Editor's Letter
by
Andrew Page
Glass, prized for its pristine surfaces, clean lines, and purity of form, has a dirty secret-- it takes tremendous amounts of energy to make it. Silica and soda lime only join together to make molten glass when heated to temperatures north of 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit. The amount of energy required to achieve and sustain those temperatures requires the burning of large amounts of natural gas, which over the course of a year releases literally tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Hourglass
Stunning glass beads in Sars-Potieres, France; bold glass panels bring Dutch television museum to life; an Internet site organizes the online world of glass; Norman Foster;s sculptural approach to green architecture; rarely seen Paul Marioni work unearthed at the Bellevue Arts Museum; 50 years after he came to the American Craft Museum, Paul Smith reflects on the state of Studio Glass.
Reviews
Lynette Walworth at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England; Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend at the D&A Fine Arts, Los Angeles; Richard Jolley at Leo Kaplan Modern, New York; Ruth Allen at Chappell Gallery, New York; David Walters at Traver Gallery, Seattle; Japanese Group Exhibition at the Pittsburgh Center for Glass, Pittsburgh; James Turrell at PaceWildentstein Gallery, New York.
UrbanGlass News
The Bead Project celebrates ten years; a new board member and a returning one; a solo exhibition for Trinh Nguyen.
Reflection
Tomas Robert Stearns (1936-2006)
