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Wednesday January 27, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Book Report: Before the Studio Glass movement, there was Andries Dirk Copier
FILED UNDER: Book Report, Design
If the story of Studio Glass is a tale of liberation from the factory, then the life and career of designer and sculptor Andries Dirk Copier (1901—1991) is a case-study of this transition. A lavish newly-published book by German publisher Arnoldsche titled Andries Dirk Copier: Ideas in Glass, Unica and More chronicles the experimental work of a designer for Leerdam Glass Factory in the Netherlands who pushed aesthetic and technical boundaries first within the factory system, and later in collaborations with the emerging Studio Glass artists who were reshaping the field.

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