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“Warmth of everyone involved, a very<br />
welcoming and enthusiastic atmosphere,<br />
encourages sharing. I was very inspired seeing<br />
people working at different techniques.<br />
Biennale, excellent, wonderful!”<br />
“Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Food/<br />
bar/performance artists and whole feeling of<br />
energy - excellent!”<br />
Visitors to previous <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>s<br />
Funders:<br />
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL<br />
STUDIO GLASS AND 400 YEARS OF GLASS<br />
MAKING IN STOURBRIDGE<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
24 - 27 August 2012<br />
www.ifg.org.uk<br />
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Welcome<br />
Celebrate, be dazzled and intrigued<br />
Welcome to the 5th <strong>International</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> of <strong>Glass</strong>, which we think is set<br />
to be the best and most eclectic yet. This year’s <strong>Festival</strong> celebrates<br />
50 years of studio glass and 400 years of glassmaking in Stourbridge,<br />
with preeminent glassmakers from around the world sharing their skills<br />
through demonstrations and talks. See the 2012 British <strong>Glass</strong> Biennale,<br />
Britain’s foremost contemporary glass showcase exhibition in the new<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre building. Be intrigued by innovative upcycling<br />
design solutions proposed by the teams competing in the <strong>Glass</strong> Heap<br />
Challenge. Join a workshop and make glass yourself or bring your<br />
own wearable glass outfit and be part of the celebratory<br />
finale, <strong>Glass</strong>hionistas.<br />
Come along and join in the fun, from having a go at blowing your own<br />
glass to making your own beads. There is something exciting for all ages<br />
to get involved in.<br />
Keith Brocklehurst and Natasha George<br />
Co-Directors<br />
Sign up to our newsletter at<br />
www.ifg.org.uk<br />
How to Book<br />
Please book <strong>Festival</strong> Passes and tickets online at www.ifg.org.uk,<br />
email admin@ifg.org.uk or phone our Ticket <strong>Of</strong>fice 01384 399410<br />
10am - 1pm Monday to Friday, answerphone out of hours.<br />
For venue & entry details see page 32.<br />
Graham Muir, Spectral Ocean Vessel<br />
Contents<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Workshops & Taster Sessions<br />
Demonstrations & Open Studios<br />
The Dome<br />
2 3<br />
Events<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Heap Challenge<br />
Family Activities<br />
Heritage<br />
Bead Fair & Retail Therapy<br />
Artist Programme<br />
Ruskin Lecture Programme<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> Venues<br />
Visitor Information<br />
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8-11<br />
12-13<br />
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15<br />
16<br />
17-19<br />
20-23<br />
24<br />
25-27<br />
28-31<br />
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Exhibitions<br />
British <strong>Glass</strong> Biennale<br />
The British <strong>Glass</strong> Biennale is the UK’s<br />
major selling exhibition of British<br />
contemporary glass. Featuring 101<br />
pieces by 71 artists, this is a <strong>Festival</strong><br />
highlight and will be the inaugural<br />
exhibition in the new <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts<br />
Centre. From small sculptural vessels to<br />
large-scale installations – the exhibition<br />
offers a unique opportunity to see the<br />
creativity and diversity of some of the<br />
UK’s top glass artists.<br />
Venue: <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre &<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time:<br />
24 August – 15 September, 10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free (<strong>Festival</strong> Pass required<br />
24 – 27 August) www.biennale.org.uk<br />
Back to the Future<br />
To celebrate the 400th anniversary<br />
of glassmaking in the Stourbridge<br />
area, this exhibition seeks to explore<br />
the world renowned glass collections<br />
and archives in Dudley Borough<br />
and show how these have inspired<br />
contemporary West Midlands<br />
glassmakers/designers. Exhibition runs<br />
18 August - 27 January 2013.<br />
Venue: Broadfield House<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Museum<br />
Date & Time:<br />
24 - 27 August 10am - 5pm<br />
(Sponsored by Interiors & Lifestyle<br />
Futures and The Friends of Broadfield<br />
House)<br />
Price: Free<br />
The Czech Perspective<br />
Czech glass has a distinct aesthetic<br />
that arose out of a strong tradition of<br />
artistic training in drawing, painting<br />
and sculpture coupled with a<br />
knowledge of glassmaking that<br />
extends back 600 years. Curated by Dr<br />
Jaroslav Polanecky, this exhibition will<br />
showcase the work of both pioneers<br />
and contemporary exponents who<br />
have inherited this unique legacy.<br />
Exhibition runs until January 2013.<br />
Venue: Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Date & Time:<br />
24 August 10am - 4pm,<br />
25 - 27 August 10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
2012 Portland Vase<br />
The culmination of a 12 month<br />
project to create a replica of the<br />
famous Portland Vase held in the<br />
British Museum, this exhibition is<br />
a real celebration of Stourbridge<br />
craftsmanship. The Stourbridge replica<br />
made by (amongst others) Richard<br />
Golding and Terri Colledge will be<br />
unveiled to the public for the first time<br />
at the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
In a project kindly supported by the<br />
Worshipful Company of <strong>Glass</strong> Sellers,<br />
pupils from Pedmore Primary, St Mary’s<br />
Primary, Kingswinford and Kingswinford<br />
Secondary Schools have been<br />
working on a contemporary slant to<br />
the Portland vase, and their designs<br />
will be displayed alongside the<br />
classic replica.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August 2012,<br />
10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Afloat<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> of <strong>Glass</strong> and<br />
Bodenham Arboretum have teamed<br />
up to put on this unique exhibition<br />
of floating glass sculpture. Exhibits<br />
include glittering horses, mirrored<br />
spheres, giant tripods and a family<br />
of Pond Skaters. Using blown, dichroic,<br />
slumped and coloured glass, the<br />
exhibition highlights the diverse<br />
ways in which glass can be used<br />
outdoors to enhance the natural<br />
landscape and take craft beyond<br />
the gallery walls.<br />
Venue: Bodenham Arboretum<br />
Date & Time: 1 – 27 August 2012,<br />
11am – 5pm; The Arboretum is closed<br />
Mondays and Tuesdays except<br />
Monday 27 August and is open until<br />
9.30pm on Thursdays<br />
Price: Admission charges to<br />
Bodenham Arboretum £6.50<br />
adults/£3.50 children and<br />
wheelchair users.<br />
Nancy Sutliffe, squaring the circle,<br />
photo Simon Bruntnell<br />
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Exhibitions<br />
21st Century Engraved <strong>Glass</strong><br />
