Hi,
Since my last newsletter such a lot has happened. I was invited up to
Scotland to dig at the old Harland Glassworks site, where Paul Ysart
made his last paperweights in the ten years before he retired in 1982.
Digging in a muddy hole in the far north of Scotland may not be
everybody's idea of a great holiday, but the six of us who were
involved had a wonderful time and found all kinds of pieces of cane and
broken paperweights. Take a look at this picture (click here -
http://www.glass-time.com/coloredcanesa.jpg ) - isn't that something!
I will be writing a piece about the dig and let you see more of the
photographs later - including one of yours truly directing a JCB
mechanical digger by mooonlight! I told you we were enthusiastic! I met
some great people in Scotland and I'll tell you more about them later.
Continuing this month's theme, paperweights, we have a new article on
the Glass Museum website about the amazing work and life of Debbie
Tarsitano. You can see the article and some superb pictures of her work
at http://www.glass.co.nz/tarsitano.html.
In our Glass on ebay
(http://www.myglassauction.com/) this
week we have another of Ray
Ansin's superb rose gardens in glass. Also I brought some stunning
paperweights back from Scotland made by
John Deacons and his son Craig, and I will be selling some of them
on ebay. Take
a look if you have a minute - the pictures are great -
click here.
People have started to send me information they would like included in this newsletter, and where it relates to interesting glass events or training opportunities, I have included it. This has made our sections on Glass Events in the Near Future more interesting. As always, there are some new books about glass that you may have missed; also some interesting magazines; and some more "Did you know?" tips..
Welcome to all the new readers receiving my Glass Newsletter for the
first time, I hope you find it interesting and useful.
If the links don't work in your email copy of this newsletter, you'll
find another version with all its links working here: http://www.glassnewsletter.com/030824news.html
I must apologise that the form for joining this Glass Newsletter List
was not working for several weeks and I didn't receive the email
addresses of people who tried to join during that period. Its all fixed
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1: Debbie Tarsitano and Paul Ysart: . Did you know that Debbie Tarsitano made a small number of paperweights that contain some Paul Ysart canes? There's a new page on the Glass Museum about Debbie Tarsitano, her father Delmo Tarsitano, and their glass. Click here to read it - http://www.glass.co.nz/tarsitano.html.
2: Bagley Glass: This company must
have been the most prolific glass producer in the UK of art deco glass,
and since they had agents in Canada, Australia, South Africa and New
Zealand their glass is widely distributed around the world. They made
marketing trips to the USA, and they must be one of the very few UK
companies whose glass is widely found in the USA.
If you do a search on ebay there are usually around 70 or 80 items
listed as Bagley Glass, and they come from all around the world -
especially England, the USA and Australia. There's ways a smattering
of Sowerby, Crown Crystal, and Davidson's glass mixed in with it and
called Bagley.
Another feature of Bagley Glass which is not widely recognised, is that
whilst many companies in the 1930s had art deco designs ON the glass,
there was no other company went as far as Bagley in making the art deco
designs INTO the glass. Take a look at this boudoir or dressing table
set at http://www.glass-time.com/steppeddresset.jpg - to see what I
mean. This is Bagley's design 3002, made from 1935 until the early
1950s.
In short, I think Bagley Glass is greatly under-valued. For the past
three years or more I have been working with Derek and Betty Parsons on
a publication about Bagley Glass. Derek and Betty made the only other
publication on Bagley Glass - a video which we have now incorporated
onto our CD along with extensive catalogue views, pictures and
information never published before.. The CD will cost US29 or GBP19 or
NZ/AUS $35. If you want to reserve a copy, send me an email and I will
let you know when they are ready (publication is in September).
3: OUR GLASS on ebay:
Peter Raos - a millefiori Monet spring flowers paperweight on ebay at #2653831321
Peter Viesnik
- an attrative seascape paperweight - on ebay at
#2653831324
Ray Ansin - absolutely fantastic tiny flower gardens in glass: - millefiori Rose Garden in glass on ebay #165382167
John Deacons - superb traditional
millefiori paperweights - on ebay at
#2653831319
Greg Smith - two superb
sulphide-type
paperweights
- rock painting of prehistoric fish with purple background, on ebay
#265383134
They are all put up without reserve and so far most of them do not
have
any bids. If you would like to see a quick summary with pictures, or
keep in touch with the new items I am going to add, please go to http://www.myglassauction.com/
4: EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES AND GLASS SHOWS:
a: Dudley Glass Festival (near Stourbridge, England) takes place from Thursday 25th to Sunday 29th of September. It highlights the work of both the local industry and contemporary British glassmakers and decorators, with demonstrations, workshops, talks, exhibitions, factory open days and a pressed glass collectors fair. Several venues in the Glass Quarter are taking part and if you can get there at this time, it will be a great experience.
