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Featuring works on the cutting edge of kiln-formed glass, Emerge/Evolve, is the first exhibit at the Pittsburgh Glass Center dedicated solely to this technique.
Kiln-formed glass objects are made with glass that has been tested to be compatible for fusing when heated in a kiln.
The works on display are by 11 artists from around the world and were selected from current and past exhibitors in Emerge 2014, Bullseye Glass Co.'s eighth biennial kiln-glass exhibition for emerging artists. Based in Portland, Ore., Bullseye manufactures clear and colored billets used for glass casting.
The works are ambitious, to say the least.
For example, visitors will be immediately struck by Kate Clements' untitled wall installation, which is an assemblage of more than 40 separate lace-like parts that can be reconfigured to the size and space in which it is installed.
It was the most challenging work in the exhibition to install, says glass-center marketing director Paige Ilkhanipour.
Each panel is composed of fused glass frit, or granules, and is extremely thin and delicate in many areas. While the pieces are quite stable as a whole, the utmost care had to be taken to handle each piece with two hands at all times.
Clements says the Amber Room and the front gate at the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, were the inspiration for the decorative nature of the piece. It takes the architecture of the palace and translates it into a glass wall or barrier as a stand-in for the real thing. These imitations and absences act as a veil of protection that is, ultimately, removed when the viewer discovers that the materials are standing in for something else.
The amber-colored glass can never be the lusciousness of real amber, Clements says, and it can't transcend to being gold, either.
In this way, the piece lures the viewer in but, ultimately, fails to be what it is attempting to be.
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Kiln-formed works take center stage in Glass Center showcase
The Washington Post A Look At Early Immigrants Under Amnesty Program
Walter Torrez and Tomas Villalta share some history. In the early 1980s, they both paid coyotes to hurry them across the desert and into the United States illegally. In the late 1980s, both became legal residents and eventually U.S. citizens after President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the program often cited as the last mass effort to legalize undocumented aliens.
But the two men went on to vastly different lives in the Washington region, illustrating the mixed results of the 1986 program for 2.7 million participants and the arguments it offers for both sides in the current immigration debate.
President Obamas recent executive action temporarily shielding an estimated 4 million immigrants from deportation is not as dramatic as the permanent legal residency offered by the Reagan-era initiative. And comparisons are further complicated by the lack of research on the beneficiaries of the 1986 amnesty.
Even so, the fates of Torrez and Villalta provide a glimpse at how differently the new protections could play out for those just now able to, in the presidents words, come out of the shadows.
After getting his green card, Torrez, 46, went on to college, started a series of small businesses and now owns La Nueva 87.7 FM, a Spanish-language radio station broadcasting from Silver Spring. The Bolivian native lives a comfortable suburban life in Prince Georges County and is driving his seventh Mercedes-Benz. He credits becoming a legal citizen with setting him on the path to American success.
Without it, maybe I would still be painting houses, said Torrez, taking a break from the morning radio show in which he regularly exhorts his largely immigrant audience to seize the opportunities available in their adopted country. Hes been a vocal advocate for legalizing todays undocumented residents and offers on-air advice to those navigating the immigration system.
By contrast, Villalta remains on the lowest rungs of the regions economic ladder 26 years after getting his first residency card. Even unskilled work dried up after the Georgetown restaurant where hed washed dishes for 16 years closed in August. Villalta, 65, who became a U.S. citizen a year ago, recently found himself in a Home Depot parking lot, hustling for work with undocumented day laborers.
The Salvadoran-born Villalta is proud of his new blue passport. He was thrilled last month to cast his first vote in the D.C. mayoral election (por Muriel!). He knows he is better off in Northwest Washington than in the poor mountain village in El Salvador where he was born. But he has begun to question the value of a legal right to work in a country where no one wants to give him a job.
Now I see all the young guys getting work who dont have papers just because they are young, he said in Spanish. He has never learned more than a few workplace phrases of English.
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2 immigrants, 2 divergent lives after 1986 law
Yankton, SD (PRWEB) December 11, 2014
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Businesses are urging customers to remember they are still open during major works to stabilise a key part of Shropshires World Heritage Site.
Contractors started the Jackfield Stabilisation Project earlier this year to prevent landslides and try to reduce erosion and the movement of land in the Ironbridge Gorge.
The work consists of 2,000 steel piles being driven into the banks of the River Severn to stabilise the land and halt the land slip.
The scheme aims to stabilise the most active area of ground to allow a new highway to be built which will run between the end of the Tile Museum to near Maws Craft Centre to replace the existing road.
A temporary route leading to businesses in Jackfield has been installed and traders want visitors and residents to remember they are open.
This road will be shifted as stabilisation work progresses on the land surrounding the Maws Craft Centre, an old Victorian tile factory.
Sandra Higson, of Janet & Sandras Craft Shop at the Maws Craft Centre, said: This temporary road has been open since September and it is a lot better than the previous one but we think visitors think the area is closed off. The work needs to be done and we are all supporting this.
