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(HGM 950.1-5 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"3404 Spanish" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Cobalt" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey produced. It is also known as "Stiegel Blue".
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Stiegel Blue: 1932-1941. Commonly called cobalt blue. Heisey's has exceptionally good color.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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(HGM 1794 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1229 Octagon" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Marigold" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey made - in this case, yellowish. One of the ingredients in Heisey's Marigold glass was "sodium uranite", a radioactive sodium-uranium oxide compound.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Marigold: 1927-1928. A brassy, greenish yellow color, very like the marigold flower. A rather unstable glass that sometimes deteriorates. Because of production problems, it was eventually replaced by Sahara.
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From museum signage:
Marigold
1929-1930
Crazing and breakage is common in pieces of Marigold because of deterioration due to an unstable glass compound.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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Site-specific installation at 3216 Eastern Avenue by Lexie Mountain. An ode to the shell. Decades of tenancy rebuilt into a new narrative of promise and decay. Images that no longer exist. Hours of painstaking archaeology to fill in the gaps. See yourself in it. A project of UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in conjunction with Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District.
© 2010 All rights reserved. No use, copying, or duplication for any purposes without specific written permission from the creator of this work (me). Thanks.
The specific name cynosura is a Greek name for the Pole Star, more frequently called Polaris. Cynosura means tail of the dog. More broadly, cynosure means something that strongly attracts attention or guides. Perhaps something on this dragonfly resembles a dog's tail.
Adults dragonflies are between 36-44 mm. Identification of this species, is tricky. Some individuals have large basal spot on hindwings, like Mantled Baskettail, E. semiaquea, but spot does not extend to hindwing. Clear-winged form of Common Baskettail may be indistinguishable in the field from E. costalis and E. spinigera. With some exceptions, Epitheca can be a difficult genus to work with in the field in terms of identifying species, but given this individuals markings and the range of the various members of the genus, E. cynosura is the most likely identification.
Found throughout eastern North America at lakes, ponds, marshes, and slow-moving rivers. One of the first dragonflies of spring. May fly as early as January in southeastern states. Flight extends to August, but most are about in spring, flight usually lasting about five weeks. May to August in Canada. Additional fall flight in Florida.
Predatory on other insects as all dragonflies are. May feed in swarms on such prey as winged termites.
Males patrol a patch of shoreline, about 3-10 meters long (as this individual did). Peak patrolling is in late afternoon.
Site-specific installation (pom-poms, fishing line) at Vitrine 01 at U-Bahnhof Birkenstraße, Berlin.
(HGM 1794 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1229 Octagon" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Marigold" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey made - in this case, yellowish. One of the ingredients in Heisey's Marigold glass was "sodium uranite", a radioactive sodium-uranium oxide compound.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Marigold: 1927-1928. A brassy, greenish yellow color, very like the marigold flower. A rather unstable glass that sometimes deteriorates. Because of production problems, it was eventually replaced by Sahara.
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From museum signage:
Marigold
1929-1930
Crazing and breakage is common in pieces of Marigold because of deterioration due to an unstable glass compound.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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Cultural Scripts brings to Detroit renowned choreographers who are each grounded in a specific cultural tradition but are also pushing creative and cultural boundaries. Through movement, dialogue and more, artists and community members explore Detroit's cultural narratives. Visiting artists then work with local artists and residents to create original movement-based works specific to Detroit. These works tour through usual and unusual Detroit spaces. These images are of Caterfly by Kevin Iega Jeff. Jeff shares. "Caterfly is both abstract and linear. It is about Detroit then and now, shares the then and now -- the emotional, spiritual, physical impact on people, on the city. It's also about the cathartic process and realizing a new possibility for the city. A part of Heritage Works Cultural Scripts project, Caterfly is a new original work rooted in 2014 community dialogues with Iega and Detroit residents.
FIGHT SPECIFIC ISOLA Mural y documentos. 2014 BERT THEIS + ISOLA ART CENTER Milano, Italia.
