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Increasingly less. M. A. Carretero.
pouring salt into the open wound above.
Chamber I of the Museum, there is a right of entry facilities, will be converted into a meeting place for seniors can take our little game of cards or dominoes, or read the newspaper if we want .
But the sculptures that now exist in that space will sleep the sleep of the just in the store. U take the place of others who enjoy a dark deposit.
As we stated in our appeal to our Mayor through the virtual space Change.org, I think we deserve the greatest spaces to enjoy leisure time and entertainment, either solitary or enjoying the company of friends. Sure.
But for this we must leave adequate space and without so tortuous, we assigned a place which was already occupied by a cultural sphere as that of one of the Museum of Glass Art.
Moreover, what more will come to this room in the harsh winter or summer haze having to go through a long, bleak, dark and abandoned land?
For our part, it is true that our financial resources are very limited, but our love for
the MAVA is so great; our desire to spread the culture of art glass have them so ingrained; strong is our belief that this Museum is a nationally and internationally; as we think it is an assault on one of our municipal properties, we are using everything in our power to expose this abuse of power by our Mayor and has no other purpose than to serve as election propaganda in the face of next municipal elections.
For this we use the advantages dump that we provide social media to disseminate and publicize the current situation of our Museum.
Through Change.org we are collecting signatures in support of our just demands, so we encourage all our readers to also include your signature, share with friends our initiative and rolling upgrades to know that we are adding .
Cadena Ser echoed this request and I recorded an interview in which I stated my opinion about the nonsense which is the measure taken by our Mayor regarding the MAVA and my skepticism about the possibility that we get to present him firms that support our request.
Newsletter
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28925 ALCORCÓN.28925 ALCORCÓN.
(MADRID)(MADRID)
[email protected]@amigosmava.org
Monthly Newsletter
Each time we have less exhibition space in our MAVA.
It all started at the beginning of this year that we just left.
The offices on the second floor of the museum, including the library, and a good part of the exhibition space were donated by our City to Madrid to set up a family meeting point.
The enormous impact that produced us that news was mitigated in part by the denial of staff of the private company that would develop the service, given the absence of minimum conditions for the proper performance of their work.
In the end everything was reduced to the installation of a Family Counseling developed by the NGO Association Trama Center, but the museum was left without offices or library.
If that was the ominous beginning of the year, the end was like
Marta Klonowska
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PUNTOS DE INTERÉS
ESPECIAL:
Piece of the month
Change.org petition
Moroccan blowers
Alchemist air
Activities on the MAVA
News
Our activities
Glass recycling
How do
C O N T E N I D O :
Piece of the month 3
Established artists 4
Young artists 4
Change.org petition 5
Moroccan blowers 6
Alchemist air 7
Activities Museums 8
Activities on the MAVA 11
Concert MAVA 12
Roman glass in Museums 13
Craft Fair 14
Glass art adapted 15
CNV controls its debt 16
Coin with glass 17
News 18
Culture 2014 18
Concert MAVA 19
Ntra. Sra. De Atocha 19
The glass in museums 20
Ornaments under the sea 21
Currency € 125,000 22
Czech glass in Saxony 23
Recycling 24
Isabel de Obaldía 25
Cultural visits 26
Culture 2015 program 26
Delayed CRAM 27
Other trends 28
Lobmeyr issued collection 29
Exhibition of wonders 30
Glass jewelry bargains 31
Investment in window 32
Collaborate with La Granja 33
How do 34
Find in Denmark 35
Duralex survives 36
The glass in Segovia 37
Ana Yabar in Bilbao 38
Workshop Igor Obeso 39
“I acknowledge” 40
New Year in New York 41
Board Of Directors 42
Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIII) MAC. Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIII) MAC. Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIII) MAC.
Intellectual
Property Law
BOOK III
Protection of the rights recognized in this Act
TITLE IV
Management bodies of the rights recognized in the Act
Article 158 Commi-ssion on Intellectual Property
1. Intellectual Property Commission as a body of national scope for the exerci-se of the functions of mediation and arbi-tration, and safeguar-ding intellectual property rights assig-ned to this Act is
hereby created in the Ministry of Culture.
2. The Commission shall act through two sections.
The First Section shall act as mediation and arbitration assigned by this Act.
The Second Section shall, within the scope of the powers of the Ministry of Culture, for the protection of intellectual property rights against infrin-gement by the servi-ces responsible for the information society in the terms provided in Articles 8 and concordant Law 34/2002, of July 11, Services Information Society and Electronic
Commerce.
3. It is up to the First Section exercising the functions of mediation and arbitration in accordance with the following rules:
1.º In his mediation:
a) to collaborate in negotiations, following submission of the parties, if not succee-ded in concluding a contract with respect to matters directly related to the collective mana-gement of copyright, and for the autoriza-tion of cable distribution of a broadcast, for lack of agreement between the holders of intellectual property rights and cable distribution companies.
U R G E N T N E W SU R G E N T N E W SU R G E N T N E W S
Glass Harmonica.
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On December 31, surely just the night (or started the next day) surrounded by music.
This curious instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin American politician in 1762, after seeing in Cambridge (England) concert wine glasses filled with water touched by the English Edward Delaval (1729-1814).
Harmonic glass consists of a series of glass plates or bowls of different sizes stacked horizontally aligned and crossed
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No response from the Department of Culture.No response from the Department of Culture.No response from the Department of Culture.
17-01-13. Requesting inventory of the components of the
permanent collection of MAVA.
11-06-13. Possibility of receipt by the MAVA documentation on
glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of
Science.
11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the
Community of Madrid to install social services in the MAVA.
by a shaft connected to a pedal belt that rotates while playing, in the manner of an old sewing machine.
She touches his fingers dipping slightly and touching the dishes while rotating, producing crystal clear sound.
Currently has a record of four octaves. Composers such as Mozart or Beethoven have written pieces for this instrument.
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Piece of the month. Yumiko Noda.
Yumiko Noda is one of
the main representatives
of the New Glass in your
country.
His name is essential
when discussing
contemporary glass in
Japan, so that his work is
represented in all the
best specialized
museums.
In fact, in 1987, the
Corning Museum of
Glass acquired his work.
He studied art at the
University of Tama, Tokyo
(1979) and soon traveled
to the United States to
further his education.
Thus, between 1981 and
1983, Yumiko Noda made
study trips to Illinois State
University, and at the
Pilchuck Glass School in
Stanwood, Washington,
assisted in both cases by
grants.
A year later, back at
home, he opened his
own studio in Asagaya,
Tokyo.
Since then there have
been traveling to and
staying in different
countries of the world,
named instructor courses
and workshops: Toyama
City Institute of Glass Art
(1992), at the same
University Tama Art
where he studied (1992),
Pilchuck Glass School
(1993) and the Canberra
Institute of Arts, within the
National University of
Australia (1995).
He has served on all
major events that have
taken place in relation to
contemporary glass in
Japan, either at home or
outside it as: Glass Art
'90, an exhibition
organized by the Open
Air Museum Hakone-
where he earned a
mention Honor-, various
editions of the exhibition
Glass Worl Now
promoted by the Museum
of Modern Art in
Hokkaido, Sapporo, and
New Glass in Japan
conducted by the
Kunstmusum of
Düsseldorf (1993).
More recently participated
in the exhibition
Contemporary Studio
Glass from Japan in the
Finnish Glass Musum of
Finland (1998) and
organized by the Museum
of Taipei (2000).
In Spain was shown his
work in Japan shows.
Contemporary Glassware
(JAPAN 1995) held at the
National Glass Centre
Foundation of La Granja
in 1995.
Currently working on
Niijima Glass Art Center
as Associate Director.
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Established artists. Marta Klonowska.
create my own artificial
world.
The fact that they are
animals suggests a farce:
they hide a special charm, a
mystery, an intriguing
dynamic or static aesthetic.
For us humans, animals are
less intelligible than
members of our own species.
While it may seem a
divertimento, these animals
are to me abstract metaphors
designed to express certain
emotions, to generate a
particular mood.
At the same time, they are
less transparent than they
might be human
representations. ... ".
Marta has received important
awards in Paris, Sweden and
London.
He has exhibited regularly in
successive samples in Lorch
+ Seidl Gallery in Berlin, and
since 2011 one of his works
are on display at the Corning
Museum of Glass.
You can enjoy images of his
sculptures and installations
on the website of Lorch +
Seidl.
Emerging artists. Robyn Townsend.
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Klonowska Marta was born in
Warsaw in 1964.
He currently lives and works
in Düsseldorf.
Already during his studies at
the Academy of Fine Arts in
Wroclaw (Poland), and
followed later in Düsseldorf,
glass became his favorite
artistic medium.
Today it is known for its
numerous sculptures of dogs
representing four-legged
companions important
historical figures, capturing
their natural poses in colored
glass.
To the themes of his work,
the artist finds inspiration in
the paintings of the great
masters, in which pets
(mostly dogs), appear
alongside their masters,
acting almost as prestige
objects displayed as
synonymous with wealth and
power.
To build these works, begins
with a metal skeleton that is
being carefully covered with
sharp shards of glass ...
"... My topics (I select
between accessory animal
figures, often partially hidden
found in paints) allow me to
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Our web
Our web
Mi trabajo se centra en
las áreas de la
psicología, la biología y
la filosofía, pero el tema
clave de mi trabajo es la
condición humana,
estoy fascinada por el
estudio de la
Humanidad, la forma en
la que pensamos,
nuestra forma de actuar
y la forma en que
sentimos.
Quiero mostrar a la
gente sus similitudes
en lugar de sus
diferencias, sus
cualidades universales
que son consistentes
sin importar la raza,
cultura, género u
origen político.
