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“Warmth of everyone involved, a very
welcoming and enthusiastic atmosphere,
encourages sharing. I was very inspired seeing
people working at different techniques.
Biennale, excellent, wonderful!”
“Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Food/
bar/performance artists and whole feeling of
energy - excellent!”
Visitors to previous Glass Festivals
Funders:
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL
STUDIO GLASS AND 400 YEARS OF GLASS
MAKING IN STOURBRIDGE
Glass Festival
24 - 27 August 2012
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Welcome
Celebrate, be dazzled and intrigued
Welcome to the 5th International Festival of Glass, which we think is set
to be the best and most eclectic yet. This year’s Festival celebrates
50 years of studio glass and 400 years of glassmaking in Stourbridge,
with preeminent glassmakers from around the world sharing their skills
through demonstrations and talks. See the 2012 British Glass Biennale,
Britain’s foremost contemporary glass showcase exhibition in the new
Glasshouse Arts Centre building. Be intrigued by innovative upcycling
design solutions proposed by the teams competing in the Glass Heap
Challenge. Join a workshop and make glass yourself or bring your
own wearable glass outfit and be part of the celebratory
finale, Glasshionistas.
Come along and join in the fun, from having a go at blowing your own
glass to making your own beads. There is something exciting for all ages
to get involved in.
Keith Brocklehurst and Natasha George
Co-Directors
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How to Book
Please book Festival Passes and tickets online at www.ifg.org.uk,
email admin@ifg.org.uk or phone our Ticket Office 01384 399410
10am - 1pm Monday to Friday, answerphone out of hours.
For venue & entry details see page 32.
Graham Muir, Spectral Ocean Vessel
Contents
Exhibitions
Workshops & Taster Sessions
Demonstrations & Open Studios
The Dome
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Events
Glass Heap Challenge
Family Activities
Heritage
Bead Fair & Retail Therapy
Artist Programme
Ruskin Lecture Programme
Festival Venues
Visitor Information
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Exhibitions
British Glass Biennale
The British Glass Biennale is the UK’s
major selling exhibition of British
contemporary glass. Featuring 101
pieces by 71 artists, this is a Festival
highlight and will be the inaugural
exhibition in the new Glasshouse Arts
Centre. From small sculptural vessels to
large-scale installations – the exhibition
offers a unique opportunity to see the
creativity and diversity of some of the
UK’s top glass artists.
Venue: Glasshouse Arts Centre &
Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time:
24 August – 15 September, 10am - 5pm
Price: Free (Festival Pass required
24 – 27 August) www.biennale.org.uk
Back to the Future
To celebrate the 400th anniversary
of glassmaking in the Stourbridge
area, this exhibition seeks to explore
the world renowned glass collections
and archives in Dudley Borough
and show how these have inspired
contemporary West Midlands
glassmakers/designers. Exhibition runs
18 August - 27 January 2013.
Venue: Broadfield House
Glass Museum
Date & Time:
24 - 27 August 10am - 5pm
(Sponsored by Interiors & Lifestyle
Futures and The Friends of Broadfield
House)
Price: Free
The Czech Perspective
Czech glass has a distinct aesthetic
that arose out of a strong tradition of
artistic training in drawing, painting
and sculpture coupled with a
knowledge of glassmaking that
extends back 600 years. Curated by Dr
Jaroslav Polanecky, this exhibition will
showcase the work of both pioneers
and contemporary exponents who
have inherited this unique legacy.
Exhibition runs until January 2013.
Venue: Red House Glass Cone
Date & Time:
24 August 10am - 4pm,
25 - 27 August 10am - 5pm
Price: Free
2012 Portland Vase
The culmination of a 12 month
project to create a replica of the
famous Portland Vase held in the
British Museum, this exhibition is
a real celebration of Stourbridge
craftsmanship. The Stourbridge replica
made by (amongst others) Richard
Golding and Terri Colledge will be
unveiled to the public for the first time
at the Festival.
In a project kindly supported by the
Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers,
pupils from Pedmore Primary, St Mary’s
Primary, Kingswinford and Kingswinford
Secondary Schools have been
working on a contemporary slant to
the Portland vase, and their designs
will be displayed alongside the
classic replica.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August 2012,
10am - 5pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
Glass Afloat
The International Festival of Glass and
Bodenham Arboretum have teamed
up to put on this unique exhibition
of floating glass sculpture. Exhibits
include glittering horses, mirrored
spheres, giant tripods and a family
of Pond Skaters. Using blown, dichroic,
slumped and coloured glass, the
exhibition highlights the diverse
ways in which glass can be used
outdoors to enhance the natural
landscape and take craft beyond
the gallery walls.
Venue: Bodenham Arboretum
Date & Time: 1 – 27 August 2012,
11am – 5pm; The Arboretum is closed
Mondays and Tuesdays except
Monday 27 August and is open until
9.30pm on Thursdays
Price: Admission charges to
Bodenham Arboretum £6.50
adults/£3.50 children and
wheelchair users.
Nancy Sutliffe, squaring the circle,
photo Simon Bruntnell
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Exhibitions
21st Century Engraved Glass
A National Exhibition of contemporary
and traditional original glass engraving
by members of the Guild of Glass
Engravers. The display will include a
diverse range of engraving techniques,
styles and designs.
