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Emma Biggs
 Emma Biggs, the famous artist, revealed her secrets of perfect outcome with limited materials in order to improve skills of experienced mosaic fanciers from different regions of the world. Participants are requested to complete at least one project during the week, and they reinforced their knowledge with small applications. Besides an intensive workshop, Glass Furnace
rendered possible for its students to beacquainted with each othet by sightseeing over Riva River and Istanbul's fabulous historical structure. IKEA
 Last week, Glass Furnace take on the mission of assembling employees of Ikea Turkey's franchisees with a different activity. After a welcome coctail at Agora, they witnessed to the berth of glass demonstrated by Mr İzzet Overman. Our quest replied to our question on their intentions of success in 2010 by,creating figures at the fusion studio. They kept the glass beads that they made therir own, as a memory of their journey. After creative activities, all employess attended the day with a meeting and subsequently, they had good times at the barbeque party along with Riva River accompanied by DJ.
Traditional and Modern  Meral Değer Mosaic Workshop by Oğuzhan Tuğrul
 The Glass Furnace hosted glass and mosaic artist Oğuzhan Tuğrul for two days mosaic workshop. During two days, the participants not only learned the technique but created their designs in this technique. On the other hand, participants of the beadmaking class by Ahmet Özdeniz made colorful glassbeads. At the end of the all workshop, all participants enjoyed taking their own work with them. They Admired The Glass Furnace… The Glass Furnace has hosted very imported guests from different countries. Director of Crisform from Portugese Avelino Sousa Lopez, Hotshop Program Manager Steve Gibbs from Corning Museum of Glass-USA, Benjamin Moore’s wife Deborah and her friends have visited The Glass Furnace during their İstanbul trip. They had the opportunity to see about our activities and to watch our workshops. They were also informed of our activities and contribution to the Turkish glass art. They enjoyed their day at our campus and it was our honor to host them in the Glass Furnace. Raku Workshop At The Glass Furnace Sara Aji-one of the famous ceramic artists-and her students visited The Glass Furnace again as they did at last year. They've had the chance to apply Raku which is a traditional Japanese ceramic technique. Sara Aji and her students enjoyed their day at The Glass Furnace.
The Glass Furnace Experience by Clare Jenner
Mosaic student Clare Jenner shares her impressions about our school and the course she took from mosaic artist Emma Biggs in 2008. She also invites potential mosaic students to have a fun experience this year. She says: Attending the 2008 Mosaic Course wasn't all about WORK! Alot of fun was had and friendships were made, with The Glass Furnace providing a beautiful base from which to sample the local culture. As the school was full, not only did I meet some truly talented mosaicists but glass blowers and bead makers, Masters and students and some wonderful Turkish people as well... Please click to view the whole page. Apply to Learn Glass at The Glass Furnace!
 Applications for 2009 intensive courses still continue! We invite you to spend your two weeks full of glass, nature and friendship on our unique green campus. Last year was fun with all students and artists from 22 countries. Participants not only joined classes and learned techniques but also discovered the timless city Istanbul. We are sure that this year will be the most fun of ever with new glass artists and courses. Glass experience, friendships and great memories are awaiting you at The Glass Furnace! Please click for program, details and application. The Glass Furnace at Frankfurt Ambiante Fair
 The Glass Furnace participated in Ambiante Fair in Frankfurt, Germany between February 13-17. Through the support of the Fair management, we had the chance of distributing our brochures, publicizing workshops and activities during the Fair. Our students Tülin Akgül and Gülin Algül were also at the booth and helped us to give information about our school and courses for potential students. Please click to view the photos of the Fair. Fusing Studio by Heyecan Ural
 The Glass Furnace hosted glass and stained glass artist Heyecan Ural for two day fusing workshop. During two days, the participants not only learned the technique but created their designs in this technique. On the other hand, participants of the beadmaking class by Ahmet Özdeniz made colorful glassbeads. At the end of the all workshop, all participants enjoyed taking their own work with them. The Glass Works by Turkish Glass Artists at The Finnish Glass Museum
 Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimaki, Finland hosts glass works of Turkish glass artists between February 6 - April 12, 2009. The contributing glass artists Altan Sungar, Ebru Susamcıoğlu, Erkin Saygı & Ruhcan Topaloğlu (The Glass Atelier), Gamze Araz Eskinazi & Yasemin Sayınsoy (Camekan), Gülden Demir, Felekşan Onar, Meral Değer, Oya Akman and Yasemin Aslan Bakiri came together with Finnish glass artists at the opening reception where it received high attraction of press and artlovers. The glass exhibition by The Glass Furnace and the sponsorship of Bottle and Glass Factory (Şişe ve Cam Sanayi AŞ) and valuable contributions of TR Helsinki Embassy and The Turkish Airlines underlines the improvement of the art of glass in Turkey.
