The North Lands Creative Glass Annual Conference on 4 and 5 September has the theme ‘Architecture and Light’ and will investigate the sculptural and architectural possibilities of glass, space and light with a diverse range of speakers.
The keynote speaker is Thomas Heatherwick whose design projects include an environmental artwork made of recycled glass at the Laing Gallery in Newcastle, a 7m dazzling glass bridge, a 56m high sculpture for Manchester’s Commonwealth Gales Stadium and a Buddhist temple in Southern Japan.
Other speakers during the two day event include:
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Tina Oldknow, curator of Modern Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, who will explore glass as a material for architecture from the picture window to the curtain wall.
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Richard Posner will present a photo essay on the sources and structure of three of his current glass architecture projects.
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Jakob Cigler of Prague based architects Cigler/Marani will discuss current projects ranging from intimate residential buildings to a large scale commercial park.
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John Barber, an expert in the area of archaeology, will be discussing Chambered Cairns in NE Scotland which he believes constitute an art-form. His presentation will be followed by a visit to Camster Cairns, an important Neolithic burial chamber.
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Dan Klein, one of the founders of North Lands Creative Glass, will discuss the work of Václav Cigler who has been at the forefront of a movement that uses the optical qualities of glass to create new internal and external light.
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Wendy Turner of the Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, USA, will discuss the evolution of Bullseye and why they work with artists and most recently architects.
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Helen Maurer, who was awarded the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for Glass in 2003, will discuss how she uses the combined media of glass and light.
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Warren Langly will discuss his 25 year fascination with the manipulation of light through his sculptural and architectural scale works in glass.
For further information contact: Lorna MacMillan, North Lands Creative Glass, Quatre Bras, Lybster, Caithness KW3 6BN, Tel/Fax: 01593 721229, northlands@freeuk.com, www.northlandsglass.com
