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Monthly Newsletter

Karen Lise Krabbe  Shame and pride.

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When last April 21, I met the news that heartless had destroyed the cave painting that was preserved in the Cave of the School, in the Natural Park Despenaperros in Jaen town of Santa Elena , I felt a tremendous embarrassment of being contemporary of this unspeakable event.

Some paintings that have been preserved for over five thousand years, and declared World Heritage by UNESCO, have been devastated , apparently with an interest with strong economic component , as evidenced by the various news media.

However , it seems unlikely that the purpose of this is the destruction of any material take advantage of looting , considering what the image shows the various Nuestra sede: Castillo Grande de means such as the state in S.J. de Valderas which the paintings were Avda. Los Castillos, s/n after the attack appears.

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Looks more like an attempt to destroy by destroying , info@amigosmava.org as they could hardly get the fanatics that have caused the mess some kind of economic benefit have been seeing the paintings.

M. A. Carretero.

But this unusual event highlights the lack of protection that exists in our country in relation to the conservation of cultural property that has been bequeathed to us through many generations and remain exposed to unhealthy fad for visitors give terminate its existence, at least in this case , in its integral aspect.

They are restoring the windows of "Ladies Cerdanyola " and works in glass are been exposed in the recent Coburg Award and participating in his works with the Spanish Pilar Aldana Mendez, Joaquim Falco and Meritxell Tembleque.

On the inside pages of this Newsletter we mention both events.

Our cultural authorities should be aware and take appropriate measures to ensure that its responsibility to safeguard us as secular historical legacy is exercised properly.

The first one , after "in situ" visit to the Museum of Art Cerdanyola in which they are exposed and the second by the news obtained from the information provided by the managers of the accredited We must be aware that there German art glass award. is a very high number of le- It's a real enjoyment to begacies that are not adequa- hold the sight of the three tely protected and that there windows set in the Catalan is a general awareness museum, in which six woamong our fellow citizens of men , two in each of the winthe responsibility we all have dows, enjoying nature are to safeguard this inheritance represented. received in our country so that our future descendants These three great windows may enjoy the vision of these were recently restored by a Barcelona stained glass treasures. workshop , JM Bonet, since Therefore, the action of our wear its structure over time cultural authorities must go necessitated rehabilitation. through two channels : first , the proper protection of this As for Coburn Award, is a heritage and, secondly , edu- real treat for lovers of art cating citizens to be aware of glass contemplation of the the enormous value that the works exhibited in this imporproper conservation of lega- tant event. cy.

In this contest were awarded While the fact mentioned can seven awards and four other be embarrassing , there are special awards jury. two other very recent events , among many others, we have to fill with pride to belong to the human species.

With the detail of all these facts the beam and the underside, the positive and the negative, the yin and yang of the human species is shown.

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The windows of Gaudi Concert at the MAVA

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Activities on the MAVA

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News

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Our activities

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Glass recycling

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Important issue: the Intellectual Property Law (XXXVI) M.A.C. Intellectual Proper- SECOND TITLE respective territories , ty Law The Registry of Inte- and assume their keeping , provided in any BOOK III llectual Property case common in the Protection of the Article 144 Organiza- preceding paragraph rights recognized tion and Operation refers to standards. by this Law 1. The General Regis- Article 145 Regime enTITLE I try of the Intellectual tries Actions and proce- Property shall be unique in all the national 1. Registration may be dures covered in the register territory.

Article 143 Criminal intellectual property Its organization , Causes rights relating to works which shall in all caand other productions In criminal proceeses, the organization under this Act dings instituted for and functions of the infringement of their Central Registry of 2. The Registrar shall rights under this Act the Ministry of Culture consider applications may be adopted from and the common rules and the legality of acts the precautionary and contracts relating on registration and measures in civil pro- coordination measu- to the registrable ceedings , as provi- res and information rights , to refuse or susded in the Civil Pro- between all compepend the practice of the cedure Act . tent public authorities relevant entries .

Against Registrar These measures shall be regulated . shall not prevent the 2. Autonomous Com- agreement shall lie diadoption of any other munities shall deter- rect to the civil jurisdiction corresponding acestablished criminal mine the structure tions. procedure law . and operation of the

Part of the month

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Established artists

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Young artists

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Coburg Award

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The windows of Gaudi

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Exhibition in Carmaux

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Activities in Museums

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Activities in the MAVA

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Concert at the MAVA

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Glassware San Carlos

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Museu del vidre of Vibodí

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The ladies of Cerdanyola

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The glass in the history

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Presentation at The Farm

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URGENT NEWS

News

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Culture 2014

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Concert at the MAVA

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Venetian or Catalan?

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The glass museum

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Sustainable windows

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Stained glass in Miraflores

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Glass recicled

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Hospital de Sant Pau

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Cultural tours

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Culture 2014 Programme

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Daniel Monfort

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Other trends

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Gallery of CRAM

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Glass on Zara

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Decorated Bottles

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Made in Israel

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Off Centre in New York

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Taking advantage of the proximity of dates between Easter and the day pattern of Aragon, until April 23, 32 positions Aragonese artisans have taken the place of the Sites as is usually done on the occasion of St. George in the twenty-sixth edition of Sample Craft Aragon.

Cristal luxury Barceló

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Zaragoza , Huesca and Teruel have

Libelle MQ

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Laser Crystals

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Sanserif design

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Small museum

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Glass for a hermitage

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Workshop on Balseiro

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Directorate

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Register in their

Glass Craft in Aragon. gathered for six days in the fair organized by the Professional Association of Artisans of Aragon , which includes jewelery stalls , ceramic , leather, wood , paper mache , or glass , among others.

On 17 April, coinciding with the start of Holy Week bridge , the group of Aragonese artisans went outside to show some of their production throughout the year.

The association ensures that "the public has responded has been a steady trickle although it is true that many Aragonese gone away for Easter, and it shows ," says Susan Martin, president of the association and artisan glass.

In his position can be found from photo frames, extremely sold in times of communion, to air fresheners.

Martin says that currently , more than An event that seeks to promote the tradi- living in this profession , lives badly . tional craft and land sales and to show- "It's tough but we're creative , we give case production industry , one of the har- the coconut and try to get ahead because we believe in what we do". dest hit by the crisis.

For the artisan , which has more than 25 years dedicated to blown glass, these quotes with "essential" because they serve as a showcase . "We remain long been locked up in our workshops so these samples become meeting places for citizens to see what we do and give us to know ," he explains.

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17-01-13. Requesting inventory of parts that make up the permanent collection of MAVA.

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11-06-13. Chance of receipt by the MAVA documentation on glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of Science.

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11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the Madrid social services to install the MAVA.

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Part of de month. Hartmann Greb.

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Hartmann Greb makes his sculptures with glass paste , pâte de verre and cast - in mold -kiln casting techniques that dominates and teaches as professor in numerous specialized courses since 2001 Glass : Anlaglas Silkebourg in Denmark , in the Tiffany Glas Kunst , Schlob Holte of Germany or the European Glass in Mechelen , Belgium.

where skull, hands and feet charge an extra dimension rooted in the symbolic antiproporción Romanesque artists .

Their attitudes displayed without intermediaries own basic instincts of the human condition : aggression, sexuality , oppression, power ...

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In 2002 , the Museum Hartmann Greb invited to exhibit his work .

For this occasion he showed a set of parts made all in glass paste , very intense and dark contrasting colors : greens, browns, blacks , reds and deep blues .

Spider sculptor material surOther times it is heads or face for wounds of expresbusts , with appearance of sion.

His work focuses on the portraits whose faces are not human figure , male or femaThe sculptures impacted by individualized . le , located in an undefined his mystical primitivism and bygone era, in which howe- These archetypal images ritual as well as the masterly that reflect full expressivever recognize its primitive study of gestures and emoness intense emotions such state. tions. as "Red Head" and his partEmbedded in monolithic arner " Brown Head" , both in Hartmann Greb is a young chitectures stones that opartist who is poised a long the collection of MAVA at press their living space, clofirst, but made an unintentio- and successful career. se to human forms sketched nal accident destroyed the Africanism Picasso exhibit,

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Established artists. Karen Lise Krabbe.

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glass powder and placed in the sand.

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The end result in your alchemist workshop is a new technique that she calls " 3D printing by hand" , in which objects are composed of several layers of glass and olivine sand.

Objects remind Karen Lise Krabbe mainly shells, scales, fish fossils or vegetation found in the ocean , such as coral reefs and sea anemones.

Karen was born in 1955 in the Danish town of Vejen , in central Jutland.

Karen Lise Krabbe has been dedicated to art glass since 1997.

He specialized in this field through private courses as well as being assistant studies highly valued in glass.

They worked with blown glass, but later concentrated on a combination of hot and cold techniques , which he considered more suitable for creative expression.

Its strength is the tireless courage to experiment.

For months he has conducted basic research on the group of silicate minerals , which is an

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She says that makes unorthodox species using the princiimportant part of the glass ples of nature , creating hycomposition . brids, super species or a repreThis " third quest item " as she sentation of them. Mima nature without any degree of imitation. calls it, the search for a new composite material is a consIn 1984 he became a Master of tant inspiration for her .

Arts at the University of Aarhus in philology and theater scienWhen working in the studio , looks like someone is busy in ces ; to 1997 was used in this the kitchen : she sprayed glass field. powder or punctures small pie- From that year he studied at ces of glass in the sand. the School of Glass with Do Baking powder gives the surfa- Karlslund (Aarhus ) and from 1998 to 2001 he worked on ce a special touch. studio Dam & Karlslund . After When the glass is melted and the study Mette Bülow and fused , it can break and ultima- from 2004 established his own tely fragile segments are asworkshop . sembled into a final object or He has won first prize in the installation .

