The cover of GLASS 119, Spring 2010, features the photographs of John D'Agostino, who shoots through rescued fragments of Tiffany Favrile glass to create striking portraits of splendor and decay.
The new issue of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly hits newsstands and subscriber mailboxes today. On the cover: The photographs of John D’Agostino who shoots complex abstract landscapes of rescued fragments of Tiffany Favrile glass. GLASS contributing editor James Yood makes the point that very little of the glass in D’Agostino’s photographs would ever have seen the light of day as much of the material was rescued from a major clean-out of the Tiffany factory after its founder Louis Comfort Tiffany‘s death in 1933. D’Agostino’s grandfather salvaged boxes worth of the Favrile glass destined for the rubbish heap (or, more likely to be dumped unceremoniously into New York’s East River) so the material has added personal significance for D’Agostino.
Also in this issue, GLASS editor-in-chief Andrew Page profiles the New Orleans glass scene five years after Katrina as a new disaster threatens the economy of this battered cultural capital. As the oil spill a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico makes landfall in parts of Louisiana, and its impact on the economy of New Orleans is still to be determined, the article examines the rugged individualism of New Orleans artists who were able to recover from the 2005 hurricane.
Elsewhere in the new issue, contributing editor William Ganis profiles up-and-coming artist Mielle Riggie, whose work in a variety of glass techniques as well as other materials exemplifies a new generation of artist who switches freely between media in expression of a wide range of ideas.
As part of GLASS magazine’s continuing coverage of the most interesting developments in design, Analisa Coats Bacall examines the Artecnica “Design with Conscience” line designed by Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden, whose TranSglass series transforms industrially produced wine bottles into sophisticated design executed by highly trained artisans who cut, grind, and polish old wine and beer bottles into objects of remarkable elegance.
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