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Monthly Newsletter
Newsletter
Mary Shaffer Learn to sell.
M. A. Carretero.
A new joy in knowing the development and view images Glazier meeting the first weekend last August was held in Irun, in the workshop of Igor Obeso. There cites the great mallorcan master Pere Ignasi, the brothers Abdon, L'Olleria, Diego Rodriguez, La Granja, and, as host, Igor Obeso were given, among other artists.
And they all have gathered excellent glassmakers, both nationally and internationally and have made some valuable pieces of glass.
offices of the respective municipalities?
Martin Janecký participation has been the highlight of these meetings.
For example, the location of the meeting of Sitges not seem the most suitable for handling glass, the low ambient temperature and the constant wind that made it very troublesome control of the temperature of the glass to perform the pieces.
Therefore, congratulations once again to the Catalan Association of les Arts del Vidre (ACAV) by the enthusiasm with which they They reflect the images that have organized most of these meetings and the have appeared in social tremendous work they have networks, have had to done for it. enjoy some very good moments. I congratulate But I think that the you for that and sorry I undoubted quality of could not accompany them teachers participating in because I was on holiday at these events has not been the time by northern rewarded by a public Morocco. assistance as they deserved. It notes that these last Perhaps the Sant Andreu months have been and L'Ollería gathered a productive in the realization good number of addicts of glassmakers meetings, glass art, but the rest, so I since when performed in felt in my attendance at Nuestra sede: Sant Andreu de la Barca in Sitges and images that have Castillo Grande de the autumn of last year been me get those made in S.J. de Valderas have followed the L'Ollería, Avda. Los Castillos, s/n La Granja, Sitges and now La Granja and the latter of Irun, I think they had 28925 ALCORCÓN. this in Irun. deserved a remarkable (MADRID) public attendance, info@amigosmava.org All of them have given full considering the quality of the information in different glassmakers artists who issues of this Newsletter. have participated in them.
¿Locations inadequate some of the meetings?
I believe, however, that the most important thing is scheduling these events, the illusion that show organizers for carrying them out, but I think that after the experience in these meetings, and with the assurance that they will to repeat in the future and will be accompanied by new ones, would be wise to take a step forward and try the events they had greater media coverage for the largest possible audience could enjoy the development of the meetings.
As I indicated in the title of this editorial, I think you have to learn to sell the quality of these events to the Department of Culture of the respective councils to decide to launch their propaganda Why are not these important machine and provide the meetings glassmakers appropriate spaces to carry rewarded with an out with sufficient guarantees outstanding influx of public? of success shows the respective glassmakers. Lack of prior information through the various social Do you have any interest networks and adequate these glassmakers static advertising? encounters that shows Absence of institutional support through the press
performed in Corning? It might not.
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Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (LVII) MAC.
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S PE C I A L I NT E R E S T:
Part of the month
Meeting in Irun
Visit to Crystal Gibraltar
Revolution in La Granja
Activities on the MAVA
News
Our activities
Glass recycling
How does
Intellectual Property Law Additional provisions.
CONTENIDO:
Piece of the month
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Established artists
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Young artists
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Meeting in Irun
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Visit to Crystal Gibraltar
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Revolution in La Granja
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XX Glass Hall
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Activities Museums
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Activities on the MAVA
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Glasses Castril
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Venetian glass
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Conservation-restoration
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Sthepen Knapp
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Roman glass in Museums
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News
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Culture 2016
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Glass design
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In the Tour
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The glass in museums
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Recycling
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Cultural visits
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Culture 2016 program
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Interview to Roger Pacios
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Other trends
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Peke Toyas in Tarifa
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New trophies Tour
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Glass in Alhambra
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The window is popularizes 28 Coarte glass awards
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Lamps in Lorca
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How do
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Luis Parades in Australia
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Works in Park Guell
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The windows of cathedral
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Glass in a castle
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Footbridge in Shanghai
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Runway Volunteer
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The return of a classic
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Czech glass
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Open the longest bridge
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Board Of Directors
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Transitory dispositions First. Vesting
The amendments made by this Law that Sixth. prejudice rights The works acquired under the considered orphan former legislation under the legislation shall not have of another Member retroactive effect, State of the except as provided in European Union, the following issued in transposing provisions. the provisions of Second. Rights of Directive 2012/28 / legal persons EU of the European protected by the Law Parliament and of the of 10 January 1879 Council of 25 on Intellectual October 2012, on Property certain permitted uses of orphan works Legal persons under also have recognized the Law of 10 January that nature in Spain 1879 on Intellectual Property had acquired for the purposes of original intellectual Article 37a. property of a work shall exercise
the exploitation rights for a period of eighty years since its publication. Third. Acts and contracts under the Law of 10 January 1879 on Intellectual Property The acts and contracts under the regime of the Law of 10 January 1879 on Intellectual Property shall be fully effective in accordance with the same, but are void clauses thereof by which the transfer of exploitation rights agreed in respect of all the works that the author may create in the future and why the author undertakes not to create any work in the future.
URGENT NEWS
For small.
Julian craftsman who works in a glass melting is dedicated in his spare time to make dolls glass.
Boat back home, a storm makes the dolls end up on a deserted island.
The glassblower, is a For some reason, these dolls children's story in which the come to life overnight. author leaves freedom to A foreigner is interested in the your imagination to build a story within the reach of creations of Julian and buy young minds full of vitality figurines. and fantasy.
No response from the Department of Culture.
17-01-13. Requesting inventory of the components of the permanent collection of MAVA.
11-06-13. Possibility of receipt by the MAVA documentation on glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of Science.
11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the Community of Madrid to install social services in the MAVA.
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Piece of the month. Rene Culler.
Culler has glassblowing for nearly 20 years.
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The artist's work has appeared in many collections and publications, including "500 Glass Objects", published by Lark Books.
Their process involves smoke and steam while using glass shapes the wet paper or wooden mold.
"Glass is a changing material can be translucent or transparent. As the light is absorbed or rejected, the glass can change your mood with the weather or the time of day. It is an object composed of many types of glass that mimics semi precious stones.
Rene Culler born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1956. He has worked as a professional artist since 1973, but returned to school as a nontraditional old artist to achieve their degrees in art / glass; a BFA at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1992 and an MFA, summa cum laude from Kent State University in 1994.
Rather than carve hard, gently rotate and blow my Culler has also studied at glass to create soft and the Pilchuck School in seductive shapes that the state of Washington appear as ephemeral as and the Study of Corning smoke. Museum of Glass in The work appears in the Corning, New York. permanent exhibition of She was a student at the MAVA is titled "Ace of School of Arts Lacoste in Cups". Provence, France.
She has been affiliated with both institutions as an instructor in glass.
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Established artists. Mary Shaffer.
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Shaffer was born in 1947 in Walterboro, South Carolina. As a child she lived in South America and his first language was Spanish. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied illustration majoring in painting.
of travel as education, so also attended the Ecole d'Humanite in Goldern, Switzerland, for several years. Shaffer is recognized worldwide as one of the founding artists of American Studio Glass Movement.
In the early 1970s he adapted a technique to the She had a mother who automotive industry to shape believed strongly in the value the glass windshield in a
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"sinking by float" process that allowed him to move in a particular way glass, hot. Then he started mixing tools of glass and metal, casting, dipping and falling glass objects found in flea markets and junkyards, and extending in innovative materials to include "light, bronze, steel, stone and glass, water and sound. "
Emerging artists. Catherine Keenan.
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Having studied and worked with glass in different countries, Catherine has been able to develop a style and rhythm parts in displaying his love for experimentation and color.
It is a glass blower Portstewart, Northern Ireland.
She works to create glass containers of bright colors and jewelry.
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Referring to the creation of some of its parts, it describes how some shapes and colors representing candies, and also how detailed and interesting patterns are created using a mixture of molten glass of different colors.
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Meeting at Argia Badago.
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"It's like a hangout for bikers, but with glass'
Igor Obeso jewelry sold in the Smithsonian
JOSEBA ZUBIALDEIRUN 08/10/2016
Such meetings serve to peer "sharing techniques that everyone is discovering and facilitating work," says Pere Ignasi, Mallorcan artist who has over fifty years of experience in the trade.