The exhibition includes 42 pieces of
engraved glass displaying Britain’s
architechural heritage commissioned
by the Glass Engraving Trust for use
at No. 10 Downing Street – the only
chance for the public to see the
collection before it is handed over to
No. 10.
Exhibition runs 13 August - 7 October.
Venue: Red House Glass Cone
Date & Time: 24 August 10am - 4pm,
25 - 27 August 10am - 5pm
Price: Free
CGS Glass Medallions
The Contemporary Glass Society
presents a stunning wall of glass
medals reflecting the inventiveness
of artists in the UK and beyond. Part
of Glass Games 2012.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: 22 August – 15
September, 10am – 5pm
Price: Free (Festival Pass required
24 – 27 August)
Titanic Crystal Exhibition
A small display of crystal and
interesting details relating to the Titanic.
Tudor Crystal was asked to make the
Crystal for the film and for the Julian
Fellows television series. The original
crystal for the liner was made by Stuart
Crystal (now the site of The Red House
Cone Museum) and the artefacts from
the ship formed the basis of the new
crystal ware.
Venue: Dial Glass Works
Date & Time: 24 – 27 August,
10am – 4pm
Price: Free
Through a Glass Darkly
Peter David FGE (1924-2004) produced
over 100 images on glass using the
painstaking technique of stipple or
diamond-point engraving, which he
took up in the late 1960s having seen
work by Sir Lawrence Whistler (1912-
2000). This exhibition is a selection
of those glasses, complemented
by Peter’s photographs of some
of the other glasses and deep sea
animals. By profession a zoologist
and oceanographer, he took his
inspiration from the natural world and
his engravings often reflect his view of
the world.
Exhibition runs 13 August - 7 October.
Venue: Red House Glass Cone
Date & Time: 24 August 10am - 4pm,
25-27 August 10am - 5pm
Price: Free
Glass and Glory
Glass students and graduates from
Wolverhampton University, past and
present will be exhibiting their work
at Holy Trinity, the Parish Church of
Amblecote. The exhibition will show a
variety of skills and styles which have
been developed by the students
during their time at the university.
Refreshments also available in the form
of the (now traditional) Cake Station
– a chance to sit down and indulge
in a piece of homemade cake and a
range of hot and cold drinks.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Amblecote
Date & Time: 24 – 27 August,
10am – 4pm (except during Services)
Price: Free
Gallery 90 in The Store
A celebration of 90 years of Plowden
& Thompson’s association with
artists of the world and 400 + years
of Stourbridge glassmaking in P&T’s
industrial gallery. Famous and yet to
be famous artists make this an
exhibition not to be missed with
an opportunity to expand your
collection or start a new one.
Venue: Dial Glass Works
Open : 22 August-23 September,
10am - 4.30pm
Glasshouse College
Student Exhibition
The annual exhibition of work in glass,
wood, textiles, metal and more by
the students of Glasshouse College,
which operates alongside the Ruskin
Glass Centre, giving young adults the
opportunity to work with experienced
craftspeople. This year, for the first time,
students are developing a range of
craft products to sell to the public at
the Festival.
Venue: Glasshouse Arts Centre &
Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August 2012,
10am - 5pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
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Workshops & Taster Sessions
At The Ruskin Glass Centre
Confident Collecting
The ever-popular and free Confident
Collecting tours are back with the
Biennale Exhibition Organiser and
Curator, Michelle Keeling. A chance
to tour the Biennale exhibition after
it has closed for the day with tips on
collecting and insights on the artists to
watch. Book your place at the Festival
Office during the Festival.
Date & Time: 25 and 26 August, 5pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
Beginners Fused Glass Workshop
During this workshop with glass artist
and designer Paul Floyd, you will learn
the basics of fusing, cutting glass to
a pattern and working with coloured
sheet glass, frits and powders. You will
create an original piece of glasswork
and make your own fused glass
light-catcher.
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 August,
10am -12:30pm
Maximum Class Size: 4 students
Age Range: 12 upwards
Price: £35 (includes all materials,
fusing & postage of glasswork) plus
Festival Pass
Have a go at Beadmaking
Beadmaking is a fascinating activity,
learning to heat a rod of glass on the
torch, wrap it around a mandrel and
decorate it with dots and squiggles....
a chance to try this in a small class, but
be careful you could get hooked!
Date & Times:
Book in advance
24 August,11am - 12noon
Book on the day at the Festival Office
on a first come first served basis
25 and 26 August, 11am - 12noon
Maximum Class Size: 4 students
Age Range: 16 upwards
Price: £15 plus Festival Pass
Have a go at Glassblowing
If you have ever wondered whether
glassblowing was for you, this is your
chance to test it out. This 2 hour
session will teach you the basics of
glassblowing in a small group. Your
blown glass will be available to
collect the following day from
Ruskin Glass Centre.