Mi estudio voyeurista
del ser humano como
un organismo me ha
llevado a utilizar partes
íntimas del cuerpo
dentro de mi trabajo
para reflejar los
componentes de la
naturaleza humana, así
como su existencia
filosófica en el mundo
de hoy.
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Our petition on Change.org.
This is the petition on
Change.org have opened
our Mayor to request that no
further reduce the exhibition
spaces of our Museum.
You ask, dear reader, to sign
this petition to show
solidarity towards the work of
our museum for the culture of
glass art.
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Rescuing Moroccan blowers.
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Glassblowers working
tirelessly to rescue Marrakech
mythical tea cups that for
decades have been on the
tables of many cafés in
Morocco and were about to
disappear.
With a long pipette, glass
blowers shape liquid after
passing through the furnace
and breath to breath, much or
little, in perspective, bubble
glass is transformed into glass.
Its fast and rhythmic
movements reflect the great
skill of these "glass artists"
than a few pieces of this
material create different cutting
patterns, cooked, cooled and,
if required, also varnished.
Two tons of recycled glass
each day merge into a huge
furnace, with an average
temperature of 1,800 degrees,
no rest day nor night.
"You can not stop because the
oven takes ten days on and off
ten in. Because the economic
cost would be enormous,"
says French businessman
Jean-Dominique Leymarie,
owner of the only factory of
glassblowers of vessels called
"beldi "(traditional local dialect)
remaining in Morocco.
Leymarie opened just three
months ago the factory within
the field of his own hotel,
located six kilometers from
Marrakech and overlooking the
Atlas Mountains.
Account businessman who
bought the glasses "beldi" to a
factory that produced in the
city of Casablanca, but in June
2013 the workshop, the last of
its kind remaining in Morocco,
closed its doors and
disappeared not only the
vessels, but also the
knowledge of a handful of
professionals skilled in this art.
"We studied the possibility of
buying the company but had
many debts and felt it was too
dangerous, so we decided to
open the factory here (in
Marrakech) with more modern
materials and facilities in line
with current safety standards,"
says Leymarie.
The new factory vessels
"beldi" employs a total of 60
people, including 35 blowers
rescued workshop
Casablanca, producing 15,000
glasses a day, and who are
can be seen through a window
avidrioada built for tourists.
Workshop nearby shop sells
glasses at prices ranging
between 100 and 160 dirhams
(about 9 and 15 euros) per
dozen.
The main idea is to export 70%
abroad and sell the rest on the
Moroccan market.
"Our goal is to give this popular
glass a touch more elegant and
direct it to a clientele that
appreciates the symbol" said
the French businessman.
Ultimately it comes to mold
traditional to modern times,
and provide a more
contemporary to these vessels
touch that is characterized by
its translucent structure (and
not transparent, as the
industrial glass), irregular
texture and bubbles seen
within the glass.
In the past, factories
glassblowers had to adjust to
the changes brought by the
arrival of electricity to homes,
and producing oil lamps started
to manufacture vessels.
Most shops closed in the 80s,
but the glass "beldi" continued
to resist.
And in the same way, today,
this Moroccan vessel, which
curiously never penetrate hard
at home, remains the right for a
national delicacies container:
tea with mint. In glass blower.
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The last alchemist air.
Two thousand years of Syrian
handicrafts are about to
disappear with the last glass
blower.
Just outside the Christian quarter
of Bab Sharki and fully clearing
the Beit el Azaz (glass house in
Arabic) factory stands between
military posts.
It is the last country in which this
ancient craft occurs.
The family business that sat in
Damascus Salim the early 1800s
Azaz die with her grandson
Mohamed el Jalak and with him
twenty centuries of tradition.
"Do not be fourth generation of
glass blowers in the family," he
laments.
"None of my three children work
on this. It is a very thankless job
with long hours and little income.
And in wartime is not for sale,
"says this Damascene 55 who
has chosen to send their
offspring to college to make a
career advantage.
The art of glass blowing was
born in Syria in the last century
before Christ, and when the
great-grandchildren of Salim el
Azaz become economists or
lawyers a transmitted in the
family experience that has
survived decades of change will
vanish and the last four mortars
dozen years.
In 1800 Mohamed's grandfather
wore only white glass and only
produced lamps and jugs.
For two centuries, three
generations have experimented
with new forms and colors
forging the seal of Azaz family.
Every twenty days, a different
dye is used.
The turquoise is the traditional
Damascus, but also have added
other colors like olive green, dark
green or hazel.
Beit two decades ago, Azaz was
all bustle.
Six glass blowers sitting around
a huge clay oven lungs were
working 24 hours a day.
In turn, three were responsible
for dyeing and shaping the thick
mass of broken glass melted in
the flames.
Today, the traditional oven is
deprecated by the lack of both
Syrian and foreign customers
and has been replaced by more
modern and a small one.
Just Bachar Jalil, 34, works with
Mohamed blowing glass molding
vases, lamps, vases, ashtrays
and other crafts.
Several bowls full of broken
glass await their turn to be melted
and formed Jalil give them air
base.
With the tip of a long iron pipe
blower removes a piece of glass
mass softened by heat molding
delicate rotations based on a
metal base.
Before the mass to cool, Jalil
blown through the glass tube and
inflating rapidly reshaping the
edges to obtain the desired
shape.
Despite the repetitive process,
each piece is produced in Beit el
Azaz is unique and unrepeatable.
"The secret is to control the
intensity and duration of
breathing" he explains.
"If the breath is soft and long, thin
glass achievement and the
internal cavity of the workpiece is
greater. If the breath is short and
abrupt thicker glass and a lower
cavity is achieved ".
With the help of tweezers with
excessive iron and Jalil achieved
fluency shaping the neck of a jar
or a lamp-like tear.
Before leaving, Mohamed looks
back, aware that when you retire,
turn off the oven and let it
disappear blowing the last
alchemist air.
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Activities Museums I.
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Activities Museums II.
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Activities Museums III.
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Activities on the MAVA. Evaristo Bellotti.
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Evaristo Bellotti presented in
the exhibition Fractions
MAVA 2012/2014, a set of
works grouped in series,
usual work of the artist.
María Antonia de Castro, art
critic and connoisseur of the
work of Bellotti in a beautiful
text entitled: he loses
sculpture, accompanying the
exhibition says: "... the
number of Fractions
develops an exercise in
deconstruction and
construction result unknown
to encounter unexpected
results which are coming
after risking to sculpture to
explore their horizon
between chance and
necessity, variables and
constants forms.
The work of preparing these
works is offered as a trial
without project and each of
the pieces like a plastic
possibility of sculpture when
it is subjected to the pressure
of randomness and accident.
In them, the time, the
constant that appears
throughout the production
Bellotti, materializes with
extreme sharpness. So it
could be said of them, in my
opinion, they are the plastic
form of clearer future of the
built so far by Evaristo ... ...
Bellotti has started from the
idea of -a fraction
mathematical term and has
chosen as working material
broken pieces of glass,
ceramics, paper, cardboard,
etc .. That means focusing
towards a certain type of
fragments, not towards any
kind of fragment. The work
material is then formed for
the fractions resulting from
the breakage of materials
such as glass, are
susceptible to break at
random. (The glass is
resulting from the high
temperature fusion of silica
sand, soda ash and
limestone solid amorphous
character. The crystal has an
opposite molecular
composition to the glass, the
atoms and ions are arranged
symmetrically in elementary
networks forming a crystal
structure, a crystal has the
same crystal structure so
that it forms, so that, when
failure, retain the same
fractions geometric regularity
of the crystal structure ... "
The first time I was exposed
to the public these beautiful
sculptures was at the Tech
Museum of Glass in La
Granja in 2013.
The exhibition is completed
with Fractions creative artist
workshops held in the month
of January 2015 to groups of
students of Fine Arts in the
Complutense and Rey Juan
Carlos of Madrid, as well as
high school students from
IES Artistic Ithaca Alcorcón
and the School of Art in
Palma de Madrid.
Evaristo Bellotti, (Algeciras
1955) is a great sculptor with
a long and successful career.
Among his most important
exhibitions highlights an
individual entitled Sculpture
2008, at the Palacio de
Cristal, space belonging to
the exhibition program of the
Museo Nacional Centro de
Arte Reina Sofía.
View photos
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Concerts in the MAVA.
schoolchildren were
eager to see them
perform and rewarded,
both they and Marta, with
enthusiastic applause.
This concert was not, as
is usual in our program in
teaching any way,
because we consider it
as a Christmas party for
both the boys and their
families, to spend with
music.
The staging by the choir
was very original and
quite spectacular,
because in the darkness
that prevailed when the
stage lights off very
attractively highlighted
the twinkling little lights
rods agitated by the
members of the choir.
Christmas
Siyahamba
Jingle Bell Rock
And Marta del Barrio
delighted us with:
Nella Fantasia
Les anges dans
campagnes us
Mary had a baby
Vergine degli angeli
The
Ave Maria - Bach /
Gounod
Silent Night
Finally, they performed
together the song "I'm
dreaming of home".
The auditorium was
completely full of people,
as relatives of the
On December 19 we
celebrate in the
Auditorium of MAVA our
concert corresponding to
our "Concert MAVA"
Christmas program.
This time we had the
pleasure of welcoming
the Children's Choir of the
Public School Fine
Dining, in our town, led by
soprano Marta del Barrio.
The first part of this
concert was occupied by
the Choir and the second
part by Marta del Barrio.
The choir sang songs:
If you celebrate
Christmas
When is Christmas
day
The magic of
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The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (II).
