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Author Topic: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?  (Read 842 times)

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evening,

I have a wine glass signed as above but havent been able to locate any info - studio glass is out of my comfort zone - does anyone know his work and might be able to point me in the right direction please?
cheers
Mel

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Re: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2013, 09:12:39 PM »
I think a picture might help

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Re: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 09:41:49 PM »
hi Christine

I'll take some photos tomorrow in daylight and upload. Funny looking thing.

thanks, Mel

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Re: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 09:44:03 PM »
I don't know his work, but Googling produced an entry for

National College of Art and Design
Jim Griffiths
100 Thomas Street
Dublin, IRELAND
Tel: 35316364209 Fax: 35316364207
www.ncad.ie

on a list of undergraduate glass programmes at www.glassart.org/_Library/Schools.../GAS_Undergrad_list.pdf

He doesn't seem to be listed currently at www.ncad.ie
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Re: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2013, 10:49:37 PM »
thank you Stuart, I didnt get that hit when I googled, a good starting point

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Re: help needed again please, anyone come across any glass by Jim Griffiths ?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2013, 12:20:43 PM »
so, pics taken. it looks like thick milk bottle glass, no finesse but quite striking in its own way. about 18.5 cm tall x 7.5cm wide at the rim.

has a ground pontil mark the sig is scribed within the pontil, no date

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