At the age of 49, after almost thirty years at the furnace, William Morris, he of the detailed historical and archeologically referenced work, his homages to ancient and historical peoples, has decided to call it quits. Morris was an art student, who took a job at Pilchuck as a truck driver in 1977. Not long after, he was given the job of head gaffer for Pilchuck’s founder Dale Chihuly, who became his mentor and close friend.....and the rest as they say, is history. “With unmatched technical virtuosity, Morris helped push American glassblowing...
More information that is easier to access is waiting for you on the Corning Museum:
website. www.cmog.org
The mission of The Corning Museum of Glass is to tell the world about glass - its art, history and technology. As such, the Museum is constantly looking for ways to provide information via the web. The following, details new features...
by Andrew Page
The Rockford Art Museum announced that Mayor Lawerence J. Morrissey awarded the 2007 Mayor’s Art Award for Most Creative Cultural Event of the year...
Alfrdeo Barbini, “one of 20th-century glass’s greatest champions, died earlier this year at age 94.
Barbini was honored at the Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti last December by the mayor of Venice and others, for his ”human and artistic qualities, his complete dedication to Murano glass, his...