Date & Times:
Book in advance
24, 25, 26 and 27 August,
10am - 12 noon
Book on the day at the Festival Office
on a first come first served basis
24, 25, 26 and 27 August, 2pm - 4pm
Age Range: 16 upwards
Price: £24 plus Festival Pass
Extreme Fusing Taster with Tanya Veit
(in association with Warm Glass UK)
In these 2 hour taster sessions
with Tanya Veit, you will learn the
fascinating secrets of Tanya’s method,
called the “Picasso” technique, in
dichroic glass jewellery. Discover how
she creates her intricate collage
designs by building your own Picasso
pendant. You will also create a 3-4
layer chemical etched scenic piece,
using foreground and background.
Finished work will need to be collected
from the Ruskin Glass Centre after firing.
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 August
12 noon - 2pm and 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Maximum Class Size: 10 students
Age Range: 16 upwards
Price: £30 plus Festival Pass
Introduction to Glassblowing
A wonderful introduction to the art
of glassblowing with Martin Andrews.
You will cover the basics including
gathering, shaping and forming;
learning to develop hand eye
co-ordination and rhythm to turn,
stretch and control the molten glass.
You will start by making solid forms,
before progressing to blowing the
glass to create clear & coloured bowls,
vases and your own masterpieces!
Naturally you get to keep your piece,
which you collect the next day.
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 and 27 August,
9am - 12.30pm
Maximum Class Size: 4 students
Age Range: 16 upwards
Price: £115.00 which includes
all materials
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Workshops & Taster Sessions
At The Ruskin Glass Centre
Boundary Field #2, Stone Carving
Part of an on-going art research
project into place, space and identity,
Philip Potter will involve viewers in a
multi-media carving project, performed
live during the Festival. You can also try
your hand at your own stone carving
project in between performance
times. Maximum 4 persons per session.
includes all materials (Portland or
Cotswold Limestone), and use of tools.
You will be able to take your piece
home with you (predicted weight
3-5 kgs).
Date & Time:
24 - 27 August - Performance times
11am - 12.30pm and 3pm - 4.30pm
each day.
Guided sessions 9am - 10.30am
and 1pm - 2.30pm each day
Prices for guided sessions: £35 per
session per person, plus Festival Pass
At Broadfield House
Glass Museum & The Red
House Glass Cone
Tour and Tile
Create a fused glass tile and
participate in a guided tour around
the Museum or Cone. Pre-booking and
payment in advance is required.
Call 01384 815571.
Date & Time: 26 August, 11am - 1pm
(at both venues) and 1.30pm - 3.30pm
(at the Cone only)
Price: £5.25 per person (age 5+)
Phillip Potter, Aoris
photo Simon Bruntnell
Red House Glass Cone
Glass engraving
Have a go at engraving different
glass items. Sessions last for 45 minutes
and are suitable for 8 years +.
Pre-booking and payment in advance
is required. Call 01384 815571.
Date & Time: 24 August, Sessions
start at 10.15am, 11.15am, 12.15pm,
1.30pm, 2.30pm.
Price: £3.75 per person (age8+)
The Guild of Glass Engravers
A further chance to have go at
glass engraving 25, 26, 27 August,
Sessions start at 10:30am, 12.00 noon,
1.30pm, 3.00pm
Price £3.75
01384 812752 (limited places)
At the Dial Glass Works
Tudor Open Day
An opportunity to try your hand
at blowing glass, cutting glass
and sandblasting.
Date & Time: 25 August 2012,
10am - 1.30pm
Price: adults £5 (reduced price
for children). Booking required -
sales@tudorcrystal.com or
01384 392525
How to Book
Please book Festival Passes and
tickets online at www.ifg.org.uk,
email admin@ifg.org.uk or phone
our Ticket Office 01384 399410
10am - 1pm Monday to Friday,
answerphone outside of these hours.
Workshops and taster sessions are
very popular, and we may have
to limit the number of classes any
one person can take in order to give
others a chance to participate.
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photo Simon Bruntnell
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Demonstrations & Open Studios
Ruskin Glass Centre Highlights
Demonstrations from:
Glassblowing
Richard Marquis - USA
Kinetic Flameworking
Bandhu Scott Dunham - USA
Lampworking and Marble making
Diana East and Sean Taylor - UK
Engraving
Alison Kinnaird - UK
Venetian techniques
Ian Hankey - UK
Hot casting
John Lewis - USA
A unique chance to see the most talented glass artists from the UK and
overseas demonstrate their skills in a variety of techniques. Demonstrations
will take place across all Festival Venues over the 4 days of the Festival.
A full schedule will be available to download from www.ifg.org.uk
Julie Coakley
Julie Coakley is a totally blind
artist specialising in glass. She
has developed a unique way
of creating 3D glass sculptural
drawings containing over 1000
individual elements of glass. Julie will
be demonstrating her preworking
techniques using memory, imagination
as well as electronic gadgets such
as colour readers to assist in her
work. 25 and 26 August only.
Al fresco Glassblowing
Teams of glass students from around
the country will put on a continuous
display of glassblowing on minifurnaces
located under canvas at the
Ruskin Glass Centre. Students’ work will
be for sale. Come and talent spot the
glassblowers of the future.