Eduardo Alonso Cereza
The transformation of Roman
glass in a handmade product
mass will reply in the
contemporary art of the
twentieth century.
As an art historian I want to
analyze the different modes of
expression and the period in
which they occur.
One day, deepen the artistic
expressions of the Roman
period, I noticed that the work
of the glass was treated very
brief and succinct by most
textbooks on the history of the
art form; this fact began to
arouse my interest in the
subject, and finally decided to
investigate.
To do this he had to resort to a
teacher who could address the
work, and decided that that
person could be D. Fernando
De Olaguer-Feliu, Professor in
different subjects both my
undergraduate and my studies
in the Doctoral Program.
When I told my intention to
investigate the Roman glass
and asked him his address at
work quickly agreed; the first
steps proposed to me, quite
rightly, to tackle this study
were to limit the subject
because it was very spacious,
and make an assessment of
both bibliographic sources and
volume of parts that could be
treated.
We finally decided that the title
of the thesis would be "The
Roman Glass in collections
and museums in Madrid".
After an initial literature review,
I discovered that the literature
on Roman glass in Spain were
scarce, except for D. Pascual
Vigil who boarded the Roman
glass in antique dealing pieces
from Spanish minerals, D.
Angel Fuentes, specializing in
Roman glass, which delves
into the glass of the Plateau
establishing a personal
typology and bringing light to
the local production of glass,
such as the Cadiz workshop
Barrios, Jennifer Price with his
thesis on several deposits:
Italica, Carmona, Mérida etc.,
and Ms. M.P. Caldera de
Castro, in his study on the
emeritense VIRIO, among
others.
Currently the subject arouses
more interest, highlighting the
work carried out by Ms. Ortiz
and D. Angel Palomar sources
that address the matter and give
a different vision in sight so far,
along with the work being
published by Mrs. . MJ Almagro
Gorbea on the pre-Roman and
Roman at the National Museum
of Decorative Arts glass.
Foreign literature has shown
great interest in the matter
coming to be his study a
tradition.
The study of ancient glass
enjoyed great interest after
World War II, and especially in
the early sixties with the
creation of Glass Studies
Journal with the initiative of
Corning museum, and
l'association Internationale du
Verre pour l'Historie .
Subsequently l'association
l'Archèologie Française pour du
Verre was formed.
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Craft Fair of Madrid.
On December 13 opened in
Madrid's Plaza de Spain's
Market Craft Fair Madrid as
usual a few years ago.
This is the 27th edition of the
Fair and is the ninth time that
is installed in this location, as
earlier, since 1988, they were
in the Paseo de Recoletos.
This year there are 169's
stand has the Fair and
labeled as glass artisans
include thirteen.
On our visit to this edition of
the Fair greet our friends
Fulkolor, vitreus Ignis, Ana
Yabar, Lume Glass,
MalvayGris, Talismania by
Xana, Arantxa Garcia and
Juan Paya.
In this new edition will have
46 artisans quote
municipalities throughout our
region and also has the
presence of artisan
workshops of 13 autonomous
communities of Andalusia,
Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha,
Castilla y León, Catalonia,
Valencia, Extremadura,
Galicia, the Balearic Islands,
Aragón, Murcia, Navarra and
the Basque Country, who
contribute their traditional
trades and their peculiarities
to this must-attend event of
craftsmanship is a national
benchmark.
In the process of adaptation
to new consumer trends, the
Fair Market is a good
example of combination of
tradition and design, which
reveals the sensitivity and
exclusivity conferred
craftsmanship.
The variety of trades
present, a total of 38, is
manifested through various
sectors such as glass,
ceramic, decoration, dried
flowers, jewelry, toys, wood,
metal, paper and cardboard,
leather or textiles, among
others, offering the
opportunity perfect for
acquiring the genuine and
original special gift we all
seek in past holiday season
as Christmas present.
To boost the show in this new
edition, taking place
demonstration workshops.
Also designed by students of
Window School of Art 10 of
the Community of Madrid,
the show features a
showcase of products
representative of the
exhibiting offer.
Place and date of event
Coinciding with its opening
weekend at its start the
Christmas period, the XXVII
Ttiene place until January
5th.
The Fair will be open
continuously from eleven to
twenty-one hours during the
days of its conclusion, with
the exception of 24 and 31
December, during which
remained open until fifteen
hours, days being closed
December 25 and January 1
2015.
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Older windows are preserved
in the cathedral of the German
city of Augsburg and are dated
between 1050 and 1150.
However they lived their period
of splendor between the twelfth
and sixteenth centuries when
they became an essential
element of the Gothic
cathedrals of Spain, France,
Germany and England.
Today, almost five centuries
later, the stained-glass artist
Fabrice Nicolin (Dijon, France,
1971) continues to work as did
the first craftsmen but
transforming their creations to
the demands of the times.
Having learned 15 years ago in
Argentina hand prestigious
artist Carlos Herzberg, now
Nicolin, become one of the
major figures of the artistic
work of the glass, has moved a
few months ago his workshop
Sant Josep.
"My relationship with the
wonderful world of light crystal
began by chance when I began
attending classes as a hobby
workshop Herzberg and
gradually caught me so much
that ended up being an
obsession and finally a
profession," explains the
French artist.
The art of glass adapted to the XXI century.
"Usually people associate the
name of the sacred art stained
glass but I think it's something
that goes far beyond so I am
determined to prove that it is a
contemporary art and with
small colored glass can get
virtually any shape and any
color you propose, 'said Nicolin
own.
Restoration of stained glass
It is this idea that is intended to
convey to students
participating in individual
courses run throughout the
island.
Furthermore, the French artist
working in the restoration of
various church buildings in the
diocese of Eivissa.
For now, in a few days will
begin work on the basis of a
circular window of 1 meter in
diameter, the church of the
Virgin of Roser and Sant Ciriac
in Vila, and is pending start
doing some of the windows of
Eivissa Cathedral that are in
very poor condition.
Something that will keeping
with the tradition but "applying
the progress of the XXI
century".
Nicolín, Industrial former
engineer, is able to transform
ordinary glass into works of art
of different sizes and volumes
through a method called
fusing, consisting of molding
objects in an electric oven at
800 degrees.
"I get elaborate handmade
pieces, unique in the world,
and adapt to consumer tastes
as if the oven is intended for
creation of 85 120 centimeters
in size, always joining can
increase the bottom line,"
summed up the French
glassmaker .
However, their main task is
based on the development of
stained glass, both for
churches and for private
homes.
The ancient craftsmen used
these pieces to cover a space
on the wall, making creations
with small pieces of colored
glass reproduced all kinds of
scenes and joined together
with lead strips forming what is
known as leaded.
In this sense, Fabrice Nicolin
remains true to tradition but
has adapted to changing
times.
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The CNV controls its debt.
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A year and a half after the School
of Industrial Organization (EOI)
assumed management Real
Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja
the situation has gone from poor to
control.
In this regard, the Secretary of
Board of Trustees of the National
Glass Centre (CNV), José Ramón
Álvarez, explained that the liability
of the entity, which in February this
year amounted to 3.8 million euros,
"is controlled ".
Although I wanted to give specific
figures on the current situation, he
noted that the CNV "has regained
financial credibility."
"Everything is flowing, although the
deadlines for meeting objectives
are getting longer. Everything goes,
but more slowly, and the sensations
are good, "said José Ramón
Álvarez, who noted that the
employment status of the staff of
the Royal Glass Factory has
normalized.
Payrolls are gaining and the future
looks peaceful.
During the Board of Trustees of the
CNV, it was found that one of the
problems that arise in the daily life
of the institution is that the
contributions of public bodies are
made later, which also involves a
delay in the development of
strategic plan projected a year ago,
"but the situation is calmer and
balanced" insisted José Ramón
Álvarez.
The CNV has an annual budget of
1.9 million euros, and among the
planned projects being worked on
selling products online, to achieve
increased production and sales
within a specified period of about
four years.
In relation to sales, ahead of the
upcoming holiday season the SEC
plans to establish three points
outside sales, Madrid and Segovia,
like last year, and in Valladolid, a
proposal from the Junta de Castilla
y León. Last year in Segovia was in
the Casa de los Picos.
Commercial activities have
intensified in recent months, with
the aim of spreading the existence
and work of the Royal Glass
Factory.
José Ramón Álvarez says the
Royal Palace of La Granja receives
about 200,000 visitors a year, while
the Glass Factory hosts about
60,000.
"The goal is for those people who
go to the Palace also come to the
Royal Factory".
This has been increased
promotional efforts, such as
dramatized visits to the Centre.
In addition to national media, also
working in international
development, collaborations with
other glassworks in the world, such
as Murano, Venice and Finland.
Heading into 2015, expectations are
good. "We're a little late, but well,"
reiterated Alvarez.
Remodeling of the Museum.
It is one of the main objectives of
the Foundation. At the moment, are
being undertaken rehabilitation work
covers the Royal Glass Factory,
which is expected the Centre will be
completed this month.
The main objective of this work is to
restore the conditions of tightness of
the roof of the building that are in
poor condition, basically replacing
covers West Wing, East Wing and
Nave Woodshed, and also
improving the South module.
Additionally, they are also
undertaking refurbishment in the so
called Patio de Carlos III, which are
to remove the glass panels of the
existing steel structure, waterproof
side decks, and proceed to closing
of the arches of the courtyard .
After the museum renovation project
will come face to 2015. "The idea is
to give more life to the museum, the
visitor not only know what is done in
the National Glass Centre, but also
part of this, it an interactive
museum".
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Coin with Venetian glass.
