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If you want to know how English 18th Century Glasses were made then the Quarley workshop on 9th June is just for you.

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I've just received notification that the latest copy of Vidimus is now available.  For those who haven't heard of Vidimus, I should explain that it is an on-line magazine dedicated to the history of stained glass.  The heading on the homepage speaks of "mediaeval stained glass", but the editors quite rightly are interested in far more than this.  An article in issue 59 reports the death of Keith New, who painted some of the stained glass in Coventry Cathedral. http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-59

I've had another e-mail from the organisers of the Glass Festival.  The list of Exhibitors has been announced - 100 pieces by 70 artists have been selected.  It looks as if it is going to be another exciting exhibition!

I wasn't surprised to see a small selection of Jacobite drinking glasses - some with the most delicate decoration - in the gallery devoted to the history of the Jacobite cause, but I was delighted to come across a a small portrait by Alison Kinnaird.  http://www.alisonkinnaird.com/  Her portrait of Roy Dennis was commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2003. The Gallery has been completely refurbished since I was last there, and is well worth a visit if you are in Edinburgh.  

A big hallo to all of our members; please enjoy the new website and request your members password to be able to login to use all of the facilities, including posting your own blogs, queries, information and photos.Brian Clarke,  Chairman

I'm in Edinburgh to see the F C B Cadell exhibition in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art  http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibitions/the-scottish-colour..., but have taken the opportunity to visit both the National Museum of Scotland and the National Gallery of Scotland.  I was pleased to see the National Museum has the work of two Scottish glassmakers in the shop - Mike Hunter (Twists Glass)

It is now possible to register to receive information about the International Festival of Glass 2012. The web address is  http://www.ifg.org.uk/  The deadline for those wishing to submit work to the British Glass Biennale is 20th February 2012.  If the Festival is anywhere near as good as the two previous Festivals I attended, it should be great fun. 

I've just come across the website of the Glass Museum at Passau - it took me a bit of searching, as the first page of entries were all for sites such as Trip Advisor....It's at www.glasmuseum.de - and well worth a visit.  Unfortunately it's in German only, as far as I can tell, but if you are interested in glass - particularly some of the fine glass of Central Europe, you can find your own way around.  It brought back memories of my visit with the GA last year; and made me want to go back for another visit.