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This is a link to the print version of hte newsletter that I edit for the American Glass Guild.

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By American Glass Guild in American Glass Guild Newsletter

28 pages, published 10/15/2013

Highlights of 2013 American Glass Guild Conference in St. Augustine, FL, including an article about his talk, Making Glass for Artists, by Eric Lovell. Plus, an introduction to Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, the location of our 2014 Conference -

The Austin Wall

On the Forbes website (with tons of ads, alas), from a few weeks ago -
Old And New Tech Combine In An Artistic Masterpiece

Interesting article about a new glass art commission in a courthouse in Austin, Texas - though it is a bit of a stretch to say that the stained glass technology they are using here is "old".
The appropriate quote -

Of course, in addition to the new technology of 3D imaging, Ross also relied heavily on an older one – stained glass. Although it was conceived on a computer screen, Ross and his studio worked in conjunction with Franz Mayer of Munich Co. to hand make each piece of stained glass used in the work. The glass was composed in two layers – the front layer was engraved, hand painted and fired. The back layer was digitally printed, fired, hand painted, then fired again. The two layers of glass were then laminated together.

This kind of laminated artwork has only been around for a few decades, so 'older technology' doesn't seem quite right. Still, the article and gallery are lengthy and worth a look/read.

Mormon TIME Magazine Cover Revisited

With a new Ai WeiWei designed cover for TIME magazine gaining some attention as the "Most Beautiful Cover We've Ever Done", it's time to revisit my post on the least beautiful TIME cover of all time, from just 8 months ago -

You Decide  - Ugliest to "Most Beautiful" in eight months?
A side by side comparison of Time magazine covers, October 2012 and June 2013

Full article below the fold

Glass Farm - The Printed Glass Building

New extreme for digital printing on glass 

Glass Farm: MVRDV's Modern Glass Building is Printed With a Traditional Farmhouse Facade

The artist is Frank Van Der Salm

There is also, curiously, a Glass Farm Webcam

Vitreosity on Tumblr

In looking at different options for expanding Vitreosity, I've created a Vitreosity on Tumblr page. I'm not at all sure how it will develop, but here goes...

Screenshot of Vitreosity on tumblr

Temporary blog for Vitreosity

I'm having some technical problems with my blog Vitreosity. You can still see (most) old posts, but I cannot create new content there for now, and the search function is down. I hope to have the situation fully resolved in a few months, if not sooner. I may or may not be changing the blogging software I use. I figure as long as I have this blog as a bridge I can take my time and get the main blog done right. Sorry for the inconvenience.

In the meantime, at this blog, you can leave comments!

Johan Thorn-Prikker: Jugendstil to Abstraction

Today was the last day for an exhibit I just heard of... today.

Johan Thorn Prikker - Mit allen Regeln der Kunst. Vom Jugendstil zur Abstraktion
rough translation -
With All the Tricks of Art. From Art Nouveau to Abstraction, at the Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany. All of the material I'm linking to is in German and German only, so maybe it's not too surprising that the word hasn't spread too quickly to the USA.


Ecce Homo, 1913, Kenstmuseen Krefield

I've mentioned Thorn Prikker here before (Johan Thorn-Prikker Video - 2007 and Thorn Prikker Picasa Pix - 2008) and noted that I tend to lean toward the Jugendstill Thorn Prikker more than the Abstraktion Thorn Prikker. What I can see of the exhibition on the web just reinforces that.

Make sure to download the very nice pdf file that is a kind of travelogue of Thorn-Prikker sites. Auf den Spuren von Johan Thorn Prikker - Kunstroute
In the footsteps of Johan Thorn Prikker - Art Route The file is 29 pages long, with a fair number of images, all making up a tour of Thorn Prikker glass sites. Very interesting.

Here is a link to a video walkthrough of the exhibit. I wish there were more of this on the web, giving at least a rough approximation of how the layout worked and what was exhibited.
Mediathek - kultiversum video on Thorn Prikker Exhibit

The name of the video is given as "Hindu-Epos im Treppenhaus", translating at Hindu Epic in the Stairwell. Is that a mistake? Mistranslation? Odd German bit of humor? I have no idea. But it is an interesting video.

Below the fold is a Google Translate German-to-English version of the main Thorn-Prikker exhibit page...