The 27th Niijima International Glass Art Festival

Teachers and staff arrived Niijima before the Tyhoon(1)(2)
Visited new Niijima Mayor after staff meeting. (3)(4)

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Dante Marioni started working, drawing canes for his piece
Noda Osamu sand-casted thick plate glass.

lampworking class:

Studio preparation--- refreshed all gas pipes / New flameworking kiln set up. (7)(8)(9)

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Boat cancelled by the Tyhoon (1)
Started Niijima Glassa Art Center Facebook(2)

Hotshop:

Dante Marioni working in roll-up (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

lampworking class:

Studio preparation--- Karina making parts for her piece (9)(10)(11)

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Hotshop:

Dante Marioni was blowing glass all day. (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

lambworking class:

Karina and Cedric were making parts for their piece. (9)(10)(11) Villager's Glass Class was held, Karina and Cedric taught.

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Students arrived by boat.(1)
Walking to Create Center to the teachers' slide lecture. (2)(3)
President of Korea ceramic foundation visited.(4)(5) Steel-Drum band played in the opening party.

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On the openday morning, we had a Kid's workshop. Niijima children made a cast glass plate. After the lunch meeting, Dante Marioni made his leaf series in the demonstration. (6)(7)(8)(9)

lambworking class:

Karina Guevin made an open day demonstration after class meeting. The class started, Student were asked to make a pair to work with. (10)(11)

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JTB's Niijima monitor tour groupe visited the festival.(7)(8)

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The class started. Dante Marioni gave a demonstration using retcello technique. students worked their pieces in the afternoon. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

lambworking class:

Karina Guevin gave a demonstration. students started working, trying to shape an forms given by assignment.(9)(10)(11)

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We went to the Jyusansha-shrine in the intervals between classes.(6)(7)

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Second day of the workshop, students start making their assignment shapes.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5) Members of the circus troupe who has finished their Nijima performance visited.(8) Silent Auction (B) has started.(9)

lambworking class:

Karina Guevin gave a demonstration. students started working, trying to shape an forms given by the assignments.(10)(11)

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JTB's Niijima monitor tour groupe visited the festival. (4)(5)(6)

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Dante Marioni gave a goblet making demonstration. students were taking note in dead earnest.(1)(2)(3)

lambworking class:

Cedric Ginart who was a specialist of bowing scientific glass gave a demonstration. (7)(8)(9)(10)

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niijima high schoolstudents visited.(12) Kakurai made a slideshow at the Noda-house party.(13)(14)

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Dante Marioni gave a demonstration, blew a pice of his leaf-series showing retcello technique. (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)

lambworking class:

An incessant laughter is heard in this year's flame working class. (1)(2)(3)

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Sunny day, but wave is high, ferry has cancelled.(1)

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Every morning, the class begins by Dante's gablet making demonstration.(5)(6) Janusz Posniac draw canes for retchello pieces.(2)(3)(4) Students are working in the afternoon blowing time. (10)(11)(12)

lambworking class:

In the flame working studio, students' practice work are increasing day by day. (7)(8)(9)

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Hotshop:

Students are working hard to finish their projiet.(4)(5) We have a demonstration of Noda, collaborate with Dante Marioni. They finished a amazing piece !!(2)(3)(4)(10)(11)(12)

lambworking class:

Karina and Cedric were making demonstration, making their pieces swiftly. (1)(2)(3)

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We saw google earth car parking on front of the Glass Art Center.(6) The last day's Glass Auction was competitive around the teacher's piece. (14)(15)

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Dante Marioni made a big piece of his leaf series.(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)

lambworking class:

In the last day demonstration Karina and Cedric made a piece inspired by Niijima Scenery.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

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Students an teachers left Niijima. (1)(2)(3)

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