Glass News from Angela, April 11th 2004

Hi,
I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Easter holiday.

Did you know that Pirelli Glass was closely associated with Vasart and Strathearn Glass (Scotland) during the 1950s and 60s? They made some beautiful little animal figurines, including a set that were made for Guiness which have become highly collectible. There is a new page on the Glass Encyclopedia about Pirelli Glass - click here to read it.

Recently I have become fascinated with the variety of surface treatments that produce a frosted effect on glass. Did you know that Carlo Scarpa, working for Venini in the 1930s, used hydrofluoric acid mixed with sawdust to produce a mottled form of frosting that they called "Corroso"? I would be grateful if you can take a look at the article I have put on the Glass Museum website about the many kinds of frosted and rough surfaces found on glass. I would like to know more about how some of these effects were acheived, especially the ones that look like sprayed on "overshot". Click here to read the article on Rough Surfaces on Glass.

This Newsletter has information about glass exhibitions and events over the next couple of months, some newly published books about glass, and links to our glass on eBay. I do hope you find something here to enjoy.

During February my computer decided of its own accord that it would update my mailing list, and completely deleted 6,800 names from the Glass Newsletter list. So that is why you have not heard from me for a while. I managed to recover 5000 of those names from a backup disc I made last November, and another thousand from my "trash" files. But unfortunately there are about 800 people who had registered and whose email addresses I have lost; so if you are part of a club or a discussion group on glass and you think some of the members may have been amongst my "lost 800" could you let the group know about my problem and invite them to re-apply at http://www.glass-time.com/joinglasslist.html? Also there are half a dozen or so people who asked to be removed who have now been restored to the list and I don't know who they are. So my apologies to those who asked to be removed. Please tell me again!

I received an email recently from a regular visitor to the Glass Encyclopedia, who told me that there were problems with pop-up and pop-under advertisements appearing when she opened the pages of the Glass Museum and the Glass Encyclopedia. I have looked into this and removed some advertisements and disabled the pop-up/pop-under option on all the others, so you shouldn't have this problem now. Please let me know if you get a pop-up or pop-under or anything else obnoxious from visiting my websites, so I can take action.

If the links don't work in your email copy of this newsletter, you'll find another version with all its links working here:  http://www.glassnewsletter.com/040408news.html

Designer Searches This is just a reminder that there's a very useful list of Designer Searches of ebay to be found at http:www.glassencyclopedia.com/ebay/searchindex1.html. I have started using it myself, and find it really useful when I don't have much time and I want to check through the various types of glass that interest me.

Our GLASS on eBay:
If you want to see a quick overview, you'll find our auctions at http://www.myglassauction.com

We have been promoting Ray Ansin's stunning "Gardens in Glass" pendants, and I think his new signature cane which is now included in his paperweight-beads is a great innovation. Take a look at one of these:

Ray Ansin - Millefiori Red Garden in Glass signed Ansin, kiln annealed lampwork focal glass bead pendant, beautifully formed hibiscus flowers and Ray's new signature cane "RA" - on eBay at #4103143306

Ray Ansin - pale blue and dark blue primulas with beautiful yellow stamens in their centres - on eBay at #4103143633

Keith Mahy - from his Earthscape series of paperweights, another beautiful and unusual silver iridized paperweight, signed and dated by the artist - on eBay at #3715696377

Tango style Bohemian art deco glass vase bright vermillion orange decorated with black, yellow and brown glass splashes around the base and a brass top - on ebay at #3715696205


They are all put up without reserve and so far most of them do not have any bids. If you would like to see a quick summary with pictures, or keep in touch with the new items I am going to add, please go to http://www.myglassauction.com/


EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES AND GLASS SHOWS:

a: The GlassArt Society's 34th Annual Conference will te held in New Orleans, Louisiana,  from June 10-12, 2004. The keynote speaker will be Andrei Codrescu from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Glassworking will be demonstrated by Lucio Bubacco, Bandhu Scott Dunham, Gene Koss, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, and others. More information can be found on their website at http://www.glassart.org.