Pop Art movement—the beginning. The Pop Art movement surfaced during the 1950s in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Dominating the art world, it drew its inspiration from simple, bold images of popular and mass culture. Imagery from sources of advertising, comic books, celebrities, animals, and day-to-day objects are used. Following the more […]
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Canadian glass artistry took off in the mid-seventies when glassmaking stepped away from the functional form and towards contemporary art. Today, Canadian glass artists’ work includes blown glass, fine art glass and glass art sculptures. Art Glass Pioneers Elena Lee A key figure, for Canadian glass artists, was Elena Lee and her gallery, ‘Galerie Elena
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Dale Chihuly Glass Art is quite simply breathtaking. His bold, flamboyant, and incredibly intricate glass sculptures are globally revered and recognised. Chihuly Glass Art is displayed in over 200 museums and other exhibitions. Dale has also won numerous awards, recognising his work and his contribution to glass artistry, specifically blown glass. How it all
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Art Glass Designers, Remigijus Kriukas ”If we were to name one artist who is the most visible and most respected glass celebrity in Lithuania today, it would certainly be Remigijus Kriukas. The main reason is his great knowledge of what glass is capable of, the extraordinary and irreproducible qualities that distinguish it from other materials.”
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Art Works and Glass for all Autumn is well and truly here, bringing with it the evolving beauty of nature. The alluring tones of orange, yellow and brown, sets our mind towards the warm glow from the dancing flames of a winters fire. The season of goodwill will soon be upon us and the wish
Glass art has been used to beautify homes and other buildings for centuries, from stained glass windows to sculptures as well as functional bowls and vases. However, for a long time, glass art was viewed as the ‘poor cousin’ to painting sculpture and pottery. That is no longer the case, and the glass art business
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Fused Glass Art Workshop Day At Boha we are impressed daily with the work we see produced by Artists, and often feel the desire to express our own talents. Well Wahida has more of such a talent than I, so it was an opportunity to good to miss when I happened upon an invitation to
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Glassblowing has been present in Venice for over 1000 years. It is believed that Murano Glass making has existed since the 8th century and is the oldest operating glass-blowing community in the world. It was Europe’s first major glass-making centre. Beautiful NEW Murano Glass by Gianluca Vidal – CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM ALL Venice
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The Beginnings of Bohemian Glass Bohemian glass production began in about 300BC, and by the 10th Century the Bohemian furnaces were producing glass costume jewellery (bijouterie) The expression Bohemian (from bohème, or bohèmien) surfaced around the mid-nineteenth century in France in relation to the erroneous idea that freedom-loving gipsy travellers came from Bohemia. Bohemian art glass,
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It’s not just Bristol Blue Glass that Bristol is well known for. If you ask people what is Bristol is famous for, you will get a myriad of answers as this west country city is famous for many things. Most likely answers would include Isambard Brunel’s, Shipbuilding and the term ‘Shipshape and Bristol Fashion’ and
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