24 Hour Glassblowing
Challenge
Broadfield House Glass Museum’s resident artist
Allister Malcolm will go head to head with Elliot
Walker at the Red House Glass Cone in a gruelling
endurance test to put on the world’s longest
glassblowing demonstration (raising funds for the
British Glass Foundation).
Venue: Broadfield House Glass Museum and
Red House Glass Cone
Date & Time: starts 11am, 26 August
Price: Free
Open Studios
Artists will be opening their studios across
the Stourbridge Glass Quarter throughout
the Festival – lots and lots of glass studios
showcasing blown, engraved, kilnformed,
hot cast, fused, traditional and
contemporary cut crystal, lampworking,
sandblasting, copper wheel engraving –
as well as stone carving, blacksmithing,
handcrafted clocks and barometers,
ceramics, jewellery, textiles, mixed media,
photography, soapworks and more.
Vic Bamforth, Vessels
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The Dome
The Dome is a 12.5m, 360˚cinema auditorium.
we are introducing this new and exciting
temporary structure this year for our Blowing
the Boundaries programme. Using cutting edge
interactive communications technology it is
a highly innovative way of presenting newly
commissioned work, performance pieces and
live international link-ups.
Across the four days of the Festival you can
experience demonstrations beamed live from
around the world, 50/400 archives, events
including Torcher Tailor and the spectacular
Glasshionistas Finale and connect virtually
with other Festival Venues. Come and immerse
yourself in a unique 360˚ experience.
See www.ifg.org.uk for programme details
Featuring:
• Glasshionistas
• Torcher Tailor
• Pass the Cam
• Live Streaming of glass demonstrations
• 50/400 - a Virtual Archive
• Artists’ Showcase
• Virtually The Portland Vases
• Glass Film Shorts
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Events
Torcher Tailor
Torcher Chamber Arkestra is a
flameworking performance company
comprised of artists from sculptural,
neon, scientific, and flamework glass
backgrounds. Torcher combines
fire, glass, music and explosives to
educate, engage and entertain.
Founded at the Festival in 2010,
Torcher will give their second
performance in 2012. They will be
making a glass wedding dress
exploring the theme of Union live on
a flameworking fire dancing bride.
The audience will be asked to put the
finishing touches on the dress. There
will be live percussion, scorching tunes,
performances by each of our players,
cake and hot shop team technique.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: Saturday 25 August,
9.30pm
Price: £12 (note:audience will be
standing)
Fun Auction
Will Farmer, Director of Fieldings
Auctioneers, and a regular on BBC’s
Antiques Roadshow, will once again
be taking charge of this event, raising
vital Festival funds and bringing
lashings of humour and excitement
as the four day Festival comes to a
close. At each Festival, the Fun Auction
draws in the crowds and what started
as a light hearted end to the Festival
has grown into an exciting event
where artists can sell work and bidders
can bag themselves a real bargain!
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: Monday 27 August, 4pm
Price: Free - Festival Pass not required
for those arriving after 3.30pm
Glasshionistas
This year’s Festival Finale will be a
shimmering vision of spectacle and
sparkle - part show, part parade,
Glasshionistas is an opportunity to
celebrate all that glistens and gleams
with a glass themed Mardi Gras style
pageant. Glass artists have been
asked to create wearable glass art
and an unrestrained evening of
raucous fun, creativity and riotous
laughter is assured. Over 16s only.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: Monday 27 August, 8.30pm
Price: £12 (note:audience will
be standing)
If you would like to get involved and
be part of the performance, please
check www.ifg.org.uk for details or
email: finale@ifg.org.uk

photo: Matthew Durran
Glass Heap Challenge Family Activities
As we all know, there is a lot of waste glass out there and not
much happening with it. This is a global problem and global
solutions are needed. Glass Heap Challenge UK will be the
first of many worldwide challenge events to find solutions.
The challenge is to work in teams within a limited number of
days and to up-cycle waste glass into a product, artwork or
installation - either functional or non-functional.
Using waste glass supplied by waste management companies
and the glass industry, teams of artists, architects, technologists
and designers from around the globe will work towards finding
ways to transform this waste glass, to show its potential and
create new paths that will lead to a more sustainable future.
Visitors to the Festival can watch work in progress, see the results
emerge and then vote for their preferred outcome.
Venue: Red House Glass Cone
Date & Time:
Challenge 20 - 24 August, 10am - 4pm
Vote Day 25 August, 10am - 5pm
Awards Evening 25 August, 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Closes 5pm, 27 August
Price: Free
You might think children and glass
don’t mix, but that’s not the case.
Children of all ages are mesmerised
by the magical process of hot glass
making. What’s great about the
Glass Festival is that not only are there
plenty of opportunities to watch
makers in action, but there are lots of
great hands-on activities to have a
go at too.
Here is just a brief roundup of what
you can do over the Festival weekend
in the Stourbridge Glass Quarter.
At Broadfield House Glass Museum
you can enjoy the Best of British Family
Fun Day on Saturday 25 August,
10am – 4pm, with Punch and Judy
and storytelling sessions, games and
activities and some traditional fish
and chips!
On Sunday 26 August, book a place
on the tour and tile session (5 years +)
to create a fused glass tile and join in
a guided tour around the museum.
