marcelline.selman
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{Silica + Sand=GLASS}
Elemental, luminescent, durable yet pliable, glass occupies a place in our lives that lingers between the tangible natural environment and the intangible imagination. This documentary will explore various means by which we see and interact with glass and how it reflects our observed and unobserved selves through the eyes of fellow Montrealers across the city. Through this exploration I hope to capture new avenues and awaken a sense of curiosity, ingenuity, playfulness and beauty that glass can evoke and in so doing find out why this ancient material continues to hold such fascination for us in the modern age.
Our documentary story begins with an uphill trek along the Mont-Royal in the borough of Cote-des-Neiges for a series of photos that feature the scientific aspect of glassblowing. We speak with scientific glass blower and Université de Montréal instructor Cédric Ginart who gives us an up-close-and-personal look at how he transforms glass tubes into stemware with only flame and breath.
The next series of photos takes an industrial point of view with a visit to the École de technologie supérieure (ETS) laboratory to meet Infrastructure Engineering Professor Michel Vaillancourt. Vaillancourt and his research team are hard at work on the first phase of a pilot project using “glassphalt” to find out if post-consumer glass has any significant advantage in the durability and longevity of regular asphalt. If successful our pot-holed ridden streets could be a thing of the past.
Then we move on to the artistic aspect of glass and pay a visit to sculpture artist and glassblower Chloé Charette at Espace Verre. The glass-blowing school and studio sits in the heart of the South-West Quartier de Canal district. Charette shares with us how she became inspired to become a glassblower and gives us a sneak peek on her latest creations in progress and opens up on what ideas inspired them.
Next, things take a commercial turn as we spend some time with Jo-Ann Harding and her team at her company Glass Experts, an enterprise specializing in residential and commercial glass products. Harding and her husband talk about their love of all things glass, the range of services that their family-run business offers and grants us full access to their on-site workshop to see how custom glass orders are processed each day.
Finally we head downtown to toney Sherbrooke Street West at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for a leisurely tour of ornamental luxe glass art with Patricia Boyer our personal guide Educational Programs Officer. Boyer leads us on a visual journey from the historical to the contemporary, the practical to the whimsical, and the most simplistic to the fantastical. We end up at the storied Liliane and David M. Stewart Decorative Arts and Design Collection and the Glass Court which has earned Montreal the prestigious title as a designated UNESCO city of design.
(Marcelline Selman/JOUR 566)
Scientific glass blower Cédric Ginart torches a piece while blowing on it in his office/workshop at the Université de Montréal on March 15, 2016. Ginart is know nationally and teaches at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.
Besides his scientific glassblowing projects, Ginart enjoys developing whimsical pieces with his partner and fellow artist Karina Guevin. According to Ginart, although there is a market in Canada for glass art, it is the U.S. that offers the best opportunity to market his work. (Marcelline Selman/JOUR 566)
Contact telephone 514-343-6111 #3929
Pav. PAVILLON ROGER-GAUDRY \ Ext. D709
cedric.ginart@umontreal.ca
MS-2016-03-15-Profile-Cedric Ginart.jpg
{Silica + Sand=GLASS}
Elemental, luminescent, durable yet pliable, glass occupies a place in our lives that lingers between the tangible natural environment and the intangible imagination. This documentary will explore various means by which we see and interact with glass and how it reflects our observed and unobserved selves through the eyes of fellow Montrealers across the city. Through this exploration I hope to capture new avenues and awaken a sense of curiosity, ingenuity, playfulness and beauty that glass can evoke and in so doing find out why this ancient material continues to hold such fascination for us in the modern age.
Our documentary story begins with an uphill trek along the Mont-Royal in the borough of Cote-des-Neiges for a series of photos that feature the scientific aspect of glassblowing. We speak with scientific glass blower and Université de Montréal instructor Cédric Ginart who gives us an up-close-and-personal look at how he transforms glass tubes into stemware with only flame and breath.
The next series of photos takes an industrial point of view with a visit to the École de technologie supérieure (ETS) laboratory to meet Infrastructure Engineering Professor Michel Vaillancourt. Vaillancourt and his research team are hard at work on the first phase of a pilot project using “glassphalt” to find out if post-consumer glass has any significant advantage in the durability and longevity of regular asphalt. If successful our pot-holed ridden streets could be a thing of the past.
Then we move on to the artistic aspect of glass and pay a visit to sculpture artist and glassblower Chloé Charette at Espace Verre. The glass-blowing school and studio sits in the heart of the South-West Quartier de Canal district. Charette shares with us how she became inspired to become a glassblower and gives us a sneak peek on her latest creations in progress and opens up on what ideas inspired them.
Next, things take a commercial turn as we spend some time with Jo-Ann Harding and her team at her company Glass Experts, an enterprise specializing in residential and commercial glass products. Harding and her husband talk about their love of all things glass, the range of services that their family-run business offers and grants us full access to their on-site workshop to see how custom glass orders are processed each day.
Finally we head downtown to toney Sherbrooke Street West at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for a leisurely tour of ornamental luxe glass art with Patricia Boyer our personal guide Educational Programs Officer. Boyer leads us on a visual journey from the historical to the contemporary, the practical to the whimsical, and the most simplistic to the fantastical. We end up at the storied Liliane and David M. Stewart Decorative Arts and Design Collection and the Glass Court which has earned Montreal the prestigious title as a designated UNESCO city of design.
(Marcelline Selman/JOUR 566)
Scientific glass blower Cédric Ginart torches a piece while blowing on it in his office/workshop at the Université de Montréal on March 15, 2016. Ginart is know nationally and teaches at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.
Besides his scientific glassblowing projects, Ginart enjoys developing whimsical pieces with his partner and fellow artist Karina Guevin. According to Ginart, although there is a market in Canada for glass art, it is the U.S. that offers the best opportunity to market his work. (Marcelline Selman/JOUR 566)
Contact telephone 514-343-6111 #3929
Pav. PAVILLON ROGER-GAUDRY \ Ext. D709
cedric.ginart@umontreal.ca