A National Exhibition of contemporary<br />
and traditional original glass engraving<br />
by members of the Guild of <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Engravers. The display will include a<br />
diverse range of engraving techniques,<br />
styles and designs.<br />
The exhibition includes 42 pieces of<br />
engraved glass displaying Britain’s<br />
architechural heritage commissioned<br />
by the <strong>Glass</strong> Engraving Trust for use<br />
at No. 10 Downing Street – the only<br />
chance for the public to see the<br />
collection before it is handed over to<br />
No. 10.<br />
Exhibition runs 13 August - 7 October.<br />
Venue: Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Date & Time: 24 August 10am - 4pm,<br />
25 - 27 August 10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
CGS <strong>Glass</strong> Medallions<br />
The Contemporary <strong>Glass</strong> Society<br />
presents a stunning wall of glass<br />
medals reflecting the inventiveness<br />
of artists in the UK and beyond. Part<br />
of <strong>Glass</strong> Games 2012.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: 22 August – 15<br />
September, 10am – 5pm<br />
Price: Free (<strong>Festival</strong> Pass required<br />
24 – 27 August)<br />
Titanic Crystal Exhibition<br />
A small display of crystal and<br />
interesting details relating to the Titanic.<br />
Tudor Crystal was asked to make the<br />
Crystal for the film and for the Julian<br />
Fellows television series. The original<br />
crystal for the liner was made by Stuart<br />
Crystal (now the site of The Red House<br />
Cone Museum) and the artefacts from<br />
the ship formed the basis of the new<br />
crystal ware.<br />
Venue: Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works<br />
Date & Time: 24 – 27 August,<br />
10am – 4pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
Through a <strong>Glass</strong> Darkly<br />
Peter David FGE (1924-2004) produced<br />
over 100 images on glass using the<br />
painstaking technique of stipple or<br />
diamond-point engraving, which he<br />
took up in the late 1960s having seen<br />
work by Sir Lawrence Whistler (1912-<br />
2000). This exhibition is a selection<br />
of those glasses, complemented<br />
by Peter’s photographs of some<br />
of the other glasses and deep sea<br />
animals. By profession a zoologist<br />
and oceanographer, he took his<br />
inspiration from the natural world and<br />
his engravings often reflect his view of<br />
the world.<br />
Exhibition runs 13 August - 7 October.<br />
Venue: Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Date & Time: 24 August 10am - 4pm,<br />
25-27 August 10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> and Glory<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> students and graduates from<br />
Wolverhampton University, past and<br />
present will be exhibiting their work<br />
at Holy Trinity, the Parish Church of<br />
Amblecote. The exhibition will show a<br />
variety of skills and styles which have<br />
been developed by the students<br />
during their time at the university.<br />
Refreshments also available in the form<br />
of the (now traditional) Cake Station<br />
– a chance to sit down and indulge<br />
in a piece of homemade cake and a<br />
range of hot and cold drinks.<br />
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Amblecote<br />
Date & Time: 24 – 27 August,<br />
10am – 4pm (except during Services)<br />
Price: Free<br />
Gallery 90 in The Store<br />
A celebration of 90 years of Plowden<br />
& Thompson’s association with<br />
artists of the world and 400 + years<br />
of Stourbridge glassmaking in P&T’s<br />
industrial gallery. Famous and yet to<br />
be famous artists make this an<br />
exhibition not to be missed with<br />
an opportunity to expand your<br />
collection or start a new one.<br />
Venue: Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works<br />
Open : 22 August-23 September,<br />
10am - 4.30pm<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house College<br />
Student Exhibition<br />
The annual exhibition of work in glass,<br />
wood, textiles, metal and more by<br />
the students of <strong>Glass</strong>house College,<br />
which operates alongside the Ruskin<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Centre, giving young adults the<br />
opportunity to work with experienced<br />
craftspeople. This year, for the first time,<br />
students are developing a range of<br />
craft products to sell to the public at<br />
the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
Venue: <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre &<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August 2012,<br />
10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
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Workshops & Taster Sessions<br />
At The Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Confident Collecting<br />
The ever-popular and free Confident<br />
Collecting tours are back with the<br />
Biennale Exhibition Organiser and<br />
Curator, Michelle Keeling. A chance<br />
to tour the Biennale exhibition after<br />
it has closed for the day with tips on<br />
collecting and insights on the artists to<br />
watch. Book your place at the <strong>Festival</strong><br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice during the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
Date & Time: 25 and 26 August, 5pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Beginners Fused <strong>Glass</strong> Workshop<br />
During this workshop with glass artist<br />
and designer Paul Floyd, you will learn<br />
the basics of fusing, cutting glass to<br />
a pattern and working with coloured<br />
sheet glass, frits and powders. You will<br />
create an original piece of glasswork<br />
and make your own fused glass<br />
light-catcher.<br />
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 August,<br />
10am -12:30pm<br />
Maximum Class Size: 4 students<br />
Age Range: 12 upwards<br />
Price: £35 (includes all materials,<br />
fusing & postage of glasswork) plus<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Have a go at Beadmaking<br />
Beadmaking is a fascinating activity,<br />
learning to heat a rod of glass on the<br />
torch, wrap it around a mandrel and<br />
decorate it with dots and squiggles....<br />
a chance to try this in a small class, but<br />
be careful you could get hooked!<br />
Date & Times:<br />
Book in advance<br />
24 August,11am - 12noon<br />
Book on the day at the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
on a first come first served basis<br />
25 and 26 August, 11am - 12noon<br />
Maximum Class Size: 4 students<br />
Age Range: 16 upwards<br />
Price: £15 plus <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Have a go at <strong>Glass</strong>blowing<br />
If you have ever wondered whether<br />
glassblowing was for you, this is your<br />
chance to test it out. This 2 hour<br />
session will teach you the basics of<br />
glassblowing in a small group. Your<br />
blown glass will be available to<br />
collect the following day from<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre.<br />
Date & Times:<br />
Book in advance<br />
24, 25, 26 and 27 August,<br />
10am - 12 noon<br />