A dozen craftsmen have participated in Irun at a meeting in which they shared new techniques and experiences Mallorca, Valencia, Segovia, AlmerĂa, Catalonia and France are some of the origins of a dozen glassmakers this weekend (5th to 7th August) have participated in a "hangout" in Argia Badago, the workshop craftsman Igor Obeso is at number 54 of the Gabiria street sales. A meeting that emerged "no more," says the artist Hondarribia, explaining that "from time to time we get together. We are four cats and in the end we all know. "
"Before there was no communication between us," explains Obeso, so try these meetings occur "more often" to share experiences. "This is a day get a little bit and become more current people who, for example, come from abroad and bring new things. In these learn hangouts, you speak of new materials, you are with people, you exchange recipes, customers and suppliers ... and also you have a good "Obeso explains.
complicated world" and not infrequently run into the "lack of interest" of the public. "In Europe there is much more tradition of glassmakers and when you talk about your office know what will, so there are more people who value your work and are willing to pay for it," explains Obeso. "Each piece has a difficulty and to appreciate it you have to know or care about the processing method. That does not happen here, we know where the curiosity of people ... "laments the artist. And the Glass "is a complicated world and is so wide ..." clarifies Ignasi, adding that "has much more than it seems at first glance."
One of the things that fascinate Obeso in such hangouts is not technique, "how beautiful is the The aim of the event is none Share tricks and secrets is skill with which it runs and other than "come and work" in how, according to Ignasi, in make it difficult and complex that they are passionate about. which "can grow and advance. look easy." "At the end is like a biker It is a much richer The artist likens to dance, a hangout, but instead of bikes communication, away from self discipline that "has its times, here is glass," says Obeso -centered attitudes and believe times and temperatures, and with a smile. the best in the world. " then everything flows. The idea came together in Irun The figure of the glazier When you see a glazier him: "We have two years in Hangouts also seek to working and things seem easy sales and have more room. "promote the glazier who to do, it is because behind Normally summer is not our works at home with your own much work and dedication. " highest season and there is oven, their own 'salsitas' is Although glassmakers spent the opportunity to do a done and his monologues at much time between the furnace Hangout so. Avisas people and will is assembled," says the and its 'sauces', the fact is that then everyone decides Spaniard, and argues that "it is there was also time to relax whether or not to come, necessary that gleams figure ". and enjoy a good paella in the because some are on In his profession, as in many workshop and a meal in the vacation. " others, they move in "a company of Obeso in Hondarribia. www.amigosmava.org
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Our visit to Crystal Gibraltar.
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We did not know the existence of this workshop in Gibraltar, but this winter we heard them and thought the back of our vacation in Tangier would be a good time to visit. So we did. Reserve accommodation in La Linea and approached walk to the Rock. We had to make a stop on our way because it would land a plane at the airport and the track crosses the entrance road to the Rock. After crossing several tunnels we reached the Casemates Square and in one corner we see signs of Gibraltar Crystal workshop.
located and the other dedicated to store which offer the public all their production. In the workshop we could see the work they were doing two Englishmen, Paul Alexander, who is the initiator of this workshop in 1995, and Stuart John, both natives of the British town of Devon and with more than 60 years each they. They also have the assistance of a young Spanish neighbor Line that takes little time to practice in the workshop.
In the video we do we can see a complete view of the workshop and shop, which The location of the workshop offer visitors a wide range of products made by them with is great, because the wide techniques completely Casemates Square is a handmade blown glass. center of almost forced between the border and the We asked for the type of main street of the Rock step glass used in their and there are numerous bars production and were and restaurants as well as informed that glass is a type shops of all kinds that make of German origin. is busy. In one of the sectors of the The workshop consists of two parallel galleries, one in which the shop is properly
workshop they are located in a space that explain the development of the
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manufacture of parts, from the post of glass catching the crucible to the final product. The most representative part of its production is a kind of vase with its top like a cove. They have several annealing furnaces where they are deposited as the parts get done. Store two others who provide their customers with all kinds of information about the workshop are responsible.
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Revolution in La Granja.
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On August 25 we were at the Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja witnessing the presentation of the innovative pieces made in their workshops. In recent months the Royal Factory has opted for a renewal of its traditional catalog and product innovation to adapt to new trends.
salvaged from other collections and playing with colors offered by the universe, this collection of unique pieces hanging and table and dynamism to bring light exposure. Within the artistic line, CuldeSac Editions presented in premiere of the "Spider Cosmic" project made entirely in the Royal Factory and with the participation of a large number of artists who will participate next February at the International Exhibition Milan Design.
Mayice, achieved from an ethical process of selection of historical molds Royal Glass Factory reinterpret the uses and applications of parts to create a new line, contemporary clean lines and simple while current hanging lamps that elegant.
Finally, the Farm Home collection comes from the reuse of existing molds, color application and simply So with the collaboration of decorated according to the designers as Gala current simplistic line. They Fernandez de CuldeSac lose their handles pitchers Editions and Marta and and decanters his feet. Imanol of Mayice architects, Disappear floral and plant after an arduous process of motifs and gives way to studying the traditional Classic line: Spiders, classic straight lines and pure forms. process of glass making, and recognizable hanging behavior and technical lamps whose appearance These collections will be complexity, two new and form are named, which available and will run until collections within the line even today are October 15 at the Museum artistic, saw the light manufactured in La Granja, opening hours. coinciding with the holiday in have been subject to a Accustomed as we are to the La Granja de San Luis. rigorous and historicist study traditional pieces, this new removed the items that did Artistic Line: One Off exhibition has seemed a not belong. Thus, the Royal Collection, Gala Fernandez, revolution in the design of the Glass Factory presents the is a limited series inspired by Royal Factory. catalog Spiders III the cosmos in which each Now wait to see the market Centenario. light represents a world. reaction to what we wish the Line Home: RFC + of Made with glass pieces best of success.
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XX National Exhibition of Glass in Berazategui.
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The National Exhibition of Glass in Art is organized since 1994, with the aim of promoting the technique, creativity and artistic expression in glass. The relevance of this industry in the historical development of the district, became one of the community identity references. The lounge was performed for the first time in the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Cultural Center "Leon F. Rigolleau" After the inauguration of the Municipal Complex "San Francisco" in 1999, he moved to the same
venue where the Municipal School was established. As a result of the training curriculum of the school, the quality of works improved from the technical and artistic point of view as well as from the plastic image. Declared of Provincial Interest by the Directorate General of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires, it includes different artistic techniques; stained glass, classical, non-traditional, small format and sculpture. To participate in the National Exhibition of Glass, an annual contest
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where designers, architects, artists and artisans can register their works and then be evaluated by the jury starts. The works must represent innovative contributions for glass in terms of technical, aesthetic and plastic image. pieces are accepted through integration of other materials, as long as the expressive value is given by glass. The same jury determines how many pieces will be part of the room, as well as who will receive the awards.
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Activities Museums I.
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Activities Museums II.
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Activities Museums III.
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Activities on the MAVA. In the ICOM-GLASS. them statutes discussion boards are renewed and work on a topic, with frame lectures and presentations.
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The XXIV General Conference of the International Council of Museums featured prominent speakers at the international level, ranging from the iconic international artist Christo (which recently opened The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo, Italy), to the Nobel Prize for Literature, Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence Istanbul.
This time the theme was "Museums and cultural landscapes".
Other speakers were the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, a leading figure in movements like Cavart, The Museum of Art in Glass International Council of Alchimia and Memphis, Alcorcón (MAVA) is already Museums where more than Nkandu Luo; Minister of 3,500 professionals galleries Gender and Child part, over the next three more than 130 countries, and Development of Zambia and years, the Board of the International Committee for every year, the International David Throsby, Museums and Collections of Committee of Museums and internationally recognized as Collections of Glass (Glass) one of the inventors of the Glass, part of the ICOM meet. (International Council of cultural economy. Museums), to have formally ICOM works on national The next will be held in 2019 requested, after its annual committees, country, and in Kyoto. meeting. also transverse, by topic. The incorporation of our Members who are part of the There are 30 committees Museum to the Board of that Board Committee of Glass, that bring together experts in Committee should serve for chose at the XXIV General museums specialties, one of timely complaint would make Conference of ICOM held in which is "Glass", which the government team of our Milan, the entrance of our brings together museum City to return these unduly museum because of its professionals glass or have suppressed the MAVA brilliant exhibitions of glass collections, worldwide. spaces and the works that contemporary glass are now sleeping in the The Conference of ICOMcontaining the same. GLASS are held every three warehouse for lack of site Is held every three years the can be re-exposed. years and any changes in General Conference of the
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Study glass Castril de la Peña (and II).
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METHODOLOGY
Although Castril glasses are known in different countries and are present in numerous museums around the world, in the town we found a large collection of ancient glass.
Castril glass was analyzed with fluorescence spectrometer (Bruker S4 Pioneer) X-ray commercial equipped with an Xray tube anticathode front window Rh (20-60 kV, 5-150 mA maximum output and 4 kW), five Only those who showed José analyzer crystals (LiF200, Juan López Ródenas at the Tourist Information Castril, where LiF220, Ge, PET and XS-55), some pieces of antique glass and scintillation detector, proportional counter gas flow. other newly created exposed.
