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2005 Days of White Glass: memories

Robert Tannahill

Robert Tannahill

DAYS OF WHITE GLASS IN HAAPSALU
3rd International Hot Glass Symposium
Evald Okas Museum, August 16-23, 2005

Last week,the glass artists of Estonia had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from around the world. The third hot glass workshop, initiated by Kai Koppel, lasted for a week and culminated with a glass show on the museum’s second floor. The exhibit, which stays open till Aug.14, presents a selection of pieces that were created during the workshop before a live audience, and some previously executed works. Continue reading

2005 WHITE GLASS ON DISPLAY

Sung-Hwan Hong: Helmet

Sung-Hwan Hong: Helmet

The Haapsalu Days of White Glass came to a traditional finale with an exhibition at the Evald Okas Museum. The best of works created during the international symposium are on display, giving an overall impression of emotion and spontaneity, at least in the eye of a participant. The show records moments of the recent intense play with fire and hot glass. Continue reading

2005 Eino Mäelt in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design

25.11.2005 – 29.01.2006
CLASSICS. Glass artist EINO MÄELT

EINO MÄELT, Glass artist, the sixth exhibition arranged in the framework of series of exhibitions Classics by the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, continues to present the creative work of the Estonian applied artists who have played an important role in the shaping and development of the Estonian national applied art. The exhibition gives an overview of the creative path of the glass artist Eino Mäelt (b.1940). Glass forms and objects displayed date from the period starting in 1970 up to this year.

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2005 BROKEN THINGS IN VILJANDI

Rait Prääts

Rait Prääts

BROKEN THINGS
Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass artists’ Union
Oct.15-Nov.26, Viljandi City Gallery.

Each of us has had different problems, painful experiences, “broken things” at different stages of one’s life. Cracks may appear in memories or fantasies, in bones or souls. The nature of “brokenness” depends on the modes and causes of breaking – time, life, violence, accident, society, environment, lack of attention or caring, … thus the different terms we apply to a broken thing: martyre, victim, trash, junk etc. In a way, the terms also reflect their user. Continue reading

2005 White Glass in Tallinn

133White Glass in Tallinn
Gallery A, Sept.1-18, 2005

This summer’s international hot glass symposium – Days of White Glass in Haapsalu, brought to Estonia artists from far and near. To the wonder of the spectators, they demonstrated their ability to handle hot glass. A show of the works executed during the workshop, first exhibited at the Evald Okas Museum, will now travel to Tallinn. During the first weeks of September, a choice of works will be on display at the Gallery A. The countries represented include Hongkong, Canada, and our European neighbors. Continue reading