Glass Cutting from Waterford Irish Glass, San Jose State University

NOTE: This events is not free to the public. A one day pass ticket for $170 plus GAS Membership is required to attend – tickets

Waterford, Ireland’s Glass heritage; maintaining a living tradition for the future

Róisín de Buitléar, Fred Curtis and Karl Hayes are invited Presenters of the  Glass Art Society annual conference, which is meeting in San Jose June 5-7. They will demonstrate glass cutting, live, on Sunday morning June 7 in the San Jose State University Glass Studio from 10:00-11:30 am.

Led by Róisín de Buitléar, with Irish Master Glassmakers, Fred Curtis and Karl Hayes, the artists will demonstrate the diversity and potential in cold glass cutting and sculpting in crystal. See these world-renowned glass masters demonstrate glass sculpting from solid block, vessel pattern cutting, diamond point engraving and drawing with the copper-wheel, smattered with gems of history and lore from the Irish factory floor.  read more