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This 2014 Christmas in
Canada have been very
prolific in terms of special
issues devoted to so
endearing parties (See
"Canadian Christmas began
in November").
One such example is the
new currency of 20
Canadian silver dollars made
with beautifully designed and
exquisitely engraved
featuring original winter
scene that includes a
snowman color in three
dimensions made of
Venetian glass inserted on
the back, created by master
glass makers in Murano,
Italy, saw Col Vetro.
The circulation is 10,000
copies, minted by the Royal
Canadian Mint (Mint Royal
Canadian Mint in Ottawa),
9999 silver thousandths,
proof quality, weighing 31'39
gr., Diameter of 38 mm. and
reeded edge.
Artist Susanna Blunt is the
designer of the traditional
front reproducing the effigy
of Queen Elizabeth II,
surrounded by the inscription
"Elizabeth II DG Regina
"(Queen Elizabeth II by the
Grace of God).
The coin depicts on the
reverse, designed by Julius
Csotonyi, a festive scene
that takes all the key
features of the holiday
season Canadian winter.
This night scene outdoors is
centered around a snowman
white, adorable glass with an
orange carrot nose, red
buttons, a black top hat and
green scarf.
The snowman sitting on a
snow covered patio gentle
slope.
To the left of the snowman a
beautiful evergreen tree
decorated with multicolored
ornaments, white garland,
and bright lights.
A pair of skates past fashion
is at the base of the tree.
In front of snowman and
trees, a path of ice with a
smooth curve leads back to a
wooden hut covered with
snow with fire going in the
right side of the image.
Across the road from the
snowman, the corner of a
wooden bench is visible
under a pile of snow with a
red cup of cocoa.
The scene, which seems
uphill into the night sky
beyond the horizon is dotted
with deciduous trees bare
and shining crystal
snowflakes falling from the
sky.
The legend with the name of
the issuing country "Canada",
the year of issue "2014" and
the face value "20
Dollars" (20 Canadian
dollars) complete the design.
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N O T I C I A S (I).
Culture 2014.
Nativity glass.
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the artist and was nearing
thirty, had proved their worth
in Zaragoza and traveled, as
they should, to Italy-.
Also corresponds to the time
of its consolidation as a
painter at the court of
Charles III and IV.
Traditionally held by
utilitarian means to an end
(as a model for weaving a
tapestry), the cartons leave
their "servile status", in the
words of director Miguel
Zugaza, to emerge stronger
from the exhibition as full
"autonomous masterpieces"
of shades .
To achieve this, the curators
Manuela Mena and Gudrun
Maurer, Department of
eighteenth-century painting
and Goya museum, grouped
into 15 meeting series (which
are incomplete, lacking, for
example, the famous The
puppet and The Injured
Mason, loaned to Boston
and Barcelona).
Last December we visited
the exhibition "Goya in
Madrid" which opened in
late November at the Museo
del Prado.
A necessary work of
improving communications
between the central gallery
of the Museum and the
upper floor where the
cartons are exposed
tapestry painter, has led to
the virtuous enhancement of
the series, whose production
ranges occupied nearly two
decades of the artist's life.
A perhaps less epic than
inaugurate the calamities
(deafness, illness, death of
children and war), but terribly
crucial time; are the days of
his landing in Madrid, when
This artist created
sculptural studies in
Germany, Georg Kolbe
workshops and Arno
Brecker, in Berlin, and in
those of Joseph Thorak in
Munich.
But this is an example of
the Birth of author which
can be seen at the Museum
of Decorative Arts in
Madrid.
The exhibition will be open
until the 11th of this month
of January.
The famous and versatile
Catalan artist Santiago Padrós i
Elias, this set is made of glass
in 1945.
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N O T I C I A S (II).
Concerts in the MAVA.
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Glass factory Ntra. Sra. De Atocha, Madrid.
consists of five concerts,
which brought us some
remarkable performances.
This year we also have in
mind to program another
two cycles, one in spring
and one in fall.
The Miguel Angel
Colmenero Foundation
remains an extraordinary
On the 23rd we will have a
new concert corresponding
to our "Concert MAVA"
program.
Last year 2014 was a very
prolific period in concert
programming highlighting
two cycles, one piano with
a total of six concerts and
other classical guitar
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support for the realization
of our program, along with
the Conservatory of
Madrid, which make
possible the participation of
groups of exceptional
camera, so their quality
and their desire for
disclosure of classical
music. All Happy 2015 !
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The glass in Museums: Rosenau.
Since 2008, the European
Museum of Modern Glass is
located in a new building in
front of the Orangerie of
Schloss Rosenau in
Rödental, thanks primarily to
the Coburg businessman
and patron Otto Waldrich.
This building has 1,260 m² of
exhibition space.
The permanent exhibition on
the ground floor shows the
development of studio glass
from 1960 to the present.
Besides glassware and
functional objects in creative
design, visitors can also see
the glass sculptures and
installations.
The core of the exhibition
consists of works presented
during the three Coburg
Glass Prize competitions in
the years 1977, 1985 and
2006.
A glass staircase leads to
special exhibition room and
the study of Murano on the
first floor.
Here in the gallery, visitors
can also find out more about
how glass is made and how
to work with different
techniques.
Since April 2012, the
basement of the museum
houses the collection studio
pottery.
With over 500 exhibits over
250 international ceramic
artists, this is the largest
exhibition of modern
ceramics in southern
Germany.
The European Museum of
Modern Glass offers
workshops equipped with
the latest technology torch
with five jobs.
Located in the museum
gallery, is attractive to
participate in the exhibition
of contemporary glass.
Artists torch not only find a
high quality technical work in
an inspiring environment.
They also have an interested
audience who observes
espectante. Sales
opportunities offered by the
museum shop.
EQUIPMENT
The studio work is supplied
through a loop Medienbunker
propane, oxygen and
compressed air and
equipped with burners Arnold
Zenit table.
The main work has snaps on
the pipe so that it is possible
the articulation of the hand
torch and effortlessly.
Each workstation is equipped
with a wide range of tools
(carbon plates, clips, clamps,
reamers, etc.). Nor missing
glasses glassblower.
The ventilation and lighting
studies workstations meet
modern requirements.
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Christmas ornaments 'under the sea'.
With the streets of Vigo
decked and local trade
hoping the Christmas
season yield the
expected results, the
Museo do Mar de Galicia
inaugurates sample
Sopros Nadal in which
more than 400 ornaments
made of glass are
collected using traditional
techniques blown .
Until next January 11, the
building of Aldo Rossi
and Cesar Portela
Christmas dresses to
celebrate the holidays.
The exhibition Sopros
Nadal is not new in the
region since in previous
editions was held at the
Museum of Pontevedra
without losing the spirit
that characterizes it.
As a novelty, this time,
new parts are included
because the objects
displayed belong to a
private collection "is alive
and growing."
Among the new
additions, sea-related
figures add up and that fit
the theme of the museum
that blanket.
Thus, they may be
divers, fish and even
pirate ships among more
than traditional Santa
Claus or peculiar balls
decorate Christmas trees.
The exhibition also
becomes a journey
through the history and
the most traditional glass
working techniques.
The first Christmas glass
ornaments were born in
the mid-nineteenth
century in Germany and
have since lived Arabian
transformations, reaching
even banned at various
times in history.
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If you have 125,000 euros, this is your currency.
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Without going into
political controversy, now
that as our leaders the
crisis is a thing of the
past, I will recommend a
coin to give in Reyes,
suitable for most of you
sure you count with
minimal and insignificant
budget of 125,000 euros,
with whom do or make
you a Christmas present.
Now a little more
seriously, we are going to
present this coin issued
by the Monnaie de Paris
which corresponds to a
series called Excellency
the French and dedicated
to famous Baccarat
glass.
In addition to the image
of the coin we show a
nice video about it.
Although this coin was
minted in different metals,
gold and silver, and
different face values, 10,
50, 200 and 5,000 euros
we will focus on the latter
which is made with a kilo
of pure gold where teams
from the Monnaie de
Paris and Baccarat glass
artisans worked together
in creating the currency
and the accompanying
glass.
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El vidrio checo en el castillo alemán de Moritzburg.
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The Saxon Palace
Moritzburg currently hosting
a collection of Czech
Christmas decorations made
up over a thousand pieces.
Entitled 'The Shining of
Czech Christmas' offers
glass beads, figures, stars
and even life-size
representations of St.
Nicholas from the nineteenth
and early twentieth
centuries.
Traditional Czech Christmas
decorations, although they
share characteristics with
other Central European
countries, have their own
peculiarities that make also
interesting for the German
public.
The baroque palace of
Moritzburg, in the state of
Saxony, has thus become
the scene of the exhibition
"The Glow of Czech
Christmas'.
Over a thousand original
Czech ornaments Christmas
atmosphere now fill the halls
and rooms of the building,
which has been an
enormous amount of work
for all employees, says the
director of the palace, Ingrid
Möbius.
"In all parts of the sample,
which are over a thousand,
we had to put an explanatory
card as from private
collections. Then we had to
hang them one by one. It
has been a tremendously
hard work. "
At the exhibition visitors can
mainly see glass beads and
other materials, figurines,
nativity scenes, and
generally everything that
was manufactured in the
Czech lands to celebrate
Christmas between the
nineteenth and early
twentieth century.
The oldest piece is a
cardboard crib made in 1780
and painted in oil, and also
includes the procession of
pastors to worship the baby
Jesus.
The most curious may be the
set of three figures of St.
Nicholas, the Devil and the
Angel, who have actual size,
not forgetting the Christmas
tree present in one of the
rooms, Mobius said.
