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Engraved Glass. International Contemporary Artists
It is the transparent quality of glass that makes engraved glass special. The fusion of remarkable technical skill with artistic vision and the hard unforgiving medium of glass through which light passes gives engraved glass its special magic.
For...
Elemente des Designs
Jugendstilfenster in Ostdeutschland
Erhard Remmert, der bereits Jugendstilfenster aus dem nord- und süddeutschen Raum vorstellte, reiste nach der Wende in die neuen Bundesländer und begab sich auch dort auf die Suche nach Schätzen der Glasmalerei. Er wurde fündig und entdeckte eine gro...
Contemporary Warm Glass
1000 Glass Beads
Sottsass. Glass Works
Ettore Sottsass, one of the most famous of Italian designers, has experimented many times with glass as a production material, Sottsass' work with glass began fifty years ago, when he cooperated with some of the most important and well-known of the ...
The Legend of Bohemian Glass
The Glasshouse
When John Ruskin disparaged the Crystal Palace as 'a great cucumber frame', he hit upon a truism. Representing the zenith of Victorian glasshouses, the Crystal Palace epitomized a building type that had been developed by horticulturists and garden ...
Bemaltes Glas. Painted Glass
Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25).
In German and English.
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title at the museum. Included the work of 48 European artists and firms.
Ceramics and Glass: a Basic Technology
At first sight the two crafts of producing pottery and making articles in glass seem to be completely separate, however, they have a great deal in common. One process involves the cold working of a plastic material which becomes permanently hardened ...
Basic Optical Stress Measurement in Glass
During the manufacture of all glass products, both temporary and residual stresses develop. Such stresses arise as a consequence of the manufacturing processes and for proper process control to be exercised it is necessary to be able to quantify thes...
