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SUMMARY:Register for the 2022 Irish Glass Gift Guide
DESCRIPTION:GSOI Members! Submit your work to be included in the 2022 Irish Glass Gift Guide! Even if you participated in the past\, please submit new photos and information using the google form: https://forms.gle/YeT3LynZtfTa2Vuy8 \n  \nSubmission due by Oct 17th \n  \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/register-for-the-2022-irish-glass-gift-guide/
CATEGORIES:Online Event
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SUMMARY:Kiln It - A Festival of Glass And Glass Making
DESCRIPTION:The National Sculpture Factory is a place of production; a place where artworks are always becoming\, and where artists delve into a wide variety of material enquiry and research. \nMaterial Laboratories is our new programmatic strand that will focus on specific material researches and medium specific practices through an intensified series of Masterclasses\, workshops\, lectures and open discussion. \nThe first in the series will begin in October 2022 where we will present Kiln it – a festival of glass and glass making. Kiln it will be a series of 3 masterclasses featuring a variety of glass making techniques\, and they will run in tandem with 3 online lectures by internationally renowned glass artists. \n  \nWorkshops\nPainted Glass workshop with Debbie Dawson\n8 & 9 October | 10 – 5 each day | €200 \nThis two day masterclass will explore experimental painting and sandblasting on float glass. Day one we will use oxide and enamel paints with a variety of mark making tools and implements to create a series of abstract images on the surface of the glass. The glass is then fired in a kiln overnight. \nDay two we will explore the sandblasting process where the surface of the glass is abraded to create tonal and textural elements. We will use a variety of resists\, stencils and other materials to achieve expressive\, gestural marks on the glass. \nNo prior experience necessary but please bring some drawings/images to use as inspiration. \nBook tickets via Eventbrite\n \nPâte de Verre workshop with Sophie Longwill\n15 & 16 October | 10 – 5 each day | €200 \nIn this two day masterclass students will learn how to translate their ideas into paper-thin glass using methods inspired by the ancient technique of pâte de verre (glass paste). We will be experimenting with different tools and processes to add texture\, pattern and surface details using finely ground glass powders to create unique and delicate artwork. \nStudents will learn: \n\nMould making and casting\nKiln schedules and programming for firing and slumping\nMixing glass powders to create a unique palette of colours\nPowder printing using found objects and handmade stencils\nCasting small found objects in glass\nHow to translate drawings and paintings into glass\nCreating texture and patterns\nHow to create fusible elements such as stringers and wafers\n\nBook tickets via Eventbrite \nGlass Casting workshop with Eva Reddy\n22 & 23 October | 10 – 5 each day | €200 \nThis two day workshop is designed to introduce participants to the process of glass casting. It is designed for beginners\, although any skill level can be accommodated – whether one wants to brush up on established glass casting skills or use the workshop as a starting point for working with the beautiful material of glass. \nThe workshop will focus on the mould making process for open-face glass casts\, and the programming and set up of the kiln\, as well as health and safety practices for working with glass. Included in this workshop will be demonstrations of safely working with glass\, the mould making process\, clay sculpting\, kiln set-up and clean up\, and mould divestment. \nParticipants will work through a set project\, articulating responses from concept\, design to realisation. \nBook tickets via Eventbrite \n\nThis series of masterclasses is designed for practicing artists only but they need not have had any experience of working with glass. \nAll participants will be contacted ahead of time by the facilitator with an info pack about the workshop\, and what to bring with you for the weekend. Lunch will be provided both days by the NSF. \n  \nLectures\n\nA lecture with Matthew Szösz\nOctober 5th | 6PM | online | free \nMatthew Szösz is a practicing artist and educator known primarily for his inventive processes and innovative use of glass to explore the intersection of material\, aesthetics\, and the poetic. \nSince receiving his MFA(Glass) from Rhode Island School of Design\, been recognized internationally with awards such as the Irvine Borowsky Prize\, the Jutta-Cuny Franz Prize\, and a Tiffany Foundation Grant\, and has completed residencies at the Corning Museum of Glass\, Het Glazenhuis\, the Danish Royal Academy\, Toyama Institute for Glass Arts\, Canberra Glassworks\, Australia National University\, Virginia Commonwealth University and others. \nBook tickets via Eventbrite \n\nA lecture with Sylvia Levenson\nOctober 12th | 6PM | online | free \nOriginally from Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, Silvia Levenson immigrated to Italy in 1981\, during the “disappearances” of the Dirty War . \nIn 2004\, Levenson received the Rakow Commission Award from the Corning Museum of Glass in 2008 she was a shortlisted nominee for the Bombay Sapphire Prize and in 2016 she received The Glass in Venice Award from Istituto Veneto\, Venice\, Italy. \nHer work explores daily interpersonal relationships through installations and objects that state firmly what is usually felt or whispered. \nBook tickets via Eventbrite \n\nA lecture with Alison Lowry\nOctober 19th | 6PM | online | free \nAlison Lowry is a glass artist living and working from her studio\, ‘Schoolhouse Glass’ in Saintfield\, Co. Down in Northern Ireland. She graduated\, as a mature student\, in 2009 from the Ulster University with a First Class Honours degree in Art and Design. \nAlison is interested in how objects tell stories. Objects- such as textiles- can have a personal resonance holding memory within them- the traces of the wearer\, the maker and of the historical period they were created within. The fabric of our lives surrounds and envelops us\, and it is this translation from textile into glass that has informed her practice. \nBook tickets via Eventbrite \n\nAll workshop and lecture links found here – linktr.ee/nationalsculpturefactory