"It is especially beautiful and
romantic evening, after dark.
We light this four-meter fir
decorated with figures and
Christmas balls. You must
have insurance over a
hundred. "
The Czech decor has
attracted moment the palace
to 10,000 people, fascinated
by the beauty and distinctive
features of the Christmas
decorations across the
border.
"What we have we are these
beautiful and delicate
ornaments made of pearls.
They are an impressive
display of fantasy, and also
incredibly varied. I can not
imagine how much time and
patience I had to reverse the
craftsman. His creativity
fascinates me. "
The Czechs ornaments
continue to transmit their
magic in the palace of
Moritzburg until January 4th.
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Recycling. Fifth European seat.
Spain ranks as the fifth
European put in glass
recycling, according to
information provided by
the National Association
of Manufacturers of Glass
Containers (Anfevi).
Thus, Spain is a
European level just a few
steps behind Germany,
France, Italy and England
and contributes almost
10% of total recycling of
the continent, reaching
more than 42,630 million
jars and bottles reused
year.
According to statistics,
citizens who recycle more
kilos of glass are annually
Valencian and Catalan,
helped in part by the fact
that the communities with
the greatest number of
green bins.
Anfevi collects
impressions consumer
platform Friends of Glass
and nonprofit association
Ecovidrio, the most active
in awareness campaigns,
when drawing the crisis
as "a determining factor"
to "instill the value social
responsibility and
understand that
resources are limited and
can not be wasted. "
Karen Davies, head of
communications at
Anfevi, said "the Spanish
glass industry is ready to
recycle as many
containers can be
recovered" and that
"Spain is a net exporter
of containers, empty or
full, of domestic
products".
Note the contribution to
the environment posed
by the recycling of glass
containers: a saving of
23.12 million megawatts
of energy that otherwise
would be used to
manufacture new parts,
and a reduction of 7.95
million tonnes of CO2
emitted into the
atmosphere.
Anfevi recalls that "all
packaging (returnable
both as single use or
colored glasses) are
recyclable" and can go
from being "worthless
object again become raw
material".
It also notes that the
campaigns to date have
contributed to "promote
an infinite circle, in which
glass containers are
constantly recycled and
reused, an opposite
process to the linear cycle
throwaway".
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Isabel de Obaldía, the tamer of the glass.
kind of proposals. While it does appear no chance to be invited.
The sculptor is a profession governed by precise sequences and stages. In his case, his sculptures, the most recent can be seen in the gallery Mateo Sariel, start from sketches plasma in a blank sheet and then moved to a model in clay or plaster.
Then make the prototype in wax, as is done when working in bronze. Build separate body and other parts of their animals and then assemble a whole.
Makes another mold with glass that will be expiring in the oven for days or weeks, according to their size and complexity.
With glass, controlling the technical side is not enough. Hand randomly striking out ways you did not expect or plan, or go to the new colors from entering surface silver, copper or aluminum.
He then released with care and love the part from the mold. A first cleaning which will be followed by others, not forgetting polish and polish up when necessary is done.
The last result leads to the conclusion that it is worth the wait, follow the steps, and the physical and emotional efforts.
This year, Isabel De Obaldía wants to go further. It has begun to focus more on the bronze, an earring that had for years and now promises herself fulfill.
Although it has already done some tests, his idea in the near future is to deepen his desire to unite glass with bronze sculptures. What is on the agenda and promises to do in the short term.
Box aggressive force during the 1970s and early 1980s, Isabel De Obaldía then passes make sculptures of a beauty between calm and enigmatic.
In more recent years, his eye is on the benefits of glass, transparent material that attracts a lot because it is solid and fragile at the same time.
A new chapter of his adventure with glass sculptures can be seen in their individual "Recent Work" which opened last December in the gallery Mateo Sariel (Coco del Mar, 79th Street, east, Panama).
This sample, consisting of a dozen pieces, is for the Panamanian artist the end of his stage metates theme of inspiration and exploration.
In December 2003 we could admire his works at the MAVA, in his presentation "Transfiguration". In 2011 he had a retrospective, "Primordial: Paintings and Sculpture" at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (Florida) and in 2013 held an exhibition at the Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art in New York.
Both events in the United States require you search your memory and remember is when young had already addressed mainly from the drawing, grinding stones, objects whose forms and ancient Indian heritage would have conquered his imagination, his wit and his efforts until the 2014.
This process makes it clear that all creative evolves, grows and advances, but always, sooner or later, somehow looks to the past, which incorporates and reinvents it.
CREATIONS AND PROCESSES
In the late 1980s, just before the peak of the military dictatorship in oils thinking, curiosity Isabel de Obaldía passes textures of the sculptures.
Then, an uncle advised him to take summer courses at the Pilchuck Glass Studio in Washington (United States). She listens, makes suitcases and going beyond.
In one of the rooms of this academic institution finds its destination. Watch a German student carving on glass and is shocked.
Among signs, because the guy does not know English, this teaches the basics, and that likes both the Isthmus, that on more than one occasion in his next vacation, his preference was to go for three weeks to study carved in glass and little gradually learns the demanding technique.
PATIENCE AND CHANCE
The sculptures of Isabel De Obaldía counted the viewer's senses something out, but if you have the curiosity to look into them, you see other ways, other worlds, other stories.
Each piece yours, composed of ant fascinating, alligators, panthers and crocodiles, has its own personality, life and character.
The end result is exquisite, although few should know how complicated them. Is that to be a sculptor requires a special personality.
His is an art of patience and risks. The word easy has no room in this
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Our activities.
In this section we detail the activities which take place this month, corresponding to the cultural visits related to the glass and outputs that we as provided in the program CULTURE 2015.
Cultural visits.
CULTURE 2015 program.
Takes little time residing
in our country, as it was
previously based in
Argentina, where he
acquired all the
knowledge we now have
about working in glass.
Fundamentally, it is
specialized in stained
glass, currently
undergoing some
restoration.
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Born in Ibiza in 1988, María
José Perete began studying
piano at age 5 ½ years with
the Czech professor Vera
Sykora.
It starts to music theory and
musical notation with Miguel
San Miguel, and perfect
harmony, counterpoint and
composition with the Belgian
maestro Raymond Andrew.
From 1996 to 2004 he was
organist at the church of
"Our Lady of Lourdes" and
"Puig de Missa" Santa
Eulalia del Río, Ibiza.
In 2002 accesses the
Professional Conservatory of
Music and Dance in Ibiza
and Formentera, where she
completed with honors
Professional Title of Music in
2006, obtaining the
extraordinary prize for piano.
Currently combines the
instrumental practice
teaching, teaching piano
lessons at Allegro Musique,
l'École de Musique du CEP
and the Conservatory of
Poitiers.
On 3rd attend a concert
piano played by María José
Perete in the Parish Center
of Sant Carles, in the Ibizan
town of Santa Eulalia del
Rio.
This January we
arranged a visit to the
workshop of stained
glass Fabrice Nicolin,
whose work we collect
on page 15 of this
Bulletin.
Fabrice, of French origin,
has his workshop in the
Ibizan town of San Josep
de sa Talaia, a town
which is located
southwest of the island.
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Delayed opening of CRAM.
who moves to the city by the
Ministry of Culture involved,
and will be on display for a
month. "
He added that previously
want to make some
adjustments to the Gallery,
since removed the pellones
and thereby promotes that it
penetrates more excess light
from sunlight.
"We will seek to put vinyl
(plastic) to dim the light, and
will post some screens, for
this we are already seeing
the possibility that the
CONACULTA support us in
museology and lighting
equipment, so that the works
are not damaged ·.
Finally commented that
continue to manage
resources for the
maintenance of Casona
Pardo and CRAM, properties
require improvements.
Because the company
responsible for the work has
not collected the debris and
cleaned the windows,
delayed the opening of the
Crystal Gallery located within
the Regional Center for the
Arts of Michoacán (CRAM),
which was scheduled for last
day December 19, Correa
said Diana Sandoval,
director of CRAM.
He added that the work of
rectifying this Gallery
Crystals are ready.
However ileostomy is
required to occupy the space
with paintings, sculpture,
theater, etc. "We want
everything good is delivered
and in order."
He noted that the works
were paralyzed from a year
in which the gallery was
cordoned off by the danger
involved ago, this was during
the administration of Luis
Esteban Murgía, when they
noticed that the windows
were warped.
But the work was delayed
since the procedures were
late and was a month and a
half when they resumed the
project.
He said the investment for
these jobs was 900
thousand pesos resource
that managed to get through
the House of
Representatives of the State,
the same as was referred to
the direction of Sites and
Monuments of National
Council for Culture and Arts,
unit in charge of construction
projects
He said "It depends on the
company that was awarded
the work to concretemos
While opening date. We
expect that once so open
with a group exhibition of
sculpture and painting,
where art talented women
across the country as part of
the Hall of Plastic Mexican,
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Other trends. Again with the Alhambra.
The Alhambra and Albaicín
have completed 20 and 30
years respectively since they
were declared World Heritage
by UNESCO.
And speaking of that event, the
mayor of Granada, José Torres
Hurtado (PP), has returned to
claim money from the Nasrid
monument to manage the
Moorish quarter.
As it did a year ago, when it
launched the idea for the first
time, the popular requests the
patronage governing the
monument up the price of
general admission two euros
for that money is spent on
maintenance and recovery.
The director of the Board,
María del Mar Villafranca,
insists that "it is legally
impossible" and invited the
mayor to seek mode.
