CONFERENCE EXTREME GLASS

Extreme Glass: a focus on material and process.
4/9/2015-6/9/2015

This year our Conference further expands upon our classes and puts them into context. The materiality of glass and glassmaking techniques will be examined as artists and designers look at the material afresh, investigate the basic science and the tools used, and ask how far it is possible to push the idea of "the glassmaker".

Conference speakers include some who have found innovation through the media of materials and process, and some who think about the importance of actually making. The expanding world of glass will be considered by educators and curators and during the Conference there will be practical workshops, seminars and opportunities for attendees to introduce themselves through presentations

Posted 8 July 2015

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Our Conference begins on Friday 4th September at 2.00 pm with something new – an Object Seminar. Delegates are invited to apply in advance to give a short presentation of 3-5 minutes on an object they have made or own. Objects should be within a hand held scale with the intention that they can be handled. After the presentation the objects will be on display over the course of the Conference weekend.
This will be followed by a presentation on Developments in Glass 2015 and the Exhibition opening which will feature recent North Lands activities at 6.30 p.m.

As another new feature in our programme we would like to illustrate the quality and diversity of contemporary glass art and craft in Scotland. To do this we would like to invite Scottish and Scottish based artists to submit 1 – 3 images of their work together with a short statement in the form of a Haiku style poem describing their ideas, their work and/or their motivation. The successful entries will then be formed into a slide show which will be on display during the course of our Conference.

Speakers include:

-Dr Zoe Laughlin, an artist and maker working at the interface of the science, art, craft and design of materials. She is a co-founder and Creative Director of the Institute of Making and the Materials Library located there.
-Jeroen Maes, Director of Glazenhuis in Belgium and Curator of the International Glass Prize
-Tord Boontje, an industrial designer whose practice spans industrial and craft techniques
-Jerome Harrington whose practice-based PhD at Sheffield Hallam University investigates understanding the object and its material existence by reference to the making process
-There will also be talks by Master Class leaders Angela Thwaites and James Maskrey.

The following speakers have just been added to the programme:
-Matt Durran
-Julia Stephenson
-Yohav Reches

The Conference is open to artists, curators and those with an interest in the creative industries. Conference events will run from 2.00 p.m on Friday 4^th September.

Conference Fee: £250
Reduced Fee for Master Class participants: £200
Reduced Fee for Students: £190
10% Discount for CGS and SGS members
Early Bird Discount Available

Fees include dinner on Friday and Saturday evening and lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

North Lands Creative Glass
Quatre Bras
Lybster, Caithness KW3 6BN
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1593 721229
northlandsglass.com