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the ely stained glass museum
The Stained Glass Museum is situated in the south transept of historic Ely Cathedral. Guided tours are available as well as child friendly activities. In its own words:
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The Pressed Glass Collectors Club is dedicated to furthering the knowledge and collection of pressed glass. The club's website contains articles and links to their publications. In its own words:
"Formed in 1994, the club is postal based and centred around the club journal 'Marking Times'. Our aim is to encourage and inform members and provide a network of fellow collectors.
Whilst our membership base is in the UK we are an International club with members in USA , Australia , New Zealand & mainland Europe .
Whilst the main area of interest for members is English pressed glass of the Victorian and Edwardian era, we regularly include features about other areas of pressed glass collecting including, American Depression and EAPG, Art Deco & Continental glass. in addition we feature up and coming areas of collectable pressed glass.
Members are openly encouraged to treat the club as their own and to contribute articles, pictures and comments."
For the full text and information on how to become a member, visit their stand or use the link below to their website. Current publications and back issues are also available from the stand and the website.
pressedglassclub.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
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The Guild of Glass Engravers was formed to provide a professional body for glass engravers. In its own words:
"The Guild of Glass Engravers was founded in 1975 by a small group of British engravers who were keen to establish a professional body for this art form. Laurence Whistler was invited to be the first President and John Hutton the first Vice President. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was its first Patron.
The primary aims of the Guild are to promote the highest standards of creative design and craftsmanship in glass engraving.
The Guild acts as a forum for the teaching and discussion of engraving techniques and new developments from around the world as well as acting as a source of information to the public on all aspects of glass engraving and advises the growing number of individuals and institutions wishing to commission work.
To engrave glass is to embark on an absorbing and rewarding experience of working with light. The mysterious qualities of glass - a liquid metal caught in a moment of time and requiring both fire and water in the making - appear magical. Glass engravers capture, enhance and celebrate these qualities in their work and endeavour to communicate them to a wider audience. "
For the full text and information on how to become a member, visit their stand or use the link below to their website. Current publications and back issues are also available from the stand and the website.
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Cohesion is the network for glassmakers. Originating in the North of England, it is sponsored by the City of Sunderland . In its own words:
"The aim of Cohesion is to assist and support glass businesses and practitioners to develop their skills, to create new opportunities and to promote the quality and diversity of their work to wider markets."
For the full text and information on how to become a member, visit their stand or use the link below to their website. Current publications and back issues are also available from the stand and the website.
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The Circle was founded in Cambridge, UK in 1981 with a handful of like minded enthusiasts. Originally named "The Cambridge Paperweight Circle", a new name was agreed in 2003, to be fully effective from Jan 2004. The renaming reflected a continued growth to world-wide membership and a change in focus arising from the addition of Regional Meetings within the UK.
The stated objectives of the group are twofold. To provide a forum for existing collectors to meet and discuss their mutual hobby in a pleasant social atmosphere, and to encourage the wider collection of paperweights, so as to support the activities of the artists and craftsmen who are developing and improving this exacting art form
Throughout our membership, collectors may specialise in the work of one particular factory or artist, or may build up a range of examples from a variety of sources, both contemporary or antique. In either case they derive enormous pleasure from these beautiful objects, often for a relatively modest investment.
The Circle holds regular meetings, often with a guest speaker and also arranges visits to places of interest to collectors.
For the full text and information on how to become a member, visit their stand or use the link below to their website. Current publications and back issues are also available from the stand and the website.
www.paperweightcollectorscircle.org.uk
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The only new glass museum to open in the UK for many years, this museum focuses on British Domestic glass produced between 1900 and 2000.
The museum is located within the Nazeing Glass Works.
On entering the museum you will see examples of the many different types and colours of glassware manufactured by Nazeing Glass Works throughout the 1900's. For comparison, some European glass is shown, together with a section on fakes, forgeries and fripperies.
The museum is not solely devoted to Nazeing Glass Works, showing the domestic output of the many different companies that produced glass in Great Britain and Northern Ireland between 1900 and 2000. The designers, such as Michael Harris, Geoffrey Baxter and Frank Thrower, are featured in the Study Room.
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Whitefriars.com is an interactive website dedicated to Whitefriars glass. It plays host to a large and enthusiastic community of Whitefriars glass collectors who have their own galleries on the site where they can post images of their collections. There are forums for discussion, argument and help with identification plus useful links and news sections. There is also information about the factory history and catalogues etc.
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