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Biography. Hans Godo Frabel is one of the first lampwork glass artists in the world. He turned the technique of "working at the lamp" to an art form back in 1968, when he opened the Frabel Studio in Atlanta, Georgia. [1][2] At that time crystal glass was not considered a serious art medium and few artists were utilizing the beauty and diversity ...
Dale Patrick Chihuly was born on September 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington. [3] His parents were George and Viola Chihuly; his paternal grandfather was born in Slovakia. [3] In 1957, his older brother and only sibling George died in a Navy aviation training accident in Pensacola, Florida. [4] In 1958, Chihuly's father died of a heart attack at ...
A stage in the manufacture of a Bristol blue glass ship's decanter.The blowpipe is being held in the glassblower's left hand. The glass is glowing yellow. As a novel glass forming technique created in the middle of the 1st century BC, glassblowing exploited a working property of glass that was previously unknown to glassworkers; inflation, which is the expansion of a molten blob of glass by ...
It was Nov. 9, 1938, or Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass” — when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. This Thursday, on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht ...
Blown Away is a Canadian reality glassblowing competition television series that premiered on the Canadian channel Makeful [1] before a subsequent release on the streaming platform Netflix. The 10-episode first season was released on July 12, 2019. The series is filmed in Canada [2] and is produced by Marblemedia.
Website. www .joshsimpsonglass .com. Josh Simpson (born August 17, 1949 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American glass artist. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries around the world, and is held in the collections of museums such as the Corning Museum of Glass; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Renwick Gallery. [ 1]
Lino Tagliapietra (foreground) and Checco Ongaro. Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934) is an Italian glass artist originally from Venice, who has also worked extensively in the United States. As a teacher and mentor, he has played a key role in the international exchange of glassblowing processes and techniques between the principal American centers ...
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Host an Elegant Opening-Night Gala for Their Art Exhibition in Atlanta. Shaheem Reid. September 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM. The attendees wore suits, gowns, sleeveless suit ...