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2006
May 31, SOFA New York

Set up for SOFA attracted a lot of attention to our booth. The CRATER cast glass sculpture by Libensky and Brychtova was a hit and considered by several experts as their best Work and one of the best objects at SOFA

Our web based exposition,  Natura Morta e Vivente  is ready on the web. Some of the Work will be exhibited at SOFA NY in June. Natura Morta is a web based exposition of Nature Still and Alive


 Summer 2006 Catalogue inaugurates a yearly series planed by Mostly Glass. It features Work from Natura Morta and Work to be shown at SOFA New York.

 
 
May 4, fine tuning 2006 Exhibits

Our web based exposition,  Natura Morta e Vivente  is ready on the web. Some of the Work will be exhibited at SOFA NY in June. Natura Morta is a web based exposition of Nature Still and Alive

Still Life is defined as a painting of inanimate objects Fabio Daroma’s Work, exemplifies this traditional concept. Our Exhibit digresses from tradition in several ways: Most of the Work is dimensional, using Glass and Ceramic; few pieces are abstracts and some are not still, hence the title

Summer 2006 Catalogue inaugurates a yearly series planed by Mostly Glass. It features Work from Natura Morta and Work to be shown at SOFA New York.

 
March 5, What is planed for Mostly Glass in 2006

The 2006 Exhibit schedule has taken shape a lot of novelty, but also encores to the best performing Artists of the past...

This year the focus is going to be Czech Glass Art, with a cast glass sculpture by The Masters, Libensky & Brychtova at the helm. Their Crater green sculpture will be shown at SOFA New York the first week of June.
We welcome to our family of glass Artists Ivana Houserova with her signature cast glass.
For his March solo Exhibit, Vlastislav Janacek created Visionary, a masterful 30" tall Sculpture

June, Natura Morta (Still Life) 
September, Figurative Art
October, European Artists
December, Realism in art 2006
February 2007, Nudes and Erotica

 

2005
December 29.

Our December Exhibit, Realism in Art, was our best ever in terms of response to both the the e-mail invite and that to the
printed card. Many sales followed, particularly for Livio De Marchi and Emma Luna . This proved to us that Art can be promoted virtually and crowned a good first year for Mostly Glass in Cyberspace. However those who contact us on the web are customers of ours who came to trust the image we show and the discussions we have with them. Another set of customers are those who are familiar with the Work of an Artist and find it on our web site. A lot of such contacts are related to the Work of Vittorio Costantini 

 
November 2, SOFA Chicago

Overall pre - SOFA and SOFA sales were good. Art Work by the following Artists SOLD:

 Di Fiore (7 pieces)
 Janacek (3 Objects)
 Ricks (all 3 Kimonos SOLD, and 6 were Ordered)
Luna, 5 Wall Installations.
Ruzsa, several Paperweights
 
October 25, SOFA Chicago

SOFA is opening on the 27th, and we already had several advance sales. The 2 Di Fiore Saws supporting her extraordinary Fused Glass panels, sold to Collectors in CA. This type of support for her Glass Art seems particularly attractive. Another Collector, from upstate NY, who had been waiting for the "next Saw", missed on those and is commissioning one.

Another commission came from Boston for a Weiland's Vessel. A HOLD was placed on Ricks' Red Dragon Kimono. Her other Wedding Kimono, our Dealer's choice on the SOFA web site sold earlier 

Several requests were made about other Work we are showing at SOFA:  Weiland's Baby Bath and Wave; Luna's Stacked Towels and Wall Installations and one of Janachek's Optic Glass Sculptures featured on our SOFA Invite Card: ...it may have happened. Collectors from Manhattan who saw Alison Ruzsa working on her Circus piece: Li'l Big Top are coming to see the final product.

We are looking forward to mingling with the eclectic crowd of Art Lovers that SOFA attracts to Chicago from across the country. Many of the Collectors that acquired Work from our Gallery before are planning to come to Chicago. Several have become great friends. We are thankful to SOFA for having provided this forum for human exchange at more than one level. .
 

