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Jun 23, 2023 · Art Nouveau and Robert Held Art Glass Robert Held was approached by Waterford to create a series of blown glass vessels for them. The work became known as the “Evolution Series” and much of it featured the feathering technique. This photo shows the 4 up 4 down pattern.
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About Robert Held. Creating the most beautiful glass works that I can, has been my personal goal or mantra for my entire life. Growing up in a creative home, I started drawing things in the 5th grade and have not stopped yet. My father was a sculptor, my mother his model. Together they instilled a creative, and supportive environment that has ...
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Robert Held Art Glass. Robert Held was a ceramics artist before discovering glassblowing in the late 1960s. He started the glass program at Sheridan College, pioneering art glass in Canada. In 1978 he began his own glass studio, that was known known as Robert Held Art Glass and was located in Parksville, BC. Robert Held is retired now, so this ...
Sep 30, 2024 · As a result, Held is considered a leading pioneer in the Canadian Studio Art Glass movement. In 1978, Held left teaching and established Skookum Art Glass in Calgary, Alberta. In 1987, he moved his operation to Vancouver, B.C., and opened Robert Held Art Glass. He retired in April 2013, albeit only for a brief period of time.
In 1968, after a visit to the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, Robert Held discovered a new love: the art of glassblowing. He returned to Sheridan College inspired and succeeded in launching Canada's first college level hot glass program in 1969. This program allowed many Canadian artists to become skilled in this medium, and crowned ...
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Jun 23, 2023 · From Mesopotamia to Art Nouveau to Robert Held - the Technique of Glass Feathering. In this blog we’ll take a very brief trip through history and look at the origin of glassmaking, the “feathering” design element, the Art Nouveau glass movement and end with Robert Held’s blown glass vessels which feature the feathering technique.
