Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Yesterday we featured an essay in this month’s issue of Arts & Antiques Magazine on the reasons for the demise of Steuben Glass. We’re delighted that at least one person was on her way to find a copy of the issue. Beth Jacques of Brooklyn says:

Thanks so much for this info, Alan; I’m out the door to the bookstore. I wonder how Gorilla Glass might be used in contemporary sculpture. Happy Holidays!
Beth Jacques

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We’ve written about problems in delivering the Gazette to aol participants. To try and avoid this kind of issue we’re looking to move to a commercial platform that knows how to deal with spam issues when we e-mail the Gazette. That means we’re going from a free delivery system to one that will cost the Carder Steuben Club $200-300 per year. If you’ve enjoyed the Gazette and haven’t signed up to be a member of the Club, now is the time to join and help offset these costs. It’s only $35 to join; you get a membership in CMoG, included in this price; you get a free DVD showing the Reifsclager Gallery at the Rockwell Museum as it existed in around the year 2000, before it was closed; and you do a good deed for glass collecting. It’s easy to join or renew membership. Just go to: http://cardersteubenclub.org/membership/membership-form.cfm

If you are already a Club member then you are also a member of Corning Museum of Glass. You then would have recently received their quarterly magazine, “the Gather”. At page 13 you would have immediately recognized the picture of an Intarsia bowl. The museum is the recipient of a gift of this bowl from Barbara Olsen in memory of CMoG fellow, John K. Olsen. The article notes that Intarsia is one of the rarest types of glass developed by Carder. This was the only type of Carder glass that was routinely signed with Carder’s name, “Fredk Carder”. This signature signaled Mr. Carder’s pride in this type of glass.

The article describes the construction of Intarsia. Three layers of glass. Two colorless layers that enclose a colored design. Only one skilful glass blower, Johnny Jansson, was able to produce Intarsia. That’s true to this day.

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2013 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 19-21, 2013. The festivities will begin with Frederick Carder’s 150th birthday celebration on the evening of September 18, 2013.

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