The negative evidence,
according to the mayor, both
Villafranca as the Andalusian,
which the autonomous body
depends, are "enemies" of the
city, since he did not agree to
this request "Granada lost
17,000 euros a day" according
to his calculations, which
disagrees with the patronage
since not all visitors entering
the enclosure with general
admission.
The municipal government
with absolute majority of the
PP, is almost alone in this
proposal.
The opposition parties
complain that makes use of
the "anger" on account of the
Alhambra and ask you to
"manage" the money it collects
and invest in the area to fight
"the degradation and
deterioration suffered" in the
words of Councillor IU, Paco
Puentedura.
The socialist municipal group
has now criticized the mayor's
efforts to "load the Alhambra"
with its own "ineptitude".
Councilwoman UPyD, Mayte
Olalla, complains to the City
that does not meet their
"responsibility" to the
neighborhood, since there are
resources in the city.
The confrontation occurred
this time following a UNESCO
report, based on self-
assessment prepared by the
Albaicín Agency, which
depends on the City Council.
That document found, among
other requirements, the need
for greater investment in the
neighborhood, to be
depopulated, and review the
development plan as the
current is two decades.
The report finds that the City
allocates an "adequate"
budget but generally requires
more funding for specific
strategic policies.
The content of this document
is what helped the mayor to
relaunch the claim, which has
attracted criticism from
opposition parties, "The mayor
has lied again and used to
Unesco for its partisan
bickering" criticizes
Puentedura.
"The Alhambra must address
what is posing Unesco in the
sense of providing more
investment to the Albaicín,"
said the alderman, who
insisted on the suitability of the
monument "decided to use part
of the proceeds from tickets for
performances improvement
and conservation of the historic
district. "
The Alhambra, meanwhile,
defends the collaboration but
otherwise and urged the mayor
to seek funding.
And the criticism has poured
Torres Hurtado for "business"
that, in his opinion, does the
Alhambra with its official
stores, Villafranca announced
that it will open a third store.
Try Granada prolong the stay
of tourists it attracts the
monument area is one of its
lines of collaboration and it
works with the possibility of
acquiring combined tickets
featuring the palatial city one
day and another the Moorish
quarter with attached entry
monuments this as the
Bañuelo or the Palace of Dar Al
-horra.
The district, however, suffered
decades by the lack of
commitment, desire or interest
Administrations reciprocally
deterioration suffering without
putting agreed remedy
reproach.
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Joseff Hoffmann (Moravia,
1870) was an architect and
designer whose style
highlighted by functionality,
sobriety and abstract purity.
He liked to merge the austerity
of handmade production with a
refined aesthetic ornament.
Above all, his last works were
key to position it as an
important precursor of
modernism.
A great example of aesthetic
principles governing the work
of Hoffmann's glasses Series
'B', which at the time were
Lobmeyr reissued collection of Josef Hoffmann.
The game was up wine
glasses, decanters, glasses
and glasses of champagne
coupe, elegantly decorated
with black lines forming sober
shapes.
Of course, making this reissue
has remade the traditional way,
blowing glass into molds
beechwood.
The complete collection The
Series 'B' Glasses of Josef
Hoffmann for Lobmeyr is
available in Crest & Co and its
price ranges from $ 1320-1990.
produced by the legendary
Lobmeyr window.
A marvel of glass with
exceptional design and
development, and realize that
Hoffmann was ahead of its
time.
Originally, The Series 'B'
Glasses collection was
presented on a high in 1914 at
the Werkbund Exhibition
(Cologne, Germany), and was
a great success.
Now Lobmeyr has decided to
re-edit, celebrating 100 years
of life.
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Exhibition Wonders of suspended glass.
The National Museum of
Cultures presents over 600
Christmas designs made by
artisans of Tlalpujahua,
Michoacán, which make up the
exhibition "Wonders of
suspended glass. Tradition of
the field. "
The aim of the exhibition is
that the public know and
appreciate these creations, not
only for its artistic decoration
or ritual significance, but by
history that has developed
through them in Tlalpujahua
said curator of the exhibition,
María del Lettuce Carmen
Garcia.
Not only a wide and varied
collection of spheres
developed in the Michoacan
town known as the "Christmas
Village" is displayed also will
resume techniques and
reasons for their manufacture,
the museum said in a
statement.
The exhibition, which was
curated by Maria del Carmen
Garcia Lettuce and director of
the museum complex, Carlos
Vázquez, aims to bring visitors
to a cultural object, product of
contemporary dynamics of the
globalized world.
The curators explained that the
fields are objects that must be
understood as a small
fragment of the breath of a
craftsman and the creative
efforts of a decorator.
"Michoacán, you do have to
boast: Tlalpujahua": The
opening day documentary
"Home-made Christmas
spheres", "production areas
DTodo" projected, "Spheres in
Tlalpujahua" and "Wonders of
glass suspended ".
The museum also taught on
Saturdays 13 and 20
December the workshop
"Tradition, art and talent", in
which participants learned
about the origin, artistic and
significant value of the
processing techniques of the
spheres.
The town of Tlalpujahua
devoted to mining until the
1950s, but the closure of the
"Two Stars" mine caused
many families to migrate to
other places in search of
economic opportunities.
The pairing of Joaquín Muñoz
and Maria Elena Ruiz worked
in a factory of Christmas trees
in Chicago, United States until
1964, when they returned to
Mexico City where they
established a workshop of this
decembrinas decorated.
In this activity the idea of
developing blown glass
spheres handcrafted emerged,
for which, Joaquín Muñoz
again Tlalpujahua, where years
later more workshops that
mimicked the rotation is set,
the statement said.
This piece of Christmas, is
made with different techniques
and materials, through
production that begins with the
work of master glass blower
gives shape to the area, after
intervening platers, decorators
and finally encasquilladores.
Tlalpujahua artisans made over
200 shapes and sizes of
spheres, which can be done
through two types of silver, the
craft and the industrialized
semi, and then are painted with
different paints and varnishes.
The decoration of these pieces
are performed manually, and
currently, the artisans of this
people have invented more
than 200 thousand decorative
designs in the fields, whose
last step of its creation is
jammed.
For 15 years, "the creators of
the magic of Christmas"
performed between October
and December Fair Sphere, an
activity that allows them to
insert a variety of ornaments in
the international market.
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Glass jewelry bargain.
Since 1770, the Real Fábrica
de Cristales de La Granja
has maintained a tradition of
craftsmanship that makes
his pieces priceless jewels
alive.
More than two centuries
later, his twenty workers
blown into the furnace, cold
working, cutting, polishing,
carving, engraving or
decoration hand immemorial
still employ techniques that
make each object a real
treasure without equal.
And this Christmas, give us
the opportunity to acquire a
bargain, as they say.
From bowls, vases, pitchers,
vases garrafillas or even
chandeliers, all the pieces
will be on sale at the Fashion
Mall Shopping (Paseo de la
Castellana, corner of
Avenida del General Perón)
with discounts ranging up to
70 percent until next January
5th.
This is a great opportunity to
take over parts of all types,
ideal for personal use or for
gifts.
Parts definitely worth more
than they cost, because in
each of them the handiwork
of the artisans of the Real
Fábrica de Cristales de La
Granja, applying ancient
techniques to a noble
material such as glass,
discovered synthesized by
the West over 5,000 years
ago, and it reaches the look
with which today we know
from the seventeenth
century.
Quality guaranteed
The quality of each of the
pieces offered for sale at this
time is supported by the
National Glass Centre
Foundation, to which is
attached the Real Fábrica de
Cristales de La Granja,
located in Segovia saw.
The Foundation guarantees
the purity of each of the
handcrafted pieces, since
the Royal Glass Factory has
maintained since the
eighteenth century glass
production at its facilities,
with the use of traditional
artistic techniques such as
blow molding, carving and
decoration.
The Foundation is not
currently a factory, but the
national benchmark for
craftsmanship and culture of
glass, which is undergoing a
process of reorganization
and modernization of its
facilities.
Hence they are undertaking
major rehabilitation and
reorganization of spaces in
the workshops of the Real
Fábrica de Cristales de La
Granja, forcing to empty their
warehouses carrying out a
major operation of
destocking, which will involve
the sale of the 15,000 objects
in its forms incorporating the
spirit of traditional
craftsmanship and luxury
memory of the past, now
makes available to all.
As an example of prices,
glassware 24 units Burgundy
glasses with size can be
found for around 225 euros,
or 48 pieces of glassware
traditional glasses of La
Granja for just 500 euros
when the official price is
approaching 2,000.
You can also find precious
boxes for gifts, games pitcher
and 6 glasses for 70 euros,
carved for less than 40
euros, exquisite chandeliers
by 15 glasses of wine or gin
and tonic, completely
handmade by just over 10
euros candy boxes, pitchers
carved by less than 30 or
glasses carved by between 6
and 8 euros, or spectacular
pieces like a big hand carved
fruit bowl, whose official price
exceeds 300 euros, for only
100.
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They will invest US $ 4 million in glass factory.
require about $ 4 million and
would need a permanent
staff of 120 people, labor
that would largely be in"
admitted the village head.
"The idea of them, besides
supplying panels factory is to
manufacture laminated
safety glass and the whole
region of Cuyo, La Rioja and
Córdoba, and in the future,
meet demand in Chile," said
Allende.
The mayor also said
nuevejulino won a 1-hectare
to San Juan Energy
Company, in which a
processing plant will be
installed to provide power
not only to the solar panel
factory, but also the rest of
the companies installed in
the Industrial Park July 9.
manufacture of solar panels.
Walberto Allende, mayor of
July 9, last week confirmed
that the decree in which an
area of 4 hectares is
allocated and a half a glass
factory was signed.