Coburg Glass Prize for ConAlso found immense possibili- temporary 2014. ties in working with bent copper network , which is filled with

Young artists. Min Jeong Song.

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Song has completed an MFA in glass at the School of Design, Rhode Island, and a BFA in glass at Ohio State University.

He has also studied at the Royal College of Art in London.

Song's work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the permanent collection of Glasmuseum Alter HofHerding, which we refer to page 20 of this BuJeong Min Son is a Korean on how you can use the attri- lletin. artist who was born in 1981 butes of glass to create and currently residing in Lon- eclectic and ambiguous ob- His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., UK and don. jects that are between systems of conventional styles. Korea.

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Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass.

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The Kunstsammlungen of the Veste Coburg, organized for the fourth time Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary . This event have been organized in 1977, 1985 and 2006.

It is the most important in the glass sector and shows contemporary works by artists working with glass event.

At the Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass near Rödental show 170 works of art from 150 international artists from 26 nations .

with a more conceptual approach and are also on display.

The most striking of these is the use of different materials and media.

For example , wood, metal, iron, photography and video are on an equal footing with glass .

In recent years , glass has been used in a wide variety of ways and is now very firmly implanted in modern art form.

The international panel of judges With guaranteed mobility , borders comprised of Sven Hauschka , by and national peculiarities are disap- Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg , Milan Hlaveš by Museum of pearing and Europe has become the home of many artists in the U.S. Decorative Arts in Prague , Susanne Joker- Johnsen, Bornholm , Peand Asia. ter Layton, London , Jutta - Annette Page , delToledo Museum of Art , Along with the carefully designed objects created with the utmost pre- Toledo / Ohio, Anne Vanlatum , the Musée- Atelier départemental cision , many jobs are performed

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Glass of Sars- Poteries and as a non-voting member Klaus Weschenfelder of Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, has chosen from eleven participating artists award winners.

There will also be a prize for visitors.

A bilingual catalog , fully illustrated by € 29.00 available in the museum galleries or about € 39.95 from bookstores (Schnell and Steiner Publisher).

Among the artists who will be present at this important exhibition we highlight the Spanish Pilar Aldana Mendez, Joaquim Falco and Meritxell Tembleque.

The awards ceremony was held on April 12 and the exhibition will run until 14 September.

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The mess of the windows of Gaudi.

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Ana Maria Ferrin. This author explains in one of his writings that the works are cited for the first time by Josep Francesc biography Ràfols architect in 1928.

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Early in the afternoon Vila explained that a person had provided photographs of stained glass that he had kept in a drawer for a year. " The recovered when I began to study the works in this area," he said tersely.

A few hours later , in conversation with this newspaper, Vila acknowledged that he knew the work of Ferrin and it was she who took the photographs of the windows explaining that a family tradition that they were assured of Gaudí. Vila explained that " when accessing the chapel knew the works of him recognizing that the head of the archangel was worked with two overlapping glass plates , two recessed acid , a pioneering work of Gaudí tricomía then used in later works as the Cathedral of Mallorca. For rosette also saw similarities with other works of Bellesguard or boat of the Palau Sant Pere de Mallorca Episcopal.

It was the main attraction of the presentation of the register and inventory of Catalan windows ; a corpus of this heritage and lead glass produced since 2009 following the signing of an agreement between the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC ) and the Department of Culture of the Generalitat . And that was advertised in the press announcement issued from Ferran Mascarell counseling. Therefore, the inventory 2,000 1,600 windows located in different places of Barcelona and Girona diocese became the background when Antoni Vila, the principal investigator of the project, explained that among the recovered two pieces of unpublished works were Antoni Gaudí.

But by late afternoon unpublished , a rosette with three anagrams with the name of Jesus and Archangel Michael, were not so.

that Gaudí had made on behalf of a friend of his for Mosen Hood familiar. He had also been able to date precisely the two windows : the first in 1886 , an early work , and the second , in 1894 , the work input to maturity .

Maybe I have not explained well.

During the press conference , I talked unknown in the sense that they have been authenticated and dated accurately for the first time , placing them in the chronologies of your other windows . " He explained that Bassegoda, the great specialist of Gaudí, at the request of the Ferrin own, had ensured that the windows "were minor in nature and that was done in 1878," implicitly acknowledging that Bassegoda also knew of its existence.

But in the documentation issued in a press conference chaired by the Minister of Culture Ferran Mascarell , the CEO of Heritage , Joan Feather and President of IEC , Joandomènec Ros , had more data. In one of the pictures was explained that the two works The inventory work done in the last four years by Vila has receiwere from Can Pujadas. ved a financial contribution from From there it was easy, using the the Government of 288,000 euInternet , all data and famous ros. You have now completed the stained glass windows; the com- first phase and is waiting to be plete history of Vallgorguina Valls signed an agreement for achiefamily and specifically Lluís Ma- ving this in the provinces of Tarraria Valls, the person who comgona, Girona and Lleida. Mascamissioned the architect of Reus, rell announced it will soon be in addition to even see pictures possible. of stained glass where lead insLate in the afternoon, sources of talled more than 120 years.

Vila explained that the current the Government acknowledged owners wanted to preserve its Also find that the history of these that the windows were not unuidentity and, therefore, not relea- works was published in 2003 in sual and that he had made a missed locally where they are, despi- L' Om, a local magazine and botake. "Not what I had assured te repeated questions from repor- ok Riudoms Return to Gaudí 's us", he said. ters. Just was limited to ensuring Place, in 2005. All are signed

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Exhibition in Carmaux.

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Gallé Dreyfusism collects his militant enthusiasm, artistic practices, occupations in industrial and commercial activities and writer.

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These two figures are related to the glass, politics, activism, art, industry and emancipation.

The links connecting these two men are part of the project as a vital clue tissue volume multifaceted prism.

In addition, this partnership combines scientific and cultural project of the Museum, which is to forge links between local heritage connected to the great history and the creation of international contemporary glass with the domain of the visual arts, design and craft glass.

However Jaurès remains the central element that has the support of the members of the selection committee of artists and works.

The " Islets of utopias a spirit Jaurès " exhibition project, presented at the Museum / Center for Art Glass Carmaux from April 19 to October 15, aims mainly commemorate the centenary of the death of Jean Jaurès (1914), the intrinsically related to the character Tarn department, community Carmausin, Carmaux city in History of Mining and Glass.

Jaurès is a part of the DNA of Carmausin.

The exhibition revolves around a selection of works by contemporary artists, some of whom are internationally renowned connected together by the presence of glass in a "spirit Jaurès".

The notion of commitment

Rather than build or maintain The notion of commitment, a "ghost" image of Jean commitment is a starting Jaurès, which naturally need point for the parallel project for better "grip" to raise the between two characters: Je- figure of Jaurès, in its coman Jaurès and Emile Gallé . plexity (scholar, orator, stubTwo fervent Dreyfusards. born and rigorous journalist The Dreyfus case, in the pe- metaphysical, political man ... all these facets developed in riod 1894-1906 had a profound malaise in French so- the excellent biography of JP Rioux) just as I needed to enciety . ter their "thinking" in his reaÉmile Gallé (1846-1904), deding of the world, in the spirit fined by art critic Roger Marx of the time. as " homo triplex " - glass, ceramics and woodwork-, is In the exhibition the works known for his leading role in are part of Thierry Boyer, the Art Nouveau movement François Daireaux, Emile Gallé, Dafna Kaffeman, Leon and the founding of the School of Nancy, but history Thomas, Jean-Luc Moulène, seems to retain a lesser ex- Melik Ohanian and Yan Zoritchak. tent in his memory commitment Dreyfus as a pioneer and permanent.

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Activities in Museums I.

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Activities in Museums III.

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Activities on the MAVA. Congress.

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Concert at the MAVA.

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On April 25 was held in the Auditorium of the thirteenth concert MAVA our "Concert MAVA".

In this event, the soprano Marta del Barrio admirably performed a repertoire of twelve songs, those in the image of the playbill that included on this page.

among others.

He has worked for the Disney Company as a dancer, singer and puppeteer in various shows.

Also on this occasion , and as proof of this concert program is consolidating more

and more, the attendance was very prominent, enthusiastically applauding His latest work: an opera each of the works that this premieres and a song, eduextraordinary soprano mascational concerts and charity, terfully executed. working with choirs, opera As also reported in this playcompanies and zarzuela and bill, Marta has studied dance, direction of a school choir. piano and voice with honors.

As with all concerts in our Part of the scenic Choir peprogram and I Cycle Six Piadagogical projects Theatre no held from January 25 to Royal.

March 1 last, we have the It works great relevance in collaboration of Miguel Angel scenarios such as the Natio- Colmenero Foundation to nal Theater, Teatro de la Zar- carry them out. zuela, Ateneo de Madrid, unAs with all our shows , we der the direction of O. Gerscontinue providing a strong hensohn, A. Ros- Marbá, and educational component to its R. Pascual Osa Steubing, development.

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Glassware Museum of San Carlos.

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From 28 March, it was opened to the public in the San Francisco Cultural Complex organized by the Municipal School of Glass under the Ministry of Culture and Education of the City of Berazategui (Argentina), the exhibition "Museum Glassware San Carlos" curated by the Museologist Jesica Savino and Designer Martín Peralta.

Glassware located in the Province of Santa Fe City "San Carlos Center" was founded in 1950 by a group of Italian immigrants who came to this country, grouped under the name TOVA ( Altare glass workers Technicians).

