em d t erd i
en
odu ,
~ ld co” ere.
•• lavished raise, first
dl ., . An t tandin u~ um ffor
u e, , the h t museum uppli11l nt i ng • t$ um rous r
the museums of r h cloy and Ethno o~~•· Distinctl
a_ rpieC”es •) G Ass exh bition at the B.
that f the British luseu, ·ill long rema • i.
o early glac::.. An equ_Uy mb ti us exhi iti, n in a
Glas-/ ight, an International Ex.~ibition f Stained Gla
Royal~ change a~ part o the
Festi·al f the City uf L
~ e 13th C, tote pre~ent day it showed such tr~asure
\.i • ,. ‘ I ‘[ } #
panel of Hezekiah from Canterbury Cnthedral, the fir.: windo
Jone , and ~xamples by Mackintos~, Morri~, Rossett·, Cha-a!l
influential Ge!”tDan School. _
t )1, Chagall mu t have been t
ex, ibitor and two windo~s by him have recentl been one ra· d,
ester Cathedral, based on Psalm 150, the othe~, r pr s ut·n see
Test ment,is
‘n St Stephen’s Church, MRinz, Genna y.
Also.in the p Esent ~e had a 2-week exhibition f
Gore Elliott at the new and rapi1ly
growing fu· um
in Bri tol. The. formati “‘n of intricate ph:ces cou d be fol 111,, d ,. r
ou
cared to spend and an hour ~at hir.g a master t work imp~
the subject is really about than any numb r oft .·tbooks. ~J~r. e~tnol
superimposes on
t arlitional manlpulativ skills and n po l t l u ·l
can he ma e to yield metal of more than one colour by th sin~,
rolling the gather in pigment sprinkl on the morver -ideal for
decoration and
similar additions.
How different from the
‘Art Gl … ss’ world is the mod.rn la,s
of the grea~est
ongoing shows nn e~rth i to be se~n at Wat 1~0rd
abltshed trad”tional home of cut crystal. With over 200 000 •
an no glass sold on the premises the whole public telation
m. 1·e. – and impress it does ·i th effor L less as from th
nd crystal-beJeckerl
reception hall thro 1gh to th re tl ss
12-pol fun1aces and the prodigious vastn ss, an noi. • of lh c-.ut.tin
ho t d t.y an army of scadct-clod, ~honnlne and w l l-i.nform d Jd .. h
N uly a quart·e-r of the output of cut glass ls till poll h hy th
ethod with cork , heels and pumfce powde”t”. If y rhlnkin
in , cJvan e to avoid disappointment, nnd ,1lso y ur
stay in Water for which has o charm of iLs o,:,m s well
touris The Irish Touri t Do~rrl hnvc h lpful list
OUR APOJ…OGIES FOR THE NON-ARRIVAL OF THE LAT I
OCCASIO D BY EXPECTED D LAY lN HER MA.JES y• I
THI HAZARDOUS AND TRIACH ROUS Tl RAIN B
u-m!W..WT’IIIU. MDIB!llS ILL HAY& “””~in DCJLL,IC’l[SU 1 0
•
tatl x1ibi.tfon of work by six modcirn gl ss nal’ ‘rs sho~ecf th t
s can provide a al tra<'tlvc blend of ::;1< U l 'nd artl.. ·r; .
• e o ·able wer the gi iJSS Sl ulpl r ~ by L:,vir1 ReE'l·i 1
, woe'"' Ly O or
10 ...
hf'I
t :md 1 lah in au clc•cL1lc k' Jn tv f,,rm fto~1-•r-l ikc> ai1d moce
o.·iti ns or a sj ze and cnmplt-1. i ty that.: 1rnv~ L:n be se,m Ln be L\!l i YE:d.
o • ch .. orating )~lSR gains impetu~. /ti Lhe top end of lhP ma.kc;i
h’bi’·ion mounte”l by
Algt:1100 Asprey 1n Bruton St., London~ .. ,f
m<>nd tipple Engraved Glass by David MaudfJ-!(c,xby-Montal to di Frngni to. I – •, h•y
t nk c,m to most of t1s, thic: wa•3 his first publir exhib{ti0n in n arly 20 : r ,,
‘:iss engra\·ing, mostly for royllltv and stat(:’smcn, ::nd rcvealc, m 1 excelle 1 Lt•ch1.·-
ue hle.nj .d with a fine ,1ppreciatLm 0f the medium. Many exhibit’s w~n, or Jo,111
from high pl aces but the p lece cle rcsi stan,:e wa~ a L~r.ge panel-cut ·Ba<· 1 .Rt_
'c.canter wit,1 every available facP. cn€rav0.d to the theme of the Canti<- 1e; Bi::ncdfc e
("1m:a Opera., and it c0ulJ be yours for a consideration of £10000.
