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  • July 2, 2015
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Enhancing the Sparkle: New Assistants to Focus on American Brilliant-Cut Glass Collection Thanks to Luce Grant

There’s something remarkable about walking through our Crystal City Gallery. The light catches every cut—every engraved detail—of the hundreds of pieces on display, all of which were made in Corning. Seeing where the process starts, with a “blank” piece of … Read more →

  • Posted in: News & Events, Research
  • November 7, 2014
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Update on Rakow Research Grant work currently happening in Egypt

Several months ago, we wrote a blog detailing the planned work of Anna Hodgkinson, one of this year’s recipients of Rakow Grants for Glass Research. Using her grant, she planned to excavate a domestic workshop including what may have been … Read more →

  • Posted in: Research
  • August 22, 2014
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Unearthing the Past: Rakow Research Grant used to excavate possible glassmaking site in Egypt

Each year, the Museum makes available one or more Rakow Grants for Glass Research, totaling up to $10,000, with the purpose of fostering scholarly research in the history of glass and glassmaking. One of this year’s recipients, Dr. Anna Hodgkinson, … Read more →

  • Posted in: Research
  • August 7, 2014
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Donor Profile: Gregory Merkel

Dr. Gregory (Greg) Merkel, a research fellow in Corning Incorporated’s Crystalline Materials Research Department since 1981, has had a lifelong interest in the arts and natural sciences. Motivated by a quest for beauty and a strong intellectual curiosity, he has … Read more →

  • Posted in: Donor Profiles, Research
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Object of the Week: Knobbed and Lotus-Bud Beaker, possibly Syria, Roman Empire, 1-99. 64.1.10. The knobbed pattern on this tall vessel was formed when a bubble of hot glass was inflated into a mold. Often described as a “lotus bud” because the knobs resemble the bud of the lotus, this pattern was very popular in the first century A.D. Such beakers were made in many sizes; this example is impresssively large at 20.2 cm tall and 8.7 cm wide.Object of the Week: Ionic Structure of Glass, Dominick Labino, Grand Rapids, Ohio, United States, 1979. Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. 80.4.30.American Studio Glass Movement pioneer Dominick Labino was born on this day in 1910. During the 1970s, no other American artist was fusing and casting glass of this size and complexity, and Labino never revealed his techniques. Ionic Structure of Glass was commissioned by the Museum to celebrate the opening in 1980 of its new circular aluminum, glass, and mirror building designed by the architect Gunnar Birkerts.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.Take your glassmaking skills to the next level this winter at The Studio! We still have spots available in Kathy Elliot’s coldworking class and stained glass classes with Joseph Barlett and Peter Young.

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