The Glass Sellers Award
The Glass Sellers Prize 2008
Working under the patronage of the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers, George Ravenscroft made his famous discovery of lead crystal glass. Its manufacture subsequently began in 1674 on the site now occupied by the Savoy Hotel in the Strand. Since then the Glass Sellers Company has continued, in various ways to support the art of glassmaking, consolidating this in the main, in two annual awards for Glass Art.
The Prize
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers is delighted to be working in association with the British Glass Biennale this year to offer three prizes, with a student section incorporated for the first time. The British Glass Biennale Award is increased to £8000 for the ‘best in show’; the Glass Sellers Award is worth £5000 and the Glass Sellers Student Award of £1000.
The winner in each category (and his or her partner) will be invited to attend the Glass Sellers annual banquet at the Mansion House in late October.
Submission
Submission - We are looking for originality and talent in the use of glass as a medium of artistic expression and the awards are presented for the artistic and technical excellence of submissions predominantly in glass but specifically excluding stained glass windows. Pieces submitted must have been made during 2007/08, and should not exceed 1.5 metres in the largest dimension.
Eligibility
The awards are only open to entrants currently working and residing in the UK.
Entrants may submit one piece only or a group of related pieces (where pieces are components of a single object), and may not submit for all three awards. Entrants for the Student Award may submit up to three pieces and they must currently be studying or be within three years of graduating. Winners of the main award may not enter the competition again within five years. Previous student winners are eligible to submit for the Main Award and Engraved Glass Award.
Application
Click here for more information. www.biennale.org.uk
