Publication

Our yearly retrospective

Glass Ireland, the GSoI’s new format publication, was launched in 2020 and we are thrilled with the wonderful feedback we have received so far. This publication supports the aims of the GSoI: promoting excellence in Irish glass, increasing visibility, advocating for the community, facilitating communication, increasing public appreciation of our craft and developing the international profile of Irish glass. It contains a mix of invited content and open call content, bringing together articles on contemporary practice, profiles of emerging makers, exhibition reviews, historical research and current issues relating to glass.

Open Call: Glass Ireland 2023

The theme of the 2023 edition of Glass Ireland, which covers the period July 2022 to June 2023, is Materiality.

Proposals may include makers who defy the expectations of their material or challenge us to look at glass in new and unexpected ways; opportunities that arise from a closeness to material; material as memory or perhaps materialism.

We would like to welcome Frances McDonald as the new editor of Glass Ireland.

Glass Ireland supports the aims of the GSOI: promoting excellence in Irish glass, increasing visibility, advocating for the community, facilitating communication, increasing public appreciation of our craft and developing the international profile of Irish glass.

Like earlier issues, it will contain a mix of invited content and open call content, bringing together articles on contemporary practice, profiles of emerging makers, exhibition reviews, historical research and current issues relating to glass.

IMPORTANT DETAILS ⁠

Proposals: Due by 26 May

Finished Essays: Due by 30 June

Proposals: 300 word proposal 800-1000 word finished submission.⁠

Finished articles must include high resolution print quality photographs.⁠

Glass Ireland 2021 – 2022

In line with the GSoI theme for the International Year of Glass, an open call for this issue (covering the period July 2021 to May 2022) focused on sustainability. 

We would like to thank Dr Fiona Byrne, the Editor for this publication and all the members of our Board of Management including our Chair, Róisín de Buitléar.

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Publication 2022, 2021 and past editions

Once again the GSOI undertook the task of creating a publication which would represent GSOI in a competitive art world, and stand the test of time as an archival document. We would like to extend our thanks to Dr. Fiona Byrne for returning to edit the 2021 -2022 publication after the massive success of last years Glass Ireland. We at the GSOI are excited to present the publication to you.

Glass Ireland 2021 includes 18 articles on contemporary glass practice, offering an impressive and diverse range of content including detailed, research-laden essays on historical glass, insightful discussions of contemporary practice, reviews of exhibitions and profiles of emerging glass artists.

The publication aims to represent the broad and diverse practices of glass artists within Ireland and both historical and contemporary developments in glass practices worldwide. We believe we can continue to increase our presence and the presence of our members through circulation of our annual publication.

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