May, 8
For current web based exhibit Global Glass Art
Ten Artists from around the World were invited to participate. Several of the Artists in this Exhibit are new with Mostly Glass and are participants in The ABC of Glass Art

The ABC Exhibit is progressing very well with the 8.5 x 11" 52 page Catalogue being readied to go to the printer within few days
 

March, 8
We will be testing Virtual Mostly Glass with a series of web based exhibits. The first Invite will be e-mailed today and titled:
New Work & New Artists
April Exhibit: NJ  - NY Glass Artists

 
January 2005: The transformation of Mostly Glass to a Virtual Gallery

We will participate more and more in Dimensional Art International Exhibits such as
SOFA Chicago , SOFA New York and Palm Beach. We are applying for Exhibits in Europe and later in the Far East.
Detailed announcements and Events schedules are continuously updated on the web under EXHIBITS.
 A more user friendly Web Site is being designed with our Web Master Dror Navaro.
 
January, 23 post Palm Beach SOFA

Palm Beach SOFA was a great success for Mostly Glass and for Miriam Di Fiore. Seven pieces sold including the
$62 500 Sickel (Falce).

Di Fiore's new piece, Remember Me was a big hit. The photo on the web does not give it justice. Tina Oldknow was considering purchasing it for the Corning Museum, but the Collector who bought Falce (and previously Mandolino for the Museum he is building in Armenia) made the decision quicker. Oak Drawer and the new Blue Drawer could have sold many times over.

The Dei Rossis will be in the Museum in Armenia too. The Unique Puntis (Red Rose by Antonio and Venetian Woman by Mario) were purchased together with Antonio's Robin Fusion. Tina was considering one of the Puntis for Corning.
Antonio's new White Tiger is a particularly good Murrine. Two sold to Dei Rossi Collectors.

Other important Work that sold are Life by David Willis, Confetti by Michael O'Keefe, Contorsunist by Hermann Mejer and a  Madelyn Rick's Glass Beaded Kimono. Soon we will be opening a web page for this very good Artist

 Sandy Miller's superb Water Melon Tourmaline Neckpiece sold to an important Manhattan Collector. Sandy is featured in the current issue of Lustre magazine. The featured piece is #21 on our web site.

The most attention in our space was for Alison Ruzsa's Work with alternating layers of Glass and Painting.

 


2004
September, 25
Mostly Glass will represent Eight Artists at SOFA Chicago.
A large space is devoted to Miriam Di Fiore's Work. This will be the opening of Miriam' s Solo Exhibit at Mostly Glass Gallery. For the solo Miriam will have 20 new pieces ready.
 
August 23. Hermann Mejer's Solo Exhibit, Figurative Art in Various Media has earned the Artist several commissions from Art Collectors in Philadelphia and Boston. Some are personal Sculptures; others are rendition of his Terra Cotta in Bronze. Hermann is preparing new Work for SOFA Chicago, some with a surrealist tilt.
 
July 4. Robert Mickelsen's Solo Exhibit, Busy Being Born.  As it drew to a close,  Mickelsen's exhibit became very successful with the sale of 12 pieces including the most important ones: Hydra, Sirius and Borealis. Half of the pieces sold to a Collector in Massachusetts who fell in love with Robert's Work particularly the Organism series. We signed Robert for SOFA Chicago where we will show predominantly a (continuous) revival of the Organisms and introduce a new direction in his Work. Robert's Organisms are being defined as an Art Form that will have appeal across time. This timelessness defines true ART.
 
June 12, 2004. SOFA NY This has been our most successful SOFA, and it seems that among the Galleries that did best.

Matsushima's Solo Exhibit,  Resurrecting Core - Formed Glass has been our most successful ever.
Out of the 31 pieces Iwao prepared for the Exhibit, 20 sold to date, Ten of these sold before SOFA, and 10 at SOFA

Another big seller at SOFA was Miriam Di Fiore. Six pieces SOLD. We wired up for her SOLO Exhibit rescheduled for October - November 2004. We will be giving for that a significant space at SOFA Chicago.