Please dont be put off by the works. We are still open for business.
Hundreds of trees have been felled to make way for the main works, which will include earthworks, the treatment of mine workings, piling, river bank protection, drainage, highway work and landscaping.
The overall work will cost a total of 17.6 million with contributions made by the Governments Department for Communities and Local Government which has been part matched by Telford & Wrekin Council and is set to be completed by March 31, 2016.
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Firms stay open amid Ironbridge Gorge landslip work
A wild storm churned through the Central Coast Thursday, flooding parts of downtown Santa Cruz and Capitola Village before noon.
The brunt of the storm hit Santa Cruz County around 11 a.m. At 2 p.m., it was north and mid Monterey County's turn to get drenched.
PHOTOS: Storm damage across the Central Coast
More than 15 homes on Russell Road in Salinas flooded at 3:30 p.m. A KSBW cameraman and reporter saw firemen carrying residents out of their homes to safety, and 30 residents had to evacuate.
Firefighters said the emergency was caused by a nearby farm field's irrigation ditch breaching in two places.
Houses that rely on septic tanks were surrounded and flooded by two feet of contaminated water. Firefighters witnessed water levels continue to rapidly rise one foot. Crews said it will take heavy machinery and several hours to clean up the Russell Road flood.
VIDEO: Rescues on Russell Road
An 11-year-old boy at Gateway School in Santa Cruzwas trapped for 15 minutes when an 80-foot Cypresstree fell on him.
The student was next to an 11-year-old girl outside on Gateway School'splayground when the tree fell on top of both of them at 8:30 a.m.
"There were a number of children in the area waiting for the school day to begin. The downed tree fell across a picnic table where students were congregating. When the tree fell, it trapped an 11 year old male student underneath," Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said.
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Santa Cruz student pinned under tree; Tile falls in Scotts Valley High classroom
IT was the last tile to be placed marking a major milestone in the construction of a Winchester hospice.
Naomi House and Jacksplace children, family members and staff celebrated at their topping out ceremony of their Caterpillar Appeal which sawpatron Alastair Stewart place a single tile on the hospices new roof.
He was joined by Naomi Cornelius-Reid after whom the hospice is named for the ritual that has been observed by the building trade for hundreds of years.
The charitys chief operating officer, Mark Smith, said: Its a real pleasure to see Alistair and Naomi place the highest ridge tile atop the newest part of Naomi House. It is much more than a tile as it represents years of planning, hard work and dedication by the many people involved in bringing this moment to be most importantly the generous individuals, companies, trusts and groups who have come together to support us and the children, young people and families we serve.
Thank you everyone who has helped so far and please help us reach our target to complete the works for the summer of next year.
The 4m project includes the creation of nearly 1,000 square metres of new living areas, play spaces and family accommodation. Plans also include increasing the size of bedrooms by one third, the creation of a new bereavement room and garden of reflection, creation of a sensory therapy room and spaces for messy play and music therapy.
For the first time, Naomi House will be joined to its sister hospice, Jacksplace, by a bridge. This will allow children to make use of the state-of-the-art hydrotherapy pool at the charitys hospice for young adults.
The tile was placed by Alastair and Naomi on the roof of the new hub, a brand new extension to the hospice that will, when complete, accommodate a dining room, living room, spiritual space, roof garden and access to vastly improved family accommodation.
Alastair Stewart OBE said: The real magic of Naomi House is that you can have a space for spiritual reflection alongside a place for messy play. This place exists, ultimately, to help during a moment of sadness.
"The staff here are amongst the most wonderful human beings as you are ever likely to meet and they make that journey more bearable and more tolerable, and this magnificent new facility will help them to do that job even better.
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Walter Torrez and Tomas Villalta share some history. In the early 1980s, they both paid coyotes to hurry them across the desert and into the United States illegally. In the late 1980s, both became legal residents and eventually U.S. citizens after President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the program often cited as the last mass effort to legalize undocumented aliens.
But the two men went on to vastly different lives in the Washington region, illustrating the mixed results of the 1986 program for 2.7 million participants and the arguments it offers for both sides in the current immigration debate.
President Obamas recent executive action temporarily shielding an estimated 4 million immigrants from deportation is not as dramatic as the permanent legal residency offered by the Reagan-era initiative. And comparisons are further complicated by the lack of research on the beneficiaries of the 1986 amnesty.
Even so, the fates of Torrez and Villalta provide a glimpse at how differently the new protections could play out for those just now able to, in the presidents words, come out of the shadows.
After getting his green card, Torrez, 46, went on to college, started a series of small businesses and now owns La Nueva 87.7 FM, a Spanish-language radio station broadcasting from Silver Spring. The Bolivian native lives a comfortable suburban life in Prince Georges County and is driving his seventh Mercedes-Benz. He credits becoming a legal citizen with setting him on the path to American success.