The prestige of production has given their city a unique identity, which has been recognized in the Senate and the House of Deputies which became law declaring the City of San Carlos as "National Capital of Crystal Craft".

In the sample you can see 34 works from the collection of blown glass, which is played with the open and closed forms, carved surfaces, transparencies, and candles and opalescent glasses colors, blue, red and black.

Large thicknesses where light travels from glass revealing the soul.

admiration for all cultural and educational activities of the Municipal School of Glass.

He was identified and twinned through the feeling of working together in the transcendence of the glass.

Therefore, on April 3 at 19 pm., Within the framework of opening of the exhibition proceeded to sign an agreement between the two municipalities for which undertake to enhance the links from work and production. And to encourage the conclusion of mutual cooperation programs, scientific, cultural, educational exchange and technical assistance, all set in the art of glass and crystal that distinguish the two cities.

Glassware San Carlos has a traveling exhibition that for It is currently headed by Mr. years different museums of Ricardo Gaminara son of Anthe country, revealing parts selmo 's youngest team arising from the hands of ski- Berazategui by its mayor sigmembers. lled craftsmen workers. ned the agreement, Dr. Juan It is the only factory in the Patricio Mussi; San Carlos During his visit to the City of country that takes a proprieCenter (Santa Fe) its mayor Berazategui in 2013 where tary glass with a wide range Dr. Omar Enrique Prince; of he participated and won a of colors, craft production for the Ministry of Culture and prize acquisition at the Natioapplying the technique of Education Secretary Mr. Fenal Glass, Ricardo Gaminara blowing glass, and a thin line derico Lopez and the whole found another city that shaof unique objects.

Glassware San Carlos, its red identity and declared Director Mr. Ricardo GamiDaily production ranges bet- 1992 as "National Capital of nara. ween 4,000 and 6,000 pieGlass". ces, with 80% of artisanal For more information visit The tour of the facilities of tasks. their website. the School expressed his

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In the Museum of Glass Vimbodí.

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The Museum of Glass in area of leisure Roca de l' Forn i Vimbodí recalled last Abella de la Vall CastellfoApril the ancient craft of llit. 'sargaire'.

There, Eloi Josa, technical The, essential in various and environmental educacraft activities, 'sargaires' tor Natural Poblet, undertowere responsible for the ok to show copies twill parcoatings wicker glass cara- ticipants and explained the fes. features and the old way of extraction of this plant speThis wicker extracted Sercies. ge, a shrub found in the riverbeds.

The day after i went to the Museum of Glass Forn The proposed activity is Vimbodí where artisan called Discover twill, the Sínia Anna gave a demost natural of glass caramonstration of the making fes dress, was free and beof a costume for carafe. gin at 9 am Sunday in the

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Then the master glassmaker Paco Ramos developed a Blown glass carafe.

The event was organized by the City of Vimbodí collaboration with the Natural Site of National Interest Poblet.

The next cycle activity for families will be on May 18 at the Museum and meet local musicians perform pieces live while the master glassmaker create other objects with the same blowing technique.

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The Ladies in Cerdanyola.

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Late last April we visited the Museum of Art Cerdanyola (MAC ) for the primary purpose of observing the extraordinary stained glass that we cited in our April Newsletter .

erosion of the structure that required intervention.

The intervention has been reviewed and reinforced the enduring structure of lead glasses , has stabilized the degradation of greThe " Ladies of Cerdanyola " pre- en and blue crystals and cleaned served in the MAC , are conside- the parts , which has increased red one of the most outstanding the light and color. examples of Art Nouveau glass in " Since they were removed in Catalonia.

1984 to be exhibited at the Miró They are also an icon of the city Foundation did not return to its of Vallès Occidental , which is original place until August 2009 , stamped on t-shirts , posters and just days before it opened its domagnets refrigerators. After a re- ors on MAC . They looked like a store process to restore its origi- Greek procession in Sitges , nal splendor , old ladies have co- "says the director of the MAC me home. funny , Txema Romero , who says that after cleaning " have The windows are three large paincredible brightness and transnels ( 235 x 195 ) made in 1910 parency. " for the main hall of the summer residence of the trader Evaristo During the process, done by the Lopez, who at that time remode- workshop JM Bonet (opened in ling the architect Eduard Maria 1923) , overseen by the Center Balcells . for Restoration of Furniture of the Government , it has been In these six women who enjoy found that there were few reinsnature appear . In one case , two tatements , uncommon in other women swinging peacefully ; in a examples of these fragile works . second, two others released from The intervention was conducted a boat peonies swans on a lake , in two of the panels , leaving for and the last two, pick flowers later " hopefully this year," Roalong the water. mero requests , the swing scene The three panels , constructed of in better condition . glass and cathedral plaquette , None established the authorship some discount and glazed , are a of this work colorist , color floomasterpiece of the art of grisaille, ding inside the building (built as which over time has led to an

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a casino in 1894 by then Domenech Gaietà Buïgas Laboratories ) . " We're on it , it's a complex issue. The triptych shows many analogies with works of Antoni Rigalt glaziers in the art , although the specialist Joan Vila attributed to the Alsatian glaziers based in Barcelona Ludwig Von Dietrich Bearn . Also see the artist's hand Alexandre de Riquer . No agreement , but it is clear the British and Central European , like the dresses and hairstyles influence, " Romero riveted .

The restoration has had a budget of 18,600 euros , of which the Government has paid 9,000 7,000 Barcelona Provincial Council and the City of Cerdantola 2,200.

According to Romero , last March the ladies have received a very special visit : Students of master stained glass restoration at the University of York, UK . " They were amazed ."

In addition to this brochure , we admire other three windows whose pictures accompany the end of this Bulletin.

In short, an extraordinary visit in which we were able to enjoy the contemplation of real works of art.

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The glass in the history.

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Presentation of "History of Glass".

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The meeting welcomed the CNV Foundation last April 29 the presentation of an important scientific scope of work covers the history of glass and glassmaking .

The book was written by three experts in the field, Manuel Garcia Heras, Ph.D. in History with Honors from the Complutense University of Madrid and scientist at the Institute of History, CSIC since 2005 ; José María Fernández Navarro , PhD in Chemistry from the Complutense University and former director of the Foundation CNV Royal Glass Factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso ; Broncano Villegas and Maria Angeles , Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Autonomous University of

Madrid and CSIC scientific two centuries later driven by technical progress ariresearch . sing under the spirit of the " History of glass . Formal, Enlightenment, led to the technological and scientific growing number of factodevelopment " provides a ries that led to the creation broad overview of the role of the great glass industry that the glass has played » , the authors summariin the culture since birth in zed .

Mesopotamia, more than four thousand years ago to The story of the main windows of the most representhe present day . tative companies countries In parallel, the thread of discussed separately in two the story , the authors different chapters dedicated point out the technological to the production of artistic advances that manufactuglass . ring processes have been experiencing over time, the Chapter also addresses a formal evolution of objects broad major technological in use and design of works advances made throughout of artistic creation, many of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. them marked by stylistic vanguard of every age .

The book was given by the official historian of the Ro" The expansion of glass production began in the la- yal Place , Eduardo Juarez. te seventeenth century ,

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ground will allow them to feel like birds in flight.

The plane of flat glass will look like an Airbus A320, with the big difference that will feature a special glass strip that crosses the body of the aircraft.

Not yet announced the completion of the project, but the Branson himself reported that the crew of this amazing aircraft will be equipped to deal with passengers who suffer from vertigo or panic attacks aboard.

The airline Virgin Atlantic takes some time to develop the first commercial aircraft with clear glass floor.

Richard Branson, founder of the

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While the computer Innovation airline, said his team of engineers Virgin Atlantic continues to work looking for passengers of this air- and the first flights of the plane glass bottom advertised, you do craft can enjoy a comfortable flight, but mostly entertaining and you dare to fly aboard one of these? bold, as the transparent back-

Culture 2014. journey that raises this exhibition , we visited last April at the Mapfre Foundation in his room Paseo de Recoletos in Madrid.

Picasso's studio is the setting in which the artist moves, where much of your life is spent ; indoor enclosures in which, through experimentation without limit , forge the crystallization of their dreams.

The description of the workshop, " their inner landscapes " as Picasso called them, became the laboratory in which the artist seeks to find ways to enable new transformations , making renewed attempts to lead to substantial results that haunt him .

the hidden laboratory where it launches a bold transgres- We can say that the exhibition gives us the opportunity sion in the inner eye to the to make a profound journey outer eye is imposed. from the incorporation of PiWithout losing sight of the casso to the avant-garde to tradition of painting , Picasso the end of his work. violates its rules to destroy and create new standards of Strenuous exercise perforThrough successive works- beauty that match your vital med around the still life in hops, inside insulation gratime in its time ; ultimately to front of a window in the twenties , alternating technidually becomes the descrip- the contemporary. ques and different formats , tion of your environment.

The workshop as a space for catalyzes the investigations Faithful photographer and the creative work of the arof synthetic cubism with the narrator of his autobiography, tist, as well as a faithful repremises of classicism. portrays what is next : the cri- presentation of their everytical stage of its existence , day life and everyday is the

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Concerts in the MAVA.

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The next Friday the 16th will make our fourteenth concert within the program of our Association " MAVA Concert " .

Mozart and Wattermelon H. Han- G. Gershwin. cock.