Book on the day at the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
on a first come first served basis<br />
24, 25, 26 and 27 August, 2pm - 4pm<br />
Age Range: 16 upwards<br />
Price: £24 plus <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Extreme Fusing Taster with Tanya Veit<br />
(in association with Warm <strong>Glass</strong> UK)<br />
In these 2 hour taster sessions<br />
with Tanya Veit, you will learn the<br />
fascinating secrets of Tanya’s method,<br />
called the “Picasso” technique, in<br />
dichroic glass jewellery. Discover how<br />
she creates her intricate collage<br />
designs by building your own Picasso<br />
pendant. You will also create a 3-4<br />
layer chemical etched scenic piece,<br />
using foreground and background.<br />
Finished work will need to be collected<br />
from the Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre after firing.<br />
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 August<br />
12 noon - 2pm and 2.30pm - 4.30pm<br />
Maximum Class Size: 10 students<br />
Age Range: 16 upwards<br />
Price: £30 plus <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Introduction to <strong>Glass</strong>blowing<br />
A wonderful introduction to the art<br />
of glassblowing with Martin Andrews.<br />
You will cover the basics including<br />
gathering, shaping and forming;<br />
learning to develop hand eye<br />
co-ordination and rhythm to turn,<br />
stretch and control the molten glass.<br />
You will start by making solid forms,<br />
before progressing to blowing the<br />
glass to create clear & coloured bowls,<br />
vases and your own masterpieces!<br />
Naturally you get to keep your piece,<br />
which you collect the next day.<br />
Date & Times: 24, 25, 26 and 27 August,<br />
9am - 12.30pm<br />
Maximum Class Size: 4 students<br />
Age Range: 16 upwards<br />
Price: £115.00 which includes<br />
all materials<br />
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Workshops & Taster Sessions<br />
At The Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Boundary Field #2, Stone Carving<br />
Part of an on-going art research<br />
project into place, space and identity,<br />
Philip Potter will involve viewers in a<br />
multi-media carving project, performed<br />
live during the <strong>Festival</strong>. You can also try<br />
your hand at your own stone carving<br />
project in between performance<br />
times. Maximum 4 persons per session.<br />
includes all materials (Portland or<br />
Cotswold Limestone), and use of tools.<br />
You will be able to take your piece<br />
home with you (predicted weight<br />
3-5 kgs).<br />
Date & Time:<br />
24 - 27 August - Performance times<br />
11am - 12.30pm and 3pm - 4.30pm<br />
each day.<br />
Guided sessions 9am - 10.30am<br />
and 1pm - 2.30pm each day<br />
Prices for guided sessions: £35 per<br />
session per person, plus <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
At Broadfield House<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Museum & The Red<br />
House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Tour and Tile<br />
Create a fused glass tile and<br />
participate in a guided tour around<br />
the Museum or Cone. Pre-booking and<br />
payment in advance is required.<br />
Call 01384 815571.<br />
Date & Time: 26 August, 11am - 1pm<br />
(at both venues) and 1.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
(at the Cone only)<br />
Price: £5.25 per person (age 5+)<br />
Phillip Potter, Aoris<br />
photo Simon Bruntnell<br />
Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> engraving<br />
Have a go at engraving different<br />
glass items. Sessions last for 45 minutes<br />
and are suitable for 8 years +.<br />
Pre-booking and payment in advance<br />
is required. Call 01384 815571.<br />
Date & Time: 24 August, Sessions<br />
start at 10.15am, 11.15am, 12.15pm,<br />
1.30pm, 2.30pm.<br />
Price: £3.75 per person (age8+)<br />
The Guild of <strong>Glass</strong> Engravers<br />
A further chance to have go at<br />
glass engraving 25, 26, 27 August,<br />
Sessions start at 10:30am, 12.00 noon,<br />
1.30pm, 3.00pm<br />
Price £3.75<br />
01384 812752 (limited places)<br />
At the Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works<br />
Tudor Open Day<br />
An opportunity to try your hand<br />
at blowing glass, cutting glass<br />
and sandblasting.<br />
Date & Time: 25 August 2012,<br />
10am - 1.30pm<br />
Price: adults £5 (reduced price<br />
for children). Booking required -<br />
sales@tudorcrystal.com or<br />
01384 392525<br />
How to Book<br />
Please book <strong>Festival</strong> Passes and<br />
tickets online at www.ifg.org.uk,<br />
email admin@ifg.org.uk or phone<br />
our Ticket <strong>Of</strong>fice 01384 399410<br />
10am - 1pm Monday to Friday,<br />
answerphone outside of these hours.<br />
Workshops and taster sessions are<br />
very popular, and we may have<br />
to limit the number of classes any<br />
one person can take in order to give<br />
others a chance to participate.<br />
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photo Simon Bruntnell<br />
11 Workshops & Taster Sessions
Demonstrations & Open Studios<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre Highlights<br />
Demonstrations from:<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>blowing<br />
Richard Marquis - USA<br />
Kinetic Flameworking<br />
Bandhu Scott Dunham - USA<br />
Lampworking and Marble making<br />
Diana East and Sean Taylor - UK<br />
Engraving<br />
Alison Kinnaird - UK<br />
Venetian techniques<br />
Ian Hankey - UK<br />
Hot casting<br />
John Lewis - USA<br />
A unique chance to see the most talented glass artists from the UK and<br />
overseas demonstrate their skills in a variety of techniques. Demonstrations<br />
will take place across all <strong>Festival</strong> Venues over the 4 days of the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
A full schedule will be available to download from www.ifg.org.uk<br />
Julie Coakley<br />
Julie Coakley is a totally blind<br />
artist specialising in glass. She<br />
has developed a unique way<br />
of creating 3D glass sculptural<br />
drawings containing over 1000<br />
individual elements of glass. Julie will<br />
be demonstrating her preworking<br />
techniques using memory, imagination<br />
as well as electronic gadgets such<br />
as colour readers to assist in her<br />
work. 25 and 26 August only.<br />
Al fresco <strong>Glass</strong>blowing<br />
Teams of glass students from around<br />
the country will put on a continuous<br />
display of glassblowing on minifurnaces<br />
located under canvas at the<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre. Students’ work will<br />
be for sale. Come and talent spot the<br />
glassblowers of the future.<br />
24 Hour <strong>Glass</strong>blowing<br />
Challenge<br />
Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum’s resident artist<br />
Allister Malcolm will go head to head with Elliot<br />
Walker at the Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone in a gruelling<br />
endurance test to put on the world’s longest<br />
glassblowing demonstration (raising funds for the<br />
British <strong>Glass</strong> Foundation).<br />
Venue: Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum and<br />
Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Date & Time: starts 11am, 26 August<br />