The results obtained in the study with SEM corroborated obtained efflorescence. In the study by X-ray diffractometer on the siliceous sand from the Cueva de la Arena Castril 62% quartz SiO2, 27% calcite CaCO 3, 3% dolomite CaMg (CO3) 2, you get a 6 % rutile TiO2 and 2% salt and gypsum CaSO4 2H2O. CONCLUSIONS
Glasses have a 50.72% analyzed silica, 23.4% sodium The glass microscopic study was oxide, 10.40% calcium oxide, In this paper a chemical and performed using a scanning 3.58% magnesium oxide and mineralogical study of siliceous microscope JEOL-6100 and 2.56% aluminum oxide. The sands Cave Arena Castril as a dispersive microanalysis system green color of the glass is due to source of raw material Glazier total iron content, Fe2O3 = oven Castril is presented, as well INCA X-ray Oxford Instrument, which allows working from 1 to 3.42%. The high percentage of as pieces of ancient glass 30 Kv continuously. Na2O in the glass with respect to existing green tones in the sand, indicates the use of barrilla Information Office tourist Castril. With the sand samples, tests as fluxing agent. Lime was GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT have been conducted incorporated into the glass as mineralogical characterization La Cueva de la Arena is located with X-ray diffractometer Philips part of the sand, due to the considerable presence of calcite. south of the hill of the Virgin in PW1710, with monochromator It is worth noting the low the place of the Solana. and automated control percentage of dolomite equipment of various It is excavated at the base of a containing sand cave Castril, instrumental variables. level of bioclastic limestone and with respect to other arenas of limestone-Tortoniense EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS the region used for the Serravallian gaps building on The fluorescence analysis of the manufacture of glass, as existing fractures. magnesium oxide strengthens glass pieces of greenish hue of In depth, sandwiched between Castril and the sands of the cave the stabilizing role of calcium oxide. Cave Arena Castril is a limestone, calcarenite an offered the following results place of mining interest and important layer of the same age (concentrations in%): should be included in the with parallel rolling object of the inventory of geological and old farm appears. mining heritage.
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After the beauty of Venetian glass (II).
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Alejandro IpiĂąa.
According to Andrea Tossi, author of The Memory vetro, book that collects testimonies of the major glassmakers, currently about sixty stay in Murano. Most are specialists, some lamps, some in vases and other sculptures; very few dominate all techniques. What it is clear, and all agree that those who have asked, is that teachers have to be strong, necessary to sustain the cane which carry the glass working condition. I tried it and is very heavy cane. These craftsmen do not need to go to the gym after work. We also have to monitor possible problems of dehydration. They have to be constantly drinking water to compensate for the heat flowing from the furnaces. It is a profession of men. any woman who has reached masterpiece is not known. Thanks to these men have been able to do works like those devised Tyra, Scarpa, Martinuzzi, Wirkkala and so on.
Some of these pieces are astounding delicacy. They have nothing to envy to the best Japanese lacquer or fine works of Chinese artists jade. They will not break the auction markets with their prices, but are quoted and are still sold.
Le Stanze del Vetro, a project ten years.
By joining forces with designers teachers they got a model works for the luxury market, an area of the international market where it is not easy to enter.
The island of San Giorgio, in front of St. Mark's Square is a place to be visited.
The Pentagram is a private foundation based in Switzerland dedicated to show the importance of glass, art and history of Venice and the new trends in contemporary art.
Assigned to the Cini Foundation to dedicate to the culture of excellence in the arts and bel beauty and difference, canto, losing one morning on something that collectors this island is one of the best appreciate: For this, two facets investments you can make if are required. It also plays a you travel to Venice. decisive role signature: the Le Stanze di Vetro is a versatile piece becomes a duly space, thinking to enhance the cataloged, singular, unique beauty of glass. object. The lighting has been designed So they began to identify with by Alessandro Diaz de the house brand, year, and in Santillana, an artist who has the some cases the designer's glass as their field of work and signature. who has exhibited along with With the idea of revaluing and her sister Laura in Le Stanze. promote the best of Venetian Santillana brothers, grandsons glass production twentieth of Paolo Venini, children of century, the Cini Foundation Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, has joined forces with the belong to the aristocracy of Pentagram Stiftung. On the glass ... ... island of San Giorgio they have created what they called
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Ethics in conservation and restoration (II).
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By Fernando CortĂŠs Pizano.
Most of them have been Ethical concepts in the profession developed during the twentieth century, based largely on of conservator-restorer scientific theories of the We all have an idea of what is Restoration, and especially in ethical and what can be ethical or the work of Cesare Brandi. unethical in our profession, what Failure to comply with these we should or should not do. premises would be considered We all know about these unethical and as a case of concepts sacrosanct, often so malpractice. elusive and difficult to reach, It would be expected that those such as reversibility and who are working in this field we minimum intervention or were familiar with these discernibility and readability of reinstatements or compatibility of concepts and, if possible, were to agree on most of them. the new materials. We are aware of the need to avoid falling into resourcefulness, assumption, hypothesis and speculation in our work; we know about the potential risks of excess restoration; we believe in a maximum respect for the original materials of a work and its authenticity, as well as a maximum respect for their physical integrity and their aesthetic and symbolic values.
But we know that this is not always the case. Ethics is a concept as elusive definition may vary greatly between different conservators, workshops, countries or cultures.
We understand the importance of interdisciplinary work, the need for a prior in-depth study of the work and complete documentation of the intervention process, etc.
Absence of a binding code of ethics in our profession
It is also undeniable that during our career, as we accumulate years of work and experience, we ourselves can be transforming our notions of ethics.
In light of these definitions and if we consider the nature of our work, the kind of objects we deal with, tangible and intangible All these aspects, often recited as values and the main a creed by conservators, are responsibility we assume when related to our work ethic and act we work on them, it seems quite as a kind of rules to follow. logical to think that conservatives
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restaurateurs should also be linked to an ethical code. However, this is not the case, as discussed below. We all agree that we have a responsibility to restore objects, owners, towards history, cultural heritage and society in general. That is why our work is subject to controversy, debate, and can easily generate controversy our profession. And that is why our work should be carried out by specialized and highly trained professionals. However, as we know, this does not always happen, and often are precisely those directly involved with the conservation and restoration who, unfortunately, can cause irreversible damage to the same objects we are trying to preserve. Interventions in cultural heritage are often plagued with controversial situations or actions in which it shows that the ethics of our profession is being ignored or interpreted too freely. We often see interventions carried out by people without specific training, regardless of their good intentions and the criteria applied.
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Sthepen Knapp.
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Art through the light. This is the dramatic and visual proposal Sthepen Knapp, recognized as the creator of Lightpainting American artist, a movement considered one of the new media art of the century. Disregarding traditional media and narrative content, Knapp is part of a small entourage of artists working exclusively with light. His lightpaintings make light visible around us and transforms it into a physical work. Knapp has been fascinated by light all his life. Behind the lush colors and compositions there is a meticulous exploration of space and dimension, light and color. "I found a way to express uniquely through light. Each piece has a presence far beyond its physical dimensions," says the creator. In his lightpaintings, Stephen Knapp creates destinations and a sense of belonging. "At the same time physical objects and illusions remind us that dreams, hopes and
aspirations are the focus of the ability of art to touch the human spirit," observation.
light onto a surface and a specific space.
There are numerous expert The result of his passion for reviews that have been light and all its nuances, dazzled by this proposal. Knapp, who began his Vince Carducci, cultural critic career as a photographer, and dean of graduate studies has been experimenting in at the School of Creative his study different Studies in Detroit considers techniques to optimize and "light paintings can and must convey their inner world as be located within the lineage accurately as possible. of recent art. The lightpaintings are, without The artist has undergone a any doubt, symphonies process of constant color". Others, like evolution. He began building Chrstopher Schnoor, writer large metal panels and and critic, equipped him to glazed ceramic murals, artists like Kandinsky. "Both which reflect and are Knapp as Kandinsky make sensitive to changes in light. an effort to achieve a The next step was the synthesis of thought and manufacture of glass walls feeling, science and art, logic and glass and steel and intuition." sculptures, which have led to Knapp has won international the current lightpaintings, a reputation. Museums, public word coined to describe and private collections have Knapp works that are the exhibited his work. The Boise intersection of painting, Art Museum, the Museum of sculpture and architecture. Art Chrysler Museum of Art radiant, intangible and and Naples are some multidimensional examples of spaces that compositions. The artist have not wanted to lose the polishes the glass to create opportunity to offer visitors a a range of colors that can be different art, transcending used to refract and reflect borders through light.
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The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (XIX).
