Engaging with Glass: a survey of contemporary Irish Glass Art April 21st – May 27th 2012
http://www.travergallery.com/
Tambour – Limerick Lace Series. Blown glass with diamond point engraving.
Photo: Mike O Toole.
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http://www.nationalcraftgallery.ie/exhibitions/between-art-and-industry
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Tags : contemprary glass, Crfats council of Ireland, Glass, Glass art, glass exhibition Ireland, Glass exhibitions in Europe 2012, glass sculpture, National craft Gallery, Sculpture, Waterford glass
Liquid String
Based on a once common-place versatile bag made of knotted string this bag form tells its story through its cast shadow. Shaped by the ghost of it contents, its detail and history are defined by fine engraving describing the interlacing of knotted string. By casting a delicate but strong shadow it leaves the viewer decide what the content might be and marvel at the method of making which was often overlooked in the original item.
Materials Glass
Techniques Blown glass, hot formed glass, diamond point engraved
Dimensions vary H490 x W150x L280mm
Exhale
A basket form made of glass, captures the form of an exhalation of breath. The swollen form suggests a laden soft basket shaped by its contents. The fragile handle is drawn from the body of the basket as if it is one fluid line of continuous exhalation.
Title; Exhale
Materials Glass
Techniques; Blown hot formed glass, Dimensions vary H300 xL280x W130mm
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Róisín de Buitléar has been selected to represent Ireland at;
PRESENTING THE BEST OF EUROPEAN GLASS
BORNHOLM – DENMARK
The exhibition European Glass Art represents professional and established artists within the field of glass art. European Glass Art will be shown at Bornholms Art Museum from 15.9 – 18.11.2012.
To see full list of participating artists go to http://www.europeanglasscontext.com/events/exhibitions
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Tags : European glass, European Glass Context 2012, Glass exhibitions in Europe 2012, Glass in Bornholm
Adornment
An Exhibition of Photography and Jewellery at Designworks Studio, Cornmarket, Cork, opens September 22nd 2011. Featuring The Urban warrior collection of Jewellery by Tuula Harrington in collaboration with Róisín de Buitléar. Also featuring jewellery by Rachel Swan, Ger Breslin, Sam Lafford, Mette O Connor, Christina Brosnan, Seamus Gill, and Derek Mc Garry, with photography by Agata Stoinska. Concept and art direction by Eddie Shanahan.
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The origins of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) date to the foundation of its forerunner the Dublin Science and Art Museum in 1877. At that time and up until the early twentieth century acquisition of contemporary applied arts, both national and international was an important aspect of collecting. This situation changed on Irish Independence in 1922, and from that decade on the collections policy of the museum turned almost exclusively to that of historical collecting of Irish decorative and applied arts.
In recent years this situation has changed, and the NMI has again been in a position to acquire contemporary Irish material for the national collection. Outside of the National Museum’s own budget, there is a joint purchase fund with the Crafts Council of Ireland since 2004, which has significantly helped in establishing an Irish contemporary craft collection held at Collins Barracks.
A selection of objects acquired as a result of this fund are on display at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, and include the best of Irish ceramics, glass, furniture, wood-turning, jewellery and metals.
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Rockpooling by Róisín de Buitléar at ‘Illuminate – Contemporary Irish Glass’
6 August – 1 September 2011 at The Kenny Gallery.
Liosbán Retail Park, Tuam Road, Galway.
www.thekennygallery.ie
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Jerpoint invites “Hot Glass Divas” to exhibit during Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Jerpoint Glass and the “Hot Glass Divas” mark “Year of Craft” from August 4th to August 31st at the Glass Attic Gallery at Jerpoint Glass Studio with their exciting exhibition and glass demonstrations that celebrates women’s contribution to hot glassmaking in Ireland.
One of the unique and exciting characteristics of the Irish art-glass industry is that female artists dominate it. To highlight this distinctive feature of Irish glassblowing, Jerpoint have exclusively invited Irish women working in hot glass to exhibit their work in their exhibition entitled “Hot Glass Divas”.
The group of Irish women set to display their work this summer represent both established and up-and-coming artists, including internationally renowned glassblower Róisín de Buitléar, Seattle based fine-artist Paula Stokes and Karen Donnellan, who is gaining a reputation for her intricate glass forms. The exhibition will include vessels, bowls, sculpture and free forms that illustrate innovative techniques in glassblowing for example layering colour upon colour and appliqué to hot glass.
Glassblowing is a most exciting spectacle! During the Festival visitors can experience first hand some of Ireland’s most innovative glass artists, including Lucinda Robertson and Caroline Madden perform their magic in the hot glass studio in specially arranged glassblowing demonstrations that will run alongside the visual arts display in the Glass Attic Gallery.