Mos recently 1 an
(·tf life) spiralHng aDout a semi-cased ruby red Yase -is a stunning pres r. ,. ion.
A paper
weight -”Frozen Cascade”- wi.th a dec.oratiy·e wave design also testjfied to
his ~kill
ir.. finely controlled relief cutting. Ftans Smit~s contributjon w’is t.ro
diamond engraved and stipp12.d plates 11Gat<:s of Clare Coll~ge Cambridge"~' an'i a most
unusual piece, "Reciprocal Viewi.ng (ICU - UIC)n whf.ch -like his "Floating P,mnd"
from the Jubilee Eehibition -is of very inJividual design concept and subtle
humour:
it depicts a section of a face show.~ng the b~autiful eyes of wnat Is, 10
rloubt, a beautifcl gi.rl within a rectangular frame of g,.ometrjc pattE!n1 ~ntegrat•
·ng the l,··tters ICU -UIC. Rob~rt Stone chose
..1 tumble!' tv display both the strength
and delicacy of
~ stipple-engraved portrait -that of Einstein, a most impr~ssive
},~ad.
Jane Webster showed her forte with a supctb wheel engraving in depl 1; oi a
bronze-mounted
plaque of "Europa and the Bt:ll" that was sensi tivt• in des i.gn ,-:tnd
of gu•at chatm.
It is sad to noti; the recent death of the gifted engraver, John Huttc \, ,,.
speciR.llz~d
in decor:itjn'; flat panels with deslg,1s on a monumental scale ICi ,it
~lmost three-dimensional quality -one is thinking in particular nf thee, JL tin~
Sh:1kespearean characters o!"l the glass doors of tbe Stratford Shak~spear
PL :or{a~
Buil
1[L(0ME Tn NEW MEMLEas H,=.rr Heirie, Karlsruhe, W. Germany.
Viscount Newport, w~stern-under-Lizard,
Shropshire.
Miss Cella Wiernik, London, W.8.
Mi~s Vlrglnia Young, L0~don
1 S.h.6.
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F CA ;TING TlL Kii.: ,fRUCF GL, SSH ‘JE Slrn _ ii-‘FE. L r'(iH fr’IJJ’lJr•
:1e –~te ( ir Willi.~in Cl tVC’lJ ‘s ,;1-~shouf-e has be.n Lo,”t.~1 Ol1 ►}, •Ion
l)f KHnrner1dg Bf.ly, .ts t a d Mr D.:.1v-id ,-r, si::lr-y , .,c;., 1.,r 1,
0,..·
, 1
11-
,. • ” “‘ -, , ._ – , 1 “c·
, ‘- , ‘-l ‘-· l, S \.. r) • ~ jl Shet[1.e 1″l Univet·sitv, l1;:i~ a,;t cd ~•) 1lit’A(t 1t.s (.” n,r:it·i ,n ‘rh·,c •,,.. I t • • ._ – –• • . , u , _ • . . . . “‘ r c· tt· r , , ,
to t,kc rlace
J. tl,c … p,·1n1”:I “”r early sumn r cf L’Ji 1
‘,
The glasshouse was ::ta.:- 1·cd in lr.>17 and cJo~cJ down J·~ l(J?3 :1!j tJ, resul 0;.
1.wsult
b”.:!t·~~een .3u: Wilt.iam :liic.i Sir Rnbert M·11~cll. The ti~cL1rnu1nry
evidence is di rcu~s~d in tl,-:,1·11 l h1 ~lf•a ·,or C:odL ~,,y’ s hook “Tht (11 vc•l r rn nt ,,r
English Glassmaking J5GO -1640.
The cxcavaLion should µr.ovc of pa-rticula1:· i11U.-:r1.. “‘t, both !’P.”Oll~r.
<,O p,:~ci.sely date
•• ced i.nf; c; of- the: 8oc ie Ly ‘.or Post 111d i ev.- I l, rclw •vl oi;;.
GC
New3 wi1 l, of c0;1r.sP, kE’ep you up Lo cto t e en the pr’~ ce~;:;..
This is a private t.1.xcav:1tion carrlcd ont on beha_’._i. 01 :_h~ lrn1d-ov.11w1, M,’\jo1
J.C. ~1.n~el, who i’:i related not. only to Str WUthm Cl~vell bul ·•l::o, h
J
lat.er rna-rrif1ge, to Sir Robert Mansell.