No hace mucho tiempo, Isola era un antiguo barrio industrial y "pulmón verde" en una zona céntrica de Milán. Una de esas antiguas áreas donde conviven parques y jardines junto a viejas fábricas y galpones industriales. El barrio está ubicado muy cerca de la estación central de trenes, y con el paso del tiempo la población ha crecido debido a la migración hasta convertirse en un centro de diversidad multicultural donde conviven trabajadores con gente de clase media, artesanos, comerciantes, artistas e intelectuales (y por supuesto, también algunos criminales…). Isola, que significa isla en italiano, ha venido viviendo desde los últimos 20 años un desarrollo urbano basado en intereses comerciales y especulación inmobiliaria, emprendimientos que obviamente tenían poco interés por las necesidades reales del barrio y de la comunidad local.
Buscando dar respuesta al salvaje proceso de gentrificación, artistas, curadores, filósofos y activistas de Milán -y distintas partes el mundo- decidieron crear un espacio para experimentar estrategias innovadoras como una forma de resistencia a la transformación urbana, regenerando el tejido social y promoviendo una cultura alternativa.
Durante los últimos diez años Isola Art Center funcionó como una plataforma experimental abierta para el arte contemporáneo con sede en el barrio. Sus proyectos auto gestionados y "sin presupuesto” se sostuvieron gracias a la energía, el entusiasmo y la solidaridad, de vecinos, activistas y artistas que ensayaron el uso de nuevos términos como ´cubo sucio´ (en oposición al White Cube), “Centro Disperso” y “Fight Specific” (parodiando el site-specific).
Sin embargo la lucha cultural de Isola Art Center no impidió (por desgracia) que el gobierno de la ciudad de Milán realizara la demolición de su centro cultural ubicados en la “Stecca degli Artigiani" para la construcción de un inmenso rascacielos, apropiándose también de toda el área verde y los parques de los alrededores.
En la exposición presentamos “Degradazione, Speculazione, Demolizione” una obra ready-made de un mural un mural pintado los muros del el barrio de Isola durante los años 80, junto a la imagen original y un libro que documemta la experiencia llevad adelante por los artistas intentando responder a la presión constante del desarrollo neoliberal y la gentrificación.
"Wundrian" is a site specific video art installation about wonder and portals. this is a still photo from installation. video documentation to come.
(HGM 171 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1280 Winged Scroll" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations usually include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Opal" is Heisey's name for milk glass - whitish, opaque glass.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Opal: 1898-early 1900s. Commonly called milk glass. An opaque white glass. Heisey's exhibits a large amount of "fire" when held to the light.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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(HGM 7102, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1485 Saturn" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Zircon" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey made - in this case, greenish.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Zircon: 1936-1939. A turquoise blue-green. The last color introduced before World War II curtailed the use of color. Revamped and reintroduced later as Limelight.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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Haerim Lee
one-color monotype
12” x 9”
Trial Proof: 1
signed by the artist
copyright 2022
N.E.W. work # 22-101-a
(HGM 2014.70.2, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1184 Yeoman" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Hawthorne: 1927 only. Replaced by Alexandrite. A light purple or lavender shade. Varies quite a lot in tone. Apparently the company had trouble controlling the color, possibly due to their inability to control the flamingo color base.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
-----------------------------------
Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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Location: Guangzhou
Specific Location: Shamian Island
It's been a while since I've seen a Starbucks ever since I traveled to Taiwan. So I finally saw a Starbucks on Shamian Island and decided to have a cup of coffee to cool myself down. The weather outside is like a sauna. It's not recommended for anyone to travel to China in August!
Site specific performances by 3rd year BA dance students, taken place in different locations around the University Campus: John Banks Laboratories, rooftop of the Art & Design building, and science ‘dry’ lab in the MHT building.
date: 3/12/2015
photo by Fenia Kotsopoulou
dSatellite is a site-specific architectural structure that extends the mission of DFLUX (www.dflux.org), a Detroit-based research studio and residency program, further into its community. DFLUX engages its local neighborhood and the general public with creative actions, research, and workshops. In so doing, they hope to reveal and create emergent and sustainable cottage industries. dSatellite was created with the intention of providing future DFLUX participants and local residents with an outpost to engage in various field research. Constructed with foraged building materials, dSatellite merges both the physical and conceptual characteristics of the DFLUX Residency site and a typical nature blind used by naturalists, scientists, photographers and hunters. dSatellite is currently deployed in a completely razed residential neighborhood of Detroit currently referred to as the "field" by local residents and "Renaissance Zone" by real estate developers. A dense urban forest, rich with wildlife, has grown there, only crumbling roads and alleys, debris piles, and public utilities remain as signs of past use.