At Red House Glass Cone
you can have a go at glass engraving
throughout the weekend (8 years +)
and then on Sunday 26 August come
and make a fused glass tile and learn
all about how glass was once made
in the Cone.
On Monday 27 August, there will
be lots of great activities on offer as
the Cone celebrates 10 years as a
glass heritage visitor attraction at the
Birthday Bash Family Fun Day.

At Ruskin Glass Centre you can join in a treasure hunt, enjoy the street
entertainment, storytelling and music or have a go at the taster sessions
and craft workshops.
Stourbridge Crafts will be running drop in creative sessions in jewellery,
card making, polymer clay and ceramic painting every day of the
Festival for ages 6 - 96. From £5 per session.
You can have a go at sandblasting a piece of glass with your name or
your own design at Kevin Barry Crystal. From £3.
On Saturday 25 – Monday 27 August try your hand at design. Using
traditional techniques, glass cutter Brian Mason and engraver Andy
Cope will create your very own cut glass based on your design to take
away. £2 per glass, one glass per person, under 16s only
Drop in sessions - no need to book.
Junior Glasshionistas
Under 16s can join in workshops to make fabulous glass themed
costumes which they can then model at a Junior Glasshionistas Parade
later in the day.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre & Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August
- Drop in workshops from 10am; parade around 3pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass.
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photo: Charlotte Hughes Martin

Heritage
Heritage Walks
Time travel with local experts on these walks into the glass making past. Several old Festival favourites, although all with
new material researched since their last outing, are joined by a number of newly devised heritage tours including a visit
to the Dial Glass Works and an appreciation of the area’s public house history.
Except where otherwise indicated, all walks take approximately 1.5 hours and cost £3.50 Adults/£1.00 children.
Tickets can be booked online or at the Festival Office during the Glass Festival, or simply turn up at the start of the walk
and pay (but note that numbers are limited).
Full details of all these walks and tours are on www.ifg.org.uk.
Wordsley Church & Churchyard Tour
Date and Time: Friday 24 August,
10.30am
Start/End: Wordsley Church
Guide: Nick Baker
Dial Glasshouse (Plowden &
Thompson) Tour
Date and Time: Friday 24 August, 2pm
& Saturday 25 August, 10.30am
Start/End: Dial Glass Works
Guide: Barbara Beadman
Wollaston Walk
Date and Time: Sunday 26 August, 2pm
Start/End: Ruskin Glass Centre outside
the Festival Office
Guide: Ian Williams
Jewels on the Cut Canal Walk
Date and Time: Monday 27 August,
meet 9.45am, starts 10.00am
Start: Canal Street by the Bonded
Warehouse
End: Red House Glass Cone
Guide: Graham Fisher
Price: £3.75 per person
(Booking advisable).
Tel: 01384 812745
Oldswinford Church/Churchyard Tour
Date and Time: Monday 27
August, 1.30pm
Start/End: Oldswinford Church Gates
Guide: Roy Peacock
Amblecote Church & Churchyard
(and a bit of Canal) Walk
Date and Time: Saturday 25
August, 2pm
Start/End: Ruskin Glass Centre
outside the Festival Office
Guide: Nick Baker
Stourbridge Walk
Date and Time: Sunday 26
August, 10.30am
Start/End: Bonded Warehouse
Guide: David Hickman
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Women in the Stourbridge Glass Industry
Women have had a tradition of working in the glassmaking
industry in Stourbridge - usually cutting, engraving and
finishing the glass. Dr Kate Round will present a fascinating
account of the different and changing role of women over
the years in the factories and studios of Stourbridge.
Venue: Methodist Church, Stream Road, near to
Broadfield House Glass Museum
Date & Time: 24 August, 11.15am
Price: £5 Tickets from Broadfield House Glass Museum,
01384 812745
Opening weekend of the Webb Corbett Visitor Centre
After a major refurbishment, the Glasshouse Arts Centre
will be open to the public for the first time at the Festival
alongside the Ruskin Glass Centre. The new Visitor Centre
tells the fascinating story of the site from when it was first
known to have been used for glassmaking in the 18th
century through its years as the Webb Corbett factory up
to the present day.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre & Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August, 10am – 5pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
Virtually The Portland Vases
A historic moment - our friends at the British Museum and the
Corning Museum of Glass have agreed to make a unique link
up that brings together the original Portland Vase along with
4 replicas for the first and possibly only time. Using the Dome
technology to bring the real and the virtual together, this
not-to-be-missed event will really help Stourbridge celebrate
400 years of glassmaking.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre & Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: Sunday 26 August, 4.30pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
Volunteer for the International Festival of Glass
Like what you see? Want to be at the centre of things?
Well you can be! The Festival would not be possible
without our lovely volunteers and we are always looking for
people to join the team. From stewarding to taking tickets,
helping to spread the word about the Festival to catering
assistance there are all sorts of ways you can get involved.
In return you can meet some of the world’s greatest
glassmakers, make new friends and have a fantastic time
To Volunteer for the Festival, visit www.ifg.org.uk or email
volunteers@ifg.org.uk
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photo: Ian Dury

Bead Fair & Retail Therapy
Bead Fair
A return to the Festival of the hugely
popular Stourbridge Bead Fair -
with dozens of beadmakers and
glass artists showing beautiful
and imaginative work as well as
suppliers of lampworking books, kits,
tools, glass findings etc. Visit
www.stourbridgebeadfair.co.uk
for full list of exhibitors.
