Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival David Farrelly, General Manager with Glassco Recycling talks about how the recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. Event Information The recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. When glass in deposited into bring banks around Ireland, this glass is collected, processed and remelted…
Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival Tackling the challenges of fuel, emissions and transportation in recycling glass Event Information In the glass industry we think of glass in 3 areas. Best for health, taste and environment. Whilst the first 2 ‘bests’ are without contention, glass being an inert product doesn’t release anything into the…
Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival Maximilian Schlott and Jan Vyskocil share their passion for working with glass and the importance of renewable and sustainable energy. Niesenglass Switzerland GmbH is a glass manufacturing company founded by Maximilian Schlott and Jan Vyskocil. Our passion for working with glass brought us together a few years…
Glint glass studio is a social enterprise that uses waste glass as a primary material for production and education. Event Information Glint Glass studio is creating something new while making use of waste. Looking to expand the glass community by educating and providing experiences to people who want to learn about glassmaking, the glass school…
Outdoor Flowers and Wreaths: Recycled Blue Green Glass Bottles About this event Event Information One glass flower or wreath is made from a single bottle. Demonstration :- cutting the glass, creating the design. Assembling the flower on a garden stake. Bottles are donated by friends. GSOI members and friends and students are welcome. Tea coffee…
Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival Moving of the Blaschka Collection at the Natural History Museum Paolo Viscardi is a senior curator at the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (NMINH). His background is in the natural sciences and museology and he has over 17 years’ professional experience of working with natural history…
Roger Parramore, Andrea Spencer & Emma Bourke, with Paolo Viscardi discussing the making & global transportation of the Blaschka collection About this event Paolo Viscardi is a senior curator at the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (NMINH). His background is in the natural sciences and museology and he has over 17 years’ professional…
How best can we take care of the stained glass in our custody - Online event with Dr. Nessa Roche, Colette Langan, Evan Connon, Alan Tomlin About this event Event Information How best can we take care of the stained glass in our custody? The responsibility of care for historical master works in stained glass…
David Farrelly, General Manager brings GSOI members on a guided tour of Glassco Recycling . Numbers strictly limited to 8 only. Event Information The recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. When glass in deposited into bring banks around Ireland, this glass is collected, processed and remelted into new glass bottles and jars…