The Glass Furnace at The Report-Turkey 2009 Magazine of OBG
Two page article about The Glass Furnace was published on The Report - Turkey 2009 Magazine of Oxford Business Group with the title of "Keeping Tradition Alive". The article mentions about the facilities, courses and the campus of The Glass Furnace as well as the glass history of Turkey. The article says: At The Glass Furnace, you can detach yourself from the sounds and stresses of everyday life and coax out your creative side. And that's exactly what The Glass Furnace is for - the single-minded dedication to the glass arts such as glassblowing, fusion or beadmaking. Please click to read the whole article. A Fun Glass Activity for Back-up Service Group
 The members of Back-up Service Group had a fun day with glass and their children created their own designs in fusing technique. After having lunch, all children were at the fusing studio making their own plates as a present for their grandmothers and fathers. Then they moved on cutting glass to make coasters for their milk glasses. At the end of the day, they were all happy to discover the magical world of glass on the green campus of The Glass Furnace. Gerry King: The School Has All Ingredients of a Great Experience
Gerry King, Australian glass artist and who periodically teaches at The Glass Furnace mentions about our school on Glasshous/Glasshouse Magazine, the issue of 4/2008. In his article, he says: The Glass Furnace has all the ingredients of a great experience; good equipment, wonderful hospitality, interesting cultural insights, staff and students from around the world but there is something extra. Hard to identify, perhaps it's an amalgamation of the above plus the improbability of a glass school sited in the countryside, which also has a hand-production factory. Embodying aspects of many cultures, Turkey is a land of contrast. Principally Muslim, aspects of society are more liberal than in many countries. It has the most modern of electronics, yet next to the school shephards tend flocks while it thrives although there are few professional contemporary glass artists in the country. Perhaps, the contrasts are key to the special nature of this experience. The Weekend was Hot
 The third weekend of January was hot through glassblowing and kilncasting workshops. During two days, all participants enjoyed making their own work in studios of kilncasting by Ebru Susamcıoğlu and glassblowing by İzzet Özdemir. The glassblowing workshop was organized for a private group and the glass was shaped in their hands. The young participants of kilncasting studio also stayed on the green campus and this was a great activity for their semester break. At the end of the weekend, they were glad to have their works with them. Parent-Child Workshop for Semester Break
 The Glass Furnace invites parents and their children to join one day workshop for the semester break (January 26-February 6). The child and the parent will work on fusing technique on the first half of the day and then will make beads on the second half of the day. All children at age of 11 and above will enjoy working with glass with their parents at the green environment of The Glass Furnace!
Fusing Workshop for Turkcell GSM Company
 The call center members of Turkcell GSM Company joined fusing workshop on Sunday, January 18. Members first had their lunch and then fascinated by the glass demonstration in the hotshop. During the fusing workshop, they cut colored glasses and turned their designs into glass plates and wall panels. Before leaving The Glass Furnace, they watched the beadmaking and whirling dervish demonstrations, and all were happy to have worked with glass. New Year Party with Our Participants
 The Glass Furnace celebrated The New Year with all its two days and two weeks workshop participants on Sunday, December 21. We all came together through the exhibition by following students between 11:00 -15:00. We all had new friendships as well as fun! We are planning to make this exhibition again in spring with more students. Exhibition participants were Altan Sungar, Ayşe Seferoğlu, Banu Oyman, Burcu Tansuğ, Felekşan Onar, Gamze Araz Eskinazi, Gaye Döşer, Giray Ertaş, Gülin Algül, İlknur Akbay, Lale Özer, Meral Değer, Nilgün Saraçoğlu, Pınar Hakim, Semrin Korkmaz, Yasemin Sayınsoy, Yıldız Çetiner. A Fun Weekend in Glass Enamel Decoration Class
 We all had a fun weekend with our participants in glass enamel decoration class by Fahriye Özbey. During the class, they focused on covering and decorating glass by precious materials such as gold and platinum. Besides, various decorations were done by paste paints with powdered glass inside. At the end of the workshop, participants enjoyed having glass jewelry and a panel to be hung on the wall. The Glass Furnace will continue to organize this workshop to teach this technique in coming months. A Glass Experience by Pfizer Corporate Relations Division
 The members of Corporate Relations Division of Pfizer Turkey had a day full of glass on December 18. They first met with hotglass by blowing and turning them into vases. They then joined beadmaking and fusing workshops and made their own work. At the end of the day, they all enjoyed working with glass and having fun time at The Glass Furnace. New Year Wishes by Children on Glass Trees
 The project of "Always Green with Akmerkez" was held on 22-23-24-29 and 30 November at Akmerkez Shopping Center with the cooperation of The Glass Furnace, Camekan and Akmerkez. During the activity, children first painted soda bottles, wrote their New Year wishes and placed them inside the bottles. All the bottles then were hung togehter and turned to a New Year trees. Throughout the whole project, we hosted over 500 children and all of them were informed of the recycling process of glass. All bottles will be displayed as New Year trees until January 15, 2009 at the shopping center.