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Eduardo Alonso Cereza
Many cults and festivals will be related to the occupation carried and the region in which they occur. It is noteworthy that the figure of PTA protected artisans. All of these beliefs are manifested through images, but the magic will also play a major role in Egyptian society. Egyptian glasses have a major impact on the Roman world and forms are divided into open and closed forms.
the New Kingdom, but in the the window production under end it will be replaced by the the reign of Thutmose IV, but will continue until the twentieth glass. dynasty. In the reigns of Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV tubes This form can be compared with stone vessels, especially appear to kohl shaped palmiforme tall column, and alabaster, typical of the XVIII dynasty. be present for most of the Ramesside times.
The glass shaped Melograna In the same way that the cup (Granada) probably imported builds a form of Cyprus, a had its counterpart in place that during this period, alabaster vases and local production of glass fayence, the kohl tubes to vessels also have this form is have it in contemporary done. wood packaging kohl.
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Egyptian typology differs from Cyprus that is usually performed in monochrome glass and its production up to the end of the New Kingdom. It also should be noted that the Cypriot shape corresponds to a slightly earlier era.
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Tears of glass.
In April, the chef Macarena de Castro takes charge of Garden, a restaurant in the Majorcan Puerto de Alcudia, with a Michelin star.
decorate each restaurant table Garden contrasts with the rest of the decor, predominantly white.
These tears of glass remind the cook Closes in November, is stones from the beach, packing and moved to which is near the restaurant. the Garden of Jose Ignacio, your local near It makes Menestralia Punta del Este in exclusive, one of the Uruguay. large glass factories craft Mallorca. Azure stones that
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Culture 2016.
Last August we visited the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum to enjoy the exhibition Caravaggio and painters North, an exhibition on the figure of Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 Porto Ercole, 1610) and its influence among painters North Europe who, fascinated by his painting, spread his style. In the halls fifty-three paintings, twelve of them Lombard master, from private collections, museums and institutions like the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the
Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Rijksmuseum are displayed Amsterdam or the church of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome. The tour covers the course of Caravaggio's career, from the Roman period to the emotional dark paintings of his last years, along with a selection of works of its most prominent supporters in the Netherlands Dirk van Baburen, Gerrit van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen - Flanders Louis Nicolas Regnier or Finsonand France Simon Vouet,
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Claude Vignon or Valentin de Boulogne. Due to his untimely death, Caravaggio's work in museums and private collections is very low. No more than 60, according to the curator of the exhibition. In Spain, it is known publicly, there are only four canvases: David Victorious over Goliath in the Prado Museum; St. Catherine of Alexandria in the Thyssen Museum; Beheading of St. John the Baptist, at the Royal Palace and San Juan Bautista in Toledo.
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Glass design. The competition may participate interested students who are pursuing studies of ESO, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training Intermediate and / or Superior and University and the deadline for submitting the design will end on September 7, 2016, Wednesday at 13.00.
The work must be performed by digital technology, for later playback and size of the The Alicante City of House, a space that will be glass structure where it will Dolores, through the Youth located on the second floor play the winning work is Council has launched a of the Cultural Center and 5.20 meters wide and 2.35 meters high, taking into competition to design a as indicated from the account the participants mural with the slogan and Department of youth "in this feature during the drawing of the Youth House her a bright and and to be installed in it. The comfortable space, which process of creating his work. award for best work will be will host numerous a next-generation tablet. activities and workshops To participate in the will be enabled. this is contest will be necessary The design competition, intended that the youth to consult the complete which bears the motto, House will become a rules found on the website "Design your Youth House", dynamic focus of culture of the City of Dolores, has been summoned and leisure for young www.dolores.es. before the forthcoming people in our town ". opening of the Youth
The glass in the Tour of Spain. 'Recycle glass and pedal', with which it aims to raise awareness cycling fans on the need for "small gestures "to encourage recycling.
The winners trophy stage of La Vuelta 2016 will be a sculpture made with recycled glass by the residents of the towns hosting the goal. This
Thirteen of the 21 sites hosting the end of a stage of the Vuelta have joined this proposal of the campaign for the second time made the company responsible for the recycling of glass in Spain was noted in Ourense Borja and the Vuelta to raise Martiarena, marketing director awareness of Ecovidrio, and cyclist Oscar environmental defense. Pereiro, during the presentation of the campaign
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The glass in Museums: Countess of Lebrija.
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An interesting collection of pieces of glass found in Roman tombs exposed.
ancient Roman mosaics, the Countess bought in antique shops, and thanks to which the popularity of "best paved house of Europe" earned.
well as an exhibition of personal objects family.
And we do not want to forget two other details It is true that sometimes such as crafts its doors, tourists know some objects that often go things better cities that In addition, the Palace unnoticed, especially his their own citizens. Museum of the Countess incredible main staircase. of Lebrija serves as a This is what happens in This is therefore a museum, and hosts a Seville with the Palace wonderful work of art, like huge number of pieces of Museum of the Countess stepping into a jewel that great importance to of Lebrija, an old mansion is the history of Seville, historical level, from that few Sevillian known, and that not only should painting to sculpture, but it is a claim for those not be missed by visitors through literature and visiting the city, and who will visit the city but furnishings. researching possible own Sevillian who do not places of interest are the Thus, along the route you know they should change architectural wonder. can see statues and such condition and spend pieces from ancient a day in the Palace One of the most Rome, ceramics and Museum of the Countess interesting details of the glass found in Roman of Lebrija. Palace Museum of the tombs, a large collection Countess of Lebrija are of Baroque tiles, windows the mosaics that decorate and classic furniture as the floors. It is authentic
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Recycling. Decode 2016 festival.
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The Dcode 2016, which will take place on September 10 on the campus of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, presents their news. The poster, in projecting women, Zara Larsson heads and has the name Dagny, Bambikina, Carla Morrison, Jimmy Eat World, Bizarre Love Triangle, Belako and Petit Pop, among others. "For the third consecutive year Dcode summons, this time with the collaboration of Playstation, a contest of bands that give emerging artists the opportunity to
share the stage with big sustainability plan that names like Bunbury, Love aims not only to make the Of Lesbian or M. Ward. cleaner and sustainable Madrid festival of national Until the 24th of last scene, but also help to August has been open raise awareness of the here the call for groups need for glass recycling a that would arise and have habit also in our homes. the opportunity to have enjoyed Kitai and Fizzy To do this, there has been Soup in previous years". a limited edition minicontainers of household "As in previous years glass, or mini-igloos, Dcode retells with the which can be purchased complicity of the here. Ecovidrio Ecode platform to the project, through In addition, profits from which the festival aims to the sale of mini-igloos enable and empower one Dcode be used to finance of its main, sustainability research projects of possible. childhood leukemia UnoEntreCienMil Ecovidrio and Dcode foundation." have designed a
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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 2016.
Cultural visits.
Saturday, September 17, we have scheduled a group visit to the Tech Museum of Glass in La Granja, and the facilities of the Royal Glass Factory.
Factory and Art Vetraria Muranese.
We will eat in a restaurant near the Royal Palace and who wish may visit in the afternoon this historic building and the Until that segoviana town we will go by bus beautiful gardens surrounding it, plus the departing from the spectacular fountains MAVA to visit the exhibition of new pieces that are located there. made in the Royal
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Our activities.
CULTURE 2016 program.
This September we will visit CaixaForum Madrid to see the exhibition "Impressionists and modern". This exhibition traces the names of the leading masters of painting from Romanticism to Abstract Expressionism through the works of Manet, Courbet, Sisley, Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso, Modigliani, Kandinsky, Pollock and Rothko, among others, all from the Phillips
Collection, one of the largest collections of the United States in modern art and avant-garde. The exhibition is divided into six blocks, from romanticism to abstract expressionism. Having the most influential names of each of these movements is a milestone in the exhibition program with which you can count on very few occasions, an exceptional opportunity to
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see the major works of the history of painting of the past 200 years . In the words of Duncan Phillips, "shared by artists from around the world and different eras spirit shows us that art is a universal language." An exceptional opportunity for the visitor to see the masterpieces of the Phillips Collection collection of Washigton, from where very rarely.
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Interview with Roger Pacios.
