In-Between Hot Glass
30/10/2016-5/11/2016
 
All around there can be seen an increasing interest in Graal Glass, in courses and in glass galleries. It is exactly 100 year ago, in 1916, that the designer-artist  Simon Gate and the master glassblower Knut Berqvist of Orrefors Glassworks in Sweden took up an old techniques of interlayer decoration and coined the expression 'Graal' with the object "Graal Orrefors KB HW N:o 1".
Bild-Werk Frauenau marks this anniversary, and takes it as an impulse to explore the Graal technique to create synergies and future perspectives of artistic glass design in cooperation with glassblowers and glassworks.
 
Colloquium, October 30th
In the triangle of glass craft  - art and design – industry the one day Colloquium explores and revives Graal for the first time in a wide-ranging contemporary context.
On 30th October every glass craftsperson, representatives of glass education, of glass industry  and of glass museums, together with everybody who is simply interested in glass, is invited to a one-day Colloquium in the Frauenau Glass Museum. Lectures and an Open Podium Discussion will draw a bow across the development of interlayer decoration in glass art, both historically via model ways of connections between artists and glassblowers in Europe, and by exploring actual present day initiatives and future potentials.
 
Master Classes, October 31st – November 5th
Which inspirations can be gleaned from the historical base, and which ideas can be utilised and developed in the present day practice? These questions will be explored in the following six-day Master Classes.
These six master classes welcome advanced, professionals and students in art, design and glass craft. The workshops will be led by experienced glass artists and teachers and will explore the potentials of glass engraving, glass painting, silk screen, glass cutting, pâte de verre and flame-work in relation to the designing and creation of Graal glass. The classes will work artistically on appropriate blanks which then will be reheated in the hot shop. Experienced glass blowers will overlay them with clear glass and blow them into their final form on the blow pipe.