Tony Bartholomew recently visited the studio and captured an image of Stephen making a large bowl. This image has a sense of the tension and heat of the making process. Thanks Tony. See more of Tony’s work here
Follow this link to see the image http://yfrog.com/kfdrhrgzj
Film Maker & Musician (Colourmusic) , Nick Turner has been at the studio best part of the last two days, filming in preparation for the Inspired Exhibition at Danby this May.
Nice fella ! Thanks Nick.
Shamelessly back by popular demand, we are making our ‘Beautiful Heart Bowls’ in Reds & Pinks for the 14th February. (Or any colour to order from our existing online colours)
Order one of our bowls online (shown on the website in black) and state your colour preference in the notes http://www.gilliesjonesglass.co.uk/beautiful-bowls/black-heart.html or call us on 01751 417550 for more info or to place an order.
In the final run up to Christmas we are unable to take orders to finish any more bowls, however, the last post date is the 21st Dec, and if we have a bowl already made and available we can send it out to you. Don’t hesitate to ask.
From 1st December until 1st March when usual hours resume.
December to Feb is our creative time in the hot shop, preparing for next years exhibitions, working through ideas, trying new ways of making.
If you want to come up to visit the studio, don’t hesitate, just drop us a line first to ensure we are here to welcome you.
Our Hot Glass assistant Anniina Tenno has return to Finland for the winter period, and a for a class or two in Sweden… looking forward to welcoming her back in early January.
We have sent 5 Graal Goblets for tonight’s event.
The Shooting Star CHASE exhibition, which encompasses contemporary painting, sculpture and glass, has been going for ten years and raises, in one evening, up to UKP100,000 for Shooting Star CHASE. The exhibition takes place in the ground floor gallery of the Royal College of Art in London (Kensington Gore, next to the Albert Hall). It is on the evening of Thursday 10th November (starting at 7pm). Tickets are £65 which includes champagne and canapés.
This is a great opportunity to buy art from leading contemporary British artists, both representational and abstract. Prices range from £100 to £5,000+. The artists receive the normal price for their work and Shooting Star CHASE receives the “gallery” commission.
As usual glass section will be there and as always we have wonderful UK Glass artists:
Julie Coakley, Katharine Coleman*, Matt Durran, Sally Fawkes*, Sara Fell , Gillies Jones, Richard Jackson*, Monette Larsen , Charlie Macpherson , James Maskrey, Amanda Notarianni , Ronald Pennell , Mark Raynes Roberts, David Reekie, Colin Reid , Victoria Scholes, Louis Thompson and Sarah Wiberley.
* Katharine, Rik and Sal will be there on the night to help as they have so generously been for the last 10 years.
Last year we had a bumper year selling half of the glass (almost unheard of in any gallery). As this is likely to be our last year of selling glass, do come and support us and see if we can outdo last year’s record performance. I hope that you will come and support Shooting Star CHASE. We would be delighted to see you there.
You will find an invitation and application/donation form attached. Pls note that you can also pay for your tickets on line at www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/artexhibition. Otherwise the Application form should be sent as directed on it, but if you want further information,feel free to contact me. Please also pass the information on to anyone else that you think might be interested.
To the new home of our Studio life Blog.
‘Graal’ is the Swedish for grail and derives from the mediaeval Latin for ‘gradalis’ meaning bowl or chalice.
Developed in 1916, by the master glassmakers at Orrefors, it is still one of the most technically
challenging of all hot glass techniques.
An overlay is made, cooled, decorated with engraving and sand carving, reheated, picked up on the blowing iron and made into a goblet. We will be making these generously sized white & clear
goblets with new complex patterns.
Below images of the second stage of the process the pick up through to making.
Overlay and embryo making to come soon.
Embryos in the kiln ready for pick up
On the Blowing Iron
Heating in to smooth the textured sand engraving
Marvering the embryo
Air blown into embryo
Stem Foot & Punty added
Almost finished
Into the Lehr to cool overnight.
Thursday 22 September 2011
‘The Glass Age’ Presentation by Kate Jones of Gillies Jones with Lunch, from 11.30am.
Kate Jones of the acclaimed Gillies Jones Glass, whose pieces are now displayed in numerous museums including the V&A , explores the beauty and creativity of blown glass. With an eye to the history of this industry which has paid a part in the history of Rosedale for the past 400 years, initially illegally(!),
Kate will explain the basic glass-making process and its uses, both utilitarian and decorative.
£30 per person, including arrival drink, two-course lunch and coffee.
Book directly through the Pheasant Hotel
E-mail reservations@thepheasanthotel.com
Telephone 01439 771241
For More details look Here under Events for the PDF.
Recent Review of the Pheasant in the Guardian HERE
