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3. Historical Emile Galle is considered one of the significant forces in the French Art Nouveau movement. The son of a prominent manufacturer of ceramics and glass based in Nancy, France, he trained in philosophy, botany and mineralogy as a young man and then returned to work for his father in the family business. During his travels representing the family business he visited museums such as the South Kensigton (later Victoria and Albert) museum and was inspired by the Oriental and Middle Eastern decorative arts collections. After his father’s retirement, he took over the business and established his own small glass workshop in which he could experiment in the styles that inspired him.

6. Cultural Galle was inspired by his studies in botany and the natural world around him but he was a part of the generation in Europe that grew up during the explosion of technology and mass production that was the legacy of the Industrial Revolution. Like many artists and designers of the time he keenly felt the widening chasm between the individual, handmade craftworks he had admired in the museums and the identikit, utilitarian products of the factories. There was a growing movement among these artists to get back in touch with nature and the old ways, this led to movements such as the Naturalists, artists and writers who interpreted nature in a more personal, less literal way – seeking to portray their “impressions” of nature and thereby giving rise to the idea of “Impressionism” in art. Along with this, the interest of artists such as Galle in the patterns and colours of the natural world also meant the creation of Art Nouveau, which along with the Arts and Craft movement in England and America, moved away from the over ornamentation of the high Victorian period to simpler decoration from nature that worked in harmony with the materials being used. It was Galle’s sensitivity to nature and to humanity that shaped the way the glassworks operated under his control as well. Galle was an avowed humanist, he was motivated by his perceptions about how the industrial age and the politics associated with it were failing the individual within the system, so under his directorship his glassworks became a model for how mass production might be married with craftsmanship.

9. Works Galle’s factories eventually manufactured glassware, ceramics and furniture. The processes for all three streams of manufacture all encompassed elements of machine and hand crafting. In the area of glass there were many different processes. At the top of the line were Galles own work, his experiments in combining different glasses with colour and inclusions, leading to work that was variously received as either pure genius or as “looking like a dirty old sponge”. Then there were his designs to be produced in the factory and many of these were made by blow moulding glass in a production line and then having trained craftsmen applying decoration by hand, wether it be extra layers of colour and additions or engraving patterns through the layer as in his famous “Cameo” ware. Even the factory itself was designed to give a pleasant, conducive working atmosphere, having good light and pleasant surroundings.

11. Colin Heaney

15. Heaney, Colin. Vitrolith Ocean Vessel, 2005. Glass, 39 x 37cm. Reproduced from Colin Heaney Glass, http://colinheaneyglass.com/sculptures_enlarge/1038.html (accessed September 28, 2009)

16. Heaney, Colin. V Shape Blue Persia, 200?. Glass, 23.5cm. Reproduced from Colin Heaney Glass, http://colinheaneyglass.com/goblets_enlarge/goblets1003.html (accessed September 28, 2009) Heaney, Colin. Vase Classic Blue Blossom, 200?. Glass, 22.5 x 12cm. Reproduced from Colin Heaney Glass, http://colinheaneyglass.com/vases_enlarge/vases1014.html (accessed September 28, 2009)

17. About a year and a half ago he personally has stopped blowing glass, while his studio still produces a range of blown sculptures, goblets, lamps and vases. Colin’s newest design venture is a range of silk scarves and swimming costumes printed with patterns digitally created from his blown glass . (could link to non glass design section) Heaney, Colin. Red Lave Vitrolith Mortar, 1999. Glass, Diameter 50cm. Reproduced from Colin Heaney Glass, http://colinheaneyglass.com/sculptures_enlarge/1026.html (accessed September 28, 2009)

18. Connections between Emile Gallé and Colin Heaney Production ware Gall é, Emile (c1875). ‘faience vase’ Inspiration and themes. More than glass Innovative techniques and research

19. More than glass: Gallé and Heaney’s flair for design has not been restricted to glass alone. Before Gallé started to concentrate on glass he designed with pottery, not surprising because of his father’s faience and glass factory. In 1885 he opened a small woodworkers shop where he began experimenting in marquetry designs in furniture. This could have sparked off his ideas for glass marquetry. (link to research maybe?)