Venue: The Bonded Warehouse
Date & Time: 25 and 26 August,
10am - 4.30pm
Price: Free
Celebrate Glass
A fair dedicated to glass in its many
forms with exhibitors selling their
own beautiful products.
Venue: The Bonded Warehouse
Date & Time: 27 August,
10am – 4.30pm
Price: Free
Glass Emporium
Once again, established makers and
suppliers of glass products bring their
wares to Stourbridge for the four days
of the Glass Festival. There will also be
the chance to browse through the
sumptuous and thoughtful collection
of glass, craft and art books at the
Festival bookshop run by popular
Festival regulars, Chrome Yellow
books.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre &
Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August,
10am - 5pm
Price: Free with Festival Pass
James Lethbridge, The Midas Jar
Artist Programme
There are some activities that will be of particular interest to the Professional
Glass Artist - a chance to network with your peers, update your technical
skills or learn about new ways of raising money to make your work.
Masterclasses
We have a wonderful selection
of masterclasses in a range of
techniques to suit the beginner to
the professional glassmaker in the
week leading up the Glass Festival.
Why not learn something new and
then stay on for the Festival?
Details of the Masterclasses
on www.ifg.org.uk.
CGS AGM
Annual meeting of the
Contemporary Glass Society,
organisers of the Glass Games 2012
festival. Have your say about the
day to day activities of this
dynamic organisation.
All are welcome. www.cgs.org.uk.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre &
Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: 25 August, 5pm
Price: Free - Festival Pass not
required if arriving after 4.30pm.
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is an innovative
method of raising funds to birth
all kinds of projects, including art.
Carrie Fertig raised over US$25,000
through crowdfunding for Homing,
a six metre pair of glass dove wings
for Chichester Cathedral (voted
the No1 art campaign for 2011 on
the IndieGoGo website). Carrie will
explain the pros and cons of several
crowdfunding websites and what
you can do to make your campaign
a success.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre &
Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: Sunday 26 August, 4pm
Price: £7 plus Festival Pass
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Photography Workshop
Simon Bruntnell will demonstrate specialist techniques for
photographing glass, the equipment needed, cameras,
lenses, lighting, tripods, props, digital shooting and
outputting file types for magazines and the internet, as
well as how to create a digital file and basic retouching
techniques. Aimed at people who want to move up to a
35mm digital SLR type camera and to produce images of
a professional entry level.
A maximum of 10 people per workshop. Each participant
can bring one item of glass (max shoe box dimensions)
which Simon will photograph and supply an image for
your own publicity purposes.
Venue: Northlight Studio, Ruskin Glass Centre
Date & Time: 25 August (Beads and jewellery)
10am- 4pm+
26 August (panels, blown and kiln cast glass) 10am -4pm+
Price: £120 (including lunch and all equipment)
Symposium: Architecture and the Artistry of Glass
“Architecture and the Artistry of Glass” explores the
relationship between glass and architectural forms
whether in terms of building materials or the artist
wedded to architecture.
It brings together international and distinguished artists
and designers: John Lewis, Californian sculptor and
architectural artist; Danny Lane whose furniture and
sculpture ranges from the domestic to the massive; Brent
Richards, award winning architect in the field of glass
technology; Tomasz Urbanowicz, Polish Architectural Glass
artist; and teacher and practitioner Keith Cummings, who
has pioneered kiln forming over the past 45 years.
Venue: School of Art and Design, University of
Wolverhampton, WV1 1DT
Date & Time: 24 August 2012, 10am – 5.30pm
Prices: Standard £130. Student £65 – discounts also
for CGS member, masterclass participants and
Wolverhampton University students
Website: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale
Contact: Dr Max Stewart on Max.Stewart@wlv.ac.uk
Danny Lane, Parting of the Waves, photo: Peter Wood
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Ruskin Lecture Programme
All lectures listed below will be at the Ruskin Glass Centre & Glasshouse Arts Centre. Entry to lectures is free with your
Festival Pass (exept where otherwise indicated) - Just turn up and enjoy. Times and dates are published in good faith,
however these are subject to change. Check the festival website for up to date information.
Friday 24 August
Public Launch of the Stourbridge
2012 Portland Vase
Time:10am
Graham Fisher - Book Launch:
The 2012 Portland Vase Project -
Recreation of a Masterpiece
Graham will be talking about his new
book to tie in with the unveiling of the
Stourbridge Portland Vase. He will also
be showing excerpts from “The Crystal
Mile” DVD accompanying his book of
the same name.
Time: 11am
Shelley Doolan - The use of
CAD/CAM in a Glass Practice
Shelley will discuss the use of CAD/
CAM in her own work and illustrate
with examples of others who work in
this area. Her talk will be followed by
a question and answer session.
Aonghus Gordon - Reimagining
Glass from the Inside Out
The Transformation of one of
Stourbridge’s oldest glassmaking
sites as a result of Aonghus’s initial
vision and the subsequent work of
the Ruskin Mill Trust.