The films of Antonio Dei Rossi projected on the wall of our SOFA booth were very interesting and informative.
Four of his new Eagle Murrine sold, and a unique punti piece of Squirrel rod sold for $3300. A Murrine Pins Sold to Collectors from Manhattan.

Allison Ruzsa's work attracted a lot of attention, and her Jockey Club sold. Several persons showed interest in her latest and most extraordinary piece: Beg your pardon, I did not promise a Rose Garden
 
May 28, 2004. The web pages have been readied for the Matsushima Solo Exhibit
This is our most thorough coverage of an Artist. There are Essays and detailed information on the Technique and the history of the most ancient of glass techniques: core-formed glass. Iwao is one of the most important resurrect or of that technique 
The 48 page Catalogue for the Exhibit is with us now. It can be viewed on the web through Adobe Acrobat
 
April 10, 2004. Opening of Robert Mickelsen's Solo Exhibit
The Gallery is ready for the opening of Robert Mickelsen's solo exhibit, Busy Being Born. Mickelsen's Sculptures look even more striking in the new cases at the Gallery, with individually lit niches. Robert with us for the Opening with his fiancée Cher. Some pieces sold the morning of the Opening.
 
March 11 2004
The Gallery is being readied for David Willis' Wall Installations. His Realistic Glass Sculptures are exemplified by superbly detailed Orchid stems within a Glass frame surrounded by a metal one. His Standing Still illustrate his Abstract furnace Glass.  
 
February 21 2004
We are preparing a mailing with our 2004 Exhibit Schedule The Card has on the Front an extraordinary photo by Eva Heyd of Miriam Di Fiore's extraordinary piece, Poplar Grove. Miriam started sending piece for the variety of events we are planning for her this year.
Iwao Matsushima sent images for some of the core-forming glass pieces he prepared for his solo with us in May - June.
Many Glass Art Connoisseur have been waiting to have his unique work. Some pieces sold, sight unseen; others are on hold.  His web presence with us will be revamped shortly.
New pieces by James & Martina Byrnes are in the Gallery now. They were the best sellers in term of # of pieces in the December Orchid Exhibit. We will open a site for them
 
January 17 2004
 The first Exhibit in 2004 is going to be  The Jewelry Sandra Miller Purity & Intensity
 January acquisitions by Mostly Glass:
     Robert Mickelsen Fossil 1997
     Alison Ruzsa Jockey Club
     Antonio Dei Rossi, Red Rose
     Gundi, Winter 2004 Sculptures

An International Group of Artists are being invited to participate in the 2005 Exhibit: The ABC of Glass Art
 
December 25 2003                      The Season at Mostly Glass
 The sales in the Gallery were the best ever. More importantly, we sold more valuable Art Work than what we have sold before through Englewood and within one month.  Mostly Glass will focus in 2004 more Collectible and Unique Art Work.
The best sellers in the Orchid Exhibit were the couple that was exhibiting for the first time with Mostly Glass:
Jim and Martina Byrnes. We will soon open a space for them on the web. 
 
December 8 2003                                 December Exhibits at Mostly Glass
The Auction, the Orchid in Glass and Glass Art Jewelry opened in the Gallery December 7
The first snow of the season interfered with the opening. Still, several customers and friends came.
The Artist who sold most is Sandra Miller. Her Jewelry with good quality semiprecious stones, 18kt Gold, and nice designs is very attractive. Three Neck Pieces Sold
 
November 15 2003
 Alison Ruzsa's SOLO Exhibit at Mostly Glass
 A good response to Ruzsa's Work in Englewood and on the web. Her unique and very time consuming technique has contributed significantly to Glass Art and make her pieces of a much higher value than the current retail pricing.
The esthetic appeal is just an icing on a delicious cake.
 
October 19 2003, SOFA Chicago
We had a great Opening Night at SOFA Chicago. Antonio and Mario Dei Rossi were the Stars, with many Customers and other Artists flocking our Booth to see the Unique Miniature Murrini and the extraordinary Jewelry settings that Antonio designed for them.
Livio De Marchi was the SOFA star on Saturday the 18. His Wood Sculptures were featured in the morning Network TV News. Sales of many pieces followed during the day.
 Other important Sales:
Di Fiore's Regrets
Ruzsa's Gallery Opening II
 
October 12 2003
We are practically ready for SOFA Chicago. Our Web Master, Dror Navaro has achieved a marathon update of the work to be shown in Chicago. What is left is adding Miriam Di Fiore's Poems.

