Amy Rueffert, Log (Dog & Butterfly), 2008. Blown, solid glass, decals, vitrolite. H 11, W 11, D 5 1/2 in. courtesy: morgan contemporary glass gallery.

Monday October 4, 2010 | by Andrew Page

3 Questions For ... Mel Douglas

FILED UNDER: Artist Interviews, Exhibition, New Work

Saturday October 2, 2010 | by Kim Harty

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.