Price: Free<br />
Open Studios<br />
Artists will be opening their studios across<br />
the Stourbridge <strong>Glass</strong> Quarter throughout<br />
the <strong>Festival</strong> – lots and lots of glass studios<br />
showcasing blown, engraved, kilnformed,<br />
hot cast, fused, traditional and<br />
contemporary cut crystal, lampworking,<br />
sandblasting, copper wheel engraving –<br />
as well as stone carving, blacksmithing,<br />
handcrafted clocks and barometers,<br />
ceramics, jewellery, textiles, mixed media,<br />
photography, soapworks and more.<br />
Vic Bamforth, Vessels<br />
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The Dome<br />
The Dome is a 12.5m, 360˚cinema auditorium.<br />
we are introducing this new and exciting<br />
temporary structure this year for our Blowing<br />
the Boundaries programme. Using cutting edge<br />
interactive communications technology it is<br />
a highly innovative way of presenting newly<br />
commissioned work, performance pieces and<br />
live international link-ups.<br />
Across the four days of the <strong>Festival</strong> you can<br />
experience demonstrations beamed live from<br />
around the world, 50/400 archives, events<br />
including Torcher Tailor and the spectacular<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>hionistas Finale and connect virtually<br />
with other <strong>Festival</strong> Venues. Come and immerse<br />
yourself in a unique 360˚ experience.<br />
See www.ifg.org.uk for programme details<br />
Featuring:<br />
• <strong>Glass</strong>hionistas<br />
• Torcher Tailor<br />
• Pass the Cam<br />
• Live Streaming of glass demonstrations<br />
• 50/400 - a Virtual Archive<br />
• Artists’ Showcase<br />
• Virtually The Portland Vases<br />
• <strong>Glass</strong> Film Shorts<br />
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Events<br />
Torcher Tailor<br />
Torcher Chamber Arkestra is a<br />
flameworking performance company<br />
comprised of artists from sculptural,<br />
neon, scientific, and flamework glass<br />
backgrounds. Torcher combines<br />
fire, glass, music and explosives to<br />
educate, engage and entertain.<br />
Founded at the <strong>Festival</strong> in 2010,<br />
Torcher will give their second<br />
performance in 2012. They will be<br />
making a glass wedding dress<br />
exploring the theme of Union live on<br />
a flameworking fire dancing bride.<br />
The audience will be asked to put the<br />
finishing touches on the dress. There<br />
will be live percussion, scorching tunes,<br />
performances by each of our players,<br />
cake and hot shop team technique.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: Saturday 25 August,<br />
9.30pm<br />
Price: £12 (note:audience will be<br />
standing)<br />
Fun Auction<br />
Will Farmer, Director of Fieldings<br />
Auctioneers, and a regular on BBC’s<br />
Antiques Roadshow, will once again<br />
be taking charge of this event, raising<br />
vital <strong>Festival</strong> funds and bringing<br />
lashings of humour and excitement<br />
as the four day <strong>Festival</strong> comes to a<br />
close. At each <strong>Festival</strong>, the Fun Auction<br />
draws in the crowds and what started<br />
as a light hearted end to the <strong>Festival</strong><br />
has grown into an exciting event<br />
where artists can sell work and bidders<br />
can bag themselves a real bargain!<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: Monday 27 August, 4pm<br />
Price: Free - <strong>Festival</strong> Pass not required<br />
for those arriving after 3.30pm<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>hionistas<br />
This year’s <strong>Festival</strong> Finale will be a<br />
shimmering vision of spectacle and<br />
sparkle - part show, part parade,<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>hionistas is an opportunity to<br />
celebrate all that glistens and gleams<br />
with a glass themed Mardi Gras style<br />
pageant. <strong>Glass</strong> artists have been<br />
asked to create wearable glass art<br />
and an unrestrained evening of<br />
raucous fun, creativity and riotous<br />
laughter is assured. Over 16s only.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: Monday 27 August, 8.30pm<br />
Price: £12 (note:audience will<br />
be standing)<br />
If you would like to get involved and<br />
be part of the performance, please<br />
check www.ifg.org.uk for details or<br />
email: finale@ifg.org.uk
photo: Matthew Durran<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Heap Challenge Family Activities<br />
As we all know, there is a lot of waste glass out there and not<br />
much happening with it. This is a global problem and global<br />
solutions are needed. <strong>Glass</strong> Heap Challenge UK will be the<br />
first of many worldwide challenge events to find solutions.<br />
The challenge is to work in teams within a limited number of<br />
days and to up-cycle waste glass into a product, artwork or<br />
installation - either functional or non-functional.<br />
Using waste glass supplied by waste management companies<br />
and the glass industry, teams of artists, architects, technologists<br />
and designers from around the globe will work towards finding<br />
ways to transform this waste glass, to show its potential and<br />
create new paths that will lead to a more sustainable future.<br />
Visitors to the <strong>Festival</strong> can watch work in progress, see the results<br />
emerge and then vote for their preferred outcome.<br />
Venue: Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Date & Time:<br />
Challenge 20 - 24 August, 10am - 4pm<br />
Vote Day 25 August, 10am - 5pm<br />
Awards Evening 25 August, 6pm - 8pm<br />
Exhibition Closes 5pm, 27 August<br />
Price: Free<br />
You might think children and glass<br />
don’t mix, but that’s not the case.<br />
Children of all ages are mesmerised<br />
by the magical process of hot glass<br />
making. What’s great about the<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> is that not only are there<br />
plenty of opportunities to watch<br />
makers in action, but there are lots of<br />
great hands-on activities to have a<br />
go at too.<br />
Here is just a brief roundup of what<br />
you can do over the <strong>Festival</strong> weekend<br />
in the Stourbridge <strong>Glass</strong> Quarter.<br />
At Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum<br />
you can enjoy the Best of British Family<br />
Fun Day on Saturday 25 August,<br />
10am – 4pm, with Punch and Judy<br />
and storytelling sessions, games and<br />
activities and some traditional fish<br />
and chips!<br />
On Sunday 26 August, book a place<br />
on the tour and tile session (5 years +)<br />
to create a fused glass tile and join in<br />
a guided tour around the museum.<br />
At Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
you can have a go at glass engraving<br />
throughout the weekend (8 years +)<br />
and then on Sunday 26 August come<br />
and make a fused glass tile and learn<br />
all about how glass was once made<br />
in the Cone.<br />
On Monday 27 August, there will<br />
be lots of great activities on offer as<br />
the Cone celebrates 10 years as a<br />
glass heritage visitor attraction at the<br />
Birthday Bash Family Fun Day.
At Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre you can join in a treasure hunt, enjoy the street<br />
entertainment, storytelling and music or have a go at the taster sessions<br />
and craft workshops.<br />
Stourbridge Crafts will be running drop in creative sessions in jewellery,<br />
card making, polymer clay and ceramic painting every day of the<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> for ages 6 - 96. From £5 per session.<br />
You can have a go at sandblasting a piece of glass with your name or<br />
your own design at Kevin Barry Crystal. From £3.<br />
On Saturday 25 – Monday 27 August try your hand at design. Using<br />
traditional techniques, glass cutter Brian Mason and engraver Andy<br />
Cope will create your very own cut glass based on your design to take<br />
away. £2 per glass, one glass per person, under 16s only<br />
Drop in sessions - no need to book.<br />
Junior <strong>Glass</strong>hionistas<br />
Under 16s can join in workshops to make fabulous glass themed<br />
costumes which they can then model at a Junior <strong>Glass</strong>hionistas Parade<br />
later in the day.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre & <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August<br />
- Drop in workshops from 10am; parade around 3pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass.<br />
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photo: Charlotte Hughes Martin
Heritage<br />
Heritage Walks<br />
Time travel with local experts on these walks into the glass making past. Several old <strong>Festival</strong> favourites, although all with<br />
new material researched since their last outing, are joined by a number of newly devised heritage tours including a visit<br />
to the Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works and an appreciation of the area’s public house history.<br />
Except where otherwise indicated, all walks take approximately 1.5 hours and cost £3.50 Adults/£1.00 children.<br />
Tickets can be booked online or at the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice during the <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, or simply turn up at the start of the walk<br />
and pay (but note that numbers are limited).<br />
Full details of all these walks and tours are on www.ifg.org.uk.<br />
Wordsley Church & Churchyard Tour<br />
Date and Time: Friday 24 August,<br />
10.30am<br />
Start/End: Wordsley Church<br />
Guide: Nick Baker<br />
Dial <strong>Glass</strong>house (Plowden &<br />
Thompson) Tour<br />
Date and Time: Friday 24 August, 2pm<br />
& Saturday 25 August, 10.30am<br />
Start/End: Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works<br />
Guide: Barbara Beadman<br />
Wollaston Walk<br />
Date and Time: Sunday 26 August, 2pm<br />
Start/End: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre outside<br />
the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
Guide: Ian Williams<br />
Jewels on the Cut Canal Walk<br />
Date and Time: Monday 27 August,<br />
meet 9.45am, starts 10.00am<br />
Start: Canal Street by the Bonded<br />
Warehouse<br />
End: Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
Guide: Graham Fisher<br />
Price: £3.75 per person<br />
(Booking advisable).<br />
Tel: 01384 812745<br />
Oldswinford Church/Churchyard Tour<br />
Date and Time: Monday 27<br />
August, 1.30pm<br />
Start/End: Oldswinford Church Gates<br />
Guide: Roy Peacock<br />
Amblecote Church & Churchyard<br />
(and a bit of Canal) Walk<br />
Date and Time: Saturday 25<br />
August, 2pm<br />
Start/End: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
outside the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
Guide: Nick Baker<br />
Stourbridge Walk<br />
Date and Time: Sunday 26<br />
August, 10.30am<br />
Start/End: Bonded Warehouse<br />
Guide: David Hickman<br />
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Women in the Stourbridge <strong>Glass</strong> Industry<br />
Women have had a tradition of working in the glassmaking<br />
industry in Stourbridge - usually cutting, engraving and<br />
finishing the glass. Dr Kate Round will present a fascinating<br />
account of the different and changing role of women over<br />
the years in the factories and studios of Stourbridge.<br />
Venue: Methodist Church, Stream Road, near to<br />
Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum<br />
Date & Time: 24 August, 11.15am<br />
Price: £5 Tickets from Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum,<br />
01384 812745<br />
Opening weekend of the Webb Corbett Visitor Centre<br />
After a major refurbishment, the <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
will be open to the public for the first time at the <strong>Festival</strong><br />
alongside the Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre. The new Visitor Centre<br />
tells the fascinating story of the site from when it was first<br />
known to have been used for glassmaking in the 18th<br />
century through its years as the Webb Corbett factory up<br />
to the present day.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre & <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August, 10am – 5pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Virtually The Portland Vases<br />
A historic moment - our friends at the British Museum and the<br />
Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong> have agreed to make a unique link<br />
up that brings together the original Portland Vase along with<br />
4 replicas for the first and possibly only time. Using the Dome<br />
technology to bring the real and the virtual together, this<br />
not-to-be-missed event will really help Stourbridge celebrate<br />
400 years of glassmaking.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre & <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: Sunday 26 August, 4.30pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
Volunteer for the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> of <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Like what you see? Want to be at the centre of things?<br />
Well you can be! The <strong>Festival</strong> would not be possible<br />
without our lovely volunteers and we are always looking for<br />
people to join the team. From stewarding to taking tickets,<br />
helping to spread the word about the <strong>Festival</strong> to catering<br />
assistance there are all sorts of ways you can get involved.<br />
In return you can meet some of the world’s greatest<br />
glassmakers, make new friends and have a fantastic time<br />
To Volunteer for the <strong>Festival</strong>, visit www.ifg.org.uk or email<br />
volunteers@ifg.org.uk<br />
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photo: Ian Dury
Bead Fair & Retail Therapy<br />
Bead Fair<br />
A return to the <strong>Festival</strong> of the hugely<br />
popular Stourbridge Bead Fair -<br />
with dozens of beadmakers and<br />
glass artists showing beautiful<br />
