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Glass
Dec 5, 2011 17:42:00 GMT
Post by imec on Dec 5, 2011 17:42:00 GMT
I couldn't find a thread for glass - please move image and remove thread if I missed it. Thanks
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Glass
Dec 5, 2011 18:22:33 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2011 18:22:33 GMT
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Glass
Dec 5, 2011 22:15:03 GMT
Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2011 22:15:03 GMT
Stunning photo Imec!!! It looks so much like Tiffany. Where is that?
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Glass
Dec 6, 2011 13:52:59 GMT
Post by imec on Dec 6, 2011 13:52:59 GMT
and for my 5000th post...
Thank you! It's indeed Tiffany - a 38 foot glass dome in the Chicago Cultural Center (originally built as the central library). They believe it to be the largest Tiffany dome in the world - it contains 30,000 pieces of glass. The woman who hosted the architectural tour I was on says it's valued at US$35M - though I'm not sure how a value could be placed on such a thing.
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Glass
Dec 7, 2011 16:43:23 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Dec 7, 2011 16:43:23 GMT
Wow, stunning!
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Feb 9, 2012 19:01:25 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Feb 9, 2012 19:01:25 GMT
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Feb 20, 2012 19:31:29 GMT
Post by Kimby on Feb 20, 2012 19:31:29 GMT
extra points for two kinds of glass, bixa!
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Glass
Feb 25, 2012 17:22:06 GMT
Post by amboseli on Feb 25, 2012 17:22:06 GMT
Beautiful glass photos. Cheers!
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Feb 25, 2012 17:45:33 GMT
Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2012 17:45:33 GMT
these three could not be more different. extra points for variety! (How big is that globe with the plant/tree in it?)
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Glass
Feb 25, 2012 18:59:06 GMT
Post by amboseli on Feb 25, 2012 18:59:06 GMT
It was pretty big, like 3 or 4 meters. It was the decoration on Grand' Place in Brussels during Xmas time some years ago. There were many of these globes, some in glass, some in shiny metal (you can see a smaller one in the background). Pretty special! Here's a shiny metal one.
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Glass
Feb 28, 2012 23:04:33 GMT
Post by Kimby on Feb 28, 2012 23:04:33 GMT
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Glass
Mar 20, 2012 1:02:35 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2012 1:02:35 GMT
I love this thread! We need Seymore Glass!!! Very rarely do I ever see stained glass windows of this size open,today they all were and there was incredible light and a lovely breeze blowing.
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Glass
Mar 20, 2012 1:43:58 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 20, 2012 1:43:58 GMT
I have tons of picture of glary rectangles or square where I was trying to capture stained glass windows. It's hard! Yours, Kimby, & yours, Casimira, are gorgeous -- like being there!
Amboselli, love the wine glasses!
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Glass
May 7, 2012 17:07:33 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 17:07:33 GMT
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May 12, 2012 2:07:17 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 12, 2012 2:07:17 GMT
Did you do that, Kerouac? Beautiful window, Casi!
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May 12, 2012 3:34:03 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 12, 2012 3:34:03 GMT
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Glass
May 12, 2012 5:23:00 GMT
Post by lugg on May 12, 2012 5:23:00 GMT
Somebody has been having a smashing ( or even cracking time )
NYC Those bowls are beautiful, . I went to a school that was founded by moravians and the last pic reminds me of a Moravian star.
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Glass
May 12, 2012 21:49:33 GMT
Post by mich64 on May 12, 2012 21:49:33 GMT
Nycgirl your photos brought back memories of an exhibit at the Palace of Versailles by Jeff Koon.
Cheers
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Glass
May 13, 2012 0:15:51 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 13, 2012 0:15:51 GMT
Lugg, I looked up a Moravian star and yes, I definitely see the resemblance.
Mich, I saw photos of that exhibit, it looked really neat.
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Glass
May 13, 2012 1:05:04 GMT
Post by mich64 on May 13, 2012 1:05:04 GMT
He had some glass works along with some of his more unique pieces. When we entered the courtyard of the Palace there was this enormous green glass statue.