Children Love Glass
 The Glass Furnace enjoys hosting students, children, schools to introduce the birth of glass. The students first watch the beadmaking glass demonstration and see how colored glass rods turn to glass beads. They then visit the hotshop and watch how masters blow the glass like a baloon and shape it. Students also join the fusing workshop and create their own designs as a plate or panel. The Glass Furnace invites young glass lovers to introduce this magical material during the school season. Meeting of ÇEKÜL at The Glass Furnace
 ÇEKÜL (The Foundation for the Promotion and Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage), held their training with their students and instructors on campus of The Glass Furnace between November 12-17. The participants also stayed on campus and enjoyed the green environment for three days. They were busy with their trainings but had fun by playing games in the evenings. Before leaving the campus, all participants promised to continue this organization very soon. PUM Volunteer Advisor Cees van Olst at the Glass Furnace
 Cees van OlstCees van Olst, working as the volunteer advisor of PUM visited The Glass Furnace again to give advices on operations and activities of the school. During his stay on November 5-13, Olst shared his experiences with masters and also gave advices on improving the operations of The Glass Furnace. We all were pleased to host Olst and evaluate his advices. Beadmaking Class by Gaye Döşer
 The Glass Furnace hosted beadmaking artist Gaye Döşer for her two days workshop on intermediate and advanced beadmaking techniques. The participants not only enjoyed focusing on unique techniques but had great friendships with all participants coming from all over Turkey. The participants at kilncasting class by Ebru Susamcıoğlu, this time discovered the secretcs of working with glass and were fascinated by their works. At the end of the two day workshop, all participants decided on meeting again in another workshop at The Glass Furnace. 2008 Two Week Intensive Courses Ended
 Two week intensive courses of 2008 successfuly ended at The Glass Furnace. During all sessions of two week intensive courses, we hosted world renowned artists and participants from all over Turkey and the world. The participants had the opportunity of having new friendships and enjoyed their two weeks with fun and great memories as well as making their own designs in glass techniques they selected.
Opportunity of Being The Representative of The Glass Furnace
The Glass Furnace invites you to be the representative of the school. Interested candidates are requested to contact us at ccanga@glassfurnace.org for details. Extraordinary Olympic Games of Vodafone
 Vodafone Back Office was at The Glass Furnace on last Saturday to join extraordinary olympic games organized by Triton Organization (www.tritonorganizasyon.com). Fun olympic games included canyon path, spider net, trolley, hulahoop, flag pole, sack competition and navigation. All the partcipants enjoyed their breakfast and lunch by Riva river and total 10 groups raced against each other. The champion of the olympic games was group 9 and they left the campus at the end of such active day. Students from Israel Enjoy The Glass Furnace
The Glass Furnace has the pleasure of hosting students from Israel during two week workshops. Just like the previous years, Israelite students continue to join classes including glassblowing, fusing, kilncasting and beadmaking. It is so nice to see students again at The Glass Furnace and their friends in new classes. Just like all Israelite students, Sidor Kohen in hotcasting and metal class in session 3 aggrees that The Glass Furnace is a great school to learn glass, have frienships and live the experience of Istanbul, and adds that he will continue to be at the school in coming years to continue his passion in glass. Letter of Thanks by Consul General of The United States of America
"I would like to thank you for your kind present at the celebration of The Two Hundred Thirty-Second Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. I really liked the piece of 'Hand for Help' by Mitchell Gaudet. Once more, on behalf of Istanbul Consulate of the United States of America, I would like to thank you for your courtesy."
The Glass Furnace Met Glass Friends at GAS Conference
Glass Art Society (GAS) held its annual conference at Portland between June 19 - 21. We, as The Glass Furnace, came together with all our glass friends at the Conference where international glass artists, students, glass suppliers meet every year in different locations all around the world. All the participants and glass artists stated that The Glass Furnace is a great school with all its facilities. At the school presentations, we met with glass schools all around the world and had the chance of introducing our school through our presentation. We now look forward to coming together again at the GAS Conference in 2009.