and imaginative work as well as<br />
suppliers of lampworking books, kits,<br />
tools, glass findings etc. Visit<br />
www.stourbridgebeadfair.co.uk<br />
for full list of exhibitors.<br />
Venue: The Bonded Warehouse<br />
Date & Time: 25 and 26 August,<br />
10am - 4.30pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
Celebrate <strong>Glass</strong><br />
A fair dedicated to glass in its many<br />
forms with exhibitors selling their<br />
own beautiful products.<br />
Venue: The Bonded Warehouse<br />
Date & Time: 27 August,<br />
10am – 4.30pm<br />
Price: Free<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Emporium<br />
Once again, established makers and<br />
suppliers of glass products bring their<br />
wares to Stourbridge for the four days<br />
of the <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>. There will also be<br />
the chance to browse through the<br />
sumptuous and thoughtful collection<br />
of glass, craft and art books at the<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> bookshop run by popular<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> regulars, Chrome Yellow<br />
books.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre &<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: 24 - 27 August,<br />
10am - 5pm<br />
Price: Free with <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
James Lethbridge, The Midas Jar<br />
Artist Programme<br />
There are some activities that will be of particular interest to the Professional<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Artist - a chance to network with your peers, update your technical<br />
skills or learn about new ways of raising money to make your work.<br />
Masterclasses<br />
We have a wonderful selection<br />
of masterclasses in a range of<br />
techniques to suit the beginner to<br />
the professional glassmaker in the<br />
week leading up the <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
Why not learn something new and<br />
then stay on for the <strong>Festival</strong>?<br />
Details of the Masterclasses<br />
on www.ifg.org.uk.<br />
CGS AGM<br />
Annual meeting of the<br />
Contemporary <strong>Glass</strong> Society,<br />
organisers of the <strong>Glass</strong> Games 2012<br />
festival. Have your say about the<br />
day to day activities of this<br />
dynamic organisation.<br />
All are welcome. www.cgs.org.uk.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre &<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: 25 August, 5pm<br />
Price: Free - <strong>Festival</strong> Pass not<br />
required if arriving after 4.30pm.<br />
Crowdfunding<br />
Crowdfunding is an innovative<br />
method of raising funds to birth<br />
all kinds of projects, including art.<br />
Carrie Fertig raised over US$25,000<br />
through crowdfunding for Homing,<br />
a six metre pair of glass dove wings<br />
for Chichester Cathedral (voted<br />
the No1 art campaign for 2011 on<br />
the IndieGoGo website). Carrie will<br />
explain the pros and cons of several<br />
crowdfunding websites and what<br />
you can do to make your campaign<br />
a success.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre &<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: Sunday 26 August, 4pm<br />
Price: £7 plus <strong>Festival</strong> Pass<br />
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Photography Workshop<br />
Simon Bruntnell will demonstrate specialist techniques for<br />
photographing glass, the equipment needed, cameras,<br />
lenses, lighting, tripods, props, digital shooting and<br />
outputting file types for magazines and the internet, as<br />
well as how to create a digital file and basic retouching<br />
techniques. Aimed at people who want to move up to a<br />
35mm digital SLR type camera and to produce images of<br />
a professional entry level.<br />
A maximum of 10 people per workshop. Each participant<br />
can bring one item of glass (max shoe box dimensions)<br />
which Simon will photograph and supply an image for<br />
your own publicity purposes.<br />
Venue: Northlight Studio, Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Date & Time: 25 August (Beads and jewellery)<br />
10am- 4pm+<br />
26 August (panels, blown and kiln cast glass) 10am -4pm+<br />
Price: £120 (including lunch and all equipment)<br />
Symposium: Architecture and the Artistry of <strong>Glass</strong><br />
“Architecture and the Artistry of <strong>Glass</strong>” explores the<br />
relationship between glass and architectural forms<br />
whether in terms of building materials or the artist<br />
wedded to architecture.<br />
It brings together international and distinguished artists<br />
and designers: John Lewis, Californian sculptor and<br />
architectural artist; Danny Lane whose furniture and<br />
sculpture ranges from the domestic to the massive; Brent<br />
Richards, award winning architect in the field of glass<br />
technology; Tomasz Urbanowicz, Polish Architectural <strong>Glass</strong><br />
artist; and teacher and practitioner Keith Cummings, who<br />
has pioneered kiln forming over the past 45 years.<br />
Venue: School of Art and Design, University of<br />
Wolverhampton, WV1 1DT<br />
Date & Time: 24 August 2012, 10am – 5.30pm<br />
Prices: Standard £130. Student £65 – discounts also<br />
for CGS member, masterclass participants and<br />
Wolverhampton University students<br />
Website: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale<br />
Contact: Dr Max Stewart on Max.Stewart@wlv.ac.uk<br />
Danny Lane, Parting of the Waves, photo: Peter Wood<br />
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Ruskin Lecture Programme<br />
All lectures listed below will be at the Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre & <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre. Entry to lectures is free with your<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> Pass (exept where otherwise indicated) - Just turn up and enjoy. Times and dates are published in good faith,<br />
however these are subject to change. Check the festival website for up to date information.<br />
Friday 24 August<br />
Public Launch of the Stourbridge<br />
2012 Portland Vase<br />
Time:10am<br />
Graham Fisher - Book Launch:<br />
The 2012 Portland Vase Project -<br />
Recreation of a Masterpiece<br />
Graham will be talking about his new<br />
book to tie in with the unveiling of the<br />
Stourbridge Portland Vase. He will also<br />
be showing excerpts from “The Crystal<br />
Mile” DVD accompanying his book of<br />
the same name.<br />
Time: 11am<br />
Shelley Doolan - The use of<br />
CAD/CAM in a <strong>Glass</strong> Practice<br />
Shelley will discuss the use of CAD/<br />
CAM in her own work and illustrate<br />
with examples of others who work in<br />
this area. Her talk will be followed by<br />
a question and answer session.<br />
Aonghus Gordon - Reimagining<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> from the Inside Out<br />
