Wednesday 15 September 2010

Scottish Glass Conference 1-4 October 2010

The conference is to be held at Edinburgh College of Art from the 1st to 4th October 2010. It is possible to register and book accommodation from Scotland's Glass website.

With up to 32 lectures in three parallel streams, Contemporary, Paperweights and Historical, this will be the UK's largest glass conference. Including demonstrations of paperweight making, hot glass work and engraving.

Follow them on Twitter, Scotland's Glass website
and the special 2010 anniversary website

Historical

Sat 2 October
10.00 h - 11.00 h Jill Turnbull - Four hundred years: The rise, shine and decline of the Scottish glass industry
11.30 h - 12.30 h Brian Blench - Helen Monro Turner, the Edinburgh College of Art and its students
14.00 h - 15.00 h Geoffrey Seddon - Jacobite Rebellion and Scottish Glass
15.30 h - 16.30 h Stephen Pollock-Hill - The Scottish Glass Industry in the latter part of the 20th century: A revival?

Sun 3 October
09.30 h - 10.30 h Simon Cottle - 18th Century Enamelled Glass: The Scottish Connection
11.00 h - 12.00 h John Smith - The Duke of Hamilton cabinet, James Tassie. and Collection of glass in Duff House
13.30 h - 14.30 h Graham Cooley - Loch, Heather & Peat: Domnhall O'Broin & Caithness Glass
15.00 h - 16.00 h Julie L. Sloan - The Rose and The Sumac: The Stained Glass of C.R. Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright
16.00 h - 17.00 h Nigel Benson - Can Ysart Glass Be Considered An Early Exponent Of Studio Glass?
16.00 h - 17.00 h Gordon McFarlan - Glass Engraving in Victorian Edinburgh, the Bohemian Connection.

Stained glass

Sat 2 October
15.30 h - 16.30 h Susan Bradbury - A Contemporary Stained Glass Studio

Sun 3 October
15.00 h - 16.00 h Julie L. Sloan - The Rose and The Sumac: The Stained Glass of C.R. Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright

Mon 4 October
09.00 h - 10.00 h John Clark - The difficulties created by the increasing use of enameling in flat glass...

Contemporary

Sat 2 October

10.00 h - 11.00 h Alison Kinnaird - Ancient and Modern - Scotland and Egypt
11.30 h - 12.30 h Siobhan Healy - Natural form in Design
14.00 h - 15.00 h Patricia Niemann - Glass in Body Adornment
15.30 h - 16.30 h Susan Bradbury - A Contemporary Stained Glass Studio

Sun 3 October
09.30 h - 10.30 h Jessamy Kelly - Full Circle
11.00 h - 12.00 h Louise Tait - North Lands Creative Glass - The Northern Light in the World of Glass
13.30 h - 14.30 h Denis Mann - Engraving demonstration with live video
15.00 h - 16.00 h Rachel Elliott - The 21st Century Glass Artist in Scotland
16.00 h - 17.00 h The Scottish Glass Society - Recent Projects

Mon 4 October
09.00 h - 10.00 h John Clark - The difficulties created by the increasing use of enameling in flat glass...
10.00 h - 11.00 h Eric Hilton - The Reciprocity Between Industrial and Personal Creativity
11.30 h - 12.30 h Mike Hunter - Demonstration using the Pastoralle pick-up technique.
13.30 h - 14.30 h 50 years of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers
15.00 h - 16.00 h Scottish Glass Society Annual Conference

Paperweights

Sat 2 October
10.00 h - 11.00 h Derek Carter - Hawick to Wick - the evolution of Scottish paperweight making from the 19th century to the current day
11.30 h - 12.30 h Dave Moir - An Almost Forgotten Master: Jack Allan.
14.00 h - 15.00 h Alastair MacIntosh - Drop o' the Hard Stuff Paperweight Demonstration
15.30 h - 16.30 h Mike Hunter - 17th Century Venetian blown caneworking & 19th Century European caneworking including demonstration

Sun 3 October
09.30 h - 10.30 h Andy Nowson - Caithness Glass Paperweights: 1969-2009 - A 40 year Adventure Pushing the Boundaries..
11.00 h - 12.00 h Alastair MacIntosh - Of Ice and Fire
13.30 h - 14.30 h To be announced
15.00 h - 16.00 h Andy Nowson - Paperweights & Artglass - the creativity of Caithness Glass Designers explored