Renaissance man" made in his workshop pieces of sculpture, mirrors, decorative lamps, art showcase, a line of jewelry under the brand 'lady skbx' and various corporate gifts. Among his most recent creations are reminders that the Regional Council of Bierzo distributed among the municipalities in the region to commemorate the 25th The berciano artist Roger Pacios faces anniversary of the institution. every morning, for 16 years, to the fragility of glass which produces parts The pieces produced by the artist crafts which gives life in his workshop berciano also decorate the premises of Glass of Ponferrada and "the tensions several municipalities in the region and the rest of the province. Pacios has that tend to break free breaking" , as also done work in different churches, he explains. In recent years, this in particular properties and heritage artisan glass has had to deal with another kind of fragility and tension, a buildings such as the Palacio de business that the crisis has started two Canedo (Leon). "I think I have the Guinness record with a stained glass thirds of its volume. To achieve this, window made for a particular and Pacios has changed the structure of measuring nearly four meters more your company and has launched a than one high and I had to develop in necessary reinvention of the working one piece," he boasts. methods. "As we are a small workshop, we have the ability to radically change the system development and production," he explains, adding that "today I can be doing a showcase, before yesterday it was preparing a production of pieces of gift and tomorrow someone comes to ask me a necklace with a special glass beads. " With the ability to adapt to demand and work to promote the creation of a quality label for handicrafts of the province, Pacios confident of overcoming the weaknesses of a business in permanent tension. And, as noted by the artist himself, "craftsmen are specialists in making new holes to the belt". Pacios began in 2000 his solo adventure in the world of crafts, after twelve years dedicated to hospitality, with business and a nightclub in Leon or a rural hotel in the Ancares. Returning to his native Ponferrada and making use of what they learned in the School of Arts and Crafts in Leon, he raised the blind artisan glass shop that bears his name. "I started from scratch completely, the workshop was in the attic and had to trajinar glasses up and down every day," recalls the artisan. That was when he completed his academic training with several courses in the Galician Glass Centre, in Santiago de Compostela (La Coruna) and the Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja in Segovia. "The school taught me the trade, but the technique I learned in those years with artists such as Miriam di Fiore, who taught me how to think like glass, to look at the guts of the glass," explains Pacios. Between torches, ovens, candilones and polariscopes, seems to Pacios really think like glass while talking with passion molecular anchors, blown, cooking points and thermoformed, or as the ancient glassmakers lived cloistered in the island of Murano and paid with his life the transmission of his precious knowledge. This "aspiring
explains the artist berciano. At that first meeting, members of the association identified the two major challenges facing the sector: the display and marketing of products. To meet them, the first steps of the association will be the creation of a website that allows online sales of products and promotion through the presence of artists in national and international fairs.
In this sense, the ultimate aim of the new association of artisans, confesses Pacios is the creation of a quality mark for craftsmanship of the province, a label that would certify the origin and quality of the pieces. "It is a project to develop, we need to define who decides what is quality but not exclude anyone," explains Pacios, which anticipates that the artisans interested in obtaining the seal could attend specialized training, another basic objectives that born the association. "In that case would be directed to the Hastening the finishing touches on his artisans themselves, but also we want latest work, the artist confesses "lucky" to have courses taught by craftsmen to be able to enjoy a job that allows other colleagues and the public in you to express your creative general," progresses. personality. "What I do not do is copy, the philosophy is that you bring to your The berciano memory craftsman home a unique piece, something makes his first steps in the world of unique, which does not always mean it glass, after training for the electrical is better than something mass installation sector, studied at the Virgen produced," he admits. So criticizes the de la Encina Institute of Ponferrada. occasions when some colleagues "My family had companies in the have plagiarized her work and construction sector, but I discovered acknowledges with a smile of that it was not for me," he says, though satisfaction, "the mosqueo I unto me he admits that years later used the with a little ego and think they do well knowledge of electricity and electronics if they copy the good". learned at that time for the creation of lamps made in the present. After a stint When hitting the market, all the in the military, Pacios attended five artisans have to face the problem of years of study at the School of Arts and making work pay for a product that, as Crafts of Leon, where he became an Pacios himself admits, is "third, or apprentice of Fernando de Andrés, fourth, or tenth need." "You have to who later became dean of the College monetize because they work many of Architects of the province. hours you spend", he claims the craftsman who laments that "among "There I found in my environment, in the general public, with the exception the morning I went to school and in the of very specific circuits, the crises afternoons I used to study architecture factor causes people to pay costs". To my mentor," says the craftsman, who preserve this unstable balance discovered precisely at that time his between effort and benefit, the only passion for artistic window. "One of the thing that can artisans, Pacios experiences I remember most clearly is explains, is to accelerate the times of the almost divine connection he felt work without that meaning a loss of when he entered the Cathedral of Leon quality. "A job that you sell for 1,500 and walked watching the windows euros can not get him in over a month, while listening to Pink Floyd in the you have to remove it in fifteen days walkman" explains Pacios, with and if it can be in a week, the better. If bittersweet nostalgia. it takes two months you are losing money and you can do it once, but as Now it is he who every summer a system you will not serve to survive conveys his teachings to students of art school and the School of Arts and and the great wonder is your job to Crafts León every year come to make survive, "he says. this ponferradino workshop practices. In order to continue to enjoy the In this way, you put your grain of sand wonder, the berciano artist participates to counteract the tendency to the as coordinator of the activities of the disappearance of these traditional new partnership Craftsman Leon, born trades. "We have a very decent and we under the Provincial Council with the give value to this knowledge we have, aim of promoting quality craftsmanship which is a cultural asset," he argues. and stimulate companies in the sector Of Leonoticias. in the province. "At the moment we are about 30 artisans and celebrated our first meeting less than a month ago,"
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Other trends. The bonus culture of Italy.
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Gifts always: family and friends. And one more. For any young Italian who celebrated her 18th birthday in 2016 you will receive a special present. The Executive Matteo Renzi last week approved the so-called bonus culture, which honors every Italian or foreign with residence permits born in 1998 with $ 500 to spend on products and artistic activities, until December 31, 2017: books, records , tickets to theaters, museums, theaters, and so on. The measure, which comes into force on September 15, has generated a debate that reached the halls of the Spanish Congress. Panacea or populism? ¿Exception or exportable idea? Politicians and representatives of the cultural sector in Spain applaud, but with reservations. "It gives me a tremendous envy. And it's a way of putting the emphasis on the productive side of the arts, "argues Marta Rivera, head of Citizen Culture. "We feel well all that is intended to increase cultural audience," adds Jorge Lago, member of the Council can in the areas of Culture and Education. "It represents a very important political commitment and a significant investment. And it shows that Culture for Renzi is a state matter, "adds Iban Garcia Blanco, Secretary of Culture of the PSOE, as close to the ruling Democratic Party Italy. And remember that the Basque Country, during the socialist Patxi Lopez management, launched a similar program.
But the fact is that the Basque bond had many differences. First of all, integrated spending: paying 25 euros, the consumer could make purchases with a value of 40. The promotion lasted a month and had no age limitations. Among other similar projects, Spain has Scene 25, with 25 euros Catalonia gives citizens aged between 18 and 25 years to go to the theater, or the grant to purchase cultural Extremadura provides young people up to 30 years. And in the Basque example was also based bonus plan Promoting Reading the Association of Book Chambers presented to the Ministry of Culture in April 2015. "The idea is similar: to provide resources for the acquisition of cultural products, as books, especially in independent stores, "says Antonio Maria Avila, executive director of the Federation of Publishers' Guilds. But Renzi plan goes further because it will benefit 574,593 young people and, above all, for 500 euros account for almost double the 260.1 Spaniards spent on average on Culture in 2014, according to official data. In Spain, the numbers from the ministry show the other side that precisely the group of between 15 and 24 years is the most enjoys the arts is the largest percentage of the population reading, visiting museums and going to cinemas, theaters and concerts . Anyway, the operation entails, according to respondents, other benign effects. "I feel strong and
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successful. Probably, isolated, does not contribute significantly to increasing cultural consumption of young people form, but associate with the arts is an important step, "Tierce Bet Orfila, president of ADETCA, the association of theater companies of Catalonia. And Rafael Sanchez, Egeda (management entity rights of audiovisual producers), believes educate "young people about the importance of intellectual property." Paternalism and populism So the bond should be replicated in Spain? Here doubts emerge. Juan Ramon Gomez Fabra, president of FECE (the federation of film exhibitors), believes that the priorities are others: reduction of cultural VAT something reflected in part in Article 89 of the agreement of investiture between Citizens and Podemos, which excludes film and ensures that the tax rate will be reduced to shows in alive- and fight against piracy. "I'm afraid that here would be interpreted as a sinecure to Culture" adds Rivera. Although the sharper is Manuel Borja-Villel, director of the Reina Sofía: "As things stand, everything that helps the culture more accessible is welcome. That said, it seems somewhat paternalistic and populist. It is very focused on consumption. It might be better that institutions not charge entry. It is as if access to privatized Culture, in return you give alms for you to enjoy. "
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Peke Toyas in Tarifa.