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/kiln-it-a-festival-of-glass-and-glass-making/
LOCATION:National Sculpture Factory\, Albert Rd\, Ballintemple\,\, Cork
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Masterclass
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SUMMARY:‘Stories – Whispers from the Past and the Present’ – Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:A joint exhibition by the Scottish Glass Society & the Contemporary Glass Society and The Glass Society of Ireland’s ‘A Breath of Fresh Air – The Keep Well Glass Quilt Project’\n14th to 22nd September 2022\nThe Trades House of Glasgow\, 85 Glassford Street Glasgow\, G1 1UH (Open 10am-4pm daily). Private viewing – Members only invitations – Tuesday 13th September – 6pm. \n4th to 29th October 2022\nWasps Creative Academy\, Midmills Building\, Stephen’s Street\, Inverness\, IV2 3JP (Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 4 pm. Closed Sundays)
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/stories-whispers-from-the-past-and-the-present-exhibition/
LOCATION:Trades House\, 85 Glassford Street\, Glasgow\, G1 1UH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:The Glass Quilt- Presented by Aoife Soden hosted by Healy Arts
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the Glass Quilt by members of the Glass Society of Ireland. Powerpoint presentation by Aoife Soden and hosted by Healy Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\nInaugural lecture as part of “Stories- Whispers from the Past and the Present” Lecture Series with Scottish Glass Society & Contemporary Glass Society in collaboration with Healy Arts. \nJoin us for an informal talk by project leader Aoife Soden about the Glass Society of Ireland Glass Quilt. This collaborative work was made by 50 glass society members during the first Covid lockdown in 2019 when Ireland had a 2k travel limit\, could meet each other and many artists could not even get to their studios. Listen to stories of its making\, how ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ became a lifeline for some\, life-changing for others and how it brought a community together in a very difficult time. Hear about Irish gin and cake at Venice Glass Week\, tea with the President of Ireland\, the journey to Glasgow and the quilt’s next destination. \nJoin us and meet some of the artists involved. Free tea\, coffee & biscuits. Feel free to bring your lunch along if you prefer something savoury instead of biscuits! no one. Please note: starting time is 11.30am to allow for a chat and coffee before the lecture at 12noon. \nSupported by Creative Scotland & United Nations International Year of Glass. The Glass Quilt is sponsored by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and Sláintecare as part of the #keepwell campaign. \n\nImage: Roland Pashcoff
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/the-glass-quilt-presented-by-aoife-soden-hosted-by-healy-arts/
LOCATION:Trades House\, 85 Glassford Street\, Glasgow\, G1 1UH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:ReView\, Exhibition and Gathering
DESCRIPTION:The Glass Society of Ireland (GSOI) presents ReView – a unique\, eco-conscious exhibition\, part of our ‘sustainability’ themed programming for the International Year of Glass 2022. \nThe pop-up exhibition will take place on September 10th and 11th across the grounds of Hunting Brook Gardens\, Blessington\, Co. Wicklow. \nThese stunning gardens are made up of five acres of contemporary exotic gardens and fifteen acres of woodland gardens and valley. The exhibition will use minimal resources and only natural light giving new perspectives to existing work through responsive installation. \nTo be considered GSOI members were asked to submit a 2 minute video on what piece of old or unresolved work they wanted to ReView and why. Our final selection was supported by two guest jurors; USA-based artist and former Creative Director of the iconic Pilchuck Glass school Tina Aufiero\, and award-winning gardener and owner of Hunting Brook\, Jimi Blake. \nThe 15 artists selected are: Alison Byrne\, Clare Bowe\, Donna Coogan\, Emer O’Donnell\, Eva Kelly\, Gwyn Grace\, Maresa Edwards\, Marja Huhta\, Michelle Ryan\, Rachel McDonnell\, Róisín de Buitléar\, Sinead Brennan\, Sophie Longwill and Suzanne O’Sullivan. \n  \nGuests are welcome to visit in person on Saturday 10th\, 4pm – 7pm and Sunday 11th\, 11am -3pm. Admission to the garden is normally €8 but during the specially extended hours for this event it’s a ‘pay-what-you-can’ suggested donation. All the artists will be present over the weekend so it is a great chance to meet the maker and learn more about the glass making processes.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/review-exhibition-and-gathering/
LOCATION:Huntington Brook Gardens\, Lamb Hill\, Blessington\, Co. Wicklow\, W91 YK33
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220717T170000
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SUMMARY:Pâte de verre Intensive with Alison Lowry
DESCRIPTION:In this 2-day intensive workshop\, participants will explore the ancient technique of pâte de verre (glass paste) to create unique pieces in two dimensions and three dimensions. \nAll the essentials will be covered in the class—mixing glass\, hand building moulds\, firing and divesting. No prior experience with glass is required. \nThe basic principles of pâte de verre will be explained and step by step demonstrations given by Alison Lowry. \nOnce these are understood\, experimentation is encouraged!