The land awarded by the
municipality is glued to the
surface of 47 hectares where
the solar panel factory will
rise.
The idea of Assistance
Cristal is to start building the
shed to house the company
during the first months of
next year, for that reason
had contact with four local
companies.
"Definitely installed, with
machines that come from
China, the project would
The company will supply
glasses to future solar
panel factory. As noted by
Mayor Allende Walberto
the project will require
about 120 workers.
The factory installation of
solar panels on July 9,
whose cornerstone was laid
in October, has generated
interest from multiple
companies to settle in the
Industrial Park of the
department.
One of the first firms showed
willingness to settle in the
industrial enclave was
Assistance Cristal SA, a
group of three companies of
Buenos Aires who joined for
the purpose of supplying the
glass necessary with all the
necessary processes for the
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IED DESIGN collaborates with La Granja.
At school IED Design
support the combination of
traditional manufacturing
methods and contemporary
design.
During the 2014-2015
course, students of 4th of
Bachelor Degree in Product
Design are working with the
Royal Glass Factory of La
Granja de San Ildefonso,
one of the three factories in
Europe which still has the
original technique of blowing
the century XVIII.
Led by the Dutch designer
Marre Moerel as a teacher,
students have designed
pieces unrestricted as to the
type of object can be
functional (tableware,
lighting ...), decorative or
sculptural.
To design the glassware,
students staged a two-day
workshop on the own Royal
Glass Factory of La Granja
de San Ildefonso where they
learned basic manufacturing
tools and ways of working
glass blowing.
Some of the pieces
designed by the students will
be produced by the Royal
Glass Factory of La Granja
de San Ildefonso.
For now, we advance an
image of projects.
Marre Moerel
Internationally renowned
designer, has worked for
companies such as
Cappellini, Celda, Covo,
Offecct, Ozone or
WILSONART Int.
His work has appeared in
numerous international
exhibitions and has
published extensively
(Habitare, Interni, Blue Print,
Elle Decor, Spoon,
International Design
Yearbook).
Marre Moerel has its own
studio Marre Moerel Design
Studio where he works on his
own line of ceramics, various
projects and curated.
4th year students of Bachelor
Degree in Product Design
who participated: Luis Alves,
Maria Von Bernard, Carlos
Delgado, Nacho Fernandez,
Joaquin Garcia, Sergio
González, Leonardo Weevil,
Patricia Gutierrez, Eduardo
Lizarazo, Francisco
Martínez, Luis Muñoz-Vargas
Gonzalo Pinelo, Pablo
Rocha, Rodrigo Sanchez,
Juan Fernando Vela, Carlos
Velasco, Jaime de la Villa,
Valentina Villa-Gomez, Heiko
Vivas and Wang Xiaowan.
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How does it.
This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Marta Klonowska.
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A glass of 3400 years, found in Denmark.
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Analysis of a glass bead
blue found in the tomb of a
rich woman Bronze Age,
buried in Denmark, surprised
archaeologists.
It turned out that the colored
insert "originates from the
same workshop in Egypt that
supplied the glass cup of
Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and
took with him to the grave in
the year 1323 BC" described
Jeannet Varbeeg Aahus
University, Flemming Kaul
National Museum of
Denmark and Bernanrd
Gratuze University of
Orleans in France, authors
of the study, the Nordic
Science December 8.
It is a "sensational over trade
routes from Denmark and
the ancient civilizations of
Egypt and Mesopotamia in
the Bronze Age 3400 years
ago" discovery, they said.
In a hollowed trunk of oak,
was buried a rich woman
Olby, a place about 40
kilometers south of
Copenhagen.
"The woman had been
buried in a very bizarre way,"
noted archaeologists.
"He wore a belt with a
beautiful drive, an ingenious
skirt jingling chain, which
shone through small tubes of
bronze, and a bracelet on
her arm made of amber
beads, with one account
blue glass," says the
document.
Using a plasma
spectrometry analysis, they
compared the chemical
composition of the elements
with a reference material
Amarna in Egypt, and Nippur
in Mesopotamia, about 50
kilometers southeast of
Baghdad, Iraq.
"The glass bead proved to
be Egyptian. This is the first
time the cobalt typical
Egyptian glass was
discovered outside the
Mediterranean area, "noted
archaeologists.
Another interesting fact
mentioned, and that reveals
trade between the two
countries is the presence of
amber beads.
This material, which
captures the sun's rays like
glass, exported in the
Bronze Age from the
northern regions to the
south.
Tutankhamun and other
Egyptian pharaohs had large
chains amber boxes in their
burial chambers, and
Varbeeg, Kaul and Gratuze
mention that, apparently,
glass beads and amber
found together in several
places in the Middle East,
Turkey, Greece Italy and
Germany to northern
latitudes.
They think that worship the
Norse sun and the Egyptian
sun worship are somehow
linked and it shows this
cultural exchange.
In both realms is prayed to
death for the deceased
reconvened with divinity del
Sol.
The Archaeology
organization, referring to the
use of accounts, explains on
its website that "the desire for
personal adornment,
especially in the form of
beads, has been with us for a
long time-- and the
Neanderthal era ago, about
75,000 years or maybe even
more. "
To do this, the use of grains
was common, however
accounts in Egypt were
found mostly in the tombs of
elite.
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The Duralex crockery spent decades present in the cabinets of millions of families worldwide.
Most Spaniards born in the seventies and eighties took ever a Cola Cao or coffee in one of its vessels amber.
Today the company's products are sold in over 100 countries. It was, however, the brink of closure in 2008.
The brothers Franco-British Ioannides they saved from disappearing.
The brand advertising takes years boasting: "Use it as a hammer, drop it, kick it, run it through the ice to the boiling water," he announced.
And if broken, there is no danger. It will do in a cloud of chips.
The lower risks of cut also worked as a marketing strategy.
Saint-Gobain, the founder of Duralex, did not dream of selling household items.
His project was another quite different when in 1934 he bought a china shop in the town of La Chapelle-Saint Mesmin.
Moons wanted to manufacture cars.
It has therefore developed a tempered glass which still shapes at a temperature of 700 degrees.
Then passes to 550 and cooled by blowing at room temperature.
One of the experiments to which he subjected the material involved dropping a steel ball of a kilo from a height of five feet on a sheet of this glass.
This resisted the shock, while a power glass broke into pieces.
The start of the Second World War gave birth to a visionary idea: the production of resistant dinnerware that would help combat the shortage of French families.
In 1945, the French Industrial records Duralex brand, for the manufacture of glassware for culinary use.
The name originated in a verbal game based on its duration and the hard latin quote lex sed lex (the law is harsh, but it is the law).
A year later, the company launches its first vessel, the Gigogne -barrigón and a line in the mid- stripe, it still sold today.
In 1954 will be released his best-known brother, Picardie, tighter and beveled line model.
Thus initiating the thirty glorious years of the brand, which flood the
Gauls and other lands with different varieties of household items.
Therefore, in the sixties opened a second factory in the town of Rive-de-Gier.
In its apogee in the sixties and seventies, employed 1,500 people; of these, 1,300 were workers employed directly in the production of glasses, plates and trays.
They needed many hands. In 1964 they had reached a production of 133 million cups, plates and trays.
In the late seventies, however, the company goes into decline.
Begins to run outdated for consumers and has to cope with the competition, resulting from the beginnings of a globalized world.
Duralex not recover from it and the company goes into freefall. Saint-Gobain's sold in 1997 to the Italian group Bormioli Rocco & Figlio, which fails to overcome it.
In 2002 recorded the red. Wholesale Turkish Sinan Solmaz then appears. Its management was disastrous.
In 2007 the factory closed Rive-de-Gier and a year later the company goes into liquidation phase. Up until the Ionnides brothers.
Duralex, vessels that survive.
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The glass in Segovia.
The Craft Guild segoviano pays
tribute to the great masters of the
trades and boasts the teachings
who have transmitted their
hands, in an exhibition at the
Palace of the Marquis de Lozoya
with the title 'The last dinosaurs
crafts'.
The masterful exhibition is part of
a set of proposals under the
name R Christmas Fair Crafts
and seal Made in Spain, which
includes an area for exhibition
and sale, with tent included, and
several participatory and
demonstration workshops.
These activities are open to the
public until January 5th.
Especially moving was the
encounter between Segovia
craftsmen who often no longer
attend fairs and this time have
accepted the challenge of
launching a series of exhibitions
dedicated to the most "pure and
authentic that we" craft, as Jesus
said Cross announcing the
continuation of this event with
more artisans in future editions.
Jesus Cross explained that 'The
last dinosaurs crafts' is dedicated
"to retired or deceased
comrades" who "with his office
have made the Guild has come
here to defend the name of
craftsmanship".
"We want to put public view their
jobs so they will not forget and
feel recognized" referring to
Joaquin Santiago Calvo (glass
cutter) among other masters.
On the first floor of the Palace of
the Marquis are also rooms
where participatory workshops
where Alba Martín help
participants, torch in hand, to
create their own glass figurine
develop.
The workshops will be held on
weekends and prior registration is
required.
On the second floor of the
palace, "eighteen artisans
throughout Spain present their
works to the public to buy their
Christmas presents."
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Ana Yabar, also in Bilbao.
Colorful wooden toys, hand
painted leggings, jewelry
made from tree trunks,
tables recreate landscapes
from dry leaves, precious
colored stones earrings ...
Olentzero and the Three
Kings are already looking
for the perfect gift for leave
under the tree and the craft
fair installed in El Arenal is
an option first to find that
perfect detail.
