Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
www.olnickspanu.com
The Olnick Spanu Web site is essentially an online version of
the exhibition catalog, including biographies and images for
each artist in the collection (even works not pictured in the
printed catalog), brief histories of glass workshops, a glossary
of glass types and techniques, and essays. Also included on
this Web site is a page of links to other internet sites where
one can find artists’ personal web pages, sites for galleries,
museums, booksellers, publishers and glass shops, as well as
additional press and information.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York www.cmog.org
The Corning Museum of Glass is home to the world’s most
comprehensive and celebrated collection of glass. Corning’s
Web site provides not only information on ongoing events at the
museum, but it also includes helpful resources on glass –
of glass production in general and specific pieces in its collection.
An online Glass Glossary contains “definitions of words
and phrases that describe glassmakers' materials, techniques,
tools, and products.” A Resource on Glass, found on the
Web site and also available for download, contains “information
collected in response to questions most often asked by teachers
and students.” Look under the ‘Research, Teach &
Learn’ menu for these two sources.
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington www.museumofglass.org
To find valuable information on everything glass – from
the science of glass to glass blowing and glass art –
look under the ‘Education’ menu (located at the
top of the homepage), and click on the link to the ‘School
of Glass.’ Numerous links on the left side of this page
will take you to the glass resources.
British Glass, Sheffield, United Kingdom www.britglass.co.uk
“Through this Web site you'll be able to learn more about
the world of glass, how it's made, how it's used and how difficult
it would be to live without it.” In addition to being
a specialized resource for British glass manufacturers, this
Web site also contains concise information on the history of
glass, different types of glass and glass creation, as well
as a general description of the characteristics of glass as
a substance. |