dSatellite was created during a research residency at DFLUX in Detroit, MI in collaboration with Joseph G. Cruz (http://josephgcruz.com)
(HGM 1300 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1191 Lobe" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Hawthorne: 1927 only. Replaced by Alexandrite. A light purple or lavender shade. Varies quite a lot in tone. Apparently the company had trouble controlling the color, possibly due to their inability to control the flamingo color base.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
and
and
I found this on my way back after jummah. I looked around but didn't see any children, let alone "that" child.
(HGM 1699 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"359 Colonial" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Alexandrite" refers to a famous and desirable type of colored glass that Heisey produced, with neodymium oxide (Nd2O3) as the coloration agent. The color of the glass changes under different lighting conditions.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Alexandrite: 1929-1935. A dichromatic glass showing lavender with ruby tints under natural and incandescent light and a strange green-lavender under fluorescent light. Purportedly Heisey's most expensive production color.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
and
and
heiseymuseum.org/gallery/heisey-alexandrite/
and
www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/neodymium_glass/
Treptow. Aus der Serie „DRAF (Deutsch russisch amerikanische Freundschaft)“
Site-specific Performance und Intervention
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Treptower Park, Berlin 2015
Video, Fotografie und Installation
Performance: Markus Wintersberger
Fotografie / Video: Andrea Nagl
Nagl ~ Wintersberger 2015
Site specific performances by 3rd year BA dance students, taken place in different locations around the University Campus: John Banks Laboratories, rooftop of the Art & Design building, and science ‘dry’ lab in the MHT building.
date: 3/12/2015
photo by Fenia Kotsopoulou
(HGM 891 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1170 Pleat & Panel" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Moongleam" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey produced - in this case, light green.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
and
and
by Lola Lemire Tostevin.
Toronto, Mercury Press, [1 october 2oo3] states 2oo4.
ISBN 1-55128-1o8-2.
5-15/16 x 8-15/16, 48 sheets white bond perfectbound in matte PVC white card wrappers, all except inside covers & 16 pp printed back offset with 3 colour process additions to covers.
cover by Gord Robertson.
includes:
i) ENCRE DE CHINE (pp.21-29; poem in 6 parts incudes part
–6. "for Kim O. (pp.28-29; 3o lines, lines 2o-25 referencing a memorial sumac stand planted for bpNichol by Kim Ondaatje))
ii) JAR DIN (pp.75-87; poem in 11 parts, title quoting the text of Nichol's Catching Frogs, includes part
–5. "This is the kind of afternoon it is. (p.81; 11 lines, lines 3-4 referencing "What another writer once referred to as the jar din."))
Site-specific installation at 3216 Eastern Avenue by Lexie Mountain. An ode to the shell. Decades of tenancy rebuilt into a new narrative of promise and decay. Images that no longer exist. Hours of painstaking archaeology to fill in the gaps. See yourself in it. A project of UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in conjunction with Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District.
(HGM 5745 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"411 Tudor" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Hawthorne: 1927 only. Replaced by Alexandrite. A light purple or lavender shade. Varies quite a lot in tone. Apparently the company had trouble controlling the color, possibly due to their inability to control the flamingo color base.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
-----------------------------------
Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
and
and
Montessuy is a district of the city of Caluire-et-Cuire neighboring the North of Lyon, France, between the Rhône and Saône rivers. I decided to go there by walk for exploring some particular places dominating the Lyon city.
I brought along my beloved Hasselblad 500 C/M camera (year 1978, see details about the camera below) with its Carl Zeiss normal lens Planar CF 1:2.8 f=80mm. The lens was equipped with a 67mm screw-on filter Dark Yellow x3 B+W 023 adapted to the Hasselblad bayonet filter mount with a specific adaptor. The Zenza Bronica metal shade hood designed for the 75mm Nikkor-P lens was mounted additionally to the filter to its 67mm thread.