Time: 12noon
Catherine Hough - The Evolution of
Hot Glass and the Studio Movement
Time: 1pm
Launch of the Contemporary Glass
Society Medallions Exhibition
Time: 2pm
David Whitehouse – Stourbridge
Glass at the Corning Museum
David Whitehouse, originally from
Worcestershire, now Senior Scholar
at the Corning Museum of Glass,
will deliver a fascinating insight
into the influence of Stourbridge
Glassmakers on the American
glass scene.
Venue: Ruskin Glass Centre &
Glasshouse Arts Centre
Date & Time: Friday 24 August,
3pm - 5pm
Price: £7.50 (Festival Pass not
required for those arriving after
2.45pm). Tickets available now
from Stourbridge Glass Engravers,
Ruskin Glass Centre
Tel. 01384 399466
Saturday 25 August
Alison Kinnaird -
The Appreciation Window
Alison Kinnaird MBE will talk about her
recently completed commission for
the Scottish National Portrait Gallery -
the Appreciation Window. The window,
which took more than 2 years to
complete, involved the engraving
of up to 25 portraits, including that
of HM the Queen.
Time: 11am
Ian Hankey - Looking to the Past
for a Sustainable Future
Ian will look at the way glassmakers
used reflective rationality before the
industrial revolution and how the
introduction of modern technical
rationality has eroded the credibility of
the craftsman in modern society.
Time: 12noon
Andrew Brewerton - Glass Tantra:
the Art of Yang Hui-shan
Focusing on the work of the Chinese
artist Loretta H.S. Yang, this lecture will
explore and illustrate the complex
relationship between Buddhism,
glass and art making. Presenting for
the first time to a Western
audience, wide-ranging critical
reflections, insight and understanding
of the unique achievement of
a major international figure in
contemporary glass.
Time: 1pm
Dick Marquis - Dick’s First
Powerpoint Presentation
Five decades of Dick’s odd work.
Time: 3pm
Vanessa Cutler -
New Technologies in Glass
Vanessa will discuss her recently
published book (of the same name)
and will share the work of artists who
produce work utilising waterjet, surface
and sub surface laser engraving, rapid
prototyping, machining and vinyl.
Time: 4pm
Time:11am
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Sunday 26 August Monday 27 August
Bandhu Scott Dunham -
Some Assembly Required: The Kinetic
Glass Sculpture of Bandhu Dunham
Bandhu Dunham always wanted
to be a mad scientist as a child.
His interest in glass sprang from the
extensive chemistry lab he assembled
in his parents’ basement back in the
1970s. Bandhu’s presentation will be
a multimedia exploration of working
model steam engines, motorized
marble tracks and automata,
laced with a bit of technical
information and wit.
Time: 11am
Antoine Leperlier – Poise:
Antoine Leperlier in the Flux of Time
Renowned for his philosophical
rigour and the technical complexity
of his work, the lecture will explore
the relationship between ideas and
making, and thinking in glass as a
material, in the œuvre of an artist
frequently recognised as the most
significant figure in contemporary
French glass. This talk will also, for the
first time publicly, introduce a major
‘work-in-progress’ - a large-scale glass
installation project in Beijing.
Time: 12noon
Lani McGregor - Three Guys and a
Dog: the Beginning, Middle, and Loose
Ends of Bullseye Glass
Started in 1974 by three art school
graduates (and a dog) with the
implausible idea of making glass, art,
and money, the Bullseye Glass factory
has grown into a barely definable
hybrid of manufacturer, school,
research center, retailer, gallery and
international artist community.
Bullseye partner and gallery director
Lani McGregor will attempt to
untangle the various threads
of today¹s Bullseye, its historical
imperatives, and its ongoing work
with contemporary artists.
Time: 1pm
In conversation with Peter Layton
An exploration of the development
of studio glass since the late 1960s
on both sides of the Atlantic with
glassmakers who were among the
early pioneers and still continue to
develop their glass work.
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Diana East and Sean Taylor -
A Perfectionist’s Playground:
Crafting Miniature Worlds in
Flameworked Beads and Marbles
A global overview of makers and
techniques of flame worked beads
and marbles.
Time: 10am
Peter Layton - The History of London
Glassblowing and its many alumni.
Time: 11am
Antoine Leperlier -
Polychrome sculpture
In this lecture, Antoine will reference
the ancestral roots of his own glass in
the work of François Décorchemont.
Time: 12noon
John Lewis -
Cast Glass in the Architecture
A visual presentation of John’s
involvement with glass throughout
his career of 45 years, beginning
with the early years of blown glass to
his current work involving cast glass
sculpture and the placement of cast
glass into the architecture.
Time: 1pm
Nick Baker - Glassmaking in America
– 404 Years On. The John Sanders
Memorial Lecture
In this year when we celebrate the
400th anniversary of glassmaking in
Stourbridge, it may be surprising to
learn that glassmaking in Colonial
America pre-dates this by four years!
Nick presents an account of the first
attempt at industrialisation in the
newly founded colony of Jamestown
in Virginia, when a primitive factory
was built in the hope of exporting
cheap glassware back to England.