b: Broadfield House Glass Museum,
as always, plays a major role in the Glass Festival, and two events are
especially worthy of note. The first is the exhibition and
demonstrations by Denis Mann, the
Scottish glass artist well-known as the engraver of the “Mastermind”
trophies. I met Denis recently and saw some of the magnificent pieces
he was working on. His exhibition is called "Touch" in which he
explores the concept of touch in his latest series of engraved glass.
On Saturday 27th Denis will be demonstrating his wheel engraving skills
and explaining the techniques and inspiration behind his new work.
c: Pressed Glass Fair On Saturday
27th and Sunday 28th of September at Broadfield House Glass Museum.
Pressed glass has become a popular area of collecting in recent years;
at this Pressed Glass Fair a number of specialist dealers will be on
hand to tempt visitors with glass to buy and answer any questions.
Admission to the event is free. Visit their website if you want to know
more about where Broadfield House is, and when they are open -
http://www.glassmuseum.org.uk/
d: Depression Glass
Shows (click here) - a listing of depression glass
shows across the USA - really useful. It's amazing how many Depression
Glass Shows there are in the USA. You are so lucky!
e: Antique Shows in the UK, France, and
the USA - give it plenty of time to
load; its a very useful site.http://www.dmgworldmedia.com/antiquefairs/bymonth2002.htm
f: Cut Glass: This is probably a
neglected interest area in the glass field, so it is a suprise to find
two major exhibitions taking place in the same month.
The first is in London, organised by Nigel Benson and Jeanette Hayhurst
and called "British Cut Glass from 1920 to 1970". It can be seen at the
Richard Dennis Gallery, 111 Kensington Church Street, Longon. It will
run from the 10th to the 20th of September 2003 and an interesting
feature is that all the exhibits will be for sale..
The second cut glass exhibition
is at Broadfield House, near Stourbridge and is called The Cutting
Edge: - Designer Cut Glass from the 20th Century. It started in June
but is running until 18th September, so there is plenty of time to see
it. This exhibition focusses on cut glass from the local Stourbridge
and Birmingham area and the new style of cut glass that emerged there
between 1930 and 1970. The work of Keith Murray, William Clyne
Farquharson, Ludwig Kny, David Queensberry, and several others is on
exhibition, and there are more details on their website at
http://www.glassmuseum.org.uk/. If you are interested in cut glass and
crystal, I'm sure these two exhibitions would greatly complement one
another. In other words, get along and see them both if you can!
5: RECENT BOOKS ABOUT GLASS - for your information in case you missed them:
a: Art Nouveau Glass Painting Made Easy - click here - by Alan Gear and Barry Freestone. Detailed instructions for some 20 projects including the tools, techniques, materials, and step-by-step instructions. Published August 2003.
b: Collectible Glassware from the Forties, Fifties, and
Sixties, 7th Edition
- by Gene Florence, published August 2003 by Collector Books. Gene's
new editions are always popular.
c: Collectors Encyclopedia of Depression Glass, 16th Edition - also by Gene Florence, published by Collector Books in August 2003. This is a great favourite and always manages to have something fresh to tell us.
d :The Fostoria Value Guide - by Emily Seate and Milbra Long, published by Collector Books August 2003. This is a companion book to the other three by the same authors. It is attracting great praise from readers with comments like " This is the book I've been waiting for. It puts all the patterns into one book I can carry with me." and another said "This beautiful new book is a worthy companion to the other 4 books in the series by Milbra Long and Emily Seate! It is artfully designed and cleverly organized, so you can quickly find updated values for any Fostoria glassware covered in the four preceding books." Praise indeed! It does sound like a book we should all get.
j: New Zealand Glass 2nd Edition -click here . Published July 2002; author A. M. Bowey. - the CD that covers pressed glass and tableware made in New Zealand and also has the full catalogue from Crown Crystal Glass in Australia, including the iris and herringbone pictures.
Very best wishes
Angela
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