It will close the concert Clarinets Then perform the " A Setback " Group formed by Guy Vidal , IsaGroup, formed by Jose Manuel bel Inglada , Pilar García , YolanThis time students receive the Fernandez, Guy Vidal , Pilar da Muñoz , Gloria Alvarez, José Municipal School of Music and García , Isabel Inglada , Carlos Antonio Álvarez . Susana Arias, Martín , Pere Moreo , Yolanda Guy Vidal , Pilar García , María Dance Daganzo .

Isabel Inglada , Yolanda Muñoz , The Youth Band School, which is Muñoz Tutor who plays Elena Lorena Trinidad Tamara and Maformed by Patricia Carrasco, Em- and six works of modern cut . ria Poveda , who will perform manuel Fernández , María Garc- Then it will be the turn of the ía , Alonso Jimenez , Maria Lagu- group consisting of Elena Benito four works of modern cut . na , Alba Pinilla , Alba Ramos , Saxos , Gustavo Díaz , Víctor We expect to spend an enjoyable Sarah Ramos , Aroa Saugar , Escribano, Candela Jimenez , evening with this wide range of Daniel Soler , Tomas Alexei Vaz- Ventura Jimenez and Pedro Mo- performers and repertoire. quez and Elena Benito , play Mi- reno who plays Water Music , GF nuet Bb WA Handel and Summertime by

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Venetian or Catalan?

Known is that the lion has significance in Venice, where his majestic figure fills the landscape of beautiful city of canals. Similarly is recognized worldwide expertise that worked, especially along the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the glassmakers of the neighboring island of Murano, who flooded their delicate products the most aristocratic palaces of splendid Europe.

These circumstances can make us think that the ewer shaped glass lion has presented a Venetian origin. Still, the fact that at that time as Mataró cities, particularly Barcelona, were centers producing high quality glass also provides arguments to attribute a more than possible paternity Catalan precious object. Venetian or Catalan, this ewer shows, in any case, the refined and exquisite a society need to make its mark taste. www.amigosmava.org

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The glass in Museums: Ernsting.

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The Museum is located in Coesfeld, the capital of the district of the same name and is a German district that is located in the historical region of Munsterland north of the federal state of Nordrhein -Westfalen . It belongs to the Regierungsbezirk Münster.

The founder of the museum was Lilly Ernsting , who was a private first collection of glassware over 30 years .

gallerist and former artistic director of Museum of Glass , Mieke Groot , who were acquiring art objects and forming a collection with a focus on contemporary European glass, and continually reinforcing it through new acquisitions and the current rating of the outstanding work .

It reflects the evolution and trends of artistic glass design , also in combination with other materials.

This collection was the starting point and catalyst for the opening The viewing angle is not limited of the Museum of Glass in 1996. to decorative, sculptural or functional element , but includes all The collection was initially focuthese fascinating events. sed on work and functional styThe Glasmuseet shows through le , the mid- eighties, under the regular temporary exhibitions a influence of Jaap de Harder

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selection of objects owned by the foundation and new acquisitions and exhibitions devoted to individual artists or themes.

Thus, Ernsting Stiftung wants to awaken the enthusiasm for the glass with the greatest number of visitors. The body responsible for glassmuseum Ernsting Stiftung is the Alter Hof. The building of the Glass Museum , built in 1996 , consists of sawn Ibbenburener and sandstone on the site of the former tithe barn Old Court and contrasts by his clear , simple architecture and massive in a remarkable way to transparent displays yet modern glass and delicate .

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Sustainable windows.

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Looks like science fiction : Press with energy equipment. If in the a button and the windows are seventies obscure glass spent 10,000 watts , not today consudarkened to consumer tastes . me more than two, " he promiBut it is a reality for more than ses. two decades ago, and its purpoThe technology used Viewglass , se is more than aesthetic . electrochromic , is one of the Smart glass technology has the most promising for potential wiultimate objective to improve the despread use in the future, acway our homes let in sunlight cording to the professor of the and retain heat , two foundations Polytechnic University of Madrid of an energy-efficient home.

Maria del Carmen Gimenez.

Experts agree that the future of "The main advantage is that , unthis technology is that it can be like other technologies , it only installed in any home , but warn : consumes energy when it chanmuch remains . ges state , ie , when it brighter or Three main problems smart glass technologies in development today. The first is size.

darker ," he says .

Electrochromic crystals work with a layer of inorganic mateCurrently, most systems can only rial , a micron (one thousandth of a millimeter ) between two glass be made on a small scale and sheets . used in things like sunglasses, skylights and modern Boeing air- " This layer has a useful life of 50 craft - 787 system uses an elec- years," says Tinianov , " and no trochromic windows . moving parts, making it more duAlso, many technologies can not withstand direct sunshine , which makes only can be used indoors.

Finally , the cost . Although the price of each window still highly dependent on the company and the technology used in all cases is impracticable for private homes . For now, your destination are large buildings , both public and private .

counterproductive from an energy point of view," he says.

Technical director Viewglass remember that saving energy is not the only benefit of a room with controlled natural light.

"There are studies that indicate that hospital patients who are in a sunny room recover faster ," says Timianov . Research at the University of Oregon (USA ) said that people working in a call room with fewer days off work .

Of course , the system still has its disadvantages. " The size of this kind of glass is still quite limited ," said Gimenez. " If the glass is too large , the possibility of a difference in tone between the center and the edges of the glass , which limits their effectiveness."

The installation also requires an electrical installation in carpentry to work , making it incompatible with many old buildings .

rable and , ultimately , less expensive than , for example, an amendment to install a ventilated Another technology that is being facade ." developed is that of glass with This is immediately noticeable in flowing fluid , which replaces the energy efficiency. " The glasses water gel , which is in constant circulation . have to prevent cold and heat from escaping and at the same time allow light to enter ," says Gimenez.

According to a study conducted by the teacher herself , smart glass can save "significantly " the use of electricity if the windows are " placed and controlled " , especially if the weather is warm and are not oriented to the " The positive side is that people north. understand the technology : ex- Natural light controlled also saplain that this is like sunglasses ves on lighting. " If we are in a that darken with the light and get room where the sun dazzles us , caught right away. But on the ot- we tend to close the curtains and her hand, many people still think often turn a bulb , which is they are prohibitively expensive " The technology has been developed in such a short time is both good and bad at the same time ," says Brandon Tinianov , technical director of the U.S. company Viewglass .

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Water also has the advantage of absorbing infrared radiation . " Many people ask me if water is noticed, if bubbles " says Gimenez. " You do not notice anything."

The Intelliglass company , founded by 2005 by two engineers from the Polytechnic of Madrid, installed windows on this kind of a multipurpose building in the suburb of Madarcos .

The water is stored in tanks and renewed between the crystals as the temperature and the time of day .

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 The stained glass of the Cartuja de Miraflores (Burgos) (X).

Bulletin of the SECV.

The internal surfaces of the glasses analyzed, as already observed in the morphological analysis by MO , had minor signs of alteration.

In the outer zone and pulverulent Earthy (Fig. 1c , zone 7, Table III) , EDX microanalysis found an enrichment of SiO2 and P2O5 , and a decrease of CaO with respect to the starting composition had a glass Similarly, also in blue color , and the sample F - 3 (Table II) .

However, with dark areas roughly corresponding to the original glass smooth slightly altered texture , others being On the contrary, the internal pitted and cratered areas , peeling area darker appeasometimes interconnected rance and smoother texture (Fig. 1a).

(Fig. 1c , zone 8, Table III) , By observing these bites at showed a greater increase higher magnification (Fig. of SiO2, Al2O3 , SO2 and Cl - , and a more pronounced 1b) , it was found that they were also filled with whitish decrease in the oxides alkali deposits and the glass surfa- and alkaline . ce appeared frequently in This indicates that there has surroundings with an earthy been , as the outer surfalook flaky and powdery , as ces , a surface dealkalization observed in the interior of with formation of a layer of the craters of the outer surfasilica gel . ces (Fig. 2d) .

In the inner surfaces , howeIn Fig. 1c a detail of one of ver , no such a significant desquamated sloughed areaccumulation of deposits of as shown on the glass surface M-4 .

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insoluble salts from the products of corrosion of glass , because, in general, the processes have been less severe alteration was observed .

However , the alterations of the inner surfaces should not be neglected because in some samples , the detailed observation on polished cross section showed that they had penetrated into the body of glass to a depth of about 100 microns (Fig. 1d) .

And surface observations by FESEM-EDX microanalysis support the view that the important processes of degradation and disturbance suffered by the Flemish glass windows of s. XV of the Cartuja de Miraflores, have occurred as a result of intense hydrolytic attack and the effect of other external agents of weathering and environmental pollution.

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Recycling. European recycling rate.

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Since 1990, glass recycling figures products in glass increased by 39 have increased about 131 % in Eu- % in Europe, while the recycling of rope. this material is increased by around The use of recycled glass involves 131% .

" The recycling of glass is one of those actions with which we all agree - says Juan Martín Cano, Secretary General of ANFEVI .

replacing virgin raw materials in the production of glass, which helps to dispense with the use of natural resources.

The slightest gesture of bringing glass containers used to the container starts a process that we all see we favored.

From the available data , which can be extracted by recycling glass containers since 1990 , has greatly reduced the use of virgin raw mateThe latest statistics from the glass rials, CO2 emissions and energy industry published by the European consumption during the production Commission, pending the final figu- of new bottles. res of 2013, confirm that to the ave- The figures also show a clear disrage European level glass recycling sociation between the growth of the has exceeded 70 %. industry, the demand for resources and environmental impact : 189 miThis means that about 25 billion llion tonnes saved in raw materials, bottles and jars were collected in 2012 to be converted into new con- and 138 million tons of waste that tainers . It is estimated that the sa- did not go to landfills by recycling . vings in resources could build up to Recycling is important to us - says two Egyptian pyramids.