So far, our memh~rs, Philip and Den:.k. W11etm,··0r.) have h£dp .. ,l in tlic lo.:;: ion
of the site. British Petroleum, who have. a z.;rn-‘-!1.l ?rr:uuclnh ‘JiJ we!l nc,1rhv1
hav~ made a ge:ne1:ou s coutri bu tion towards the co~ ts n [ tl1,, forth ,w11 ne; r·.,,r:,1,; t-
ion. But more funcls ct”e ~rrgently requi.rc
pif~Ces ~uch •
his almost infon i.ble jud 5cment
eHrneJ him Lhe U tie of lhc “Wi z.a rd 01 Lh 1,ocU1 11
•
I~ 1853• the SL=eati~m ~tuJ Wcsl Austr~ll~n o~~~ ~y John How~s won c re trlple
c.roi.,m for his trainer. It
wa.5 quite ust1al for the ownE:r~ to l’.’ew,n:d a wi1 ‘th
a liogshcad of claret or u
case of champagn._, .sent r 1,und 1
.0 L !te we· ‘!,hi ng room
or trajner ::md jockey. John Scott ,;,.as a gn~at· giver of parties ·n(I ·Ji<:re l
no doubt L}){1t he jol n ~colt Goblet. w::1s presented to th famo11s t.:roin .-on l 1~
c;c.;C' i<:n of: one of his ::iu cet;se • , t) C •
TH .. Li NK
UT third P.ron t • c,·,n f.c renr. L S t b vt' - tiry hu5b,•rvl .:.ncl T .. ,:c.::nt Lo O
. b k~ i o e of 011r ns ep ~mer r ··L, .,, 1d I1,~J.t rw .... , d tl. J:1·01 le '•ll111 ' ,.. r at LePd~ Unh .. rs1 L '• ,tt 1 Y ·". 1 ~ .• :. t·J,, fme . t f .. ~•-ds W•"'?. ou·· o lei.ul."~ n:.J-4Xi;ilion.s, c1ll
wat~rculours a11ct tra.ce th0 link or influ<.,n(.e from BP.i.lL1y to Bewick Lo B:l~•n'-f!.
-oOuo-
COURSE ON THE HISTORY
OF CLASS
Lancashire Cclleg12 for Adult· Educ;1tion i.s offering ., nc-., wcek,·rd 10::ldcnLi-11
course: uThe Hjstor.y 0f GL,ss 1
, which i•; aim,:.d at givins bcc.:ginn~rs an. c1ll-r0Llwl
introrluction to the s11bjert, 1·hile. enlwncinb the col ll:icto1 and thL hisluri•111 s
appreciation of this fas CJ nating craft. Four thou-=,anrl y•->11rs or f..:.1.-ssmak i r·~
history, the trnlure of gJa~::;, guidance fur cc.\l lector~ 1 ‘lnd the ::irchti<:dlo;r r•f
glassmaking wjll hE' covered, inc. 1uding a vi.c:.iL t-o th~, Pi1 1·inbton GL.'.l~~ tlusemn
at St. H\c!len.<:, Merseysi.rlc.
Course Direcl
colot1r1_d glasr-, M.r lan Wolfend•.’n, DE>pt. of Art lltstory, Unfv,.–(ty of Mr1nd1C’<;ter,
and Mr Herbert W. WoodwArd, former f'lPper of Cl1.Jss at Bri1·rly Hill Mu..,curn.
The Course wi 11 run fr"m 1.00pm Friday March Ylh to '•.OOptrt SundAy Marcli tHh,
1'J79. Cha-rges for it1-county Applicants ar £16. 70 rcsld nti 1. r .rin. 70 non--
Tesidential; out-courity applicAnts, £20 rc-;identlal, or £12.90 ~on•rf• fdent i J. t
Applications should b mad to Lane~ hire College for Adult Edur-a io, Southp)r ►
Road, Chorley• L nc shiTc, PR/ lNB. TEL. Chor! y (SrD 025 72) 7671 .