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/pate-de-verre-intensive-with-alison-lowry/
LOCATION:Mulranny Arts Glass Studio\, Mulranny\, Co. Mayo\, F28 N2Y5\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220625T170000
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SUMMARY:From Flame to Fuse
DESCRIPTION:From Flame to Fuse is a two day workshop designed for people who want a solution to how to use offcuts and scraps generated from flat glass projects. The workshop will explore methods and techniques of working at the torch using waste glass. With a focus on Bullseye glass scrap\, specifically for including into fused glass projects glass. The workshop will cover how to break down sheet glass scraps to reform them at the torch to make rods and stringers that can be further manipulated in the flame. Over two days\, participants will have the opportunity to learn simple flame working skills that will include how to make a variety of simple shapes and drawn imagery alongside different methods of colour application\, using both bench and hand torches. These elements will then be taken to the kiln for explore the effects of further heat manipulation.\nThe working day will be structured around demonstrations and plenty of individual practice at the torch. There will be individual guidance and group discussions. We will be focused on exploration and investigation and testing rather than creating finished products. \n4 places available
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/from-flame-to-fuse/
LOCATION:Benefiels Spencer Glass\, 35 Lagavara Road\, Ballintoy\, Co. Antrim\, BT54 6NG\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220621T120000
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SUMMARY:Fiacre O'Donnell: Guided Tour of Encirc Bottle Manufacturing\, Eniskillen
DESCRIPTION:Guided tour of Encirc Bottle Manufacturing Facility for GSOI Members \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nIn 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 product or react to anything from the product\, thus preserving the taste of the product and the health aspect of the consumer\, the environment section is a challenge. Although 100% recyclable\, glass does have to focus on emissions from the fuels we use in furnaces\, the emissions from raw materials and the transportation challenges of moving a product heavier than all its rival packaging products. Vidrala Group are tackling these projects head on and with the recent acceptance of the SBTi 1.5o are making a public statement of intent on the environment. \nBiography \nFiacre O’Donnell is Sustainability Director at Encirc Bottle Manufacturing\, Northern Ireland. \nFiacre joined Encirc 1998. Having held various roles in planning\, sales\, marketing and sustainability\, he was appointed Sustainability Director of Encirc’s Spanish based parent company\, Vidrala in 2020. \nAn MBA graduate from the Ulster Business school and an alumni of the Timoney Institute\, he is a former winner of the Drink Business ‘Green personality of the year’ for the work undertaken to decarbonise the UK beverage industry. He is a member of the BITC NI environmental leadership team and BITC climate champions team\, and is a member of the NI CoC Infrastructure committee and Council. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/fiacre-odonnell-guided-tour-of-encirc-bottle-manufacturing-eniskillen/
LOCATION:Encirc\, 11 Gortahurk Road\, Derrylin\, BT92 9DD\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220621T120000
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SUMMARY:Guided tour of Glassco Recycling\, Naas\, Co. Kildare for GSOI Members
DESCRIPTION:David Farrelly\, General Manager brings GSOI members on a guided tour of Glassco Recycling . Numbers strictly limited to 8 only. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nThe 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 on the island of Ireland. The use of recycled glass (cullet) in furnaces to manufacture new glass packaging takes less energy to melt than using the glass raw materials of soda ash\, limestone and silica sand. The more cullet that can be used in the batch process to make glass bottles the higher the saving on energy required and the lower the CO2 footprint. \nAbout Glassco Recycling  \nGlassco Recycling is Irelands largest glass recycling company accounting for the recycling of over 75% of all the glass deposited in bring banks by members of the public across c.1250 bring sites nationwide. The company collected\, processed and marketed more than 137\,000 tonnes of glass and cans in 2021. Glassco Recycling is unique amongst recycling companies in Ireland in terms of the diversity of its workplace. The company has long been an employer of people with special needs and currently the company employs 11 people with special needs out of a total workforce of 81. \nBiography \nDavid Farrelly (General Manager of Glassco Recycling) has held a number of management positions within companies involved in the Irish recycling sector. He also represents Ireland at FERVER which is the European association for glass recycling companies.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/guided-tour-of-glassco-recycling-naas-co-kildare-for-gsoi-members/
CATEGORIES:Informational,Summer Glass Festival
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220620T141500
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nessa Roche Panel Discussion: Caring for Stained Glass in our Custody
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nHow best can we take care of the stained glass in our custody? \nThe responsibility of care for historical master works in stained glass often falls to individuals\, clergy and caretakers of buildings in which they are housed. How do we best care for them so that we will pass it to future generations in the optimal condition possible? Are new contemporary works any different\, do they need different kinds of care? What are the correct steps to take if the work is damaged\, needs restoration or needs to be protected from the weather? How do you identify if the work is at risk or not? \nOur panel will discuss these issues and more. Chaired by Dr Nessa Roche this expert panel is made up of practitioners in stained glass conservation\, historians and architects. We invite you to join us if you have stained glass in your care\, and wish to know more about its long term care. If this is a subject that interests you or you would like to contribute to the conversation\, please join us! \nBiographies: \nDr Nessa Roche is a Senior Architectural Advisor with the Department of Culture\, Heritage and the Gaeltacht\, with a doctorate in architectural conservation from Heriot-Watt University\, Edinburgh (1999). She has published on Irish architectural history and conservation\, with a speciality in windows and glass. She wrote the Department’s Windows Advice Series booklet (2007)\, project managed the Places of Worship booklet (2010) and was one of the editors of the statutory Architectural Heritage Protection Guidelines (2004). She managed the Department’s review of the operation of Part IV of the Planning and Development Act (published 2016). She also was centrally involved in preparing the National Landscape Strategy (2015). Nessa is currently responsible for developing the new architectural policy and is also working on a strategy for cultural heritage skills development in Ireland and the EU \nColette Langan is a stained glass conservator and maker. Originally trained in the UK in 1983\, she served her time working under mentors Alfred Fisher and Steve Clare from the UK’s leading stained glass conservation studio\, Holy Well Glass. There she worked on many iconic glass windows in buildings including Westminster Abbey\, Winchester Cathedral and The Tower of London at Chapel Studio\, UK. On her return to Ireland she set up her own studio in the North West\, in Carrick on Shannon Co Leitrim\, where she continues to practice stained glass restoration alongside contemporary design. Today as well as conservation her studio practice includes stained glass design\, incorporating glass painting\, and glass fusing techniques. She also makes one off large and small autonomous art works. She sees education as an important element of her work in both restoration and the creative experience. She has turned her attention to the challenge of sustainability in her work practice\, using exploratory techniques with an emphasis on reusing glass.Large scale public stained glass work can be seen in The Loreto Convent\, Rathfarnham\, Dublin\, SS Sebastian and Pancras Church\, Kingsbury\, London\, St Mary’s Church\, Athlone with recent private commissions for clients in Tipperary\, Cork\, Sligo and Dublin Airport. She received the Governing Body Award\, IT Sligo in 2016 and in the same year was shortlisted for RDS Visual Art Award. She was recently granted a residency by CraftHub to represent Ireland in Germany at the famous Glasmalerei Peters Studios in April 2022. \nEvan Connon comes from a long line of stained-glass craftsmen stretching over three centuries. His paternal grandfather Charles Connon (1900 – 1939) worked for Joshua Clarke at the Harry Clarke Studios as a master glass painter and designer. As a teenager Evan was immersed in the stained glass tradition and served a six-year apprenticeship with William Earley of the Earley Studios Dublin. In 2004\, he set up Connon Glass studio in Dublin\, designing and manufacturing both private and public stained-glass windows.