Stefan Jaenecke , President of As for Spain , according to statistics LVEF - is why from the past 40 years we have helped improve the of LVEF ( European Container systems glass collection , informing Glass Federation ) 67% recycled glass . This fact places our country the public and trying jars and botin 14th place in the countries of the tles recycled glass as a material valuable to our industry. Little did we European Union to recycle more , call circular economyBut it is! above Portugal and England.

With the growing market , recycling All participants in the glass sector contributed to these achievements. involves the decline in the use of raw materials that would be needed The glass industry designs and proin the creation of glass containers , duces packaging that can be recycled effectively. according to current demand.

However, it is necessary to carry Only in Spain were consumed duout further action to improve the ring 2012 over 1,400,000 tons of glass , so if they do not recycle the quality of collected glass and can be effectively recycled in the sysuse of natural resources would be tem and collect the remaining 30 % much higher . Between 1990 and is wasted glass .

2012 , consumption of packaged

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At reduced resource consumption , emissions and waste, improving the environment and society as a whole , which from ANFEVI thank and encourage you to continue in this line of increased recycling " benefits .

To recognize the efforts of this industry means supporting the ambitious vision of the European Commission to build a society of " zero waste " and " efficient utilization of resources."

According to MEP Filip Kaczmarek "This is a case of decoupling between economic growth and environmental impact we want to build a resource-efficient Europe .

It has launched many years ago and it works great . As politicians we have to preserve and support this kind of business models that enhance economic growth , the production of high value goods , value generation from waste , while reducing the environmental load - says Kaczmarek . Therefore, we have to work on legislation that recognizes and encourages this kind of business models. "

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Restoration of the Hospital de Sant Pau.

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Up the Avenue Gaudi, when you reach the north end , the majestic grounds of the Hospital de Sant Pau ( Sant Antoni Maria Claret , 167) appears .

The modernist work that initiated the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner in 1902 now looks like in his young , bright and spectacular after restoration which opened last February years.

Less seasoned visitors appreciate the beauty in its entirety , but if you go down to details also check the titanic work of craftsmen who have worked on the restoration.

A guided visit some of these experts to appreciate this enormous task .

Insured tiles A small army of glassmakers , potters , carpenters, stone cleaners ... besides building repair wounds decorative aberrations have been eliminated as a result of former uses of the site, such as fluorescent hanging from the

modernist tiles after they have been drilled to ensure lighting tacos.

with the shade of white , a must to start the task potter step.

Or windows divided by an unfortunate effect of partition . Or the ground that separated two floors and that prevented the first privilege, they did have the second , to observe the magnificent coffered ceiling .

"We have conducted more than fifty tests because as white , absorbs different color ," explains Diestre , a member of the Federation d' Associacions d' Artesans d' Catalunya offices with about 900 members .

Manel Diestre , SOT Ceramics Workshop , provides examples of their work on site for nearly five years of collaboration go far .

The pottery , however, has an advantage over the glass , the sun does not damage the color.

Glasses containing manga" Only the mosaics on the fa- nese , however , acquire a cade of the main entrance purplish color by the sun . have 43 different colors ," he "In this case, we have not reexplains . placed because that change And capture all that sea of could break the original ", colors " is made piece by says Jordi Bonet, restorer of piece ," he says . stained glass workshop JM Bonet.

We have had to climb to rescue cranes sensitive ceraIn total, one hundred glasses mics and glass , and on the repaired and in each of ground, making a thousand them , are stamped signature and one test. and year of workshop repair so that future generations More data that show the know who to ask for explanapainstaking task , because tions. first of all has been to deal

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 Our activities.

 Cultural Tours.

Writes Federico Arce, poet and writer, "In the work of Pablo iron and glass come together in the same complementarity in the two extremes, rather than reduced and cancel each other, come together are represented and attract each other , blending into its own universe in which they exchange their meanings. "

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In this section we detail the activities which take place this month, corresponding to the cultural visits related to the glass and outputs that we as provided in the program CULTURE 2014.

"Iron is mountain landscapes Pablo Pizarro, immutability, statism, verticality. Glass is the water, the sea, impermanence, dynamism, horizontality ".

Taking advantage on 29 this May visit the exhibition El Greco in

Toledo, we will visit the workshop of the sculptor Pablo Pizarro.

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Four of these tapestries , which are among the highest quality that took place in Europe during the Baroque, can be seen in the exhibition.

In 2011, the Museo del Prado began the restoration project of the six tables to fix the structural damage caused by the works of previous interventions.

Restoration work consisted , among other actions, to withdraw some of the eighteenth century added to each of the tables in the series , while preventing the proper assessment In this May visit the Prado Mu- Rubens made several prepara- of the design of Rubens, damaged the original media . tory sketches for this series , seum in the exhibition " Rubens. The Triumph of the Eu- which are among the best of all On the other hand , the usual his production, and show their charist. " practice in the past to reduce characteristic expressiveness the thickness of the wood to Around the year 1625 the Inand vitality, and his great leave the flat table had caused fanta Isabel Clara Eugenia , knowledge of the art of antiquicracks, deformations and slogovernor of the Spanish Netty and the Renaissance. pes on the painted surface. herlands , commissioned RuThe Prado has six tables painbens to design a series of With the restoration , these twenty tapestries destined for ted by Rubens in preparation paintings recovered its color, for this project . the Monastery of the Royal its light and its compositional Barefoot of Madrid, where all power as sequences that run These large sketches , also of them are still preserved . known as modelli are used by after an architectural scene .

All the designs painted on pa- helpers painter to paint the larThe exhibition can be seen unnel, dealing with the subject of ge boxes in which the tapestil June 29 . the Eucharist, principal dogma tries , woven in silk and wool of Catholicism that the Infanta are based in Brussels . defended .

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Daniel Monfort in Bangkok.

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Daniel Monfort reinterprets glass paintings of Spanish modernists of the twentieth century to reflect the urban life of the characters in Bangkok.

The protagonists of his paintings are ordinary people , people who can see the streets , in the subway or around any corner .

work required by carries an artist opposed to traditional methods of painting order: the details and shadows are painted first .

Daniel Monfort Gil (Barcelona , 1974 ) studied at ESDA Llotja , the oldest school of design in Spain .

After several trips to Thailand , linked to the city of Bangkok in 2009.

This space has inspired a new creation of paintings on glass, which will be exhibited for the first time in 2014.

Source : Serindia Gallery

Exhibition : Bangkok , AnytiHis work ranges from design me . of watches creating corporaDaniel Monfort 's work is Headquarters : Serindia Gate identities , oil painting and characterized by the technillery. glass painting . que of painting on glass , consisting of drawing on the His fascination with the eve- City: Bangkok. inner surface of a glass she- ryday and the urban popula- Country : Thailand. et and get the final result the tion is reflected in his early Dates: Until April 30, 2014 . view from the other side , paintings framed in the city thus the process that the of Barcelona.

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Other trends. Shredding in cave paintings.

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The cave paintings of the Cave School in Santa Elena ( Jaén) , have suffered serious damage after vandals the sting with hammers to try to take them .

This wrap more than 5,000 years old is part of set of 69 prehistoric rock art sites in the Levantine and Schematic styles, from the mountains of Jaén, Granada and Almeria , which in 1998 was declared

by UNESCO World Heritage .

The Guardia Civil is investigating the damage at this site following a complaint from several neighbors who , last weekend, warned that the painting had been bitten by strangers who wanted to tear it from the rock in which they occur.

Paintings is spread over five feet wide and long , discovered in 1973 by a group of schoolchildren in St. Helena and where an anthropomorphic swallow with very long arms and a very faint strokes own schematic distinguished period .

The mayor of Santa Elena , Juan Caminero said that the most likely hypothesis is that the alleged perpetrators of the destruction are seen surprised by the presence of visitors ( many during Holy Week) and leave the place without achieving its purpose

of taking these paintings, but identified as parietal reprethey left several scattered sentations known as idols pieces of quartzite . plate . Yes, its very difficult not appear dating the lithic The coat is an hour walk and ceramic remains assofrom the village of Miranda ciated with them nor a stratidel Rey. graphy to be rock shelters or slabs which are reflected .

As with most of these sites lack any kind of specific proNavarrete has been one that tection , although they are has sounded the alarm over properly marked. the lack of protection of the" The best protection is to be se sites . "It is an attack on found within the natural park the heritage and his comDespenaperros , whose ac- plaint must be energetic . It is necessary, necessary to cess is controlled and resprotect these shelters with tricted ," said the mayor. grills or screens so that ac" These paintings , which are cess is difficult measures . " distributed over different coIn 2006 , the Andalusian Feats and hollows of Eastern Sierra Morena, is the finding deration of Speleology of special religious and ma- ( FAE ) noted that 99 % of the prehistoric caves of Angical value of this area of ancient and ancestral step ," dalucía were not protected , and conservation was in said Benito Navarrete, art historian and director of Cul- danger. tural Infrastructure and heriAnd, the poor state of contage of the City of Seville. servation is the main threat of these rock shelters , caIn his view, it is "representations that have a ves, dens or ravines where found any figurative repreclear oriental influence and would be related to religious sentation ranging from geometric patterns to scenes of and sexual rites ; the value thereof is therefore very im- hunting, gathering, or war dance , including figures portant for their rarity and human and animal . link these demonstrations with the Mediterranean arc" .

Municipalities complain that only have resources for Art expert equated these maintenance and protection, paintings with those publisbut are aware that involve a hed by Bernier and Fortea tourist attraction for its muni(2009 ) in the cave of bat guano in the province of Cor- cipalities. doba and are usually

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Crystal Gallery CRAM.