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uniquely European creation, also, interestingly, was not part of the currency in trade between Europe and the rest of the world, and was not adopted by other cultures outside the Christian culture. In form, the windows are stained glass compositions that are assembled by rods lead or copper.
It's official, Tarifa already has its first glassmaker resident in its history. It is called Peke Toyas. He was born in Logroño in 1965 and recalls that the first time he saw rate was convinced that someday return, something that is very common among those who have not been born here.
fact it is not, adding credibility to the story they are telling. The stained glass windows in medieval times met a similar effect. "Basically, the glassmakers were the creators of special effects," I said smiling.
Despite the fragility of the material, stained glass larguísima is a means of You were used in the temples conservation. Unlike paint, the of the Romanesque period, but colors we see in the old stained reached its apogee with the glass windows of cathedrals architecture of the thirteenth today are of the same intensity century. Technological as when they were created. innovation of Gothic In addition the windows have a architecture led to the relatively low cost of construction of ever higher and maintenance, but must be ever larger windows buildings. cleaned with soap and water. The widespread use of stained glass in order to cover increasingly large windows of Gothic religious buildings.
To understand the importance of stained glass religious Peke began studying glass art cause and its visual impact on in Leon at 17. Then in Valencia those attending the temples, and later in Barcelona. Peke Peke makes the illustrative comes to live in Tarifa just over comparison between the a year, having spent hard Gothic glaziers and of the times in personal and special effects in movies. professional level. The common visitor to the Here is a place to feel good churches in the Middle Ages again working and where was rural setting, accustomed again beginning to feel the to small, dark one-story tranquility it brings the sweet buildings. These people when taste of success. entering the temples and see Its unique name does justice to the biblical scenes in the windows, which were its unique personality. It has strategically placed to take very well furnished head, tidy advantage of the sunlight at its and well executed ideas. maximum potential, and see Conveys confidence and good that ecstasy of huge work. During our pleasant chat concentrations of light and in the garden of his home and intense backlit colors, easily studio in Puerto Llano, Peke succumbing to faith with the shown me about his consequent religious sacrifice profession. contribute financially what little I noticed that the glass is a they had. very old material that has been The special effects in movies worked by many cultures from are meant to make us believe all over the world, but the that something is real when in stained glass is a means of
It is also a discipline that has evolved little since its invention in the twelfth century. It has only been two major innovations throughout its history, both in the late nineteenth century. One was the use of copper instead of lead for bonding parts and other civilian use in home decoration. Peke has worked on all types of windows, from the restoration of old stained glass windows in churches, to the production of windows for decorative elements on doors or cabinets, but what better given to Peke, and where he most likes to spend his time is create entire windows to cover large windows or skylights of natural or artificial light. It has worked well throughout the nation, from wineries and restaurants in La Rioja to Córdoba or private homes in Madrid. Just participated in Casa Decor 2016 in Madrid, the largest exhibition of decoration, design and interior architecture in Europe. Todotarifa.com blog
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New trophies Tour.
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As usual, an event sponsored by a brand typically includes various activities and agreements.
his name for the green jersey.
trophy is inspired by a bicycle wheel, referring to the beginnings of this However, it has been brand as a manufacturer revealed that the of these vehicles and 121 involvement of the Czech years ago. This is the case of Skoda, manufacturer in this bike which this year became race goes a step further. The trophy will be a piece sponsor of the Tour de of glass 60 centimeters And it has been the brand France for the thirteenth and four kilos of weight, itself who has been time. handmade by glass commissioned to design Lasvit, one of the most This sponsorship included the trophy for this year's prestigious glass factories providing the organization Tour. in the Czech Republic. and equipment of The design for which vehicles, as well as give Skoda has opted for this
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Glass production in the Alhambra.
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The archaeological excavation that is being developed in the medina of the Alhambra has allowed, in the vicinity of the Gate of the Seven Floors, the discovery of the structure of a furnace 'keyhole' for the production of glazed ceramic and Nazari glass in an area that is considered "industrial" by the large presence of zinc in the soil.
championed by the School of the Alhambra, with the collaboration of the University of Granada (UGR) and two British universities, Bournemouth University and University of Leicester, which aims to identify techniques of production of glazed ceramic and glass Nazari.
were introduced to baking and other elongated where fuel is placed. The elevation of the furnaces has not been preserved, but the base has been discovered in which they settled.
The multidisciplinary team consists of the archaeological heritage curator of the Alhambra and Generalife, Jesus Bermudez; OVER 20 PARTICIPANTS IN Alberto Garcia Porras, of the The first phase of this THE EXCAVATION University of Granada; Chloe excavation, which lasts for fifteen N.Duckwath, of the University of More than 20 youths, including days but will resume in Leicester; Kate Welham archaeologists, art historians and September, has also led to the (Boumemouth University); David other disciplines related to the discovery results of some of the Govantes, as coordinator, and world of research, involved in the remains of pottery and glass, Derek Pitman, analytical excavation. mainly typical elements of a -specialist. vasos household items, drinks , The head of the Patronato of the During the visit to the excavation, vessels or platos-- produced in Alhambra and the Generalife, Alberto García Porras stressed the oven dating from the late Reynaldo Fernández Manzano, that the current research project fifteenth century and XVI, has accompanied this combines "traditional systems although they could be found in multidisciplinary team to the area with modern geophysical other deeper strata, some older. of dry land, which is developing techniques that allow us to 'see' the first phase of the research: This has been explained project beneath the surface before "The Alhambra continues to coordinator, David Govantes, digging, and chemical analysis surprise and will continue to who has indicated that this type that indicates the presence of support this type of projects of Moorish pottery was very pollutants left by industrial ranging us to open new fields of popular in Europe, especially by activities ". research and other clues to learn Genoese merchants, bringing more about the monument, "he In dry areas where they develop these elements not only served maintained. work workshops and kilns, where to decorate the palace itself and Nazari producers producing monuments of the Alhambra, but Archaeological excavation has various handicrafts, including also exported to other countries, revealed the first surprises and glazed tiles combined with so the medina area can be has been found in the area of the elements of carved stone, wood considered a real industrial area. Gate of the Seven Floors the and metal that served as structure of a furnace 'keyhole', The project, named 'exploration decoration in the Nazari palaces called so because they had a and excavation of the industrial and export were staying to other circular area where the objects areas of the Alhambra' is countries in Europe.
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The window becomes popular.
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Although the manufacturing process of stained glass artisan remains, as it was centuries ago when permeating Gothic cathedrals, its lines, tracery and drawings have been opened to the world.
ornate drawing and color and play more with textures of clear glass and linear designs. They are more adapted to the type of modern decor "they say in Opal Stained glass.
Decorate, but also filter the Yes, Gone are the light, they allow to close exclusively religious reasons spaces such as courtyards, with which the client divide environments and associates these pieces and create them. some houses were common And above all, having one is in the late seventies. to have a small work of art to Any scene, traditional or modern, can be a design today. "Demand is very varied styles: modernist, heraldic, portraits, religious and reproduction of artistic works by Velazquez, Mondrian, Miro, or Wright," explain in Artevisa.
be placed in any space: windows, doors, skylights, courtyards, screens, cupboard doors, kitchen cabinets, false holes, windows stairs ...
And that prices to suit all pockets. There are windows of 100 euros and 4,000 euros or other more. It more or less expensive will depend on the number of pieces, size and hours of work. For example, a door or window half a square meter can take about 16 hours. That's because the technique and way of working remains the same as the past though, as recalled in Artevisa, except that welding furnaces and wood were before and are now electric.
They have also changed materials and types of glass. "A design is made, once accepted by the customer, Housing demand grows as the life-size cardboard is the owner knows and drawn, the glass pieces are approaches the new cut and the window is In Acristalamientos Torres universe of the window. plumbed; it is the most emphasize the client's taste Although, despite the traditional technique" Opal for modernist and abstract opening, its use in homes motifs, Picasso cubist or fails to be massive. "In these Stained glass feature. type, with irregular shapes times its use is rare, being a Then, in the nineteenth and mixing colors. Even, it is minority with respect to other century it was born the not unusual to receive orders glass decorated" perceived Tiffany technique to use from windows made with copper tape replacing lead Acristalamientos Torres. pictures of people. rods. "The main demand of In this journey towards The emergence of new stained glass is a high modernity, "sizes have materials in the twentieth average purchasing power become smaller than in and opts for a decoration or century made it possible to previous centuries, the support an alternative to art deco retro" they add. decorative motifs are less lead, being the most used reinforced concrete. www.amigosmava.org
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Coarte rewards a work in glass.
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The Burgos craftswomen Lourdes Lalanne and Kiara Ganan, Lalanne Jewelry and Glass Aupa! respectively, they have been awarded the first prize in the Third Contest Part craftswoman, held and organized by the Collective of Artisans of Burgos, abridging, during the XXVII edition of the National Fair of Crafts.