\, Their extensive portfolio of stained-glass work in many churches throughout Ireland\, includes contemporary windows and large restoration projects. These include: St Patrick’s cathedral Dublin\, Mary’s Cathedral in Limerick\, Christchurch Cathedral and University Church in Dublin. An extensive restoration of St Kevin’s church in Harrington street Dublin was undertaken by the studios in 2013. The works comprised the removal of five windows to facilitate repairs to the window reveals and stone tracery. \nAlan Tomlin is a second generation Stained glass artist. His father Stanley Tomlin b 1916 worked at the Clarke studios and set up Irish stained glass. Alan is known for designing new stained\, leaded glass and repair/restoration in all styles for churches\, private dwellings\, public and commercial buildings. He also specialises in the highest quality restoration of old or damaged stained glass windows while paying particular attention to the guidelines of the heritage council. In the public domain are windows for Bewleys café on contemporary interpretations of artworks by Pauline Bewick\, Jim Fitzpatrick\, Church of Our Lady of Loreto and St Brigid at Casement Aerodrome. IN recent years he has been working on a 300 piece painted commission for the Irish Air corps. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/dr-nessa-roche-panel-discussion-caring-for-stained-glass-in-our-custody/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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SUMMARY:Stefka Bargazova & Sarah Rothwell: Insights into the Dan Klein Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss the Dan Klein Conservation Project\, a collaborative project that brought together conservators\, curators & practitioners \n\n\n\n\n\nInsights into the Dan Klein Conservation Project  \nThe British Museums Object Conservator Stefka Bargazova and National Museums Scotland Senior Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design Sarah Rothwell join us to discuss the Dan Klein Conservation Project\, a wonderful collaborative project that they initiated in 2017 that brought conservators\, curators\, and practitioners together to share their knowledge to help preserve works of craft and art for the next generation. As with the life of any collection\, things may get lost or damaged along the way and may need a bit of TLC. This was the case for a number of seminal works that were part of the Dan Klein & Alan J Poole Private Collection of Modern Glass\, gifted to the organisation in 2009 and internationally recognised as a significant survey of some of the leading names in British and Irish Studio and Art Glass. So\, this is an opportunity to learn more about the collection and the works that were restored\, and how cross-disciplinary dialogues can aid contemporary conservation practices. \nStefka Bargazova\, former artefacts conservator at National Museums Scotland\, is currently working for the British Museum on the Ancient Girsu/Getty Project in Iraq. Sarah Rothwell is Senior Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design where she holds responsibility for the British\, European\, and other ‘Western’ collections of glass\, ceramics\, metalwork\, jewellery\, and industrial design circa 1945 to the present\, which include a nationally significant collection of Contemporary Craft.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/stefka-bargazova-sarah-rothwell-insights-into-the-dan-klein-collection/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220620T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220620T114500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T101656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T101656Z
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SUMMARY:Flameworkers Discuss the Making and Transporting of the Blaschka Collection
DESCRIPTION:Roger Parramore\, Andrea Spencer & Emma Bourke\, with Paolo Viscardi discussing the making & global transportation of the Blaschka collection \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nPaolo 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 collections in the UK and Ireland. As part of his varied role\, he manages the NMINH collection of Blaschka models of invertebrate animals\, which is one of the largest of its kind in the world. \nRoger Parramore has been working with glass since he was 10 years old. His early experience with a home-built furnace led to formal training as a scientific glassblower\, working with major scientific companies\, national universities and Nasa. Parramore’s current work at the flame\, using hand techniques\, reflect his fascination with the form and romance of traditional Italian glassware. The origins of flameworking in Germany is also a point of interest and has led to extensive explorations of the traditional blown Christmas bauble. \nRoger Parramore’s experience with chemistry and physics led him to a fascination with glassblowing as a process\, and also glass as a material. As a result\, he founded the Parramore Color Company which manufactures colored glasses for borosilicate lampworking. He lives and works in North Carolina \nAndrea Spencer graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1993 with a BA (Hons) in Architectural Glass. Her small-scale sculpture and site-specific installations are concept driven\, exploring natural forms to create artworks that carry a personal narrative. \nSpencer maintains an emphasis on the unique properties of glass\, exploiting the qualities of transparency\, fragility and fluidity intrinsic to the material and employs techniques to encapsulate\, contain and protect\, alongside elements to define\, brace\, bridge and support. \nAndrea’s work is held in significant public and private collections\, has been exhibited in the UK\, Europe\, USA and China and since 2008 has regularly featured in the British Glass Biennale. Her work has been included in the Corning Museum of Glass’ annual New Glass Review (2010). In 2017 she received the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Artist Career Enhancement Scheme Award. Residencies include artist-in-residence at North Lands Creative Glass (Scotland). Teaching includes national and international glass schools such as Pilchuck Glass School (USA) Bildwerk (Germany) and The Royal College of Art. \nEmma Bourke graduated from NCAD with BA(Hons) in Craft Design Glass in 2009. She went on to achieve a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Sunderland in 2013. Emma has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally including; Portfolio at the Coach House in Dublin Castle\, IRL\, The Ireland Newfoundland Trail\, NL Crafts Council Gallery\, NL\, Sociolect at The Biscuit Factory\, UK. \nEmma Bourke’s studio is a sea of tiny\, colourful leaves\, petals and other plant parts. While researching the famous glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka\, Emma discovered they built their scientific models in sections. This how she now works\, painstakingly creating hundreds of miniature components before assembling