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Because the company responsible for the work has not collected the debris and cleaned glasses , delayed the opening of the Crystal Gallery located within the Regional Center for the Arts of Michoacán ( CRAM ) , which was scheduled for last month March said Diana Correa Sandoval , director of CRAM .

Esteban Murgía , when they realized that the glasses were warped , but the work was delayed whenever the paperwork was late and it was two months ago when the project resumed .

He said the investment for these jobs was 900 thousand pesos , resource that managed to get through the House of Representatives of He added that the work of the state , the same was rerectifying this Gallery glasferred to the direction of sises are already ready , tes and monuments of the however ileostomy care is National Council for Culture required to occupy the space and the Arts, unit in charge with paintings , sculptures, of construction projects . theater. " We want everytHe said " It depends on the hing good is delivered and in company that was awarded order." the work to date concreteHe noted that the work he were paralyzed from a year in which the Gallery by the danger involved is cordoned off ago, this was during the administration of Luis

mos well opening . We expect that once and opens with a group exhibition of sculpture and painting, where talented women

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participating art around the country as part of the Hall Mexican Plastic , who moves to the city by the Ministry of Culture , which will be on display for a month . " He added that previously want to do some adjustments to the Gallery , as it removed the pellones and thereby promotes that it penetrates more excess light from sunlight .

"We will seek to put vinyl (plastic ) to dim light also will post some screens, for this we are already seeing the possibility that the CONACULTA support us museology and lighting equipment , so that the works are not damaged.

Finally he said still managing resources for the maintenance of Casona Pardo and CRAM , properties that need improvement .

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Glass on Zara Serrano.

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The new Zara store opened on Thursday, April 4 at 23 Serrano Street in Madrid , you may have as well as a sound -mantra or the band - Harder Better Faster Stronger , Daft Punk.

5,000 square meters , 2,415 of retail space.

Seven plants including collections of Woman, Kids and Man are distributed, which is crowned with an epic showroom of 360 square meters which shall address the media and fashion professionals and from which , through its windows , the roofs of the city that falls and are breathing quickens .

The light and glass are the two constants that

underpin this Pharaonic space.

The interior of the store has a separate structure shaped glass cube, for which have been used glass panels 5 feet in height.

residential architecture of Madrid of 20 years ' , in which the symmetrical brick and wrought iron balconies predominates.

To unify past and present - in a work that has lasted 14 months and he addressed the coruñesa ElThe structure and matesa Urquijo - architect , the rials conjure up a magical architectural project has light that floods the new maintained its facade of store and gives the bubrick and wrought iron ying experience a unique balconies , creating inside feeling . a glass box completely inThe new Zara store in dependent .

Serrano street in a builWorldwide there are temding from the early twenples of shopping to be vitieth century with a facasited at least once in life. de cataloged and protected within the historic And the new Zara store is complex of Villa de Maone of them . It all feels drid. harder , better , faster, stronger .

His style reflects the aesthetic prototype

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Decorated Studio Glass Bottles.

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Studio Glass , one of the leading suppliers of food and beverage companies , has opened the first showroom of glass Spain customization , a gathering of professionals which aims to become the first business incubator where designers and industry customers packaging Meeting Point will have to realize their projects.

sign printed on the bottle , turning the glass in a piece of design and a value of distinction for brands.

operating in POS promotions , on- pack promotions , handling, custom packaging, warehousing and distribution.

Studio Glass offers glass with personalizing a unique product in the market which is not only shocking but also identifies with the principles conveyed by the brand.

Ritzenhoff Partnership

Since 2005, Studio Glass and Ritzenhoff walk together in Spain , distributing exclusively for Spain , France and Portugal glassware, pottery " We help our clients to and porcelain in different secstrengthen and maximize the tors .

The venue is located at image of their products," ex- The extensive experience of Còrsega, 240, Barcelona. plains Emmanuel Lorenzo , German Ritzenhoff , a leaThe showroom is divided into CEO of Studio Glass for ding glass processing comtwo floors of 500m2 and is an Spain and Portugal. panies in Europe, in the example of the different tasks The main areas of business world of design has brought performed by Studio Glass, cover Studio Glass bottles in all their creations objects Packaging Estal and MAJ and containers, on the one that brighten and enliven the along the nearly 20 -year re- hand , and the cups and table and home. lationship with the glass sec- glasses on the other .

The alliance of Studio Glass tor .

The company works primarily with both business units and MAJ Estal and Packaging with special bottles, and in Ritzenhoff Ritzenhoff Cristal are two companies that have that sense , Glass Studio is a Design allows adapting the joined the project showroom . reference in the market for products catalog to design While MAJ Packaging Estal quality, speed of execution and manufacture what the and provide different models and flexibility. customer requires , that is, of bottles tailored to custofor you.

In the area of advertising mer needs , Studio Glass deglassware , service " as "

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Made in Israel - Printed in the world.

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Glass walls Norway Museum , New York Hospital , Chicago library and shopping center of Moscow became known places due to Israeli ingenuity.

Even in winter, AFIMALL , shopping complex in Moscow is a beautiful and green exterior . In Paris, the French Quarter renovated facade of Barclays describes what appear clad in marble pages. And Glass Farm in Holland , never loses its nostalgic feel .

The Harlem Hospital in New York is another example of its colorful facade of glass panels with colors , artistic styles and culture of Harlem in the '30s . "Digital printing makes it possible to incorporate and express ideas that , until now , remained on paper ," say the architects Zafra Jesus and Javier AlarcĂłn , builders of a known office building in Spain .

Dip -Tech sells its solution, image processing software , software - ceramic With a ceramic printing for glass, one inks and digital image processing , diof a kind , made by an Israeli compagital printers and ceramic inks for ny , digital solution architects in the glass processors and manufacturers world are giving the urban environment of printers and proceed to make the a cosmetic change . specifications of architects and desigThe company Dip -Tech , based in Kfar ners. Glass can be used for superSaba , reached a printing solution 360 constructions , facades and interior using inks durable ceramic to transfer , applications including backsplashes , digitally, any image on glass panels shower doors , doors and walls. and , in the process, turn any building Dip -Tech technology to print has the into a possible canvas. widest range of colors with their potte" Many architects use our technology to ry , die proof any temperature. Unlike their needs," says CEO Yariv Matzliach UV printing , ceramic inks are melted placing on the list Frank Gehry, Parker into glass explains Matzliach , and Warburton Team Architecture, Rainer protects them from any deterioration Oestereich - Rappaport and Norman so that the printed design will remain Foster. as long as you keep the glass.

What made it easy : with just one "click" of mouse , the image on the PC screen itself can be transferred to specialized digital glass printer Dip -Tech and printed using patented digital ceramic inks resistant to temperatures. The image can be used on the exterior glass and interior.

Matzliach keeps track of imitations. He claims that there is competition in Taiwan, Spain and Austria, but says : "There is still little experience. Technology is evolving and we must maintain our leadership position . That is why we invest to maintain our advantage in research and development . "

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" Our patented technology with the The solution of Dip -Tech became hos- Hebrew University of Jerusalem for the development of ceramic inks . pitals, shopping centers, museums , office buildings and universities in the We also recorded our printers. We art world . The roof of the National Mu- have the intellectual property. " seum of Norway Rock and Pop Music Sustainable architecture is built by hundreds of printed glass, Today the buzzword in the world of digitally, with covers of music albums architecture is " sustainability." And Norwegians. Retro- illuminated by 14,000 LED colored lights, music ring- the Dip -Tech solution gives it meatones , constantly changing, creating a ning. Regarding the environment, the striking effect .

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actual glass used in construction is made from recycled products. Moreover, the glass is known as one of the most friendly materials available sustainability for architecture and interior design , as it is non-toxic and transparent.

Matzliach said that digital Dip -Tech ceramic inks when printed on glass, sustainable support multiple functions, including energy efficiency , solar / light control , light diffusion and transmission ; urban renewal and preservation of buildings; electrical conductivity and the use of low-impact materials . Stresses the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago as an example .

"Digital printing on glass reduces energy needs by blocking 73 percent of the solar heat gain and allows 50 % of visible light."

At the Center for Sports Science at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia , the architects built two huge glass walls that allow the natural light to enter the gym and exercise areas .

Outside there are colorful murals with sports themes that withstand the harsh UV rays of the country and protect the interior from UV radiation .

The Dip -Tech technology has other outstanding sustainable applications : ink anti slip and anti - collision of birds that allows them to see the glass from a distance function.

The company began in 2005. Headquartered in Israel, has sales offices in the U.S. and Europe. Sales this year are expected to reach $ 30 million. The company showed , since 2010 , a growth rate between 30 and 50% . " Every year we see more facades, buildings and hotels that adopt our solution. MY view is that all printed glass apply our technology so as multicolored options for their sustainable qualities. There is no better option than digital ceramic ink , "says Matzliach .

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“Off Centre” in New York.

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In order to show an artistic expression based on the humble glass and encourage other Latin artists of the Big Apple to experiment with new forms and materials duo creators , Romina Gonzales and Edison Zapata , now have until next May 14 the exhibition called "OFF CENTRE . "

glass, which refers to the performance is , as its material off-axis and the- movements are printed on refore a part to rebuild or site. discard. " A Romina likes to be veBut mastering the art to ry rebellious with material, which the artists have have mirrors , wall lamps , made it , Romina born in terrariums , your imaginaPeru and Venezuela Edi- tion is boundless . These son makes can pass that are design works are art stage deliberately , looproducts that are used , king for an artistic effect. "said Zapata.