20. Gallé, Emile. (c1884) ‘Jardinière’. Faience. Gallé, Emile. (c1900) ‘Marquetry sellete’ Gallé, Emile. (c1900) ‘Veneered hanging cabinet’ Gallé, Emile. (c1900) ‘Inlaid wortable’

21. Like wise before his fascination with glass began Colin made his sculptures out of many materials. Leather, wood, metal, wax, resins, found objects and cold glass all made their way into his sculptures and furniture. Insert your own image of 1970’s fantasy candle landscapes here! After 25 years of glass blowing Heaney has moved on to using his glass art as a basis for print designs on silk kaftans and swimming costumes.

22. Clock wise . 1. Swimwear by Colin Heaney. 2. Silk Kaftan by Colin Heaney featured in the SMH Dec 2008. 3.Silk Kaftan by Colin Heaney featured at the BMW swimwear awards 2008. 4. Heaney, Colin. (1993) ‘Salome series candelabra’. Hot glass and gilded wrought iron. 110cm. Back to Connections 1 2 4 3 Insert your own image of 1970’s fantasy candle landscapes here!

23. Inspiration and themes; Emile Galle and Collin Heaney share an appreciation for natural beauty Gallé studied botany and his ‘scientific’ attention to detail appears in images on glass real enough to grow off the vase or fly away. Bats, pine cones, flowers of every sort and insects feature in Emile Galle’s designs Gallé, Emile. (c.1900) ‘Wildflowers’ Gallé, Emile. ‘Selection of vases’ Gallé, Emile. Gallé, Emile. (c1893 - 1899) ‘vases’

24. Gallé, Emile. (c.1903) ‘Pine cone vase’ Gallé, Emile. (c.1890) ‘Bat bottle’ Gallé, Emile. (c.1903) ‘Dragonfly vase’

25. Heaney’s works are more abstract but the titles give a direct clue to his inspiration. Heaney is also an environmentalist, protecting the land that he loves from development. Fellow Byron Bay artist Debby Kruger said that ‘Byron Bay is intrinsically in everything Heaney does. His reverence for nature permeates his life and work..’ Back to Connections Heaney, Colin. ‘Bell enchanted forest blue’ Heaney, Colin. ‘Lacey line flute’ Heaney, Colin. 92004) ‘ Earth sky vase’ Heaney, Colin. ‘ Ruby Hanging garden’ Heaney, Colin. ‘ Rainfores t’

26. Artistic sustainability through production: Gallé and Heaney both found a good balance, of production work that financially supported the experimentation, research and unique artistic works. By the time Gallé was at the height of his practice, there were 3 levels of goods being made. ‘ Standard Gallé’ pieces made industrially, ‘Serial production’ where craftsman worked to his designs and then the most sought after V ‘unique’ works that involved many techniques and his own work. Gallé would have presented these unique works for display at events like the 1889 Paris international exhibition

27. Colin Heaney started blowing by himself with surfie mates as assistants, now his studio has a team of 10 glassblowers. 9 Noris Ioannou states that ‘He has successfully developed a range of decorative and functional glass types which have been especially sought after by tourists.’ By doing this Heaney can finance his more sculptural artistic pieces and enjoy the experimental improvising that he so loves about blowing glass. Heaney’s ‘series’ strand are labelled as vases, goblets and gifts. Heaney’s one off’s are labelled as ‘Sculptures’ and are dated. Back to Connections 4 6 8 7 5 9 10 12

28. Tony Hanning Bibliography; Born in 1950, Tony Hanning studied Studied as a painter Diploma of Visual Arts in 1971 First started glass art in 1979 Masters of Arts 1998 PhD

29. Tony Hanning was one of the first Australian Glass artists to focus on the technique of cameo. He joined Nick Mount and opened the first production glass studio in 1981, Budgeree glass.

30. Hanning’s works focus on memory and space, originally based on plant imagery, Hannings recent work has evolved into landscapes with a story.

31. Connections between Emile Gallé and Tony Hanning Natural Inspiration Correspondence with pop culture technique Exploring the vessel team artwork

33. This cameo effect embraces multiple colours that are revealed through layers of overlaid hand blown glass being carved and sandblasted to reveal the underlying layers of glass.

34. using the vessle as a canvas Both Galle and Hanning used the form of a vessle as a canvas, illustrating their concepts across the canvas by carving imagery into the object

36. Nature

41. Galle and art nouveau