Steve Tobin is a new Artist with us. The extraordinary spectrum of his sculptures is now on our web site
  Book Signing at SOFA for his 2003 publication:  Steve Tobin's Natural History
  An overview of the artist's remarkable career in Glass, Bronze, Steel and Clay.

Livio De Marchi with his novel glass and wood sculptures
Antonio Dei Rossi created the most extraordinary jewelry settings for his Murrini
Antonio will be with us at SOFA with his father Mario Dei Rossi. It is Mario who revived the Art of Miniature Murrini and refined it like nobody ever did
Alison Ruzsa is giving a preview of her bicoastal US solo exhibit opening November 2003
Jorg Zimmerman returns with us to SOFA. His Cityscape Installation will be shown for the first time in Chicago.
 We are representing Mauro Bonaventura for the first time at SOFA Chicago
The only sculpture exhibited last year with Rosella Junck Gallery sold Opening night.
 
 
August 1 2003
The Goblet Exhibit will open August 5 with Work by a an International group of Glass Artists. who created some extraordinary work :
 Goblets, Whimsical and Functional
 

July 8 2003
We mailed a large number of the Costantini and the Dei Rossi small Catalogues. 
The Dei Rossi presence on our web site has been revamped with more than 45 Miniature Murrini being exhibited.
This is the largest joint Exhibit for and the first in the US for the Father and Son team: Mario and Antonio Dei Rossi,
It will be an ongoing Exhibit on our web site, Dei Rossi @ Mostly Glass
 
June 9 2003
We had a very successful Opening for Costantini's Exhibit (in spite of the rain).
Many pieces sold at the Gallery and distantly to Costantini Collectors.
The Exhibit will remain in Englewood through June.
We will then take some of the Work to the Biannual Glass Exhibit at Wheaton Village, NJ, July 11 - 13 
Vittorio Costantini. Nature in Glass 2003
 
May 23 2003
Bonaventura's Exhibit is getting a very good response.
Mauro Bonaventura's SOLO Exhibit
His Demonstration at the Gallery Sunday, the 18 got a very good response. Saturday the 24th, he is going to do it again, 3 - 4 pm
 
May 5 2003 Just came back from Venice where we met several of the Artists for whom we have exhibits coming up
( Bonaventura, Costantini, Dei Rossi). We also discussed with Livio De Marchi the special display he will prepare for SOFA Chicago.
 

April 12 2003 Mostly Jewelry of the the Glass Orchids sold at the 23rd New York International Orchid Show at Rockefeller Center, April 9 - 13.  Members of the Orchid Society had visited Mostly Glass and were impressed in the realism of Neher's Orchid. Margaret Neher. Margaret prepared her signature flameworked glass orchids in a variety of ways:
Sculptures, Scent Bottles, Neck Pieces, Brooches and Goblets.
 

February 26 2003, A Poem by a Friend... a Poet
 
A poem
 
February 15 2003
We are expecting new Work from the five Artists whom we are representing in ARTform at Palm Beach opening March 6. Bonaventura is focusing on Wall pieces. Di Fiore will have 5 new pieces, one of which is wall hanging. Ruzsa is in the process of photographing the 4 pieces  she prepared. One of them contains close to 50 allegories! Salvadore may be able to have a Kanuri III and a Testa in the same spirit as his very popular Kota that actually sold to Collectors from Miami. Zimmermann is preparing a Cityscape II
 
February 12 2003
 
New Jewelry. We just posted new Work by Betty Rinaldo and Marcia LePore. Betty uses in the center of her neckpieces Cameo Glass created by her husband Rinaldo. For the beads she chooses from the wide variety available in Venice. Marcia also uses Venetian Beads in some of her pieces. She has been focusing on getting unique pieces from Bead Artists.

