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London Design Festival 2014: a series of glass objects by artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert, including lights designed to look like clouds, are on display at Gallery Fumi in east London (+ slideshow).

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Glass had more features and uses than Spectacles, but its $ 1,500 price tag, creepy sci - fi look, and eager adoption by elite techies made the device an object of ridicule.

To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

But it does not work well for illumination around transparent objects, like semi-transparent shadows from glass objects, or illumination by specular surfaces (so - called caustics).

Once created, a hologram can be illuminated to create a pattern of light waves that replicates the light reflected by the original object, generating a 3D image without the need for special glasses.

Like its predecessor, K - Glass 2 also employs augmented reality, displaying in real time the relevant, complementary information in the form of text, 3D graphics, images, and audio over the target objects selected by users.

The way a massive object — in this case a galaxy between the quasar and Earth — bends light, as described by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, can allow it to function as a sort of «cosmic magnifying glass,» as Impellizzeri put it.

First predicted by Albert Einstein, this effect is similar to a glass lens bending light to magnify and distort the image of an object behind it.

It acts like a magnifying glass to make objects up close appear crisply detailed and clear by focusing near objects accurately onto the retina.

Keep your home and yard pet - safe by removing any hazardous debris such as sharp objects or broken glass.

Kids must be accompanied by an adult to use the pools and the guests should keep in mind that any glass objects around or inside the pool is not allowed.

The cursor signals the player objects or places of importance by changing to a magnifying glass (examine), a grasping hand (pick up), or a set of gears (operate).

And from the museum's holdings come two finely grained, «white writing», monochrome drawings and a drawing of a faceted, vertical object that suggests coloured glass by Tobey, who was smitten by Asian aesthetics and philosophies, and is also the focus of renewed appreciation.

By using physical objects, such as her signature hand - blown glass bubbles and hanging balloons, Loher creates idealized, artificial worlds that sit in harmony with our own, often unpleasant, reality.

He's created basketballs floating in vitrines of distilled water; encased new vacuum cleaners lit by fluorescence in Plexiglas towers; cast statuary and everyday objects in high chromium stainless steel; fashioned painted polychrome figurative wood sculptures; cast glass sculptures of sex.

The set by Damien Hirst has glass and silver casts of medicine bottles that act as chess pieces, while the American artist Paul McCarthy, a keen chess player, has made his set from random objects found in his own kitchen such as a coffee grinder and a ketchup bottle serving as Rooks.

COLLECT, the international art fair for contemporary objects, will returns to the Saatchi Gallery, London, from 11 to 14 May 2012 Launched in London in 2004, COLLECT has become the leading international art fair for museum - quality contemporary craft, showcasing the very best ceramic, glass, jewellery, textiles, wood, furniture, silver and fine metalwork by both new -LSB-...]

Initiated in the 1990s and spanning four continents, Reality Hacking consists of over 300 interventions to date, including such varied works as RH No. 320 (Snow Monsters)(2015), a constellation of twelve marble snowmen in various stages of melting that occupied the plaza outside of the Flatiron Building in New York City; RH No. 202 (2002 — 2003), a composition performed by the Ensemble for New Music Zurich based on a recording the artist made of a glass shelf filled with crystal objects crashing down a flight of stairs; RH No. 200 (2002), an artificial doughnut - shaped island built at the delta of a river in Switzerland using rocks and earth from the construction of a nearby tunnel; and RH No. 244 (2007), a snowman installed at the southernmost point of the African continent.

Comparing the opinions of various curators, Glasstress addresses this issue through glass sculptures specially made by major artists on the contemporary scene and through objects and sculptures made by designers, whose research was influenced by the formal aspect of the use of the object.

Opening: «Sarah Braman: You Are Everything» at Mitchell - Innes & Nash New York - based artist Sarah Braman makes quirky sculptures by marrying found objects, constructed elements of colored glass and Plexi and oddly shaped pieces of plywood bearing brightly colored acrylics and spray paints.

An exhibition and sale of glass, ceramics, fiber, and handmade objects by both established and emerging artists from Georgia.

Josiah McElheny Two grey disks after a prototype by Blinky Palermo (2011) Two hand blown, molded glass objects, Edition of 30, plus 10 APs 8.5 x 5.25 x 2.75 inches

In line with Ballroom Marfa's mission to promote emerging and recognized artists every object and element related to the dinner will be created by an artist, including works on paper by Raymond Pettibon, plates and glasses by Matthew Day Jackson, table linens by Rashid Johnson, table decor by Simone Leigh, space piñatas by Adrian Villar Rojas and lighting elements by Leo Villareal.

Smith particularly objects to Levine's sculptures, after Brancusi, named «Newborn,» which are cast glass — crystal or black — and which indeed have in common with the seminal sculpture by Constantin Brancusi that in a bronze object managed to assimilate, like Bird in Space, everything that was new, shiny, aspiring yet unattainable about the 20th - century (perfection?).

His Pass - Thru (2014), a studio - made version of the plastic payment channel employed by liquor stores and banks, brings attention to the logic gap inherent in the production of these security objects, which are only protective when fabricated with bullet - proof glass.

The seven gates, glass - top tables and wall hangings made out of iron and vintage objects collected by Dylan resonates the death of industrial America.