" Glass is a fascinating This exhibition features material for his ability to fifty pieces made of glass capture a frozen moment that has been processed in time . In the liquid stain furnaces , to give you te , more than 1200 deunique ways born of the grees Celsius, has the imagination of the autconsistency of honey and hors. manually working through In this regard , Romina harmonious movements explained that the name which hold it together , of the exhibition " OFF "he said Gonzales.

CENTRE " means ' offset The use and manufacture ' in the language of blown of designs for both a

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The free exhibition will be in the gallery ' Agnes Varis Art Center', located at 647 Fulton Street in Brooklyn.

It is noteworthy that Edison Zapata is currently professor of glass at the University of NY and videos Gonzales participates in Smithsonian Museum of the City of Iron .

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How does.

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This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Karen L. Krabbe.

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Crystals luxury Barceló.

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The ' warm ' market Barceló, a glass layer of 7,500 square meters, has cost the taxpayer more than four million.

When asked why a cheap coating was not chosen , the response of the Area Planning of the City of Madrid is that it is contained in the proIf put into perspective this ject that won the tender for volume of tickets with acthe construction of new retail counts of the City of Madrid , space . the figure , for example, three times the investment to As a mater of contrast, this be made this year in aid to year's budget for the entire entrepreneurs through the network of municipal marTax Free program. kets is 1.8 million, to be financed with "four moderniThe price of the chosen mazation projects " and other " terial for the cladding and falocal remodeling 15 ." cades of the building municipally owned (consisting of The spending review UPyD three modules ) is 3.1 million " More than four million eueuros, as contained in the ros in Barceló glasses are budget of the work started in an excess over this infras2009. tructure : recall , for examTo this must be added 13% ple, that in the finished builoverhead , and 6% of indus- ding , there is not yet any trial profits , pursuant to the clear use empty plant ," noContracts of Public Adminis- tes David Ortega, spokestration , and the sum of the man Municipal group UPyD . two 18 % VAT. In his opinion, " this is the tyThus the final numeral pe of waste that is accustoamounts to 4,231,627 euros med to the city of Madrid , and accounted for 7 % of the which , despite its discourse 60 million that has absorbed of austerity, maintains this rehabilitation apple Barceló, kind of luxury , contrasting 17 million more than origina- with what really necessary lly planned by the team of Al- policies intended to ." berto Ruiz- Gallardón .

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"If the Consistory were a family, we have returned to buy a luxury car while we save on home heating ," Ortega added .

The ' magenta' group compare 420 euros per square meter that cost Barceló crystals with between 35 and 45 which would have done the brick facade of the face or 100 ventilated ceramic tiles , which would be four times more Cheap .

Traders warn over ' dangerous ' To all this, and before the retail space officially opens ( expected in summer) , the Association of Market Traders Barceló has already warned of the "dangerousness" of these rectangular glasses . " At each break as knives pieces remain on the sides of which the slats are secured .

As fall on someone who is walking you can mount a very serious problem, " alerted last February its president, Manuel Ocaña, after breaking one of the windows of the building.

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Libelle MQ.

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The project was proposed in 2011. Raised The drawings submitted an abstract and utopian glass dragonfly fly over the Leopold Museum in the Museum Quarter in Vienna, proposed by architects O & O Baukunst .

pavilion leaning slightly on the central courtyard from the stony nature of the museum, which was also designed in 2001 by architects Ortner & Ortner Baukunst .

The intervention has the support of the Austrian artist Eva Schlegel, responsible for designing the glass facade of the pavilion , a design that allows its architects as they explain the curved glass facaMQ Libelle , as have been de reflection points on the wabaptized from the Vienna ofve motion.

The new intervention is seen fice , was raised with a paas a link to unite the most noramic lift that we currently In addition , the pavilion " Draadvanced programs with have to wait for 2016. gonfly " will have a glowing " classical museum colleclight shadow " , an installation The new facilities will allow tions. designed by renowned artist the arrival on deck and paviKowanz .

The proposal, which has just lion, in turn facilitating the received its kick-off is defini- use of the museum terrace The start of construction work tely inn boasts on the cover overlooking the entire Kaiser is scheduled to begin in of Leopold Museum. forum and the rest of central 2015 , estimating that the Vienna. works are completed in the This new label for the mufall of 2016. seum district is a glass

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Pioneering research on laser crystals.

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The TISA TD project, Ultrafast High -Average Power Ti: Sapphire Thin -Disk Oscillators and Amplifiers , began its official existence on December 1, 2013 and is headed by the Department of Development and Laser Optics of the University of Stuttgart ( USTUTT , Germany ) .

Currently , most of ultrafast laser sources with sufficient power for industrial applications operating in the range of picoseconds, which is enough for precision micromachining of metals .

described as a productivity ' unprecedented ' in the micromachining of transparent materials such as glass and ceramics.

(TOSA ), both in France and the UK companies Element Six (E6 ) , Oxford Lasers ( OXFORD ) and M- Squared Lasers (M2).

TISA TD run by Dr. Marwan Abdou Ahmed , Institute of Laser Tools (IFSW ) at the University of Stuttgart, and coordinated by Dr. Andreas Voss, of the same university.

The composition of the consortium is balanced and brings expertise spanning the entire supply chain , from product development and manufacture of lasers and applications to industrial materials processing .

The project runs for three years and will end in December 2016.

Oxford Lasers, for example, monitors the system integraReferring to the expected retion, while E6 provides winsults , Professor Thomas dows CVD diamond single Graf , head of IFSW , said: " However, for optimum accucrystal with low loss , while Apart from the scientific characy in transparent materials M2 will address the developllenges posed great interest , such as glass and ceramics ment of the oscillator system the development of new disk ( widely used , eg in smartpin the run-up to the prototylasers with ultra short pulses hones and tablets) , pulses pe. and high output power is alwith a duration required in so of immense appeal to Meanwhile , the University of the order of 100 femtosescience in order to increase Stuttgart held overall control conds. productivity in the laser pro- of the design and implemenFunded under the Seventh cessing of materials . " tation of thin disk oscillator Framework Programme for titanium : sapphire high poThe consortium consists of Research and Technological wer and CNRS will design two centers for the research Development of the Europeand test a configuration for and development of laser an Commission , the consorlaser processing . technology and four industium aims to develop TD TItrial partners (two of them Finally , TOSA is responsible SA amplifiers and oscillators SMEs). for the design, realization thin disk titanium : sapphire and characterization of pulse ultrafast and high average Other partners are the Femamplification system with power. to -ST Institute , affiliated temporal modulation frequenwith the National Center for It is hoped that this, in turn , cy thin disk with titanium : Scientific Research (CNRS) offer optimum precision and sapphire high power . and Thales Optronique the project coordinator

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Sanserif design.

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Eating fried rice with chopsticks glass , supported on the back of a drawer percussion spend hours or see through the glass of a watch containing olive oil.

Are some of the possibilities offered by the creations of designers Sanserif , the tandem of the industrial engineer Ana Yago and journalist Jose Antonio Gimenez, who eight years ago came together to change gears and " put soul " to their respective offices .

Your company wants to " seduce and educate slowly ," says Yago , creative 40.

These two entrepreneurs seduce with furniture and decorative items that recover lost craft techniques and adapted to contemporary taste .

What comes to educate them of their desire to design " things that are not only beautiful , but also to address something worthwhile.

When someone prefers a clock recycled cardboard , is expressing an intention and a certain taste. " Hence the number of seats in the form of recycled cardboard letter d incl lawn , which in January led to the Maison & Objet fair in Paris , or the giant clock made of pallets work, designed for large spaces.

The funny thing is that their customers and to follow them in their demand that " not worth doing something that appears organic

without being " when investing in their want these objects reflect that search. That also is to be green , it may seem.

Remedios Pallas 's performance in the exhibition that opened between the two countries commemorate last December in Valencia was a dialogue between Spanish Despite being a small company , teacher and sticks this traditional you want to remain so , his deJapanese rhythms of the Yoshida signs have traveled to Germany, Brothers who managed to break Italy and Abu Dhabi, and acthe coldness that usually show quaintances tell them from time the Japanese . to time that have crossed their parts in other countries.

The celebration of this year there "Sometimes you feel like a miwill be dual Japanese used to recrochip put them and see how cover the forgotten art of socarrat , clay plates inherited from far they can go ." the time of the Crown of Aragon His last work was to test the con- which beams and ceilings were nection between the Japanese decorated . artisan tradition and Spanish , to mark the 400th anniversary of Sanserif was inspired by the saJapan and Spain held diplomatic me Japanese tradition , to pictorelations in 2013 and 2014. graphs , to design these tiny pieces of clay you have included vaSearched for similarities and we- rious images adapted to the conre surprised to discover the temporary world . strength of the treatment that the Japanese do with fusing glass All creations of the company are technique, or fusion , in which made in special employment centhe artist and craftsman shapes ters where working people with molded skilfully using the heat disabilities. on this item , also present in Her showroom is in Valencia and Spain . there can be one of the most cuThen came ceramics, and silk , rious creations , a clock in the even castanets , square in the form of small transparent glass Japanese country , faithful lover tube filled with olive oil. "So time of flamenco, with excellent dan- is marked quietly , no seconds . cers , among the few outside The oil moisturizes the dry atSpain to which they are recogni- mosphere and exhale a little flazed to have duende despite the vor", says Ana Yago . vast distance between the roots Each of the slits in glass indicates folklore of both countries. the passage of an hour. And hold Even in music these entrepretenfold. Another way to target the neurs were surprised Valencia . "very slow" evolution of small business .

