Collectie
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...
Explorations in Glass
S. Donald Stookey tells of his pioneering discoveries and accomplishments over a life-long career at Corning Glass Works. His discoveries and inventions have left their mark in homes around the world, and have affected the development of eyeglasses, ...
Glas der Gegenwart in der Sammlung Würth
De studioglas-verzameling Würth toont door de uitstekende kijk van de verzamelaar op kwaliteit en oorspronkelijkheid de verscheidenheid en de rijkdom van de artistieke vormgeving sinds het begin van de 70-er jaren.
Christian Herdeg (neon)
De Glaspioniers in het veen
Zwaag vertelt over de leefwijze rond een glashut, en de opkomst en het wel en wee van de fabrieken, hun eigenaren, werknemers en hun families vanaf de eerste glasfabriek in 1838 in Nieuw Buinen.
1000 Glass Beads
Robert Willson, Image-maker
Glass artist Robert Willson (1912-2000) was one of the most complex and contradictory American artists of the past century. He was at once regional and international, steeped in Pre-Columbian art as well as Texas folklore. Educated in the Southwest a...
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 ...
Aufbruch zum Glauben
Existentielle Krisen und seine Hinwendung zu Gott - es war ein tief greifender, sein Leben verändernder Aufbruch zum Glauben - haben Johannes Schreiter dahin geführt, sich fast ausschließlich der Glasfensterkunst zu widmen, für die er neue Techniken ...