them into a finished piece. Her work speaks of folklore and cultural identity\, exploring the concept of biophilia: the innate human tendency to seek connections with nature. \nEvent Information \nThis event is intended as an open forum discussion panel. Contemporary flameworkers will discuss the Blaschka collection in terms of today’s world\, and look at what we can learn from what we know of their methods to compare our work practices today. The Blaschkas were a father and son team of Dresden-based lampworkers\, who created exquisite models of marine invertebrates between 1864 and 1890. These models were sold by mail order to museums and universities all over the world\, relying on boats and railways for their distribution. The models were based on illustrations in scientific publications\, and the methods used to transform these 2D images into lifelike 3D models evolved over time. Here we discuss some of the materials and methods used by the Blaschkas to both create and distribute their delicate models. We also consider the implications of this to the ongoing care and conservation of the large collection housed in the historic exhibition building of the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/flameworkers-discuss-the-making-and-transporting-of-the-blaschka-collection/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220620T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220620T104500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T101510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T101510Z
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SUMMARY:Paolo Viscardi: Moving the Blaschka Collection - Natural History Museum
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n\nMoving of the Blaschka Collection at the Natural History Museum \n\n\n\n\n\nPaolo 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 collections in the UK and Ireland. As part of his varied role\, he manages the NMINH collection of Blaschka models of invertebrate animals\, which is one of the largest of its kind in the world. \nEvent Information \nThe Blaschkas were a father and son team of Dresden-based lampworkers\, who created exquisite models of marine invertebrates between 1864 and 1890. These models were sold by mail order to museums and universities all over the world\, relying on boats and railways for their distribution. The models were based on illustrations in scientific publications\, and the methods used to transform these 2D images into lifelike 3D models evolved over time. Here we discuss some of the materials and methods used by the Blaschkas to both create and distribute their delicate models. We also consider the implications of this to the ongoing care and conservation of the large collection housed in the historic exhibition building of the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/paolo-viscardi-moving-the-blaschka-collection-natural-history-museum/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T101256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T101256Z
UID:6767-1655636400-1655654400@www.glasssocietyofireland.ie
SUMMARY:Open Studio - Gwyn Grace: Outdoor Flowers and Wreaths with recycled bottles
DESCRIPTION:Outdoor Flowers and Wreaths: Recycled Blue Green Glass Bottles \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nOne 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 cake and chat. \nBiography \nGwyn Grace is a glass artist\, graduate of NCAD. She enjoys experimenting with fused glass and pate de verre and learning new techniques to work with glass through attending master classes in Ireland and abroad. Bottle glass is readily available to recycle. \nNB Participants must be 16+
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/open-studio-gwyn-grace-outdoor-flowers-and-wreaths-with-recycled-bottles/
LOCATION:Gwyn Grace Studio\, 10 Cremore Ave\, Dublin\, D11 C858
CATEGORIES:Demonstration,Open Studio,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T100840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T100840Z
UID:6762-1655636400-1655654400@www.glasssocietyofireland.ie
SUMMARY:Colette Langan Workshop: An Introduction to Glass Painting
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction to Glass Painting with Colette Langan \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nLearn how to mix glass paint\, trace lines and matt in the traditional way for your first piece. You will then have the opportunity to experiment with different types of medium with the paint. All materials and tools are provided though you are welcome to bring a black and white design to trace. Your work will be fired and sent to you which you will be able to make into sun catchers\, incorporate into your work\, or just leave on your window sill. \nBiography \nColette Langan is a stained glass maker and restorer. She began her career in the UK training on medieval glass from iconic buildings such as Westminster Abbey\, Winchester Cathedral and The Tower of London. She later set up her own studio in the North West of Ireland combining making new designs with restoration work. \nToday as well as conservation\, her studio practice includes stained glass design\, glass painting\, glass fusing techniques\, making one off large and small autonomous art works and teaching. She sees education as an important element of her work in both restoration and the creative experience and has turned her attention to the challenge of sustainability in her work practice\, using exploratory techniques with an emphasis on reusing glass and in this event will be using off cuts.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/colette-langan-workshop-an-introduction-to-glass-painting/
LOCATION:Langan Stained Glass\, Main Street Townparks\, Carrick-On-Shannon\, N41 HP60\, Ireland
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220530T143815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T143815Z
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SUMMARY:Open Studio: Visit Glasshammer Studios
DESCRIPTION:A large commission for Ballyboden Oratory is in progress at the studio. See how it transforms from a drawing to coloured fused glass. \n\n\n\n\n\nMichelle O Donnell owner and creator of Glasshammer Design is currently working on a large fused commission for Ballyboden Oratory Rathfarnham Co Dublin. Visit the studio and meet the artist where she will explain the process from concept to finished installed work. Michelle works on large scale public art projects fusing and slumping sheets of glass. Painting\, forming and melding glass in colourful combinations is a signature of this studio. \nDemonstrations and detailed explanations will be given on the day. The visit is an hour long and has a max of 10 per visit.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/open-studio-visit-glasshammer-studios/
LOCATION:Glasshammer studios\, Rhode\, Co. Offaly\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Open Studio
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220619T150000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220530T144341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T144341Z
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SUMMARY:Open Studio: Visit Pat Muldowney's Stained Glass Studio in Dublin
DESCRIPTION:Visit an artist’s studio in Dublin to see a large glass window being completed by Pat Muldowney. \n\n\n\n\n\nPat Muldowney is currently working on a commission for Mary the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Kingscourt Co Cavan . The commission includes 3 stained glass windows dedicated to Mary with a Rose window \, 3 x stained Glass windows dedicated to St Killian\, St Bronach\, St Colmcille\, and a Rose window . \nDuring the visit you will see design proposals submissions \, full size drawings and cutline cartoons. One window of cut coloured glass is on the cutting table \, one section of a window is waxed and ready for painting\, which will give you an understanding of how a window is constructed and developed for painting.There is also a kiln on view with glass ready for firing. Painting demonstrations on glass will also be ongoing. Come meet the artists and see how it all works. Visits last for 30 mins and 6 people max at a time can enter the studio. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/open-studio-visit-pat-muldowneys-stained-glass-studio-in-dublin/