An Hasselblad A-12 film magazine (year 1978 too) was loaded with a Rollei Superpan 200 film. The Rollei Superpan 200 is the same film formula as the Agfa Aviphot 200, a super-panchromatic film further sensitized in the red and near infra-red up to 750nm. The film is coated on a clear polyester base (polyester teraphtalate, PET) with anti-halo layers that dissolve into the developer during the film process. This type of film is particularly efficient to differentiate the vegetal species and the clear in part the atmospheric haze and was used typically for aerial photography.
The film was exposed for 80 ISO in compensation of the filter light absorption using a Minolta Autometer III and its 10° viewer for selective measurement privileging the shadow area's.
View Nr. 11 1/250s f/4 focusing @ 1.85m
La Roseraie de Montessuy***; May 29, 2025
69300 Caluire-et-Cuire
France
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**** The predominantly residential Montessuy urban complex represents a strong sense of homogeneity, created by the Atelier René Gagès starting in 1967. It constitutes a very characteristic housing stock, marked by the creation of tiered belvederes, the preservation of views, pedestrian paths, and the dialogue between buildings and vegetation. Completed in 1972, the urban complex was at the time the most modern residential district in Caluire-et-Cuire and one of the most remarkable in the Lyon metropolitan area. - René Gagès (1921-2008) was architect who designed several infrastructures (mostly of the Brutalist architectural school) in Lyon between the 1950s and 1980s, such as the Perrache transport hub.
The Rose Garden is an integral part of the René Gagès complex, hosting around a hundred varieties of roses. Anecdote: when it was built in the early 1970s, the neighborhood's residents protested against this eyesore. They gathered to demonstrate their anger by equipping themselves with tools to destroy it. The destruction team that arrived on site realized their mistake when they saw the climbing rose bushes clinging to the structure and flowering. The team returned and the Rose Garden is still alive." It was completely renovated and repainted in 2018 by the Parks and Gardens department, which also replanted 104 rose bushes.
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After the view #12 exposed, the film was fully rolled to the taking spool and was developed in a Paterson tank with a spiral adapted to the 120 film format. 500 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer were prepared at the dilution 1+50 and the film processed for 17min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta vertical macro stative device and adapted to a Minolta MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite fitted with film holder "Lobster" to maintain flat the 70mm film.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About my Hasselblad 500C/M:
I remember that somewhere around 2002, I considered to buy a Hasselblad camera. I gave up because I had no more access to a darkroom and I found too complicated to recreate one or to delegate the processing to a service lab. Afterward, I started digital photography that distracted me to operate again with films until more recently. It is only when I could manage in 2022 a reliable and quality way to exploit my negatives in a reasonable time, that I really could enjoy again of analog photography.
On July 17, 2024, I decided to buy "my" Hasselblad in a very traditional way, almost as I could in the 90’s, in a local real photographic store, Lyon, France. The store « Carré Couleur » of Jacques Larger, rue Servient, Lyon, France, is a long-time specialist of professional medium-format camera’s including Hasselblad ones. They had on display several revised and 6-month guaranteed camera’s and a large choice of lenses and accessories.`
I choose a 500 C/M year 1978 and a Carl Zeiss lens Planar T* 1:2.8 f=80mm of the CF series year 1986, plus a small set of little Hasselblad goodies. The 500 C/M is totally mechanical without any electrical nor electronic circuitry. The 500 C/M's were produced in Göteborg, Sweden, from year 1970 to 1994. They followed the production of the 500C camera’s (1957-1970). The latest V-series camera (503 CX, CW, CWI etc) ceased in 2006 and Hasselblad then produced only digital camera’s but also digital camera backs that could fit to the V-series includingbthis 500 C/M (www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HS/HSTable.aspx)
This CF lens series has central shutter Prontor (Synchro-Compur for the earlier Zeiss series). They are more cylindrical than earlier series and equipped of the proprietary bayonet filter mount B60. The delayed shutter realease was also abandoned. The focusing screen is the « Bright » series with the Dodin stigmometer in the screen centrer and the squared cross-ruling lines. Later 501 and 503 were basically equipped with an even more brighter screen called « Acute-mat ». The camera back could dated from year 1977 is an « A-12 » back « A » standing for « Automatic ». The film advance automatically stops at view 1 with view counter on the right camera side.