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The current exhibition space entitled The Black Tower and is the work of John Smith , a British experimental filmmaker. " It portrays the paranoid architecture and progressive psychological jog an invisible protagonist fighting to stop and overcome delusions of persecution triggered by an omnipresent black tower ," the presentation of the work on your website .

Of the seven samples that have made in a year , so far, all the artists were from outside Mexico . Sharp and Soto Climent has an interest in your space is a place of submission of authors who have never exhibited in this city growing art scene.

The first Mexican to occupy space Lulu will Aliza Nisenbaum , based in Brooklyn, by Lulu is nine square meters. In In the first, where the white cu- the end of May. Mexico City there are small Before Smith was the Swedish be is live the other founder , things.

Mexican artist Marin - Soto Cli- Nina Canell with exquisite proThe project space Lulu is a ye- ment, 36, and a twenty- Ameri- ject that perfectly defines the can artist named Evan LaMag- idiosyncrasies of Lulu . It was a ar in April. Within the disprosample with four discrete parts na . portionate size of the capital , but with a huge poetic potenthis place is a trifle with perso- The property also lies a cat tial . The theme was something nality. three months by the name of as light as the thread.

There is an art gallery , becau- Monica Pelucci and having a One piece was a glass cube se removing a photo that sold nice hair gray mole. at its first showing his approLulu is an open site to anyone was inside a severed electrical cable ducts and indoor air . ach is not commercial - expo- but its hidden nature means Another stick to that subjected sed but not sold . You do not visitors often people aware to electric shock and remained have opening hours : must ma- that there is art . In one year ke an appointment by email. he has acquired a reputation - in the wood engraving abrasive travel 5,000 volts. Another threAnd it's in a private home , in a aware in that sector - inversely ad shredded on both ends , like proportional to its size. room that was a small room a rainbow dyed and framed that has been converted into a They have recently been visi- between glass . The fourth was white cube exhibition interwo- ted by Glenn Lowry , director a series of iron spikes in the air ven with the everyday life of its of a sanctuary of art , the Mu- by the effect of a magnet hidinhabitants, so much so that to seum of Modern Art in New den behind the wall. get to the bedroom of one of York (MoMA ) . "Art does not Lulu is an ironic artistic underthem is necessary to cross the have to be large to have an cube . impact ," Sharp said in a juice side of the enormous cultural shop that is next to your home infrastructure of the city of "It's ridiculous , and we like ," Mexico . Soto Climent says: " If says Chris Sharp on the expe- and whose name inspired your the largest collection of conspace : Lulu. rience of entering a chipping temporary art from Latin Amerihalf old building and meet in a This is called the owner of the ca is the Jumex , a super clean cabin museum . juice shop , a Mexican lady . In macro- corporate juice , we your business looked to chat play for our space with the naSharp is one of the two founSharp Soto Climent and beme of a mother who squeezes ders of Lulu . Is 40 years old fore founding noncommercial every orange with your hands and is an American curator gallery .

And out came the ". who works for free . In Arc word so feminine with which 2015 will be one of the curaIf you visit Lulu, are considered christened the project. tors of Opening, young galleand not open the white door ries section . Sharp lives on For those who visit this tiny art that is in one of the walls of the the second floor . center is advisable to stop cube. It is dorm Soto.

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Eight windows for a chapel.

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Eight classic style windows Morentin , in charge of loo- As explained by the Cantagive light and color into the king after the religious buil- brian artist , the eight staichapel of San Gregorio . ding . ned glass in his workshop preparing a classic style , The nineteenth century " They told me they had with painted different cobuilding on the banks of 2,000 euros aid from the lors, highlighted with red as the Ebro are located in the project 'You choose , you to provide warmth to the inend of Sotillo. in the former decide' and that seemed terior and lead glasses .

Glen Alcanadre (La Rioja ) good to install stained and is the subject of one of glass windows in the cha- Predominantly made with the most popular and bupel ," said Azcona . geometric tracery ( crystal siest acts of Muddy : the cut ) .

Along with the 2,000 euros pilgrimage of San Gregorio that bring aid , the City has The author recognized Ostiense , held the closest contributed to the project that , although at first it was Saturday to 9 May ( this with another 5,000 euros. not planned has included year will be the 10th ) . three of stained glass imaCommissioned to create The chapel , which also ges of San Gregorio in the the stained glass is the worships San Emeterio window of the entrance sculptor and historian José and San Celedonio , is owSan Emeterio and San CeAntonio Ruiz Barquín , autned by ribero municipality , ledonio and - in - center . hor, among others, sculptuas the shrine of the Three res pimentonera , Chapa- Barquin explained that for Marys , compared to SNE . langarra , the bull roped or various technical and scheAccording to the mayor , trough and a study of caduling reasons, the winPablo Azcona said the idea ves, troglodyte dwellings in dows can not be installed of installing the windows Muddy . to San Gregorio , and to be came from the hermit , the placed between late June sisters Pilar y Juani and early July .

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Workshop on Balseiro.

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The crystal glasses have put his name wrong : only glass , and are not made of glass. Knowing which themselves are crystalline structures and learn to assemble them in the laboratory , in addition to explore the history and know the contributions of crystallography were some of the activities of a workshop for teachers at all levels of education.

the curriculum , such as the issue of solubility in Chemistry; Symmetry in Mathematics; thermodynamics , atomic and crystal model links in physics , "said Serquis .

The PhD in Physics , which is also a graduate of Instituto Balseiro and investigates the relationship between structures and properties of superconducting materials and fuel cells, said The same was held recently at the the workshop program was based on Balseiro Institute in the framework of teachers provide some basic tools the International Year of Crystallograp- crystallography . It included content on hy . Several attendees also participate the atomic model , the formation of the in the " Sample CAB- IB" , to be held crystal structures and diffraction analyfrom 22 to 28 April in Bariloche. sis through X- rays also , Serquis explained that the main variables that The teacher training workshop was control had to learn to grow crystals in part of the activities being carried out worldwide by the "International Year of the laboratory were the degree saturaCrystallography " promoted by the Uni- tion of the solution and the temperature . "It is difficult, but we must have pated Nations. tience ," he said .

In the workshop , teachers were students and had to put the " handed " in What is a crystal? Regardless of whetlaboratories to teach and later to repli- her it is natural or synthetic , the comcate the experience . Thus, they must mon denominator that defines them is their atomic or molecular structure has control the temperature and the degree of saturation of an aqueous solu- a system that follows a periodic pattern , explained during the workshop tion of the substance to be crystallithe president of the Argentina Associazed , for which tiny " seed " crystal to grow on glass plates . So , tested , ob- tion of Crystallography, Diego Lamas. served and reflected on the things they He also stressed that crystallography is the science of how the atoms are did right or wrong in the experiments. arranged in any type of material and Science and teaching with crystals seeks to understand the system from which the properties of these materials Adriana Serquis , guest professor at are . the Instituto Balseiro and CONICET researcher at the CAB, was one of the " The different ways in which atoms teachers in charge of the shop crystal are arranged make such carbon may growth. "My goal was to convey entbe a diamond or graphite, with diffehusiasm for teaching crystallography , rent properties ," said Lamas, who is a which sounds like something little researcher of CONICET and teacher known but is present in things they see at the National University of Comahue every day and also in the content of in Neuquén. Lamas is dedicated to

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crystallography studies nanomaterials and their applications in fuel cells. He also stressed that there is a national of another international crystal growth and competition for high school students . More information at: www.cristalografía.com/2014 .

Teaching from experience "The idea is to replicate this experience with our students , add scientific content beyond recreational or fun part ," said the teacher. He also said it is possible that students participate in any of the competitions there in 2014 in this area. " We always go when we Balseiro goes out to make the samples , and the possibility of participating in the competition is . You have to plan it and do it, " he said.

Meanwhile , Alexis Alves , professor of physics at the ENET N º 2, said the workshop provided a greater degree of knowledge about the classification of crystal structures , in addition to providing educational tools to address this area in schools. " We put him in the act , things went wrong we should be as well as learn . The theme is mostly learn, and do practical things . Particularly I have not much lab , I'm more theoretical , " Alves said.

"From this lab , we can extract all mathematical content to deepen and also enter the contest crystals. It was very entertaining to assemble the seed crystal, you you can be hours ... and if people liked it, the kids will like them more , "said Fernandez. And the teacher concluded: "I had not done before a workshop like this, I would like to repeat. The school has to do many things that stimulate the classes so the kids interested . "

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Nuestro Boletín tiene su redacción en:

La Asociación de Amigos del MAVA fue constituida el 21 de junio de 2003 de confor-

Castillo de San José de

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Valderas.

La finalidad de esta Asociación es pro-

Avda. Los Castillos, s/n 28925 ALCORCÓN

mover, estimular y apoyar cuantas acciones

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culturales, en los términos más amplios, ten-

Al vidrio por la cultura

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Nuestro objetivo es desarrollar actividades y colaborar con otras entidades públicas o privadas en la promoción, defensa y difusión del Arte y la Cultura.

Nuestros socios pueden ser honorarios, benefactores, numerarios y juveniles.

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Presidente honorario

Evangelina del Poyo

Presidente

Diego Martín García

Miguel Angel Carretero Gómez

Francisco Martín García

Vicepresidente

José María Gallardo Breña

Secretaria Rosa García Montemayor

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Javier Gómez Gómez

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Stained glass in Miraflores. Images.

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Coburg Prize. Images (I).

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3º Premio 2º Premio

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Premio Artistas Senior

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Premio Especial Dan KIein

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