CATEGORIES:Open Studio
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T100503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T100542Z
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour St. Kevin's Church\, Harrington Street\, Dublin with Evan Connon
DESCRIPTION:Walking Tour – St. Kevin’s Church\, Harrington Street Dublin finishing at the old premises of the Earley Company on 1 Camden Street\, Dublin 8 \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nThe stained glass windows of St Kevin’s church in Harrington Street Dublin are unique in the fact that they track the history of Earley and Company from (1861–1975) to the present day. The firm was one of the largest and most prestigious ecclesiastical decorators both in Ireland and the U.K \nStarting with windows by Hardman Company\, Thomas Earley a glass painter under Pugin can be seen. When Thomas formed the Earley and Powell company in 1864 on nearby Camden street more windows were added. In 1903 the largest grisaille stained glass window in Ireland was installed. Since then generations of the Earley family have been involved in the maintenance and design of windows for the church\, culminating in William Earley creating a window for the south transept. Evan Connon\, an apprentice of Willie Earley\, will bring insights and history to this guided walk through history\, from the early days of Hardman company to his own current practice and extensive restoration of these historic windows. The walk will end in the old premises of the Earley company on 1 Camden street which has been converted to Witherspoon’s pub\, where the original circular window remains. \nBiography \nEvan Connon comes from a long line of stained-glass craftsmen stretching over three centuries. His paternal grandfather Charles Connon (1900 – 1939) worked for Joshua Clarke at the Harry Clarke Studios as a master glass painter and designer. As a teenager Evan was immersed in the stained glass tradition and served a six-year apprenticeship with William Earley of the Earley Studios Dublin. In 2004\, he set up Connon Glass studio in Dublin\, designing and manufacturing both private and public stained-glass windows.\, Their extensive portfolio of stained-glass work in many churches throughout Ireland\, includes contemporary windows and large restoration projects. These include: St Patrick’s cathedral Dublin\, Mary’s Cathedral in Limerick\, Christchurch Cathedral and University Church in Dublin. An extensive restoration of St Kevin’s church in Harrington street Dublin was undertaken by the studios in 2013. The works comprised the removal of five windows to facilitate repairs to the window reveals and stone tracery. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/walking-tour-st-kevins-church-harrington-street-dublin-with-evan-connon/
LOCATION:St. Kevin’s Church\, Harrington Street\, Dublin\, Ireland
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T131500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T095426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T095426Z
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SUMMARY:Pilates & More with Denise
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n\nCome join Pilates & More with Denise for a stretch and mobility filled pilates session \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nCome join Pilates and More with Denise for a stretch and mobility filled Pilates session. We will focus on alignment\, breathing and developing a strong core to boost both your mind and body. The class will cater for all levels with modifications given throughout.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/pilates-more-with-denise/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220618T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T094141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T094207Z
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SUMMARY:Caleb Cairns: Looking After Your Body in the Studio
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n\nCaleb will be looking at the posture and position of artists in their studios and making suggestions to combat bad posture\, pain and injury. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nCaleb will be looking at the posture and position of glass artists in their studios and making suggestions as to how to combat the negative effects that lead to bad posture\, pain and injury. \nBiography \nCaleb Cairns is a Body Alignment Specialist and Strength and Conditioning Coach with over 30 years experience in Sports Medicine and Amatsu Therapy\, working in sports performance injury and injury prevention. \nAmatsu is a Japanese form of hands on therapy that identifies patterns of fascial tension throughout the body and uses a gentle correction technique to restore balance and alignment. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/caleb-cairns-looking-after-your-body-in-the-studio/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Demonstration,Lecture,Online Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T164500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T093954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T093954Z
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SUMMARY:Glint Glass Studio: Circular Economy Reusing Glass Materials
DESCRIPTION:Glint glass studio is a social enterprise that uses waste glass as a primary material for production and education. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nGlint 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 started by offering a variety of glassmaking classes for complete beginners. A simple glass became the cornerstone of the project. Through making a basic beaker\, many skills can be learnt. \nAlongside classes\, Glint makes a range of glassware to suit the contemporary home that is conscious of the environment and their community. Their range of glasses that are versatile for use from morning to evening are sold online and through craft shops nationwide. Made from waste material\, gathered locally\, they are remade into a usable or saleable objects using new found skills. The production of an object brings many processes that affect the environment. The designer\, but also the producer\, must take responsibility for the object created. A responsibility that involves not only the production phases\, but also how that product will be marketed\, shipped\, how long and how it will be used and\, very importantly\, disposed of. Each of these phases must be designed to minimise the impact on the planet. \nTheir need to be conscious of the environment and their impact on climate change is the baseline for their design choices. Sustainability of practice as well as of material is fundamental to their business. As a circular economy project\, reclaiming waste materials\, introducing new skills\, building awareness of their waste\, can be part of changing the global climate picture. \nBiographies \nRóisín de Buitléar is an artist and educator. She has been working in glass since 1983 drawing her inspiration from her cultural heritage. With a diverse practice spanning architecture\, sculpture\, design and site-specific installations\, her work can be seen in public and private buildings throughout Ireland. Her artwork is represented in national collections in Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Britain\, Japan\, China and USA. Large scale installations and temporary projects working with the environment and local communities are an important element of her practice. \nSinéad Brennan is an Irish glass artist and art educator. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2012 with a BA (Hons) in Art and Design History and Craft Design and went on to receive a Professional Diploma in Art and Design Education from NCAD in 2014. Sinéad serves as Education Officer on the Board of the Glass Society of Ireland and is Co-founder of Glint Glass Studio. \n 
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/glint-glass-studio-circular-economy-reusing-glass-materials/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T144500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T093754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T093754Z
