Volume II — Number 95
January 2017
Monthly Newsletter
Newsletter
Richard Meitner New Visits.
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M. A. Carretero.
The farewell of last year 2016 and the beginning of this new year we celebrate in Murcia lands, enjoying a good weather and beautiful corners.
focusing her production on interior design, but which in the wake of the crisis have had the need to diversify Production to keep the business.
journey at the end of our small vacations.
As in other trips, we always like to take advantage of them to greet the glassmakers who may be in the area we visit.
We also had the opportunity to visit the Reina Handicraft stand, by the master glass cutter José Reina.
We also took advantage of our trip to Murcia to visit the Chys Gallery, where the glass artist Ismael Cerezo "Flyppy" exhibits a vast production of his works.
Pepe informed us of his long career since entering This year we took advantage of our stay in as an apprentice at the Santa Lucía factory in his Murcia to take a tour of the XXXII Christmas Craft native city of Cartagena, a trajectory of almost sixty Fair, a visit that we discussed on page 18 of years that has led him to obtain an exquisite and this Bulletin. refined technique in the art At the Fair we had the pleasure of meeting the of engraving and The size of the glass. stand Opalo, Taller He also informed us of the Vidriero, by the master good relationship that craftsman Carmen binds him to the Royal Martínez Azorín, which Glass Factory of La has the support of the artisan Barti Alonso and Granja, where he has been several times is located in Yecla. Carmen was informing us imparting various courses on engraving and carving of her specialization in of glass. the construction of stained-glass windows and of the many years that have been dedicated to this activity with this beautiful technique,
During our pleasant conversation he was making a piece for one of his many admirers, consisting of the engraving of a beautiful deer in a glass, a task that allowed us to admire the mastery of his refined technique.
The images that we get from the visit to the Fair can be seen through this link.
On page 13 of this Bulletin we publish an extensive report about this artist with a workshop in the capital of Murcia. But a shadow obscures the joy of these visits: the recent death at the age of 70 of the great glass artist Bert Van Loo. In April 2006, the Technological Museum of La Granja realized the exhibition Naturalezas Crusades, more than a hundred pieces made in glass and nine models of monumental works by this artist, in an initiative launched in collaboration with the Mondriaan Foundation Amsterdam. Rest in peace this great exponent of art in glass.
And as it could not be otherwise, all members of We hope to be able to pay the Board of our Association wish our you a visit in your partners and all our friends workshop in the neighborhood of Santiago readers of this Bulletin that in 2017 will fulfill all the el Mayor on our return dreams they wish to achieve.