ART OF GLASS
Hi,
My name is Julie Bolton and I’m a glass designer/maker.
I work from my glass art studio in the grounds of wonderful Samares Manor.
I attended Wolverhampton University (the largest glass art school in Europe), there I studied glass in all its forms and received a BA(Hons) 3d Art/Design glass and printmaking.
My special area is casting glass,mostly using the ‘lost wax or cire perdue’ method.
My cast work is usually sculptural, I’m lucky enough to have a great source of inspiration (Laliques Glass Church) just a mile away from where I live.
I also use many other ways of expressing my art with glass : e.g. Fusing glass, Slumping glass, mixing glass with other media, glass jewellery and glass with silver.
I was awarded ‘Best Glass’ at the ‘Artizans’ showcase in 2004 , since then I mostly work to commission while making smaller glass items for visitors to buy when they visit me at my Glass Studio in Samares Manor.
I’ve been working with glass for over 11 years now, though my interest in it probably started when I was much younger, as my father used to take me to visit great cathedrals such as Chartres, in France, where we lived.
On this website I aim to put various glass articles that I hope you will find of interest, concerning the art of glassmaking.
Please submit comments if there is something glass related you would like to see in particular or need help with.
My name is Julie Bolton and I’m a glass designer/maker.
I work from my glass art studio in the grounds of wonderful Samares Manor.
I attended Wolverhampton University (the largest glass art school in Europe), there I studied glass in all its forms and received a BA(Hons) 3d Art/Design glass and printmaking.
My special area is casting glass,mostly using the ‘lost wax or cire perdue’ method.
My cast work is usually sculptural, I’m lucky enough to have a great source of inspiration (Laliques Glass Church) just a mile away from where I live.
I also use many other ways of expressing my art with glass : e.g. Fusing glass, Slumping glass, mixing glass with other media, glass jewellery and glass with silver.
I was awarded ‘Best Glass’ at the ‘Artizans’ showcase in 2004 , since then I mostly work to commission while making smaller glass items for visitors to buy when they visit me at my Glass Studio in Samares Manor.
I’ve been working with glass for over 11 years now, though my interest in it probably started when I was much younger, as my father used to take me to visit great cathedrals such as Chartres, in France, where we lived.
On this website I aim to put various glass articles that I hope you will find of interest, concerning the art of glassmaking.
Please submit comments if there is something glass related you would like to see in particular or need help with.
Please join me as I show you how to make a beautiful embellishment for your art project using rubber stamps, a melting pot, UTEE, and alcohol inks. Warning: this is not a project for children as the products are heated to 400 degrees.
Here is some footage from the Sonoran Glass Art Academy’s Flame Off! 2012 which took place at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona on February 3, 2012.
Uroboros Glass is a manufacturer selling world wide that focuses on the most specialized parts of the colored glass market. The word Uroboros comes from alchemists who sought to create precious objects from common materials. This video demonstrates their techniques for making sheets of hand made art glass.
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Tim McFadden is a glass blower, a discipline that seems to be fading away with time. But not if Tim has anything to do with it! Tim has a studio in Baltimore, MD where he does more than create works of art. Tim teaches glass blowing, hosts glass blowing parties and demonstrations, and trains interns. As an alumnus of Salisbury University, Tim was able to open his studio with the help of the Perdue School of Business Bernstein Business Plan Award he received. It was our great pleasure to spend the day with Tim and watch him create, as we think you will see here!
Brandon Price showcases the art and science behind glass blowing. A new attraction in Magic Kingdom, this glass blowing studio was added in the back of the Arribas Brothers shop on Main Street. Read more about glass art at Walt Disney World Resort at Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/hzoyyW
Sand on Glass Art….. Sexy..
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Local Glass Artist Evan Schauss walks on glass for artwalk. Http://in-tacoma.net
A slide show of entries into Delphi Glass’ Recycled Arts Contest. Entries had to contain at least one recycled element, but many of these entries were made entirely from found or discarded objects. This was not a juried competition, rather winners were chosen at random. To browse all of the entries and to view artist credit, please visit DelphiGlass.com/gallery.
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