IOWSG 'Studio Day' 20th April 2008 |
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- Slide show of the days events ~ Click Here |
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Sunday 20th April saw the second “STUDIO DAY” held at the studio premises and yet again what a fantastic day it was. The positive feedback has been most encouraging and we are grateful for all of the comments made. It was lovely to meet everyone old and new and we sincerely hope all our guests enjoyed this wonderfully informative and exciting day of likeminded glass enthusiasts coming together to share their passion for glass. |
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Our very grateful thanks must go to Roger Dodsworth, Mark Hill and Ron Wheeler for giving informative talks and explanations and answering questions throughout. |
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The day was opened with Timothy demonstrating the making of a piece from his highly desirable Flower Vase Range supported by Roger & Claire. | |||||||||||
Roger Dodsworth followed this with a fact-packed illustrated talk on UK studios and their glassmakers breaking away from classical and traditional processes employed for centuries by factories. He covered the forging of this movement in the 20’s & 30’s by Scottish studios Monart, Vasart and Juniper Studio, Edinburgh and Graystan, London during the 40’s, 50’s 60’s. |
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| Throughout the day the 2nd glassmaking team of Peter & Keith with the support of Marcus explaining the processes kept the other group entertained.A Buffet lunch was much needed and enjoyed by all visitors and staff before the afternoon commenced. |  |
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| This was then followed by Tim making a heavily cased Lollipop using a technique inspired by past works. | ||||||||||||
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| Mark Hill’s passion for glass was clear when he gave an extremely knowledgeable and informative talk covering the design, development and first commercial use of textured finishes one of many being the Bark Technique . Inspired by European developments | ||||||||||||
| Timothy’s father, founder of Isle of Wight Studio Glass ‘Michael Harris’, whilst a lecturer and head of glass at the Royal College of Art London, experimented with bark amongst other materials to create a textured surface as part of the actual making process. | ||||||||||||
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The final glassmaking session saw Timothy use this actual technique with tree bark to make the Studio Day Piece, ‘NEW FOREST’ . A fitting tribute to his Father and his work. | |||||||||||
Photo Gallery of the day ~ Click Here |
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