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SUMMARY:Studio Pei Pei: From the Ashes - A Glass for Next Generations
DESCRIPTION:Benedikt Peirotén: What is glass actually made of? Where do the ingredients come from and what does that mean?\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGlass is never sustainable. A well-functioning recycling cycle is not enough. The problems that start even before production are dramatic and invisible at the same time. “from the ashes” is a first glass looking for new solutions. By using local\, gastronomic waste from renewable raw materials. This solves several problems at once and is still only the beginning. \nIn this talk we look behind the scenes and discuss the material itself. \nBy Benedikt Peirotén\, founder of Studio Pei Pei
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/studio-pei-pei-from-the-ashes-a-glass-for-next-generations/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T124500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T093402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T093402Z
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SUMMARY:Neisenglass: Electric Furnaces for Sustainable Glass Blowing Production
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n  \n\nMaximilian Schlott and Jan Vyskocil share their passion for working with glass and the importance of renewable and sustainable energy. \n\n\n\n\n\nNiesenglass 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 ago and we have been collaborating on various projects ever since. In May 2019 we opened our new workshop in Unterseen\, near Interlaken. Here\, we can offer all our services under one roof. \nTogether we have over 30 years’ experience in hot glass production. With our partners EGT we produce custom solutions for the hotworkshop\, including our NG120 electric furnace. Renewable and sustainable engery is very important to us and we are constantly searching for the most up to date technology to realise our designs.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/neisenglass-electric-furnaces-for-sustainable-glass-blowing-production/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T114500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220602T093128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T093128Z
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SUMMARY:Fiacre O'Donnell: Tackling the Challenges of Glass Recycling
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n\nTackling the challenges of fuel\, emissions and transportation in recycling glass \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nIn 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 product or react to anything from the product\, thus preserving the taste of the product and the health aspect of the consumer\, the environment section is a challenge. Although 100% recyclable\, glass does have to focus on emissions from the fuels we use in furnaces\, the emissions from raw materials and the transportation challenges of moving a product heavier than all its rival packaging products. Vidrala Group are tackling these projects head on and with the recent acceptance of the SBTi 1.5o are making a public statement of intent on the environment. \nBiography \nFiacre O’Donnell is Sustainability Director at Encirc Bottle Manufacturing\, Northern Ireland. \nFiacre joined Encirc 1998. Having held various roles in planning\, sales\, marketing and sustainability\, he was appointed Sustainability Director of Encirc’s Spanish based parent company\, Vidrala in 2020. \nAn MBA graduate from the Ulster Business school and an alumni of the Timoney Institute\, he is a former winner of the Drink Business ‘Green personality of the year’ for the work undertaken to decarbonise the UK beverage industry. He is a member of the BITC NI environmental leadership team and BITC climate champions team\, and is a member of the NI CoC Infrastructure committee and Council.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/fiacre-odonnell-tackling-the-challenges-of-glass-recycling/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220529T123723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T124840Z
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SUMMARY:Glass Workshop with Alison Lowry: Casting with Scrap Glass
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Glass Society of Ireland’s Summer Glass Festival \n  \n\nJoin Alison Lowry for a workshop: Casting with Scrap Glass\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nIf you fancy progressing your glass skills\, then this one day class might be for you! \nI’m inviting participants to help me use up my piles of scrap tekta by casting it into an open face mould. You can create your mould from any small object\, piece of textile\, or you can create something entirely unique with clay! Once cast your mould will be packed with your chosen glass frits and off-cuts and fired in the kiln. The following week you will divest (remove the plaster) and give your masterpiece a quick clean up before taking it home. \nSome glass experience preferred \nAll materials will be provided. \nLimited spaces available! Register on eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/glass-workshop-with-alison-lowry-casting-with-scrap-glass-tickets-345451614077
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/glass-workshop-with-alison-lowry-casting-with-scrap-glass/
LOCATION:SchoolHouse Glass\, 36 Comber Street\, Saintfield\, BT24 7AZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220617T104500
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
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SUMMARY:David Farrelly: Recycling Glass - A Truly Sustainable Activity
DESCRIPTION:Part of our 2022 Summer Glass Festival \n\nDavid Farrelly\, General Manager with Glassco Recycling talks about how the recycling of glass packaging is a truly sustainable activity. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Information \nThe 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 on the island of Ireland. The use of recycled glass (cullet) in furnaces to manufacture new glass packaging takes less energy to melt than using the glass raw materials of soda ash\, limestone and silica sand. The more cullet that can be used in the batch process to make glass bottles the higher the saving on energy required and the lower the CO2 footprint. \nAbout Glassco Recycling  \nGlassco Recycling is Irelands largest glass recycling company accounting for the recycling of over 75% of all the glass deposited in bring banks by members of the public across c.1250 bring sites nationwide. The company collected\, processed and marketed more than 137\,000 tonnes of glass and cans in 2021. Glassco Recycling is unique amongst recycling companies in Ireland in terms of the diversity of its workplace. The company has long been an employer of people with special needs and currently the company employs 11 people with special needs out of a total workforce of 81. \nBiography \nDavid Farrelly (General Manager of Glassco Recycling) has held a number of management positions within companies involved in the Irish recycling sector. He also represents Ireland at FERVER which is the European association for glass recycling companies.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/david-farrelly-recycling-glass-a-truly-sustainable-activity/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event,Summer Glass Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220614T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220614T203000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
