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Glass
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Chihuly 
 Dale Chihuly is one of the most creative and audacious glassblowers of modern times. He has created quite a stir in the glass world with his remarkable technique and grand artistic vision. This site offers beautiful photographs of smaller glass objects, larger installations, and examples of temporary and permanent displays at museums and art galleries around the world. The site gives a brief biography and a chronology of his career. http://www.chihuly.com/ Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Crafts Last updated Dec 27, 2002 East Carolina University's Glassblowing Services
Includes an illustrated tutorial on glassblowing; information on equipment, materials, tools, and terminology; data and tables of volumes, including pressure conversions, physical properties, and more; a section on designing a shop; special tips; and "recipes" for making glass. From East Carolina University, North Carolina. http://www.ecu.edu/glassblowing/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 12, 2006 Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass
Exhibition on glass artist Lino Tagliapietra, whose "career -- from a childhood spent working in glass factories in Murano, Italy, through maturation as a designer and craftsman for industry, to full fruition as an independent artist -- is unusual under any circumstance and unheard of in American studio glass." View over 25 images of the artist's work. (Move cursor over images to bring up details about each piece.) From the Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/lino/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Jan 12, 2009 New-York Historical Society to Shine "A New Light on Tiffany"
Press release about a 2007 exhibit "exploring the turn-of-the-century New York women who created many of Tiffany Studios' celebrated decorative objects." The exhibit "celebrates the contributions of the Ohio-born designer Clara Driscoll (1861-1944), head of Tiffany Studios' Women's Glass Cutting Department. Driscoll's correspondence reveals that she was responsible for many of the firm's most iconic lampshades, including the Wisteria, Dragonfly, and Peony." Includes images. From the New-York Historical Society. https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=whats_new&page=detail_pr&id=2742029 Topics: Crafts, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 21, 2007 The Preservation and Repair of Historic Stained and Leaded Glass
Detailed information about the cleaning, repair, restoration, and protection of stained and leaded glass in historic buildings. Includes historical background, information about dating and documenting leaded glass, guidelines for photographing stained glass, and a selected reading list. Part of the National Park Service's "Preservation Briefs" series, which also includes "The Preservation of Historic Pigmented Structural Glass (Vitrolite and Carrara Glass)." http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/briefs/brief33.htm Topics: Crafts Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Stained Glass
This site includes illustrated articles from Stained Glass Magazine , information on the Stained Glass Association of America (including membership requirements and a convention schedule), and a list of scholarships available from the Stained Glass School. http://www.stainedglass.org/ Topics: Crafts, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Stained Glass Information and Search Site
This site contains basic information on stained glass techniques and offers step-by-step instructions for using specific tools and devices. Other sections include a store and studio finder, links to reputable companies, a calendar of classes and meetings, and a brief history of art glass. http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/glass.html Topics: Crafts Last updated Dec 8, 2000 Tiffany
This site provides information about galleries "devoted to the arts of Louis C. Tiffany, one of the most versatile and talented American artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." It features essays and images of "Tiffany's windows, lamps, ... mosaics, blown Favrile glass vases, pottery, enamelwork, and jewelry." Also includes a bibliography and list of New York locations with works by Tiffany. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Tiffany/index.html Topics: Artists, Crafts, Fashion Last updated Jul 11, 2005 |
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