Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012

A brilliant inventor, Michael Owens of Libbey Glass automated the glass-making process after 3, years of no change. His automated bottle-making machine changed American life with the introduction of the milk bottle, beer bottle, glass jar, baby bottle, and soda bottle. It also eliminated child labor in the glass factories.

Owens also automated the production of fl at glass by By , over 85 percent of the world's glass was being produced on the machines of Michael Owens, bestowing the title of "Glass Capital of the World" upon northwest Ohio. Covering the art of glass from ancient times to the present day, and published on the occasion of the opening of the Glass Pavilion, this work illustrates the magnificent collection of glass from the Toledo Museum of Art.

Visually stunning, this title covers a wide range of emerging glass artists whose work challenges the boundaries of familiar techniques.

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This is the catalog published as a companion to the exhibition, "Color Ignited: This is a collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J. He is particularly renowned and respected for his flameworked floral motifs expressed in crystal paperweights, rectangular columns, and orbs. The American studio glass movement can be traced to , when Harvey Littleton, a professor of ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, had a dream to alter molten glass into unique forms in a studio setting and teach his techniques.

For the first time in its 3,year history, glass production, that had been limited to factory settings, moved to the artists' studios and became a part of an academic program in the fine arts. Since then, glass has become the fastest growing studio art medium throughout the world.

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This book takes us from the first workshop in a Toledo, Ohio garage, to reveal decade by decade the unprecedented growth of studio glass. Through high-quality, detailed images and stories, this retrospective of 50 top artists is a collector's dream. Noted art dealer Ferdinand Hampson offers a unique perspective on this exciting evolution. The son of a Corning Glass Works scientist, Harvey Littleton born first studied physics and industrial design, before becoming a teaching ceramicist.

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In the late s, he turned to glassblowing, which was then restricted to the factory floor: In , exhibitions at the Corning Museum of Glass, the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, and elsewhere will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the two historic Toledo Museum glassblowing workshops that Littleton led in spring Benefiting from close access to the artist and his personal archives, the engaging text is illuminated by many unpublished archival photographs and a detailed chronology.

It also includes work by his close friend and European counterpart Erwin Eisch and his former student and much-celebrated glass artist Dale Chihuly. Provides instructions for creating 10 types of eye-catching, flame-worked glass beads, in a book that includes full-color photos and introduces new skills, techniques and materials.

Offers instructions for how to make beads, directions for creating designs, and strategies for achieving different colors and patterns. This title offers readers a comprehensive and accessible guide, while challenging the artist to stretch their imagination, experiment with new styles, and explore materials.

In step-by-step detail, this enticing book brings the magical qualities of luminous, color-rich glass to a wider audience.

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Covers comprehensive techniques in detail. This comprehensive introduction features projects both beautiful and practical that are sure to appeal to all beginning glassworkers. It covers all of the fundamentals, such as fusing, slumping and draping, as well as some intermediate and advanced techniques. We must thank curators Jutta-Annette Page and Peter Morrin for putting together a show that's takes us back and speeds us forward.

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