GLASS NET IRELAND

As the Year Of Craft draws to a close I am inviting; artists, historians, clients, collectors, gallerists, writers, friends, patrons and lovers of glass to participate in Glass Net Ireland.

In 2011 An Post, in association with the Crafts council of Ireland, issued the  stamp illustrated above with an image of my work entitled ‘Catch a Breath’ This stamp was one in a series of five stamps issued to mark the year of Craft.  The image is of a glass butterfly net, with a gently curving glass handle, which hangs in space creating an ethereal shadow. This piece speaks of a carefree time, of tripping through a meadow as a child, unconscious of time and chasing the elusive. There is a certain wistfulness expressed in this work, in wanting to remember to make time to dawdle, to see the beauty in the ordinary, and to celebrate the little things we can so quickly forget when life gets too busy.

Inspired by the occasion of this issue, I am collaborating with An Post to build on the archive of information about contemporary Irish glass. I am inviting anyone with a story or connection with contemporary Irish Glass to write to me with accounts of their personal experience with glass. It may be the story of a piece of glass you received as a special gift or inheritance, a piece that you commissioned, a story of a relative who works in glass, an artist you met, collaborated with or documented. It may be an encounter with a work or process you wish to have recorded in the national archive and publicly accessible.

Photographic images, original documents and hand written or email accounts- all are acceptable but cannot be returned. Please include your own name and contact address and feel free to spread the net as wide as you wish! The stamp is available from An Post – on line http://www.irishstamps.ie/shop/c-94-the-year-of-craft-in-ireland.aspx or in larger post offices countrywide.

Postal Address; 37 Ashfield Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.

Email; redbuitlear@yahoo.com

Category : Project

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