The Transformation of one of<br />
Stourbridge’s oldest glassmaking<br />
sites as a result of Aonghus’s initial<br />
vision and the subsequent work of<br />
the Ruskin Mill Trust.<br />
Time: 12noon<br />
Catherine Hough - The Evolution of<br />
Hot <strong>Glass</strong> and the Studio Movement<br />
Time: 1pm<br />
Launch of the Contemporary <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Society Medallions Exhibition<br />
Time: 2pm<br />
David Whitehouse – Stourbridge<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> at the Corning Museum<br />
David Whitehouse, originally from<br />
Worcestershire, now Senior Scholar<br />
at the Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>,<br />
will deliver a fascinating insight<br />
into the influence of Stourbridge<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>makers on the American<br />
glass scene.<br />
Venue: Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre &<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
Date & Time: Friday 24 August,<br />
3pm - 5pm<br />
Price: £7.50 (<strong>Festival</strong> Pass not<br />
required for those arriving after<br />
2.45pm). Tickets available now<br />
from Stourbridge <strong>Glass</strong> Engravers,<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
Tel. 01384 399466<br />
Saturday 25 August<br />
Alison Kinnaird -<br />
The Appreciation Window<br />
Alison Kinnaird MBE will talk about her<br />
recently completed commission for<br />
the Scottish National Portrait Gallery -<br />
the Appreciation Window. The window,<br />
which took more than 2 years to<br />
complete, involved the engraving<br />
of up to 25 portraits, including that<br />
of HM the Queen.<br />
Time: 11am<br />
Ian Hankey - Looking to the Past<br />
for a Sustainable Future<br />
Ian will look at the way glassmakers<br />
used reflective rationality before the<br />
industrial revolution and how the<br />
introduction of modern technical<br />
rationality has eroded the credibility of<br />
the craftsman in modern society.<br />
Time: 12noon<br />
Andrew Brewerton - <strong>Glass</strong> Tantra:<br />
the Art of Yang Hui-shan<br />
Focusing on the work of the Chinese<br />
artist Loretta H.S. Yang, this lecture will<br />
explore and illustrate the complex<br />
relationship between Buddhism,<br />
glass and art making. Presenting for<br />
the first time to a Western<br />
audience, wide-ranging critical<br />
reflections, insight and understanding<br />
of the unique achievement of<br />
a major international figure in<br />
contemporary glass.<br />
Time: 1pm<br />
Dick Marquis - Dick’s First<br />
Powerpoint Presentation<br />
Five decades of Dick’s odd work.<br />
Time: 3pm<br />
Vanessa Cutler -<br />
New Technologies in <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Vanessa will discuss her recently<br />
published book (of the same name)<br />
and will share the work of artists who<br />
produce work utilising waterjet, surface<br />
and sub surface laser engraving, rapid<br />
prototyping, machining and vinyl.<br />
Time: 4pm<br />
Time:11am<br />
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Bandhu Scott Dunham -<br />
Some Assembly Required: The Kinetic<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Sculpture of Bandhu Dunham<br />
Bandhu Dunham always wanted<br />
to be a mad scientist as a child.<br />
His interest in glass sprang from the<br />
extensive chemistry lab he assembled<br />
in his parents’ basement back in the<br />
1970s. Bandhu’s presentation will be<br />
a multimedia exploration of working<br />
model steam engines, motorized<br />
marble tracks and automata,<br />
laced with a bit of technical<br />
information and wit.<br />
Time: 11am<br />
Antoine Leperlier – Poise:<br />
Antoine Leperlier in the Flux of Time<br />
Renowned for his philosophical<br />
rigour and the technical complexity<br />
of his work, the lecture will explore<br />
the relationship between ideas and<br />
making, and thinking in glass as a<br />
material, in the œuvre of an artist<br />
frequently recognised as the most<br />
significant figure in contemporary<br />
French glass. This talk will also, for the<br />
first time publicly, introduce a major<br />
‘work-in-progress’ - a large-scale glass<br />
installation project in Beijing.<br />
Time: 12noon<br />
Lani McGregor - Three Guys and a<br />
Dog: the Beginning, Middle, and Loose<br />
Ends of Bullseye <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Started in 1974 by three art school<br />
graduates (and a dog) with the<br />
implausible idea of making glass, art,<br />
and money, the Bullseye <strong>Glass</strong> factory<br />
has grown into a barely definable<br />
hybrid of manufacturer, school,<br />
research center, retailer, gallery and<br />
international artist community.<br />
Bullseye partner and gallery director<br />
Lani McGregor will attempt to<br />
untangle the various threads<br />
of today¹s Bullseye, its historical<br />
imperatives, and its ongoing work<br />
with contemporary artists.<br />
Time: 1pm<br />
In conversation with Peter Layton<br />
An exploration of the development<br />
of studio glass since the late 1960s<br />
on both sides of the Atlantic with<br />
glassmakers who were among the<br />
early pioneers and still continue to<br />
develop their glass work.<br />
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm<br />
Diana East and Sean Taylor -<br />
A Perfectionist’s Playground:<br />
Crafting Miniature Worlds in<br />
Flameworked Beads and Marbles<br />
A global overview of makers and<br />
techniques of flame worked beads<br />
and marbles.<br />
Time: 10am<br />
Peter Layton - The History of London<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>blowing and its many alumni.<br />
Time: 11am<br />
Antoine Leperlier -<br />
Polychrome sculpture<br />
In this lecture, Antoine will reference<br />
the ancestral roots of his own glass in<br />
the work of François Décorchemont.<br />
Time: 12noon<br />
John Lewis -<br />
Cast <strong>Glass</strong> in the Architecture<br />
A visual presentation of John’s<br />
involvement with glass throughout<br />
his career of 45 years, beginning<br />
with the early years of blown glass to<br />
his current work involving cast glass<br />
sculpture and the placement of cast<br />
glass into the architecture.<br />
Time: 1pm<br />
Nick Baker - <strong>Glass</strong>making in America<br />
– 404 Years On. The John Sanders<br />
Memorial Lecture<br />
In this year when we celebrate the<br />
400th anniversary of glassmaking in<br />
Stourbridge, it may be surprising to<br />
learn that glassmaking in Colonial<br />
America pre-dates this by four years!<br />
Nick presents an account of the first<br />
attempt at industrialisation in the<br />
newly founded colony of Jamestown<br />
in Virginia, when a primitive factory<br />
was built in the hope of exporting<br />
cheap glassware back to England.<br />
Time: 2pm<br />