Kurt McVay. We just mailed a very nice card that illustrates some of his superb functional pieces in Red, Clear, Silver and Black. We posted on the Web detailed explanation about his Technique. http://www.mostlyglass.com/mcvay,_kurt6.htm
 
January 26 2003

The Schedule of our for 2003 is is posted.
The first of those is going to be ARTform in Palm Beach, Florida, a new Exhibit of Dimensional Art. Several of the participating Galleries are among the top ones in the US.
 
We have even included two very important SOLO Exhibits for 2004: Iwao Matsushima and Fanny Ferre.
We consider Mostly Glass fortunate to have Exhibits by these Artists. The Work of both are in very high demand. Their Exhibit schedule is booked full abroad through part of 2004. Below are links to their current Galleries on our web site. All of the pieces shown there are already sold.

Iwao Matsushima is considered a World Master of the ancient technique of core forming glass.
http://www.mostlyglass.com/Artists/matsushima/matsushima,_iwao.htm

Fanny Ferre it will be her second solo in the US. Since her Year 2000 Exhibit at Mostly Glass, she has had a series of very successful Exhibits in Europe. This time, her Bronzes will be shown for the first time in the US
http://www.mostlyglass.com/Artists/fanny/fanny.htm

Kurt McVay is a Master of fused Functional Art. His Platters and Bowls are the very best in terms of esthetic and durability. We just posted sets of color coordinated pieces, in Silver, Black, Red, Blue and Clear Glass
http://www.mostlyglass.com/mcvay,_kurt.htm
 
December 26 2002
Our December Sales were more of large unique pieces, and less of small Gift Items. In general, the Gift obtained from MG are for a particularly Unique person or occasion. We also sold less  Ornaments than last year.

We are thankful for the Patrons that continued to purchase unique pieces from us, and are very happy of the new ones that discovered MG recently. We have a very exciting Exhibit Schedule for 2003 that we will post soon on the Web.
The Auction will remain a feature on the Web in 2003, with lesser items than in the December Auction
 
December 14 2002
Our Auction 2002 is going well, with several large and small pieces sold at the Gallery and through the Web. We plan to keep it as an ongoing features on the Web.

We had a very good response to our Celebration of the Arts mailing. The Moretti's Vessels, featured on the front of the Card generated a lot of interest, and several sold already.

The Scent Bottles & The Goblets Exhibits are going strong too. People are choosing them for their collection or to offer and initiate friends & relatives to collect.
 
November 18 2002
We had a successful Reception for Salvadore's AFRICA 2002 yesterday. The crowd was thin, but very interested. Three large pieces sold: a Head, a Shield, and a Vessel I . We are sold out of the Heads now, and asked Davide if he could prepare more. 
 
November 16 2002
November and December events at Mostly Glass:
Auction 2002 auction.mostlyglass.com will open on the Web November 23

December 1st at the meeting for the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group (MCGG)  at Mostly Glass. During that meeting, Sami Harawi will give a lecture on  Micro & Macro Murrina in Italian Glass Art, focusing on the Work of Salvadore & Dei Rossi. By Invitation Only

 A Celebration of the ARTS, our Event of the Year, December 8.  See details under

Mostly Glass was invited to participate in 2 important International Art Exhibits in 2003:
March 2003   ARTform Exhibit, Palm Beach, Florida
July 2003       Glass Week End, the biannual exhibit in Wheaton Village, NJ
                        (only 20 Glass Art Galleries get invited to this event) 
Our 2003 Exhibits $ Events Schedule will be posted soon
 
November 1 2002
Tamar Hirschl at Mostly Glass
 Surviving a traumatic childhood during World War II, Tamar Hirschl established new roots and a new life in Israel. Her work understandably reflects an overwhelming desire for peace among nations, and an end to painful disruption among families, people and religions. Visit her new gallery
 