Figures inside the glass - encased gallery are shrouded and blurred by a layer of wavy petroleum smeared over the central and topmost windows resembling Gerhard Richter paintings of objects and people.

Like many other shows, it had political content but it also came with feeling — for the underappreciated and underpaid Venetian labor force that makes the lagoon city such a lovely place for tourists like us, represented by way of strange and beautiful objects made from broken bits of old Murano glass.

This body of work is characterized by what the artist termed «bouncing objects, floating things,» such as a radically oversized red bird and glass hovering in front of a simple background in the work and have a strong affinity to Surrealism, a recurring theme in the artist's career.

Lot 1, «Under the Eiffel Tower in Tokyo Lauwarm,» a steel, wood, styrofoam, glass object with 48 framed photographs by Martin Kippenberger (1953 - 1997), sold for $ 64,000, an auction record for a sculpture by this artist.

JOSIAH MCELHENY Two Grey Disks after a Prototype by Blinky Palermo 2011 Two hand blown, molded glass objects two objects each: 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches (21 x 13.3 x 5.4 cm) Edition of 30, 10 AP ARG # MJ2011 - 011

In another, two elongated glass objects are arranged on a piece of lace, and a pair of shoes hang over a book that stereotypes women by nationality.

A party popper is a cheap, mass produced plastic object, so making it in hand made glass by an expert maker was something I wanted to see happen.

Roman Road is always a sure bet when you are in search of something new and different.For his first solo exhibition Cuban artist Victor Payares, who is currently finishing an MFA at the Royal College of Art, is going to present new works and a site - specific installation that narrates elements of a memory from his youth during the Cuban «Special Period»: «Payares» artistry is further inspired by elements of the everyday; he collects disregarded objects such as cables, clothing labels and trampled glasses found lying in the streets and repurposes them in his paintings.

New York - based artist Sarah Braman makes quirky sculptures by marrying found objects, constructed elements of colored glass and Plexi and oddly shaped pieces of plywood bearing brightly colored acrylics and spray paints.

The recent Frieze art fair in Manhattan showcased a multitude of craft - oriented pieces, including work by Roni Horn, who studied glass blowing with Dale Chihuly, with her two donut - shaped translucent cast glass sculptural objects selling for $ 975,000 each at Hauser & Wirth.

This exhibition will utilize Stony Island Arts Bank's archive by incorporating or making reference to images, music and text from the Johnson Publishing Library, the Glass Lantern Slides Collection, the Edward J. Williams Collection of objects of «negrobilia,» and the Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection, with a focus on past, present and future ideas depicting black culture's interest in futurism and its roots in Africa.

Morris uses found objects such as wire, glass, plastic, and metal in the construction of his sculptures and combines these man - made materials with more «mutant» organic forms to suggest «something living and animated being consumed from within by its own technological needs.»

[7] He developed a visual vocabulary characterized by provocation as well as humor by using found objects such as barbed wire or glass shards.

One sees a tiny cage - like enclosure, confined by glass, with a desk, chair, and other objects that are normally meant for human interaction (see He Tried to Internalise Everything and The Acquired Inability to Escape).

Comprising a selection of around sixty painted objects in a wide variety of materials (canvas, wood, glass, vellum, ceramics, silk, and more), the show includes work by masters of the Northern Renaissance, such as Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer, as well as major modern and contemporary figures like Jackson Pollock and Gerhard Richter.

Laid out under glass on 35 tables, there are publications and objects by and about Satan worshipers, flat - earthers, witches, magicians, alchemists, mesmerizers, theosophists, spirit photographers and many other imaginative, often fraudulent cosmologists.

For The Harems, Kelley organized all his various collections, from the marbles and comic books of his youth to the shot glasses and spoons collected as a joke to make fun of the objects often collected by American travelers, into sixteen groups according to degrees of importance and sentimentality in his life.

She has designed slippers for a giant and made an outsized rosary for a medieval statue, and frequently smuggles her cheekier work into everyday life by combining it with existing objects — nestling a pair of glass breasts in a Chesterfield chair, tucking two more into bed, and anchoring a pale orange tent with a series of louche - looking blown - glass pitchers.

This 20th - century jar, inscribed by a congregant from a Rome Baptist church, is coated with plaster and embedded with seashells, cast figures, ceramics, glass and other objects.

In examining the objects on display, I was struck by how modern yet alien they appeared perched on their stands and ensconced behind glass vitrines.

A wide range of art acquisitions — including a rare post-World War II modernist painting, important Native American objects, a collaborative work by two contemporary African American artists, and a site - specific glass installation — led VMFA's year - end acquisitions.

In 120 Days (2002) by Mexican born Damian Ortega, cola bottles have been turned into extravagant vessels by Murano glass blowers, transformed from disposable, mass - produced objects into desirable expressions of individualised craftsmanship.

In paintinglike works he makes by sandwiching three - dimensional objects between glass and foam board, he sometimes incorporates pieces by friends, like the painter Sascha Braunig and the sculptor Nancy Lupo.

Each glass vase is formed by blowing it directly into a shape cut from wood while it lays flat on a table, ensuring the disparate objects fit perfectly like puzzle pieces.