The second prize has been awarded to Rocío Aguado San Martin, Palencia. His work in ceramics jury emphasizes its "current and pictorial achieved with traditional techniques and procedures sense."
The last and third prize was received Reza Baharlou, craftsman Salamanca, awarded by "giving value to a The winning piece is a work craftsmanship of ancient in glass and jewelry which tradition." the jury appreciated the The jury of this third work of two craftsmen with contest has been different disciplines and composed by Miguel Angel who manage to make a Ortega, director of the play with one-way. School of Art; Ignacio "It is a unique piece, none González, manager of of the two materials IMC, and burgalés artist overlap, but complement," Cristino Díez, who have said Roberto Fernandez, chosen the winners after President of abridging. visit and evaluate all the pieces presented by the 44
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participants of the contest. The awards consist of a contribution of 300, 200 and 100 euros respectively and a diploma, delivered by Javier Lacalle, mayor of Burgos, who has positively and grateful valued the "effort, creativity and work" of the collective and all the craftsmen they have participated in this twentyseventh edition of the fair. Roberto Fernandez has defined this show as "the way the public can see the culmination of an artisan craft manifested in one piece and the union of all the techniques you can employ a craftsman." The Fair was located located in the Burgos Paseo del Espolón, is free, and has been open to the public until July 17.
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Lorca glass lamps.
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Lorca claim inclusion in the Network of Jewish Quarters in Spain-Sefarad, as announced by the Councillor for Tourism, Francisco Montiel, who stressed the importance of the city to participate in the circuit responsible for the spread of Jewish heritage throughout the country.
Ubeda, Baeza, Caceres, Toledo, and Segovia. The mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and in 2013 and 2014 requested in writing adherence to this group, but the organization said it had closed the quota additions.
Last November the municipal council agreed The petition, which will be to apply again to the moved to the current former president of the presidency of the Network, Network, which also has the unanimous support rejected the inclusion of of all local groups "which Lorca, now will try again shows the interest in the with the new board of the past and the Jewish culture agency. of Lorca." Then as now the The incorporation of Lorca Consistory highlights the that club would allow important Jewish legacy of corporate events within the the city, which was framework of the exhumed in the past association of which are decade in the castle, part Avila, Cordoba, where archaeological
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excavations was located a synagogue and the remains of a Jewish quarter of the fifteenth century. These remains have enabled Lorca become a center of interpretation of Jewish heritage in Sefarad. Part of the archaeological remains, as a large collection of unique glass lamps ritual in Spain, have been exhibited outside and inside the country. The remains of the Jewish quarter of Lorca extend over an area of about 5,700 square meters. In addition, the synagogue of Lorca has a singularity not having been desecrated by any other religion.
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How does it.
This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Catherine Keenan.
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Luis Parades in Australia.
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Collected in laescena.es.
"" Until Melbourne, Australia, has moved Luis Parades, one of our most international artists, his latest proposal, under the suggestive title of "submerged Stories" will remain on display until September 12 in Melbourne -Indesign.
We watched with attention being undreamed maps that recall given to admire a gem or jade some of the most beautiful stories stone. of Italo Calvino's invisible Cities: From the closeness, we value transparency, its glare and reflections, but also its density, strength and forcefulness.
Container stories
The rigor of execution also answers fortuitous and fortunate discoveries that are triggered in the very act of creating and pleased the artist, incorporating them into the process.
A fixed image on the retina, a story forgotten memory, a dream come true ... these and many more happenings are possible before the pieces of Luis Parades; capable of triggering in the viewer a thousand stories.
There is action and intent, but also calm, wait and silences necessary; and it is these latter aspects which are contained in the work: the "stopped time", "the summer and winter landscapes."
In their technical and formal debug something catches, causing the concentration of the eyes and awakening the imagination.
formal aspects such as scale, composition or repetition, is powered by a controlled lighting and original stands, underlining and highlighting each piece as unique.
I visited his workshop some time before his departure, there emerged this text:
Accustomed to observe through the window passing of life, seldom repair the qualities that exist in the glass.
It is tiny worlds that could be valued as fragments of life but through a studied exhibition design, where nothing is left to The artist puts us in another chance, parts communicate with perspective, the glass takes each other, with infinite shape and makes us aware of its possibilities that generate new own materiality. territories to explore, landscapes architectural unknown,
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"On the map of your empire should be located both large stone Fedora Fedoras as small glass spheres. Not because all are equally real, but because all are only supposed. One contains what is accepted as necessary while still is not; the others, what is imagined as possible and a minute later stops being ". Parades in each work a portion of crystallized life condenses, has the ability to stimulate our senses, transferring to the world of stationary, contemplation and memories, the desire and the need to share an experience appearance. There is some nostalgia for times past, a longing to stop "time and its ravages," concentrating on each image, with the simplicity wabi-sabi, the beauty of life and its deep understanding, because alone, words, would be incapable."" So much for the article in laescena.es last August 14. Luis Parades We wish the best of success in this exhibition.
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Restoration in Park Guell.
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To carry out this work, a team of restorers previously performed the complex task of removing the "skin" original glass mosaic medallions.
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Each of the four suns was subdivided into 24 fragments to ensure their conservation during the restoration process and replacement in the original place. A multidisciplinary team has worked to consolidate the structures forming the supports of the medallions through a fixing system with special nets stainless steel.
Barcelona City Council has completed the work of consolidation and restoration of the medallions of the "four suns" mosaic, one for each season, designed for the ceiling of the Hypostyle Hall of Park Guell in Barcelona.
had to make an emergency action because of a detachment, a fact that led to cover and protect these architectural elements for security reasons .
Parallel to the development of structural works have been restored mosaic fragments extracted in a laboratory, where they have been cleaned in depth and are suitable for replacement.
In addition, during the process it was discovered what were the materials used to make the soles of The restoration has been mosaic: foot cups, plates carried out on behalf of cut glass, bottle caps These works of the City to company B: liquor and perfume reinforcement and SM (Barcelona Serveis bottles. replacement of modernist Municipals) which medallions were carried manages a total of 10 out after the year 2013 park projects.
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The windows of the cathedral.
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After three years of scientific research, it comes to light the book 'The windows of the cathedral of Burgos' which is presented as the first studied and reasoned catalog of the entire set of stained glass.
Not surprisingly, Burgos was one of the centers adopted this art of fire in the Middle Ages, when it reached its peak.
For it has been approached from an interdisciplinary approach Humanities, Conservation and Restoration.
Thanks to the strong momentum of monarchs and The edition, written by bishops of the time, was Professor of Art History at the quickly introduced in the University of Burgos (UBU), Kingdom of Castile. Maria Pilar Alonso, presents Therefore, the city became research on Equity in glass essential for creating stained and monasticism. glass focus, first by The importance of this book importing materials and lies in its own assets of the foreign artists in the Burgos Cathedral, which thirteenth century, later to be houses one of the most positioned in one of the most outstanding glassmakers important creative centers of sets the Peninsula. north-central peninsular in the sixteenth century . This, they show the quality, technique and iconography Thus, the publication preserved corpus Glazier provides the first both installed on the windows comprehensive study of the Cathedral and its Glazier corpus of the chapels, as stored in pieces. Cathedral of Burgos.
The presentation of 'The windows of the cathedral of Burgos' will take place on September 2 at 19.30 in the Sala Teatro Principal Bustle burgalés.
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The event will feature: Francisco Capel, the Institute of Ceramics and Glass and partner of our Association, Manuel Garcia Heras, the Institute of History, Germán de la Fuente, the Institute of Materials Science and Jorge Juan Bakali, president of the Spanish Society ceramics and glass, along with the author herself.
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Glass in the remains of a castle.
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British archaeologists have found remains of some walls, steps and flagstones of a medieval castle near the village of Tintagel, where, according to "History regum Britanniae" written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the s. XII, he was born the legendary King Arthur. Experts believe that the castle was erected on the site may have been built in the V or VI century, just at the time when legends put the life of the famous monarch who is debating whether it was real or a legendary .
we found many fragments of pottery and glass as well as amphorae in which wine and olive oil which indicate that the inhabitants of the castle belonged to the upper classes were transported the society. Archaeologists think that might be the residence of the rulers of the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, according to British media.
"The discovery changes our understanding Tintagel site. Helps reveal the intriguing picture of what life was like in a place of such importance in the In the first excavations of this historically little known centuries project, which will last five years, after the collapse of Roman
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administration in Britain, "says one of the researchers working on the excavations, Win Scutt, in The Independent. Scutt said that the area was excavated in the 1930s by British archaeologist Raleigh Radford, who thought the remains were part of a monastery. The archaeological find has triggered interest among those interested in Arthurian legends, although not found "nothing" about King Arthur, according Scutt. No sign of his sword Excalibur or the round table of his knights.