After a complete demo by Jacques Larger, I studied the camera manipulation at home with the user manual in hand (an original edition of 1980) before doing the decisive « film d’essai » (test film) on a sunny morning of July 20, 2024.
The results show very high-quality, highly-contrasted negative views, perfectly exposed and spaced proving the good technical state of the camera, film magazine, and the lens/shutter.
On sept. 2, 2024, I received from a French specialist of collection camera's, a second film magazine Hasselblad "A12". This back is in a pristine condition and matches the production year 1978 (Hasselblad letter coding "UR") of the 500 C/M body.
The camera back is like a new with almost no signs of use. It arrived in its original Hasselblad box including the original user manual too. The film insert has latest 3 digits matching the film magazine serial number, that is not the case of the other magazine. Unmatched magazines and inserts, are very common and assumed not to be a technical problem, but Hasselblad maintained the pairing of the insert magazine to ensure to the customers of the best attention to the precision of the film plane.
This specific journal was never up for sale on Etsy. It was made as a gift for one of my baby sisters. However, I do plan to make a duplicate of it to sell in the very near future. This one was 8.5"x5.5" and contained 100 sheets of lined 65lb acid and lignin free card stock. It was a very hefty journal that was comfortable to hold, and as it was coptic bound, laid flat to make writing easier.
This image is from Suburban Bird Studios' Etsy shop and is © Carly "Birdie" Tuma 2011.
dSatellite is a site-specific architectural structure that extends the mission of DFLUX (www.dflux.org), a Detroit-based research studio and residency program, further into its community. DFLUX engages its local neighborhood and the general public with creative actions, research, and workshops. In so doing, they hope to reveal and create emergent and sustainable cottage industries. dSatellite was created with the intention of providing future DFLUX participants and local residents with an outpost to engage in various field research. Constructed with foraged building materials, dSatellite merges both the physical and conceptual characteristics of the DFLUX Residency site and a typical nature blind used by naturalists, scientists, photographers and hunters. dSatellite is currently deployed in a completely razed residential neighborhood of Detroit currently referred to as the "field" by local residents and "Renaissance Zone" by real estate developers. A dense urban forest, rich with wildlife, has grown there, only crumbling roads and alleys, debris piles, and public utilities remain as signs of past use.
dSatellite was created during a research residency at DFLUX in Detroit, MI in collaboration with Joseph G. Cruz (http://josephgcruz.com)
(HGM 5737 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1229 Octagon" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Marigold" refers to a type of colored glass that Heisey made - in this case, yellowish. One of the ingredients in Heisey's Marigold glass was "sodium uranite", a radioactive sodium-uranium oxide compound.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Marigold: 1927-1928. A brassy, greenish yellow color, very like the marigold flower. A rather unstable glass that sometimes deteriorates. Because of production problems, it was eventually replaced by Sahara.
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From museum signage:
Marigold
1929-1930
Crazing and breakage is common in pieces of Marigold because of deterioration due to an unstable glass compound.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
-----------------------------------
Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
and
and
(HGM 2087 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1184 Yeoman" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Amber: A pale shade of amber and also a deeper amber was produced on occasion from the 1920s on, primarily for the Fred Harvey Restaurants of the Santa Fe Railroad. In 1951, Heisey listed amber in their catalogs and called it Sultana. Sultana was a medium to deep amber.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
-----------------------------------
Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_Glass_Company
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No specific plans for this one. Organic cotton color-grown herringbone fabric. Hemmed with straight running stitch on one side in silk thread. Other side cut at random with blanket stitch in a variety of threads. Shawl? Skirt? Table cloth? You decide :)
Site-specific installation at 3216 Eastern Avenue by Lexie Mountain. An ode to the shell. Decades of tenancy rebuilt into a new narrative of promise and decay. Images that no longer exist. Hours of painstaking archaeology to fill in the gaps. See yourself in it. A project of UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in conjunction with Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District.
Site-specific installation at 3216 Eastern Avenue by Lexie Mountain. An ode to the shell. Decades of tenancy rebuilt into a new narrative of promise and decay. Images that no longer exist. Hours of painstaking archaeology to fill in the gaps. See yourself in it. A project of UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in conjunction with Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District.