I think the setting for this exhibit is more appropriate than the Palace was.
I enjoy your photos. These pieces accentuate the plant life and architecture. In the Palace his work was extreme compared with the ornate and I had difficulty with them side by side.
Cheers
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Glass
May 13, 2012 4:59:02 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 13, 2012 4:59:02 GMT
Thanks! I really like how Chihuly's pieces mimicked the plant shapes, and complemented them rather than detracted from them. Yes, modern art is quite jarring at Versailles. When I was visited, there were some modern sculptures in the garden that I didn't care for, but I liked the work from that same artist elsewhere. Got any photos of the Jeff Koons stuff? Would go nicely here, as well as the the Old vs. New thread.
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Glass
May 13, 2012 14:14:03 GMT
Post by mich64 on May 13, 2012 14:14:03 GMT
I know I took photos of that exhibit at the Palace, I should spend some time this week on my desk top computer in my office that may have some photos of that exhibit and probably others for many different threads. I have forgotten what I have stored on there...
Cheers
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Glass
May 29, 2012 15:36:26 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 29, 2012 15:36:26 GMT
Blown glass inside a mirrored box.
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May 29, 2012 15:57:18 GMT
Post by nycgirl on May 29, 2012 15:57:18 GMT
This is another Chihuly piece, a 40 ft glass "tree" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Wow, I've been really inundating the Image Bank. Sorry, I had a fun weekend and took about 600 photos. Don't worry, I won't post them all.
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Glass
Jun 16, 2012 8:11:46 GMT
Post by lugg on Jun 16, 2012 8:11:46 GMT
I absolutely love the photo in #22 These two windows are from within Hereford Cathedral
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Jun 17, 2012 2:58:39 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jun 17, 2012 2:58:39 GMT
Wow! Haven't visited this thread for a while. It's a complete knock-out. Every one is so different, yet so brilliant. (or should I say that the thread is everything it's cracked up to be? )
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Glass
Jun 17, 2012 7:42:19 GMT
Post by Jazz on Jun 17, 2012 7:42:19 GMT
I collect glass and love this thread. nycgirl, your photo in #22 is stunning! Where is this collection?
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Glass
Jun 19, 2012 20:33:16 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jun 19, 2012 20:33:16 GMT
That delicate, delicate palette, the repetitive shapes, and the exquisite reflections have repeatedly drawn me back to #22!
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Jun 20, 2012 1:48:59 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Jun 20, 2012 1:48:59 GMT
Thanks, everyone! I forgot to mention that #22 is also from the MFA in Boston. It was a gorgeous display.
LOVE those cathedral windows, Lugg!
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Glass
Jun 28, 2012 0:54:14 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jun 28, 2012 0:54:14 GMT
2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the studio glass program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The program, started by Harvey Littleton, revolutionized art glass in the United States by teaching individuals to make blown glass—previously factory-produced—in small studios. Professor Harvey Littleton began his career at the UW in 1951 as a ceramicist. In the late ’50s he became interested in molten glass as a neglected American art form and traveled to Europe for research. In 1962, after organizing a workshop at the Toledo Museum of Art, he launched the first studio hot glass program at a U.S. university, beginning with an independent study class in his studio in Verona, Wisconsin. Under Littleton, the UW’s program and his early students—Dale Chihuly, Fritz Dreisbach, Tom McGlauchlin, Sam Herman, Marvin Lipofsky, Christopher Ries, and Michael Taylor—became leaders in the studio glass movement, spreading their knowledge and techniques across the country and around the world.www.chazen.wisc.edu/visit/events-calendar/event/spark-and-flame/The photo is of an early glass piece Littleton gave my father in thanks for allowing him to bring his students to my parent's scientific glassblowing shop in the early 60's. It would have fit right in with the exhibit pieces. Photos of the exhibit itself were forbidden, but it was an astounding collection of pieces by Littleton and 100+ other glass artists, glass made to take all sorts of shapes you'd never think possible!
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