“For over thirty years, Jerpoint have specialised in making beautiful handmade pieces in hot glass. It is especially fitting that our Arts Festival exhibition for “Year of Craft” reflects our hot glass tradition while celebrating contemporary glass artists in Ireland today, who all happen to be women!” said Sally Leadbetter of Jerpoint Glass.
The Glass Attic Gallery is located at Jerpoint Glass Studio, Stoneyford, Co Kilkenny. Jerpoint Glass, a family business, produces a wide range of exclusive hand-made glass, which is available at the Studio or select stores nationwide.
Coinciding with Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011, “Hot Glass Divas” will run from 4th August to 31st August. Exhibition open 7 days a week and free of charge. Visit www.jerpointglass.com for demonstration times. For further information, contact Kathleen Leadbetter on 056 7724530 or enquiries@jerpointglass.com.
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Engaging with Glass: Exhibition and Symposium
7th June – 16 July 2011
Engaging with Glass: Exhibition, presents a selection of contemporary glass artwork from Irish artists working at home and abroad. Following an international call for submissions, glasswork was selected for the exhibition by Dr. Audrey Whitty, Curator of Ceramics, Glass and Asian collections at the National Museum of Ireland and Tina Oldnow, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA. The exhibition features 72 pieces by 41 artists.
Róisín de Buitléar is showing at Engaging with glass The Solstice Gallery Navan.
Gallery opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm. Admission Free. For further information visit www.solsticeartscentre.ie Tel. +353 46 9092300
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Temporary Installation, waste glass and steel construction - Youth project. Sponsored by WMG Group Cork
Slow Architecture Grand Canal Basin Dublin
Interior of Barge for Slow Architecture exhibition.
see http://www.slowarchitecture.ie/
Honouring the work of craft.
Boundaries – A claiming of territory, a demarcation of land, a definition of space.
This proposal looked to vernacular construction methods of rural crafts as a point of departure to present glass as a construction material of many uncelebrated guises. Traditional methods of making boundaries for shelter, enclosure or to define territory are evident country wide. Using available materials at hand was common place. These were renewable, durable, recyclable, or biodegradable. Construction was slow and methodical. Rhythm texture and use of specific materials was fundamental to the function of the structure. Dry stone walling, wattle and daub construction, split hazel and willow hurdle making, coppicing and thatching are examples of skills which respected nature and often served a secondary function to their constructive one.
Glass as a material can become the conceptual boundary between the physical and the metaphysical. It defines space light and form. Its use as a filter of light provides comfort and climate control. The limitation for glass has always been in its production. Its production cost is high, and working the material in ways that are challenging require a range of craft skills and in depth expertise. It is a unique architectural material which we take for granted using only a fraction of its inherent qualities. Notions of space, lightness, darkness, solid and void, transparency or translucency can be explored through this material.
In modern building schemes creation and disposal of waste is a growing environmental issue and is impacting on building costs. Glass is no exception and thousands of tonnes of waste glass are created and dumped each year. Rural building methods drew on a rich source of material close at hand. In this proposal I wish to address how this glass waste material can be used as an exciting and challenging resource for use in architecture. By combining waste glass with hot glass production many options can be challenged, in the context of a small exhibition space this will need to take the form of drawings, samples and photgraphy.
Engaging the community as part of this work was an essential part of this work. Rural constructions were often community projects of people working together in ‘meitheal’ or groups. A gathering of neighbours worked together to ease the work load and create constructions which would otherwise not have been possible. Each offer of work was reciprocated.
Constructing a structure or boundary with the local community at a mooring point illustrates how slow architecture can encapsulate traditions which we could readdress. Creating a requirement of preparation for this work involves the wider community, making community members aware of the project evolving in their area opening a dialogue on slow architecture. It reinforces the link with rural traditions between the older and younger members of a community.
This project was made possible by the generous donation of waste glass from WMG group Churchfiled Cork and lighting from NJPower Ballymount Dublin
The project was constucted by youths from the Andrew resource centre Pearse street and the glass department in NCAD Dublin, led by Artist Róisín de Buitléar
Many thanks to volunteers
Leanne Payne
Chelsea Barry
Tara Oglesby
Jordan Byrne
Josh Coughlan
Daniel O’ Callaghan
With
Ciara Cuddihy
Conor O Toole
Sinead Brennan
Michele Keily
Aoife Soden
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Tags : Andrews street project, Barge, glass dept NCAD, Installation, NCAD, recycled glass, reused glass, slow architecture, steel gabions, waste glass, Waterways Ireland
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