Without it, maybe I would still be painting houses, said Torrez, taking a break from the morning radio show in which he regularly exhorts his largely immigrant audience to seize the opportunities available in their adopted country. Hes been a vocal advocate for legalizing todays undocumented residents and offers on-air advice to those navigating the immigration system.
By contrast, Villalta remains on the lowest rungs of the regions economic ladder 26 years after getting his first residency card. Even unskilled work dried up after the Georgetown restaurant where hed washed dishes for 16 years closed in August. Villalta, 65, who became a U.S. citizen a year ago, recently found himself in a Home Depot parking lot, hustling for work with undocumented day laborers.
The Salvadoran-born Villalta is proud of his new blue passport. He was thrilled last month to cast his first vote in the D.C. mayoral election (por Muriel!). He knows he is better off in Northwest Washington than in the poor mountain village in El Salvador where he was born. But he has begun to question the value of a legal right to work in a country where no one wants to give him a job.
Now I see all the young guys getting work who dont have papers just because they are young, he said in Spanish. He has never learned more than a few workplace phrases of English.
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Tile has a rich and varied history in decor, from Roman floor mosaics to majolica to Delft ceramics to Mexican terracotta.
These styles and more continue to inspire artistry. Many of the newest collections of ceramic and porcelain tile were on display this fall at the five-day Cersaie international exhibition in Bologna, Italy.
Some of the trends:
Master impostors
Across the show, faux finishes ruled. What seemed to be barnwood or other timber planking was actually porcelain. Manufacturers can now produce tile that looks and even feels like wood, marble, granite or cement, but is thin and lightweight.
The application advan-tages are obvious: A 20-foot slab of slim porcelain printed to look like stone is a lot easier to make and install than the real thing. It can be wrapped up kitchen islands, walls and even ceilings, and is easily cut to accommodate plugs or faucets.
Advancements in digital printing have taken faux finishes a long way from earlier versions that looked unrealistic and one-dimensional. Now, the detail is more precise, the image is embedded deep in the tile, and the surface texture is transformed.
In the United States, the Reclamation collection from Crossville, based in Crossville, Tenn., is an urban-industrial mix of cement and tiles that look like salvaged wood in colorways with names like Steel City, Cotton Exchange and Tobacco Road. (crossvilleinc.com )
Serenissima Cir, based in Casalgrande, Italy, got hold of a palette of brick from Prohibition-era Chicago and used it to create a tile collection that looks and feels like time-worn brick, right down to the original maker's Chicago stamp. (cir.it )
Metallic glazes are also evolving. You'll see patterns with a subtle brush of coppery glitter, while others have dramatic gold, copper and silver finishes especially striking on 3-D tiles. Antiquing gives mirrored tiles a mercury-glass quality.
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Artistry and artifice are on display in new tiles
Tile of Spain has announced the winners of the 13th Annual Tile of Spain Awards in the categories of architecture and interior design. Winners ARCHITECTURE The first prize in the architecture category went to the project entitled "House in Prncipe Real" (Lisbon) by the CAMARIM Arquitectos Studio (Vasco Correia and Patricia Sousa). The house, built on five floors, looks out onto the street boasting a new textured take on the traditional ceramic tile facade.
The judges also awarded two special mentions to the following projects: "Casa El Enroque", by ngel Luis Rocamora and "Casa Andamio" by bosch.capdeferro arquitectures.
Winners INTERIORS First prize in the interior design category was awarded to "Restoration of the Cloister at Betx Castle" by El Fabricante de Espheras studio. The work focuses on recovering the cloister space by including a traditional terracotta wall.
The panel of judges also awarded special mentions to two projects in the Interior Design category: "Bodebo Store" by CAVAA (Jordi Calbet and Oriol Va) and "Restoration of the Administration Hall of the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, by Joan Nogu Arbussa. Winners in the FINAL DEGREE PROJECT CATEGORY The Tile of Spain Awards also included a category to acknowledge the best Final Degree Project undertaken by students at architecture schools where the use of ceramic tiles plays a major role.
The judges agreed to award first prize in the Final Degree Project category to 'Alfama 2.0' by Mara Gonzlez Aranguren, a student at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). Two special mentions were awarded: one to the project entitled 'Re-inhabiting Bujalcayado' by Irene Iglesias Romn and "La Nuit Amricaine" by Luis Rodrguez Carnero, both students at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM).
The panel of judges was chaired by architect Emilio Tun, founder, together with the late Luis Moreno Mansilla of the Mansilla + Tun Arquitectos studio. The panel of judges also included Italian architect Cino Zucchi; the executive director of the Pritzker Awards, Martha Thorne; Indian architect Anupama Kundoo; young architect Jos Mara Snchez, who recently received BSI Swiss Architectural Award for architects under 50; Fernando Mrquez Cecilia, editor and director of El Croquis architecture journal; and the Castelln-born architect Ramn Monfort.
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Winners of 13th Edition of the Tile of Spain Awards Announced