Vanessa Cutler, photo: Simon Bruntnell<br />
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<strong>Festival</strong> Venues<br />
Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre &<br />
<strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre<br />
The main <strong>Festival</strong> site - home to<br />
an array of glass and craft studios.<br />
Location of the British <strong>Glass</strong> Biennale.<br />
Address: Wollaston Road, Amblecote,<br />
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HF<br />
Tel: 01384 399410<br />
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk<br />
Wolverhampton University<br />
School of Art and Design - in the heart<br />
of Wolverhampton. Venue for the<br />
Symposium and some masterclasses.<br />
Address: Molineux St, Wolverhampton,<br />
West Midlands WV1 1DT<br />
Dial <strong>Glass</strong> Works<br />
A truly fascinating place and one<br />
of the last working glass factories<br />
in Stourbridge - home to the<br />
Plowden and Thompson and<br />
Tudor Crystal brands.<br />
Address: Tudor Crystal, Dial<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Works, Stewkins, Stourbridge,<br />
West Midlands DY8 4YN<br />
Email: sales@tudorcrystal.com<br />
Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum<br />
Home to one of the best glass<br />
collections in the world. Location of<br />
Back to the Future exhibition.<br />
Address: Compton Drive,<br />
Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 9NS<br />
Tel: 01384 812745<br />
Email: glass.museum@dudley.gov.uk<br />
Bonded Warehouse<br />
Historic canal side building where<br />
the bustling Bead Fair takes place,<br />
showcasing work by beadmakers and<br />
glass artists and suppliers.<br />
Address: Canal Street, Stourbridge,<br />
West Midlands, DY8 4LU<br />
Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone<br />
One of the 4 remaining original<br />
glass cones in the UK. Three major<br />
exhibitions, <strong>Glass</strong> Heap Challenge<br />
and open studios.<br />
Address: High Street, Wordsley,<br />
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AZ<br />
Tel: 01384 812750<br />
Email: redhouse.cone@dudley.gov.uk<br />
Bodenham Arboretum<br />
156 acres of mature woodland,<br />
specimen trees and shrubs and two<br />
acres of pools and lakes. Location<br />
of <strong>Glass</strong> Afloat.<br />
Address: Wolverley, Kidderminster,<br />
Worcestershire DY11 5TB<br />
Holt Trinity Church, Amblecote<br />
Venue for <strong>Glass</strong> & Glory and a<br />
fabulous cake station.<br />
Address: Corner of High Street &<br />
Vicarage Road, Amblecote DY8 4JA<br />
The <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice is open from 10am<br />
– 5pm daily during the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
Admission to the Ruskin <strong>Glass</strong> Centre<br />
and <strong>Glass</strong>house Arts Centre is £5 for a<br />
day pass (£1 for children) and £14.50<br />
for an adult four day <strong>Festival</strong> Pass.<br />
Admission to other <strong>Festival</strong> Venues<br />
is free (apart from Bodenham<br />
Arboretum), although some charges<br />
may apply for some activities.<br />
Visitor Information<br />
Car parking<br />
Car parking is limited at <strong>Festival</strong> sites. You are advised to park and then<br />
use the <strong>Festival</strong> shuttle service or National Express between sites.<br />
Free <strong>Festival</strong> Shuttle Bus - 9.30am - 5.30pm<br />
A free shuttle bus service will operate between sites during the festival.<br />
Services will operate approximately every 30 minutes and will stop at<br />
clearly marked stops. Please ensure that you plan your return journey to<br />
your car - last shuttle bus service will leave just after 5pm.<br />
Bus services<br />
In addition to the <strong>Festival</strong> Shuttle Bus, National Express West Midlands<br />
services 256 and 257 run from Stourbridge bus station (stand G) past all<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> sites. Visit www.nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands<br />
Train<br />
The nearest train stations are Stourbridge Junction/Stourbridge Town. It<br />
is an easy walk from Stourbridge Town train station into the town centre.<br />
From Stourbridge Junction, you will need to catch the shuttle train to<br />
Stourbridge Town - the shortest branch line in Europe! The <strong>Festival</strong> Shuttle<br />
Bus services will operate from the bus stop on Stourbridge Ring Road,<br />
opposite Crystal Leisure Centre.<br />
Walking<br />
Most <strong>Festival</strong> sites are within walking distance of each other. Stroll along<br />
the canal for an alternative to the main road.<br />
Before you travel<br />
Before you travel, please visit the website for up to date information on<br />
the programme, changes to schedules and car parking arrangements.<br />
www.ifg.org.uk<br />
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photo: Jon Stroud
The Team<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> Directors:<br />
Natasha George &<br />
Keith Brocklehurst<br />
Email: info@ifg.org.uk<br />
Marketing and PR:<br />
Miranda Sowden<br />
Email: marketing@ifg.org.uk<br />
British <strong>Glass</strong> Biennale:<br />
Michelle Keeling<br />
Email: info@biennale.org.uk<br />
Masterclasses:<br />
Jackie Cooley<br />
Email: masterclasses@ifg.org.uk<br />
Information and <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
Penny Russell<br />
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk<br />
Tickets and <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
Nicola Havers<br />
Email: admin@ifg.org.uk<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Of</strong>fice telephone<br />
01384 399410<br />
Supporters<br />
Alan J Poole, The British Museum, The Corning Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>, <strong>Glass</strong>work Services, <strong>Glass</strong><br />
Association, Air Liquide, Dartington Crystal, The British <strong>Glass</strong> Foundation, Heart of England<br />
<strong>Glass</strong> Forum, Holy Trinity Amblecote, <strong>Glass</strong> Genie and Minimelt <strong>Glass</strong>, Merlyn Farwell, Peter<br />
Layton, Mark Holford, craft&design Magazine, Art in Action.<br />
Partners<br />
Broadfield House <strong>Glass</strong> Museum, Contemporary <strong>Glass</strong> Society, Fieldings Auctioneers, Friends<br />
of Broadfield House, <strong>Glass</strong> Heap Challenge, UK Guild of <strong>Glass</strong> Engravers, History of Wollaston<br />
Group, Plowden & Thompson, Red House <strong>Glass</strong> Cone, Stourbridge Bead Fair.<br />
Cover image: Marie Worre Hastrup Holm, Kilpatric Hills, photo Ester Segarra.<br />
Additional images: S Brutnell, P Dutton, C Day, K Brocklehurst, J Christley, P Wood, J Plant,<br />
J Smith, <strong>Glass</strong> Genie, KT Yun, D McNeill, J Elliott, S Snaddon, I Dury, J Low, N Baker.<br />
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