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SUMMARY:The Global Reach of Harry Clarke Studios - Glass Society of Ireland Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:The Harry Clarke Studios became one of the most important Irish art businesses of the 20th century. Paul Donnelly charts the growth globally. \nIn 1930 Harry Clarke renamed the church decoration and stained glass making firm he inherited from his father as ‘Harry Clarke Studios’. One of Clarke’s ambitions for the Studios was to expand his business beyond Ireland so that his name would achieve international recognition. Although he died in the following year\, the Studios became one of the most important Irish art businesses of the twentieth century\, continuing to operate under the same name for more than forty years. In that period the company produced hundreds of stained glass windows for patrons in Ireland and overseas. The largest market for its work was the United States where more than six hundred windows were commissioned for thirty-four churches. The majority of this stained glass is located in California\, with other commissions coming from clients in Arizona\, New York\, New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Texas and Washington. Drawing on information obtained from the Studios business archive held in the Library of Trinity College Dublin\, this talk explores the extent of this artistic endeavour\, how it was achieved and the practicalities involved in creating and delivering work over such long distances. \nPaul Donnelly is a final year doctoral candidate at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on the stained glass produced by Harry Clarke Studios for American clients in mid-twentieth century. Paul’s interest is in the legacy of Harry Clarke and on how cultural\, religious and economic developments both in Ireland and the United States impacted the Clarke Studios’ stained glass production. He is the recipient of research travel grants from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust. His publications include contributions to Harry Clarke and Artistic Visions of the New Irish State (Irish Academic Press\, 2019) and Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press\, 2021). \nFree for GSOI Members\, Register on Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvcuuvrTwuHtxI12pYPGNHk7z2Zzao_qKl \nNon-Members\, reserve your tickets here for : https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-global-reach-of-harry-clarke-studios-glass-society-of-ireland-lecture-tickets-272923771347
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/the-global-reach-of-harry-clarke-studios-glass-society-of-ireland-lecture-series/
CATEGORIES:Informational,Lecture,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220510T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220510T203000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
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SUMMARY:Medieval stained glass - the original social media? Glass Society of Ireland Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Medieval stained glass – the original social media? \n​In this lecture Colette Langan invites you to consider how stained glass was greeted by the medieval mind. This will be an exploration of the imagery in stained glass that reflects surprisingly contemporary issues. \nColette Langan is a stained glass conservator and maker. Originally trained in the UK in 1983\, she served her time working under mentors Alfred Fisher and Steve Clare from the UK’s leading stained glass conservation studio\, Holy Well Glass. There she worked on many iconic glass windows in buildings including Westminster Abbey\, Winchester Cathedral and The Tower of London at Chapel Studio\, UK. On her return to Ireland she set up her own studio in the North West\, in Carrick on Shannon Co Leitrim\, where she continues to practice stained glass restoration alongside contemporary design. Today as well as conservation\, her studio practice includes stained glass design\, incorporating glass painting\, and glass fusing techniques. She also makes one-off large and small autonomous art works. She sees education as an important element of her work in both restoration and the creative experience.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/medieval-stained-glass-the-original-social-media-glass-society-of-ireland-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glass Society of Ireland":MAILTO:hello@gsoi.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220430T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220430T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
CREATED:20220406T054332Z
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SUMMARY:Create Your Own Stained Glass Panel In One Day
DESCRIPTION:Learn the beautiful art of stained glass windows as Deirdre Buckley Cairns guides you through the process in a one day workshop. You will learn how to cut glass\, use the lead\, solder\, cement\, polish\, and how to display your finished piece.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Deirdre for her next Stained Glass Workshop on Saturday April 30th 2022\, 9am-6pm\, in Church Cross Hall just outside Skibbereen\, West Cork. \n\nEveryone will create a 24cm sq stained glass leaded panel ready to hang. All of the designs\, materials\, tools\, teas\, coffees and biscuits will be supplied. It’s in the hall at Church Cross\, St Mathews\, and there is a kitchen there to heat up your lunch.\n\nAll welcome. It’s a great day out being creative in a relaxed fun atmosphere. \n\nThe workshop is €125 for the day.
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/create-your-own-stained-glass-panel-in-one-day/
LOCATION:Skibbereen\, West Cork\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Deirdre Buckley Cairns":MAILTO:cairnsdeirdre@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220412T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220412T203000
DTSTAMP:20260605T225129
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SUMMARY:Richard King’s Stylistic Development from 1930-73 - Glass Society of Ireland Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Richard King’s stained glass for churches in Ireland and overseas & artistic influences that formed his development. \nPresented by Ruth Sheehy \nThis lecture focuses on Richard King’s commissions for Catholic churches in Ireland and overseas. Artistic influences that formed his development such as his mentor Harry Clarke and other Irish modernist stained glass artists such as Evie Hone\, will be discussed. \nReligion which was the main theme of his stained glass windows\, revealed King’s interest in the Scriptures and theology. During the 1930s-40s\, nationalism reflected his understanding of Irish identity. This was expressed in King’s only secular stained glass work The Kevin Barry Memorial Window (1932-34) in the Charles Institute of Dermatology\, UCD. \nKing’s art from the late 1940s to early to mid 60s\, involved experimentation and eclecticism in style and technique in order to discover his own artistic identity. His engagement with modernism from the late 1940s onwards\, was shown by cubism\, expressionism and abstraction in his stained glass windows from the mid to late 1950s to the early 70s. Vatican II (1962-65) and King’s reading of the theological writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ\, contributed to his profound and authentic interpretation of religious themes in his late stained glass from the mid 1960s to early 70s. \nBIOGRAPHY \nRuth Sheehy is an art historian and Slide and Photographic Librarian emerita in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture\, Trinity College Dublin. Her catalogue raisonné of The Paintings of Richard King for The Capuchin Annual was completed in 1992. She was awarded an MLitt (NUI) from the School of Art History and Cultural Policy\, UCD\, in 2007\, for her thesis The Religious Art of Richard King in Ireland: 1933-73. This thesis formed the basis for Sheehy’s monograph on The Life and Work of Richard King: Religion\, Nationalism and Modernism\, published in the Reimagining Ireland series by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers\, in January\, 2020. Sheehy has published articles on Richard King’s stained glass and religious art in Ireland in Studies and Cathair Na Mart. She was also a contributor to the Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass Revised New Edition\, published by Irish Academic Press in 2021. \nFree for GSOI Members\, €11.09 for non-Members\, reserve your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/richard-kings-stylistic-development-from-1930-73-glass-society-of-ireland-tickets-275599885677
URL:https://www.glasssocietyofireland.ie/event/richard-kings-stylistic-development-from-1930-73-glass-society-of-ireland-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Informational,Lecture,Online Event
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