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Purchasing a piece of contemporary art is more than a way to beautify your home. With the right purchase, it can also be a smart way to make a long-term investment with your money that could even appreciate in value over time. Investing in glass art for sale is not the same as investing in...
The studio glass movement, which has blossomed into a rich and vast world of contemporary glass art made by extraordinary artists from around the world, first got its start in 1962 at the Toledo Museum of Art. Harvey Littleton, a ceramics professor, and Dominick Labino, a chemist and engineer, teamed up to conduct two workshops,...
Artist Dan Dailey has been working with glass for more than 40 years. He emerged out of the original Studio Glass Movement, first spearheaded by ceramics professor Harvey Littleton and chemist and engineer Dominick Labino at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962. The experimental character of blown glass art quickly gained momentum and shape...
A dishwasher on Yale’s campus has sparked debate and conversations about the role of modern art and social politics after he smashed a stained glass artwork window depicting slaves working in a cotton field. Corey Menafee, 38, used a broomstick to knock out the window panel, which served as functional glass art in the dining...
One aspect that truly separates glass art from other forms of contemporary expression is its easy ability to slip function into form. Unlike traditional paintings or sculpture, functional glass art can be just as beautiful as it is useful around the house. Below are some of our favorite examples of functional pieces from classic and...
Stanislaw Libensky (1921-2002) was an influential figure in the contemporary glass art world. Born and educated in Czechoslovakia, Libensky was trained first as a painter and only secondly as a glass sculptor. Under the tutelage of Josef Kaplicky at the Prague Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Libensky was first exposed to the highly modernist...
The technique of glassblowing has been used by skilled artists and manufacturers for over 2,000 years. Over this long period, the practice has undergone many transformations in order to produce some of the finest pieces of glass artwork ever created. A Timeline of the Evolution of Glassblowing The technique of glassblowing began in the first...
We may think of modern glass artworks as delicate structures, but in fact, glass is an extraordinarily sturdy material. With 2,000 years of history behind the art of glassblowing, its methods have only been improved through modern chemistry and technology. Over 90% of glass used today in artworks and sculpture is enriched with lime to...
In the world of glass sculpture and art, there are two main methods of production: free-blown and mold-blown. The differences are not so much about how the glass is worked as they are about the techniques for shaping the material into glass sculpture. Glassblowing itself dates back to the first century B.C., when Romans developed...
Glass artwork is a rising phenomena in modern culture. As with any other form of artwork, glass sculptures, and glass paintings are as unique as the artists they come from. If you are considering buying any form of glass art, research the glass artists below to find exactly what you are looking for! Karen LaMonte...
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