Landscapes' range, which we saw him make and which he kindly inscribed 'made at the inagural meeting of the London Glassaholics'  :D http://tinypic.com/a3j97t.jpg

However, Adam has also already ventured into paperweight making!  Here's one of his I bought at the National Glass Collectors' Fair this year: http://tinypic.com/a3ja1g.jpg

Can't wait to see him try lampwork!   :shock:  :D

Leni
Title: Adams work
Post by: Allan on August 07, 2005, 05:25:02 PM
Hi,
   Thanks for posting the pics Leni,Looks like interesting stuff.How big are the pieces?.The middle image especially looks interesting.If you are reading this Adam,how long have you been glassmaking and where?.
                     Allan
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on August 07, 2005, 05:43:14 PM
The perfume bottle is sort of large paperweight size and the paperweight is .... er ... sort of large paperweight size!   :roll:  :lol:

Adam's Landscapes come in all sizes!  Mine's a whopping 8" high and 5" diameter and *heavy*!  But it's not as big as some of the ones he makes  :shock:  

Here's a pic of the display of Landscapes he took to the National, including some *really* big ones!   http://tinypic.com/a407x0.jpg

Leni
Title: Adams work
Post by: Allan on August 07, 2005, 06:10:18 PM
Hi,again,
            They look great,I really like the ones on the far end of the table,the colours look really cool.
                         Allan :D
Title: Re: Adams work
Post by: Anonymous on August 07, 2005, 07:00:43 PM
Quote from: "Allan"
Hi,again,
            They look great,I really like the ones on the far end of the table,the colours look really cool.
                         Allan :D


Some of the "earthy" ones have a kind of Hans Coper feel to them.....impressive display particularly when shown together like this.

Regards


Gareth
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: RAY on August 08, 2005, 09:10:40 PM
well me and my wife Julie were honored on Sunday afternoon, on the Friday Allan Scott asked me and Julie up to the caithness glass factory for a guided tour, so after the glass conference finished we meet up with Allan and his wife Evonne and headed to caithness, Allan showed me his little work office what a mess lol no it wasn't that bad, he showed me some of his weight's he made yrs ago, then he showed me how to make a lampworked flower, what skill this man has it took him 5 min's to make the flower in the photo and it took me about 15 min's to make mine, i was pleased for my 1st attempt you can tell who's was who's and then Allan showed us around the factory  was very interesting and then went for a brew at his house and to look at his private paperweight collection i could of walked out of there with my pocket's full but Allan would of noticed, both of us had a great afternoon and many thanks to Allan and Evonne for there hospitality

thanks from Ray & Julie

click image for larger photo

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(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_ecb013af.jpg) (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/ecb013af.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_9382c0d7.jpg) (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/9382c0d7.jpg)
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: Leni on August 09, 2005, 07:26:05 AM
RAY!  :shock: (http://www.smileys.ws/sm/sad/00000040.gif)

Do you *know* how envious I am?  :cry:

You lucky, lucky pair!  How I wish I could have been there!   :(

And you got to do some lampwork, too!  :shock:

Seriously, I'm very impressed!  Looks like a fantastic attempt.  Well done!  :D

Leni
Title: Re: Adams work
Post by: aa on August 09, 2005, 02:59:56 PM
Quote from: "Allan"
Hi,again,
            They look great,I really like the ones on the far end of the table,the colours look really cool.
                         Allan :D

Thank you Alan.

Quote from: "Gareth"

Some of the "earthy" ones have a kind of Hans Coper feel to them.....impressive display particularly when shown together like this.

Regards
Gareth


Hans Coper? Were you trying to make my day? week? month? year? :!: That is one of the most generous compliments anybody could wish for. Thank you, Gareth. :D
Title: Allan Scott 's paperweights
Post by: aa on August 09, 2005, 03:03:13 PM
Looks good, Ray.....you are obviously a natural! :D
Title: Ray's a natural
Post by: Allan on August 09, 2005, 07:58:26 PM
Hi,
   I have to say Ray's effort at lampwork was really good, ( it was actually the coaching from the sidelines by his wife Julie that made it so good, LOL).It was also very good of you,Ray,to say my room was'nt that messy,( It really is ).Seriously, it was a great pleasure to meet everyone at the convention and hopefully we will all meet again. :D