Glass Reader

Kevin Petrie is Professor of Glass and Ceramics and Team Leader for Arts at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is author of three books published by Bloomsbury: The Ceramics Reader (2017), Glass and Print (2005), and Ceramic Transfer Printing (2011) Jeffrey Sarmiento is a glass artist and educator based at National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, UK. He is also currently Artistic Director at North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland.

• The Glass Reader Prof Kevin Petrie and Jeffrey Sarmiento List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsGeneral Introduction Petrie and Sarmiento Section One: Meaning, Making and Materiality Section Introduction Petrie and Sarmiento Section 1.1 What is Glass and why is it Important? Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 1. Invisible Glass and The Role of Glass in Twenty Experiments that Changed the World Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin2. Excerpt from L’Arte Vetraria Antonio Neri3. Linking Early Human Creations Of Glass With Artistic Potential Jane Cook NEW WRITING4. A Short History of the Glass Mirror Josiah McElhenySection 1.2 Theories of Glass Art, Craft and Design and Making. Why is it Criticality important? Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento5. Fine Art and Functional Objects Arthur Danto6. The Nature and Art of Workmanship David Pye7. Looking at Craft: Upside Down, Backwards and Inside Out Glenn Adamson8. Bodies on the Run Tim Ingold9. The Hand Richard Sennett10. Embodied Knowledge in Glassblowing: meaning and the struggle towards proficiency Erin O’Connor11. The Meaning of Making: Philosophies of Craft David Gauntlett12. The Truth in Glass Mario Codognato13. The Critical Vacuum Alex Rosenberg, Helen Lee and Matthew SzoszSection 1.3 Poetics and Metaphor: Glass in LiteratureIntroductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 14. On the Rainbow Robert Grosseteste15. Glass Architecture Paul Scheerbart16. Reflections, Translucency, Aura and Trace Isobel Armstrong17. Glass and the Psyche Fausto Petrella18. The New Rule Jelaluddin RumiSection Two: Glass in Context Section Introduction Petrie and Sarmiento Section 2.1 Interrogating Studio Glass Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 19. Form, Glass and the Artist Harvey Littleton20. New Glass in Europe: Prerequisites and Developments since the 50s Helmut Ricke21. 50 Years of Studio Glass—From an Avant Garde Craft to a Medium for Art Jutta-Annette Page22. Glass in the Expanded Field Jerome Harrington23. W(h)ither Glass? The Next 50 Years James Yood24. Recasting Glass Tina Oldknow 25. A new generation of glass artists seeks to broaden what it sees as overly narrow parameters for glass art Grace DugganSection 2.2 Glass in Contemporary Art, Design and ArchitectureIntroductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 26. Glass, an imaginative impulse for contemporary art and vice versa Francesca Giubliei NEW WRITING27. Why Glasstress? Adriano Berengo28. Reconsidering Glass Janet Koplos29. Replacing the Myth of Modernism Bruce Metcalf30. Glass is Tomorrow: A Frame For Co-Creation Between Designers And Glassblowers In Europe Lisa Courier31. Josiah McElheny: Master Apprentice Jennifer Gross32. The Structure from within and From without—Identity, Body and Crystal in Olafur Eliasson’s Open Labrynth Carsten Thau33. Gerhard Richter: A Link Between Past and Present Koen Vanderstukken34. James Carpenter: Between Membrane and Microclimate Kenneth Frampton35. Architecture, Glass and Magic Mike Davies NEW WRITINGSection 2.3 Post-Studio Glass: Glass Installation, Performance and Video Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 36. Through a Glass Darkly: Artists, Glass and Authorship Michael Petry37. Glass Performance, What Is That? Riika Haapasaari38. Burning Down the House Andrew Page39. There are Many Ways of Walking Maria Bang Espersen40. How is this glass? Of Post-Glass artists / Glass Guerillas Anjali SrinivasanSection Three: Key Themes Section Introduction Petrie and Sarmiento Section 3.1 Glass, the Body, Gender, and Identity Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 41. Fragile Tissue and Transparent Character Suzanne Frantz42. Memory: Identity : Signs : Craft Stefano Catalani43. On the work of Feminist glass artist Silvia Levenson Julia Stephenson NEW WRITING44. Blow Harder: An Exploration of Language, Sexuality, and Gender in the Glassblowing Studio Karen Donnellan and Suzanne Peck Section 3.2 Technologies for Glass Introductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 45. Expansion in Glass and Print Kevin Petrie NEW WRITING46. Collisions of Style: Printmaking and Glass Kathryn Wightman NEW WRITING47. Introducing Post-Digital Artisans Jonathan Openshaw48. Crafted Computation Colin Rennie NEW WRITING49. Architectural Phenomenology and Glass: an Artist’s Perspective Erin Dickson NEW WRITING50. Taking Wing: Embracing new technologies and approaches in pursuit of pure expression Victoria Josslin51. Glass Pipe Art: A Critical Discussion of a Maturing Field James Baker52. Glass in a Restless Age Angela ThwaitesSection 3.3 Shifts in Global GlassIntroductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 53. New Developments in Chinese Glass Guan Donghai, Yi Peng, Jianyong Guo, Qu Jin and Xue Lu NEW WRITING54. The Glass Virus: European Perspectives and Activation Jens Pfeiffer NEW WRITING55. The Glass Factory and Sweden’s Paradigmatic shifts in glass: Deconstruction, Revaluation and Redefinition in a Time of Change Maja Heuer NEW WRITING56. Hand-drawn Visual Essay on the Venetian Virus in America Ed Schmid NEW WRITING57. Making under the Influence: Australian Glass Susan Cohn NEW WRITING58. Educator’s Manifesto Jack Wax NEW WRITINGSection 3.4 Social Engagement and SustainabiltyIntroductory Summary Petrie and Sarmiento 59. The role of Artists' Skills in Society Inge Panneels NEW WRITING60. Helen Pailing: Glass in the Anthropocene NEW WRITING61. Progressive development of Enviromental Awareness the Small Glass industry Lani McGregor NEW WRITING62. Recycle: About sustainability in Glass Design & Craft Maria Sparre Petersen NEW WRITING63. Designing Transglass Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden NEW WRITINGBibliography