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| Other recent activities by Elizabeth Swinburne |
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Craft Development consultant, Waterford Crystal,
Ireland |
| 2003 - present |
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Glass Arts Society (GAS) Board member |
| 2003 |
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Product development for glass mosaic company, Sri Lanka |
| 1999 - 2003 |
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Artistic and Technical Director, Northlands Creative
Glass Centre, Scotland |
| 2003 |
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Contemporary Irish Glass Society |
| 2002 - present |
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International Advisory Board Ebeltoft Glas Museum |
| 2002 |
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Chairperson, Transparency in Glass conference, V&A,
London |
| 2002 |
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Juror, Bernadiene de Neeveprijs, Netherlands |
| 2001 - 2002 |
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Member Stichting Glass Amsterdam 2002 |
| 1999 - 2003 |
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Juror, Royal Society of Arts, Student Awards, London
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| Alongside her own artistic career Elizabeth
Swinburne plays an active role in other aspects of the
glass world. This ranges from acting as juror on International
competitions to providing an international perspective
on the Board of GAS and the Ebeltoft Glasmusem.
Waterford
Crystal
She has also acted as a freelance consultant
for industry. Her most recent project was a joint partnership
with Irish engineering consultant, Una Parsons for
Waterford Crystal. Brought in initially to suggest
a summer programme of events with artists to be based
in the factory in Ireland . The pair developed a programme
of workshops for the Waterford craftsmen which was
designed to develop and extend their technical skills
and to introduce new approaches to the factory environment.
North Lands Creative Glass
From 1999 until the end of 2003 Elizabeth was the Artistic
and Technical director of North Lands Creative Glass.
A private glass centre based in Caithness , Scotland
. Swinburne was responsible for planning and organising
a yearly conference and a series of masterclasses. During
her four years she also planned and coordinated the move
and equiping of the Centre into a newly renovated buildings. |
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Presenting
'Christmas presents' at Waterford Crystal |
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Preparing
glass for sandblasting, Waterford Crystal |
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Bertil
Vallien demonstrating during the opening of
the new studios at Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland,
2003 |
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