Le verre en Suisse au XXe siècle: entre experimentation technique
et recherche artistique
Revue Art + Architecture en Suisse, Année 58, 2007, numero
4 (pg. 45-47)
by Sylvie Aballéa
Monica Guggisberg et Philip Baldwin: le premier studio en
Suisse
En inaugurant en 1982 le premier atlelier indépendant de
Suisse, Monica Guggisberg et
Philip Baldwin inscrivent la production verrière helvétique
dans le champ de la créativité individuelle. Read
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Comments about Collecting Criteria
for the St’Art 2006, organized by ESGAA (European Studio Glass
Association).
In my experience there tend to be three major tendencies in collecting.
First, and happily foremost, is that of the impassioned private
collector. This is the pioneer and risk-taker, putting his or her
money where the heart lies. Such people buy what they like because
they are personally moved by what they see. They buy for the sheer
love of the thing. As with any developing and ongoing path, this
practitioner is also on a learning curve. It isn’t a matter
of criteria, so much as an evolving vision of the art and its possibilities.
Growing, progressing, changing, the collector moves deeper into
his subject. Yesterday’s treasures may remain so forever,
they may also wind up on the trash heap. This is as it should be.
The process of education inevitably raises the bar, and the discernment
of the buyer becomes more evident. Sometimes this happens in real
life. Sometimes not. Read More...
Ruminations about Craft
Essay "Ruminations on Craft". excerpted from THE BEAUTY
OF CRAFT by Sandy Brown and Maya Kumar Mitchell. 192 Pages, Green
Books, 2005, available fom www.amazon.com.
Craft is one of those words full of shadings with various meanings
and implications. In its most primary sense, we may say that most
of us are bad craftspeople at a lot of what we do, but many of us
get good at one or a few things we do. These are often referred
to as hobbies. Occasionally they are a way of life, a career, a
life's work. Read More...
“Everything is that way because it got that way”:
An appreciation of the Work of Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg
For “Circus of Spheres” catalogue, text by Davd RevereMcFadden
2004.
On Growth and Form , published in 1917 by the Scottish Biomathematician
d’Arcy Thompson, proposed a radical alternative to darwin’s
naatural slection: The evolution of forms was not dependent solely.
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The Heart of Glass
For “Circus of Spheres” for the Venini part of the catalogue,
text by Roberto Gasparotto 2004.
I was struck by the mysterious plasticity and the clean lines of
the works of Monica and Philip from the very first time I saw them
in Frankfurt in 1994. A mixture of Nordic severity and Mediterranean
colour, it was difficult to define which tradition the works actually
belonged to, for they seemed to bring together the rational characteristics
of the Scandinavian tradition and the superb craftsmanship of the
Master glass-blowers in Murano. Read
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Battuto 2002
Sculptures by Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin
Exhibition catalogue February 16th – June 23rd 2002
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft Danmark
Essay by Louise Berndt
Battuto! Battuta!
Battuto. Adjective. Having undergone a series of strikes
inflicted by an apposite tool, for a specific use or as a technique
of fabrication. Read More...
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