REPORTS OF~ ~ET NGS
ANNUAL ,E E L ME~TIN~ -OCTOBER
12th, ARTWORI
each ti forcing the gather into a mould to produce the flof•7e shape as SC(‘Tt
in cros, section. A central hole was then made in the mass w ch was then
drawn i to a thin tube up to 150 metres long. The cooled tub was cut into
short c nes or beads and facetted on a simple hand-operated mac1!ne or polish~
to show the transverse “r.osetle” pattern. They were also roun ed by reheating
i.n
after first blocking the hole with a mixture of lime an charcoal.
rictive pracices imposed
by the Crystal Cutte’t”s Union, ‘cristolleri”,
impeded bead manufacture but by 1510 the actual state f affairs wns at ~d and the glass bead makers given carte blanche to mak whatever. wouid
the industry. Particular colour
arrangements of succe rT~p lay•rs in
Lhe b are
characteristJc of the period (e.g. a central green – nnd ~hr11
r d, wl it:e and an outer blue layer) as wel 1 as simplicity of de ,,. i3 d,
d
for general dccoraLion, embroidery and paternosters b t , J .-u h ,: •
export trade -8 mH lion to So fala in Mozambique a.lone , • 1501-$-9.
sam h~ ds wer~ the beisls of millefiori glass, b inf i• 1 ·ndu d n th
or
via moulds. A serie’J of 5lides showed how beads, lw olo~ic: 1
ts and v . 8 l could be c.orrC’lated. TowarJs the 19th ~, 1 l • • m.s
became more complex aP.d diverse in patt rn and thl!l h helpl • o
dlatin ui bing lat r productions in the ame style. of ligre decor tion will be considered in 1 C tlll
1 8u1hell, and Hra J. , • :.h 11.
t~ l fr•
rHrln hrough E\-.’S I At: •1c,n t:: ·” OTHER SALEN r~ t Ar~ o..1\·1;1-n And A-c’· Dec:~, i1·L ~,, on1ulu mc,11,:l~d LJ;iun,
Th C d O f fl ( I ‘➔ ) 0 l • f t 1 1· 0 ) , . ◄ i C £, h I
• • • – j l !t cl r •..!LO r l ~ · I () r . • l .. ‘ ‘ -.! exception:1Jly i<;, !.P 1
'. ,
1 'J . r .. \' Wi•1tcr1·; • 1111 Vase. ln N .w y
1k, Ct,r1~t LE , ;:, • 1 I ,n. . buL Tiff any l mr,; scent • lt I ro•·1p•-1•·r p,·;(('f, l y 1~rr.· of £24 -...69. It !.S ,ayi, ,li..f•\...,J ~ I• - I -,, • t r1v~ yr:-Prr., .1(;1 l ,~ • , 1, oood invc>·,L111~ut·. 1 0
~ • :.i l’ d f 1~ to have been P. particu’ a r ) ,., . , L() ” t·h1′ s l1.:1rl •jc11 ,.,.r· .
any wh·e bils and ruin t~e tryslal. Mo~t pcop1 e know now 1:1<.lays r·!int d1 ;hwnsbc l'
letergent is too caustic f.:.ir most crystal glass Jnd t"-1ill ertnde Lhe suf.:ct•
doing irrepairable da[Tlage.
lt may be that such trc,1t.m<:11t 01,cc every f,v~
yea-rs or so would
t~l
the fire extinguisher handy just i!1 en.st”:: !
BO’I’TLES ••• BOTTLES … BOTTLES
A 50’7. rise this yeri– in imports of bottlr:·t•: atld r;1 . .:is~1,,::He from Lhe Cc>nlinr•nl.
is worrying the U.K. glass nv.trket, the w.:.dn ,~ m1w:tltion con,ing fron, Franco:.! and
West Germany. St Gobain, the large F1.0.nch i.nclu.~tri~l cnn~lonierat< .. , •;hows a
sales increa::;e of about 5 milli:)n frs. chL year anrl is expecting iargei· sf..lles
in the future. United Glass, Engl ands ] a rg,es t prod;Jce r of gla·· s con tai ncrs
have applied to the pri.c.~ corr.miss.ion for a 7.8~~ pr11.:e lncrecse. Trc~ step up
i'1
in,ports doea.~ not com~ only f.com the Ef,C ('Ount1 ie:~. A.ptH·n:nUy glass unp,,.i:t:;
cross from East to West Ge..-many with I be g·;--e 1t.::,;-;t or· .~nse,
:_.wl tl-t f(':u i, ex
pressed that EastE>rn Europe,,n c.omp-::tition is (.ltspL.1cing. n•P.nufact.Lning capdcity
in the west.
HAVING A GO AT CLASSMAKING !
If you have watched a
51assblo,•;e
r at work you iT!ay h1we Cnm~ ied
having a go yourself. One solution to thic_; rtmblr.ion i1, L, t-;1~.e a few lt:.,son:
at The Glasshouse, Co\.’ent Garden. which run~ inlensi.ve weekend courc,P.c; wi.th
two sLude:nts under the supervision of c teacher. Those who have
bec:-t cc il :eern
to come l:!way physicr1lly exhausL<>d but 111eulnlly rPv!talized and clulchtng
weird and dlstorU,