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2009 Rait Prääts SIMPLE QUESTIONS
VABADUSE GALLERY 12.03. – 1.04. 2009
2009 Maks Roosma 100
2008 Glass and light sculpture for Glaston Corporation headquarters by Meeli Kõiva
2008 Vitrum Balticum IV
Anna Vesele (Latvia)
2008 WINTER SALON
2008 Estonians at European Glass Context
Rait Prääts, Kristiina Uslar, Virve Kiil; photo by M.Saare
2008 Rait Prääts is the Appreciated Glass Artist of 2006/07
The honourable nomination for the title of “Appreciated Glass Artist 2006/07” was awarded to Rait Prääts.
Rait Prääts calls himself a craftsman of the twenty-first century, and that he is, in the highest meaning of the word. As an artist he has captured epic ideas by working with traditional methods. This reflects the modern paradox as it stands—to materialize idea into glass there is still no other process, but age-old technique. Continue reading
2008 OPEN – annual exhibition in Paide
Eve Koha: Pupil. 2008
2008 Kristiina Uslar got an award in GAS annual conference
Kristiina Uslar: Live. 2008.
The 38th Glass Art Society annual conference was this year held in Portland, USA, addressing the issue of “FORMING FRONTIERS”. The three Emerging Artist Lecture Awards 2008 were given to Jessica Jane Julius, Joseph Cavalieri (both USA) and Estonian glass artist Kristiina Uslar. All three made a presentation about their works in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall of Winningstad Theatre. In her presentation Uslar concentrated on her sculptures in the pâte de verre technique, which are mainly inspired by Roman diatretas.