October 25 2002
David Salvadore's First Solo Exhibit in the USA
Africa 2002  -  We just opened
The response to the Exhibit as seen on the Web has been great with several pieces being on hold for several enthusiasts of Glass Art.  
The gallery can be visited here
Saturday October 19 2002
Mario and Antonio Dei Rossi
Masters of Miniature Murrina
The extraordinary Miniature Murrina Work by Dei Rossi,  Father & Son. Visit the new gallery
To learn about Their Technique click here
Sunday September 29 2002
Jorg Zimmermann was at Mostly Glass in a reception for his Fall 2002 Exhibit.  He was extremely well received by Collectors of his Work and by persons who were seeing it for the first time. An atmosphere of enthusiasm and warmth based the Gallery. One Zimmermann Collector told him that she dreamed about a piece of his for a year before deciding to buy it! 
 Zimmermann, Fall 2002
Saturday August 10 2002
The Exhibit of Helaine Schneider is receiving a lot of attention from our Collectors and from new Clients that are attracted to the restful feeling one gets from Helaine's Sculptures. We just posted her Artists' Statement and her writing about the Raku technique. You can see it all through her Gallery on our web site. Below is the e-mail Invite we sent to our Customers.

"I strive to transfer the energy of my deepest thoughts and feelings into the clay, and let the clay create the Figure."
Mostly Glass Gallery presents the first Solo Exhibit of Helaine Schneider.
Ever since we opened the Gallery, the magnetism in her Sculptures, in particular Moment in Time, have drawn a wide range of persons whether
Art Lovers or Art Collectors.
Sunday July 28 2002

Miniature ART at Mostly Glass Gallery
We had a successful Opening for the first of our two Summer 2002 Exhibit. The participating Artists range from the
World the renown Glass Artist Vittorio Ferro to the emerging Ceramic Artist Michael Henry 
The Exhibit features a large variety of Miniatures.
From the Figurative Glass Sculptures of Mauro Bonaventura to the Wood Libraries of Ettore Sobrero;
From the Ceramic Cloth Line of Emma Luna to the Mignon Venetian Goblets of Giuliano Ballarin;
From the Orchid Sent Bottles of Margaret Neher to the Raku Figures of Helaine Schneider
From the Copper & Glass Bowls of Jonathan Andersson to the Wood Hats of Livio De Marchi, and
From the Lampwork Goblets of Emilio Santini to the Ceramic Vessels of Missy & Sandy Kaolin.

They are extremely appealing, reasonably priced, and there is always a small space at home to display them

Explore this World of preciously small Art Pieces by going directly to the Miniature Exhibit
http://mostly-glass.com/miniatures.htm
July 26 2002
Our Two Summer Exhibits:
Miniature ART &
Helaine Schneider's Moments
You can preview these through our Exhibit Page
 
We are revamped Vittorio Costantini’s presence on our web site. His extraordinary rendition of Fauna in Glass has been likened to the Work of the Blaschkas who rendered in Glass the Botanical section of the Peabody Museum at Harvard.  You can see on our web site a unique collection of Butterflies, Birds and Beetles.
Our Web Master, Dror Navaro made these sections particularly user friendly.

 Update: Visit Costantini's Gallery for his latest Water Life Collection -  
 

We had a very successful Opening for the Exhibit, GLASS: Abstract & Figurative

 Thirty Five persons came (by invitation only), most members of the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group. The MCGG chooses Galleries in the NY Metropolitan area for their regular meetings. MG is proud to host the Group for the 3rd Year. Sami Harawi gave a well received lecture about Abstract and figurative Art in general with (of course) a focus on Glass.
The lecture was illustrated by Work of 13 Artists participating in this Exhibit.

 
We revamped our web site to make it more functional. In addition to indexing access to the Art Work by Artist (link, top left). The Featured Artists category has been trimmed to those we whose Work is continuously turned over. We categorized the Work by ART FORM, and we hope it will facilitate to our visitors the use of the web site. Please send us an e-mail with your feed back, info@mostlyglass.com
 
We posted the extraordinary Reverse Painting on Glass by the French Artist
Mathilda de Carpentry. We introduced Mathilda's Work to the USA at the Palm Springs International ART Fair in California, mid March. Some of these paintings have very interesting stories (posted with them).