Gabonart this year
celebrates its second
edition and gathers until
January 5, forty glass
artisans, jewelry, ceramics,
wood, leather, cosmetics,
and paper and cardboard.
"It's a very special show,
with exclusive products
made by hand," said
Izaskun Artetxe, Head of
Business Promotion
Service of the Council.
The very Izaskun Artetxe
admitted several days to
go to the fair; Councillor for
Health and Consumption,
Mariano Gómez, and the
president of Arbaso,
Bernat Vidal, could not
resist to buy two beautiful
wooden brooches shaped
Eguzkilore.
"The craft is an important
part of our traditions and
cultures," Gomez said.
The representative of the
artisans, for his part,
expressed confidence that
the public is encouraged to
flock to this fair.
"Expectations are good,"
he admitted.
Worth it, because in each
stand, the products have
their particular history.
The window Ana writes
poems Joseba Yabar
Sarrionaindia in their
lamps; Nela surface design
using drawings made their
daughters to design small
umbrellas and raincoats;
the jeweler Alex Redondo
learned everything he
knows about the crimp
gemstone with the natives
of Mexico; El
TRASTOLILLO monstrous
precious bags
manufactured from plastic
bags ...
Even innovation and
collaboration has reached
such traditional crafts
sector.
In the jewelry workshop
Milimetroan used balls felt
that performs Soledad
Santisteban to design
earrings dream.
The fair also organizes live
demonstrations and
workshops candy,
ceramics, wood carving
and weaving.
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Igor Obeso says that to live in his office "must be very stubborn. You have to like a lot. It is a laborious gigs, very physical and very hot pass ".
But it also has its good side. "You keep direct contact with the customer, never stop learning and you're always creating and recreating".
Coping with an artisan workshop "takes years of office. Gradually, people will know, you receive commissions, do some regular customers ... I can not complain".
Igor takes 17 years working glass blowing and just opened his new shop on the street Gabiria, 54, Industrial Estate Sales, where he also installed a permanent exhibition with models manufactured parts.
Lamps, perfume bottles, vases, bottles, plates, candle holders, decorative items and trophies are some of the unique and unrepeatable creations that exposes the craftsman in his new workplace.
The first furnace
The fans of Igor Obeso by the craft of glass goes back to his early youth. "I started making tiffany lamps with art. But one day, during a trip to Ainhoa, I visited a glass blowing workshop and I was fascinated. I asked the craftsman if he could learn
from him. I said yes and started the next day. "
When I saw that was handled in the office enough to settle on their own, he opened a workshop in Hondarribia, in Semisarga.
"There I put my first furnace blowing and I worked for five years. Then I went to Irura, where I have been nine or ten years and now I have settled in Irun. Last week we opened the workshop and I am very happy because many people came to see him and celebrate the opening. "
This artisan's workshop is divided into three areas: "one is blowing; other is fussing or thermoforming, which is the art of making stained glass and the third is the assembly area. The core of the workshop is the area of blown glass, which is where I spend most of the time. "
The technique is very old, but no longer spectacular. The melting furnace is about 1,100 degrees, and the glass is heated by blowing a beer and very basic tools will be given the desired shape.
"It is a technique very fast and very intense work" Igor explains.
"You can not stop the process, because if the material is cooled, and can not work with him. Neither offers many errors, because everything is
reflected in the glass. The technique remains the same for a lot of years. The only thing that has changed is the fuel that was before firing and now the gas is used to power the oven. "
In addition to mold pieces of glass, Igor Obeso has started making "ovens for other glassmakers, who are having great success in France. There are many workshops and glassblowing greatly enhance quality craftsmanship. People demand and values, which not much happens here. "
Visits for schools
To disclose his office, Igor usually go to craft fairs "with a small toaster oven for demonstrations. When people see what is the technique of glass, more assessing this office. "
With the same aim, the artisan hondarribiarra wants to launch visits to his workshop for school.
"Last year I visited a group of Txingudi Ikastola and the experience was very nice. Also from Artiola, which is an association for the dissemination of craftsmanship, they are interested in doing tours. "
Who can not attend the workshop and is interested in the craft of glass blowing or work of Igor can check the website of this artisan.
Igor Obeso, new glass blowing workshop.
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After a stay of ten years in Europe, Annie Flores presents his latest solo show in Lima entitled "I acknowledge" that proposes to close the circle of a long personal and professional journey.
The artist combines different media and techniques to provide a broad overview of the different stages of his work throughout his travels and experiences in Peru and Europe, which have helped to strengthen the recognition of their creativity and self-assertion as an artist.
So that the public will be part of a personal journey that Annie Flores in four themes: family; evasion and travel; the couple; and the sea and the volcano.
The body of this work includes works created using mixed media and materials such as porcelain and glass sculpture, drawing, collages of organic and industrial materials.
On the work of Annie Flores, art critic Jorge Villarcota notes that the artist presents three key in its field of creation: "First, the trend towards miniaturization as a
way to make your world an intimate experience but visually communicable .
Also, its attachment to the drawing, that most of the time line is simple and complex load, sexual and violent moments, allowing the construction of a fiction whose plot is dark but seductive.
And finally, the mercuric temperament, a mix of lively, sparkling zigzag and components, which are separated and disintegrate but also meet and recompose to affirm the continuity of self. "
The exhibition will open on Thursday, January 8th at Gallery ICPNA Miraflores (Av. Angamos 120 west). And will be open until February 15 Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 8 pm
About the Artist
Annie Francis Flores Ramos (Lima, 1974) is a graduate of the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Peru, specializing in Printmaking (Lima, 1997).
In 2003, he won the competition
Passport to an Artist, organized by the Embassy of France in Peru and travels to France where he studied Bachelor of Arts, graduating from the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg in 2005.
Subsequently, concludes a Master of Visual Arts at the University of Strasbourg in 2008.
His work has won several awards, including the First Honorable Mention the V National Fine Arts Competition organized by the Fundación Telefónica in Lima (2001); First Honorable Mention of the XXIV National Salon of Engraving ICPNA in Lima (1993); and has been recognized as "Distinguished Artist" by an international jury in the last five years, in 1998.
He has made four solo exhibitions: "I go" in rea - emerging artists from across the world, in Perugia (Italy, 2012); "Travel" in Gallaria Punt in Samedan-St. Moritz (Switzerland, 2006); "Let Planes" in Science Centre di Città della Scienza, Naples (Italy, 2004) and "The Passenger" in the Gallery Cecilia Gonzalez in Lima (Peru, 2002).
He has participated in several group exhibitions in Peru and abroad, including "Rencontres insolites" in the Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg (France, 2007) and "FuoriOrario" in Antiquares, Palazzo Gregori, Foligno (Italy , 2012).
Currently, Annie Flores lives and works in Lima, after a long stay in Strasbourg, where in addition to continuing his personal artistic journey, continuing his graduate studies in art history at the Université de Strasbourg.
"I recognize myself" exhibition of Annie Flores.
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The New Year in New York.
The Waterford crystal
sphere was ready to
appear in the New Year.
The glittering sphere of
5,390 kilograms (11,875
pounds) was tested on
Tuesday in preparation for
the celebration of New
Year's Eve in Times
Square in New York City,
where tens of thousands of
revelers announced the
arrival of 2015.
Workers huge coiled
cables while the dial up
and down on the pole
located at the top of tower
1 Times Square.
"It was so difficult that 2014
will be a big celebration to
announce the new year,"
said Jeffrey Straus,
president of the Times
Square Alliance, which
operates the event. "This is
our opportunity to come
together to celebrate the
future."
Ryan Seacrest will host the
show Countdown with
Taylor Swift, Idina Menzel,
Florida Georgia Line and
Magic! among the musical
guests.
When the clock struck
midnight and down the
field, fell while one ton of
confetti with good wishes
for the coming year.
The idea of the sphere
descends resumed in other
cities: Las Cruces, New
Mexico, was performed for
the first time the descent of
a chilli. Atlanta, Georgia,
and Nashville, Tennessee,
brought down a peach and
musical notes.
In Boston, the mayor and
police commissioner urged
activists to postpone
during New Year festivities
a planned protest rally
against police violence.
Martin Walsh Mayor and
Police Chief William Evans
suggested that the family
event is not appropriate
meeting to discuss the
recent deaths of a man and
two young black men by
police.
No planned demonstrations
in the city of New York,
where the police
department is still mourning
the murder of two officers in
a patrol on December 20
had. But anyway there was
tight security.
Each year, this police
department assigned to the
festivities thousands of
additional agents to control
the crowd and be alert to
any sign of trouble. Visitors
could see heavily armed
anti-terrorism equipment
and explosive detection
dogs.
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Valderas.
Avda. Los Castillos, s/n
28925 ALCORCÓN
MADRID
Our Newsletter is worded
in:
When glass culture
The Association of Friends of MAVA
was incorporated on June 21, 2003 in
accordance with current management.
The purpose of this Association is to
promote, encourage and support many
cultural activities, in the broadest terms,
are related to the mission and activities
of the Museum of Glass Art Alcorcon.
Our goal is to develop and collabora-
te with other public or private entities in
the promotion, protection and dissemi-
nation of art and culture.
Our members may be fees, benefac-
tors, Full and juveniles.
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Presidente honorario
Javier Gómez Gómez
Presidente
Miguel Angel Carretero Gómez
Vicepresidente
Pablo Bravo García
Secretaria
Rosa García Montemayor
Tesorera
Mª Angeles Cañas Santos
Vocales
Evangelina del Poyo
Diego Martín García
Francisco Martín García
José María Gallardo Breña
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Bellotti. Images (I).
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Bellotti. Images (II).
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Craft Fair. Images.
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