Time: 2pm
Vanessa Cutler, photo: Simon Bruntnell
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Festival Venues
Ruskin Glass Centre &
Glasshouse Arts Centre
The main Festival site - home to
an array of glass and craft studios.
Location of the British Glass Biennale.
Address: Wollaston Road, Amblecote,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HF
Tel: 01384 399410
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk
Wolverhampton University
School of Art and Design - in the heart
of Wolverhampton. Venue for the
Symposium and some masterclasses.
Address: Molineux St, Wolverhampton,
West Midlands WV1 1DT
Dial Glass Works
A truly fascinating place and one
of the last working glass factories
in Stourbridge - home to the
Plowden and Thompson and
Tudor Crystal brands.
Address: Tudor Crystal, Dial
Glass Works, Stewkins, Stourbridge,
West Midlands DY8 4YN
Email: sales@tudorcrystal.com
Broadfield House Glass Museum
Home to one of the best glass
collections in the world. Location of
Back to the Future exhibition.
Address: Compton Drive,
Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 9NS
Tel: 01384 812745
Email: glass.museum@dudley.gov.uk
Bonded Warehouse
Historic canal side building where
the bustling Bead Fair takes place,
showcasing work by beadmakers and
glass artists and suppliers.
Address: Canal Street, Stourbridge,
West Midlands, DY8 4LU
Red House Glass Cone
One of the 4 remaining original
glass cones in the UK. Three major
exhibitions, Glass Heap Challenge
and open studios.
Address: High Street, Wordsley,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AZ
Tel: 01384 812750
Email: redhouse.cone@dudley.gov.uk
Bodenham Arboretum
156 acres of mature woodland,
specimen trees and shrubs and two
acres of pools and lakes. Location
of Glass Afloat.
Address: Wolverley, Kidderminster,
Worcestershire DY11 5TB
Holt Trinity Church, Amblecote
Venue for Glass & Glory and a
fabulous cake station.
Address: Corner of High Street &
Vicarage Road, Amblecote DY8 4JA
The Festival Office is open from 10am
– 5pm daily during the Festival.
Admission to the Ruskin Glass Centre
and Glasshouse Arts Centre is £5 for a
day pass (£1 for children) and £14.50
for an adult four day Festival Pass.
Admission to other Festival Venues
is free (apart from Bodenham
Arboretum), although some charges
may apply for some activities.
Visitor Information
Car parking
Car parking is limited at Festival sites. You are advised to park and then
use the Festival shuttle service or National Express between sites.
Free Festival Shuttle Bus - 9.30am - 5.30pm
A free shuttle bus service will operate between sites during the festival.
Services will operate approximately every 30 minutes and will stop at
clearly marked stops. Please ensure that you plan your return journey to
your car - last shuttle bus service will leave just after 5pm.
Bus services
In addition to the Festival Shuttle Bus, National Express West Midlands
services 256 and 257 run from Stourbridge bus station (stand G) past all
Festival sites. Visit www.nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands
Train
The nearest train stations are Stourbridge Junction/Stourbridge Town. It
is an easy walk from Stourbridge Town train station into the town centre.
From Stourbridge Junction, you will need to catch the shuttle train to
Stourbridge Town - the shortest branch line in Europe! The Festival Shuttle
Bus services will operate from the bus stop on Stourbridge Ring Road,
opposite Crystal Leisure Centre.
Walking
Most Festival sites are within walking distance of each other. Stroll along
the canal for an alternative to the main road.
Before you travel
Before you travel, please visit the website for up to date information on
the programme, changes to schedules and car parking arrangements.
www.ifg.org.uk
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photo: Jon Stroud

The Team
Festival Directors:
Natasha George &
Keith Brocklehurst
Email: info@ifg.org.uk
Marketing and PR:
Miranda Sowden
Email: marketing@ifg.org.uk
British Glass Biennale:
Michelle Keeling
Email: info@biennale.org.uk
Masterclasses:
Jackie Cooley
Email: masterclasses@ifg.org.uk
Information and Festival Office
Penny Russell
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk
Tickets and Festival Office
Nicola Havers
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk
Festival Office telephone
01384 399410
Supporters
Alan J Poole, The British Museum, The Corning Museum of Glass, Glasswork Services, Glass
Association, Air Liquide, Dartington Crystal, The British Glass Foundation, Heart of England
Glass Forum, Holy Trinity Amblecote, Glass Genie and Minimelt Glass, Merlyn Farwell, Peter
Layton, Mark Holford, craft&design Magazine, Art in Action.
Partners
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Contemporary Glass Society, Fieldings Auctioneers, Friends
of Broadfield House, Glass Heap Challenge, UK Guild of Glass Engravers, History of Wollaston
Group, Plowden & Thompson, Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge Bead Fair.
Cover image: Marie Worre Hastrup Holm, Kilpatric Hills, photo Ester Segarra.
Additional images: S Brutnell, P Dutton, C Day, K Brocklehurst, J Christley, P Wood, J Plant,
J Smith, Glass Genie, KT Yun, D McNeill, J Elliott, S Snaddon, I Dury, J Low, N Baker.
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