Glass Curiosities: Concrete made translucent through glass fibers

FILED UNDER: Curiosities

What material is as strong as concrete, can be over a meter thick, and yet transmits light? Litracon (LIght TRAsmitting CONcrete), invented by Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi, is a concrete building material which can display light and shadow. “Thousands of optical glass fibers form a matrix and run parallel to each other between the two main surfaces of every block,” Losonczi explained in an article for a photonics industry trade magazine.

Friday October 1, 2010 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: Rik Allen’s one-man (Space)Craft Movement lands in Santa Fe

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, Opening

Rik Allen brings together his skills as a glassblower and metalsmith in spacecraft from a rusting utopia.

Friday October 1, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Fifth annual Female Flame-Off burning up Northern California this weekend

FILED UNDER: Uncategorized

The scene from last year's Female Flame-Off, an annual event which has been held each year since 2006 at different locations around the U.S.

Friday October 1, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Image Gallery: “Kaleidoscope” exhibition caps Montreal’s year-long “City of Glass” celebration

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, Image Gallery, News

A nonprofit center for emerging Quebec artists was the setting for the "Kaleidescope" exhibition on Wednesday evening in Montreal.

Thursday September 30, 2010 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: On Saturday, an entire New York neighborhood will become an art gallery for one white night

FILED UNDER: Events, Exhibition, Opening

Miho Ogal's work, entitled Light and Dance, uses rotating 12- by 18-inch panes of glass and projected light in a work that will include live dancers.

Monday September 27, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Public Art: Abstract chromatic landscapes in recent Paul Housberg architectural panels

FILED UNDER: New Work, Public Art

Friday September 24, 2010 | by Andrew Page

OPENING: A revamped Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery reopens outside Toronto with all-star exhibiti

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, News, Opening

Also included in the group show opening tonight, Alfred Engerer's cast glass work was the subject of a September solo exhibition.

Tuesday September 21, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Call for Submissions: 2012 Glass Art Society Conference proposals due in one month

FILED UNDER: Call for Submissions, Events

The Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art, the 1962 birthplace of Studio Glass, will be an appropriate setting for the Glass Art Society's 2012 conference.

Monday September 20, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Image Gallery: The Museum of Glass raises $650,000 at annual auction gala

FILED UNDER: Award, Events, News

Set to Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Etsuko Ichikawa (at left) and Mizue Trinidad provided a performance art piece with hot glass during the Red Hot Party. photo: mahesh thapa

Sunday September 19, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Prison as Prism: Judith Schaechter finds perfect site for first major architectural installation

FILED UNDER: Exhibition, New Work, News, Public Art

Judith Schaechter inside Eastern State Penitentiary in a still from her project video.