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Glass walkway in Shanghai.
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Tower, which in Chinese means "Golden Prosperity", will be provided with safety harnesses and helmet to go to the outer platform, and will be accompanied by employees of the building.
Tower (632 meters).
Shanghai joins addition to fashion bridges glass to great heights it has reached many tourist areas of China, such as the natural canyon of Zhangjiajie, in central Mexico, where this year a bridge With this new attraction seeks to of 393 meters opened suspended According to Beijing Times, increase the number of visitors in length and 360 meters high. tourists can go around the the skyscraper, which was once The bridge was inaugurated last building to a height of 340 the highest in the futuristic May, the longest and highest in meters, by footbridge with glass Chinese metropolis, but now has the world in the category of floor, without railings and only been relegated to third place, transparent gateways, although 1.20 meters wide, not suitable for after opening in the vicinity of of Jinmao Tower has equaled him cardiac or enemies of vertigo. Shanghai World Financial Center in the second of these variables. (494 meters) and the Shanghai In any case, visitors Jinmao
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Runway Volunteer.
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Finally it is the turn to the Runway Volunteer.
with the La Almozara.
Work will be done while The 23 broken glass remained clearing vegetation batteries intact on the bridge designed that support the Stone Bridge, by Javier Manterola, next to where the company has cut Expo Zaragoza, will be the trees and shrubs growing replaced in the coming days on the platform foundation due to the repair work started downstream of the three last contract that deals with the closest to is the left margin. maintenance and upkeep of They have also been cut bridges of the Aragonese herbaceous plants that grow capital, the company Iberco. on the stems and caps are to Four months ago the same be removed from the logs was done with the Third retained the latest avenues. Millennium, cracked for years, Its aim is to prevent the and now the replacement will degradation of the building take place at the pedestrian blocks that make up the top of crossing linking the Rivergate
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the foundation. Meanwhile, on the catwalk of Volunteering they proceeded yesterday to start sanding and painting of the most damaged parts of the metal profiles that support the glass. In addition, they will put some aluminum sheets to prevent accumulation of water and will repair the cracks in the mortar slip pavement walkway. Although, according to municipal sources, will not be cut to pedestrian traffic during the repairs.
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The return of a classic.
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The Bank of the City of Buenos Aires just reestrenar a building of great symbolism, that marked an era of modern architecture Argentina.
of the interior, and partly because it let. If you look at the picture carefully, you can see the horizontal panels that let the artificial light from the second basement and of course the light.
that the papers can not accumulate. Unfortunately, soon they changed by other furniture with drawers.
The upper floors housed the offices of managers and It is the headquarters of the directory, and included an bank opened in 1968 at the existing room. Still higher, on corner of Sarmiento and two levels in retirement to form Florida in what was the store With the same material false terraces, classrooms and building A Mexico City, walls that hide and plumbing designed by the very young installations they were created, meeting rooms were installed. architects Manteola, Over the years, the public care and create conduits for Petchersky Sanchez Gomez, maintenance and circulation. sector underwent many Solsona and ViĂąoly. The ground floor had no walls changes that extinguished their The building was a real novelty and was defined by large fixed visual and conceptual transparency. and attractive in a street glass panels, which projects Florida was still not physically the bank to the street, opens it Three years ago, the City pedestrian, a "transparent" decided to return this space to to the public. bank headquarters. devote to public and cultural About Florida, this idea is activities and to show its huge What is striking about the enhanced with the famous place was that the department "balcony", a sector that enters and valuable collection of art. store was taken and emptied, the bench space and allows Site restoration brought preserving only the metal together several of the original viewing almost entirely. structure and external panels authors because he was in From there, for example, you in height. charge of Manteola, Sanchez can see the treasure, a huge From the first basement and safe the size of a room, placed Gomez Santos, Solsona, Salaberry and Vinson, the taking the ground floor and the as an object on display one continuer of the original study. first two floors, a "box" was level down. created, a space cut by City headquarters was, at his Who pass by the corner of mezzanines and stairs made Sarmiento and Florida inauguration, a real nod to with the same metal and recovered and can see the big modernity. visually light grid. "box", clear and with great Upon entering, one sensed the works of art on display. Continuing the theme of light high level of interior design, and continuity, more than Incidentally, the emptying of 60,000 glass bricks used light which reached ashtrays and many furniture and divisions, furniture. brown. you can see the wide scale of In that era optimistic that the space, a true creation. To a large extent, this material computer was born, it was was chosen because it reflects light, increasing the lightness decided that desks had no more than a small drawer, so
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Czech glass.
September 2016
The exhibition this year is called 'The Fragile Beauty' and will include a special presentation of glass decorations for Christmas handmade.
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The president of the Union of Producers of Glass and Jewellery, Pavel Kopáček, which brings together about 50 of Czech companies, mostly based around Jablonec nad Nisou, says that now one can say that the industry has become to stabilize. Currently the sector is representing between 75 and 80 companies with a total of 7,000 workers that meet the needs of customers, mostly foreigners.
Production of jewelry and calls Czech glass beads enjoy worldwide reputation to such an extent that 90% of the products are exported.
Although Czech producers face stiff competition from India and China, there are clear that after stabilizing its business Czech companies expand and move into new markets signs.
Despite this we must recognize that already lived best moments, but gradually One of the showcases for begins to receive a new Czech producers is the impetus. annual exhibition of glass and jewelery summer.
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Despite the ups and downs of fashion jewelery industry, the main importers of fine and fragile Czech products remain Canada, USA and Japan. Kopáček acknowledged that the competition is tough, but do not doubt that jewelry costume jewelry, clothing and materials for Czech Christmas decorations are back and advancing by leaps and bounds along the road to recovery.
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China opens longest bridge glass.
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meters. connecting two cliffs of the canyon and thanks to four huge steel beams and concrete, two at In Henan province it was also completed last September, a each end is held. glass walkway surrounding a Besides being the highest in the steep mountain in the natural world, is also the longest (430 The total investment has park Yuntaishan. meters in total, 375 if only part reached 460 million yuan (62 hanging is counted) and has the million euros). The structure, however, had to be highest platform in the world for closed within a few days of its bungee jumping and the longest Zhangjiajie is one of the most opening after one of the panels visited natural parks in China swing of Asia . shatter made by the impact of an and is recognized by UNESCO object. The walkway is made of large as a World Heritage Site since glass panels of about 6 meters 1992. The authorities of the enclave wide and can hold 800 people. claimed that, despite the scare It has more than 3,000 rock The famous lookout over the pillars -the highest rise up to 200 that the dozens of people strolling Grand Canyon in the United meters- protruding from a dense down the catwalk at that time led, security "was not compromised at States, measuring 21 meters tropical forest. any time" because one of the long and 219 meters above the They are the result of millions of three layers of glass that form stands, stays very small years of erosion due to heavy was only damaged the structure. compared to the Zhangjiajie. rains that hit the area. Given the doubts about its safety, Initially, the bridge should have More than 30 million tourists before the opening of the natural been open to the public in each year visit the enclave. The park managers have organized October 2015 because of the park also has, since 2002, with a several activities to test the National Day holiday in China, glass elevator that rises to 330 resistance of the glass. but its opening was delayed meters. because engineers decided to In one of these tests, dozens of submit the structure to new China seems to have put the volunteers beaten with mallets safety testing and because focus on producing vertigo the help of one of the glass floor heavy rains complicated phase viewpoints to attract local of the structure repeatedly. end of its construction. tourists. In addition to the bridge The first layer was shattered, but in Zhangjiajie, a hanging The work, created by architect platform recently opened in disk the other two were not damaged. Haim Dotan Israeli, was designed to be "unseen as much form, also glass- Shilinxia in the To finish dispel the doubts, a jeep park, located on the outskirts of as possible not to obstruct the circulated several times on the Beijing. view," he explained at the time cracked panel with no further the creator. The attraction stands 30 meters damage occurred, to the astonishment-and suffering-of The images made public by the from a stunning ravine and viewers. visitors can see 360 degree natural park show a structure views from more than 400 The bridge, according to the natural park, holds 10 world records.
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Our Newsletter is worded in:
The Association of Friends of MAVA
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was incorporated on June 21, 2003 in accordance with current management.
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The purpose of this Association is to
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Our goal is to develop and collaborate with other public or private entities in the promotion, protection and dissemination of art and culture. Our members may be fees, benefactors, Full and 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
Vocales
Javier Gómez Gómez
Pablo Bravo García
Tesorera Mª Angeles Cañas Santos