A Glass Day for Schott Orim
 The employees of Schott Orim Company from Bolu and Çerkezköy factories joined the day trip organized for them. They all enjoyed meeting with glass and making their own works in fusing and beadmaking workshops and then they witnessed the birth of glass at the hotshop. Some of the employees also tried glassblowing and made their own glass vases. They were all pleased to have such a great day on campus and they already planned to come back again. Mass Art Group with James McLeod at The Glass Furnace
 The Glass Furnace hosted James McLeod and 17 students from Massachusetts College of Art from May 26 to June 7 for a dynamic program including hot glass studio workshops and Istanbul city trips. At The Glass Furnace, they spent time in the hot glass studio collaborating with some of Turkey's most accomplished glass masters and engaged in learning, applying, and experimenting with various hot and cold glass techniques. As for their time in Istanbul, they spent visiting artists’ studios, museums, historical sites as well as immersing themselves in the life that makes Istanbul one of the most vibrant cities on Earth. At the end of the class, James McLeod and all his students agreed that their two week program had been the best glass and Istanbul experience of ever!
THE GLASS HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH MAGICAL
 Between May 19-23, we all not only witnessed the glass art of Lino Tagliapietra but all rediscovered the magnificience of glass during five days. Lino Tagliapietra, during his five days demosntrations, underlined that the glass has no limit as far as cretaivity concerns. All audience including glass artists from all over the world, glass students, college students and glass lovers moved one step over their imagination in glass. Tagliapietra stated that the facilities are great and The Glass Furnace is the best glass school in this region.
Please click to view the images of the demonstations.
A Glass Day for Alarko Istikbal Club
  Alarko Holding Istikbal Club spent a day full of glass at The Glass Furnace on Sunday, January 20. The members of the club in other words employees of Turkey's leading holding, firstly joined beadmaking and fusing workshops and made their own glass beads and panels/plates. They watched how the glass is shaped in hands of our masters and then they tried glassblowing: they blew their own vases at the hotshop! At the end of the day they all enjoyed working with glass and they were looking forward to coming again. The Unique Object of The Glass Furnace: The Whirling Glass Dervishes
The Glass Furnace since 2003 has been dedicated to unite the philosophy of Mevlana with the transparency feature of glass through the whirling glass dervishes designed by American glass artist James Minson. The great interest by artists, glass lovers and leading firms, prove how unique this glass object is. The Glass Furnace invites everyone to see the magical dance of the whirling glass dervishes in fire and how Mevlana’s philosophy exposes. The whirling glass dervishes are under the legal protection of Turkish Patent Institution. Evil Eye Bead Making Tradition at The Glass Furnace
 Traditional Evil Eye Furnace was opened on November 21, 2007 by Beykoz Lieutenant Aydın Ergün and Beykoz Mayor Muharrem Ergul. The tradition now proceeds at The Glass Furnace along with İzmir Gorece and Bead Village (Kurudere). At the Traditional Evil Eye Furnace established by valuable contributions of Altan Sungar, the bead master Ibrahim Yildirim will give one week intensive course on traditional evil eye beadmaking. The details of this workshop will be announced with our 2008 program. Julie Anne Denton’s newsletter on GBUK Newsletter
Beadmaking artist Julie Anne Denton wrote about her expressions on her teaching experience at The Glass Furnace on GBUK Newsletter. July 2007 will be my fourth year of teaching at The Glass Furnace. (Cam Ocagi) I teach a beadmaking/sculptural course there, as a rule. The Turkish ladies and gents cannot get enough of beads, and it is also my job to teach the other skills associated with flameworking such as sculpture off the mandrel, blown forms, filigree vessels etc... The flameworking studio (Boncuk) boasts twelve work stations, a plentiful supply of effetre/clear borosilicate and a limited amount of Northstar colour. In the summer I generally have a multicultural class filled with half Turkish, Israeli, South Africans, Brits, Austrians etc… and in the latter part of the year the class (which is always full) has about three quarter Turkish....Please click to read her article. A Message from Edward T. Schmid "LET'S TALK TURKEY!"
AMAZING! OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME! Dale Chihuly, world's leading glass artist visited The Glass Furnace on June 24, 2006
Dale Chihuly, one of the world's leading glass artists and founders of Pilchuck Glass School visited The Glass Furnace on June 24, 2006 and participated in the cocktail party held on behalf of him. Before the cocktail party, Dale Chihuly came together with Beykoz Mayor Muharrem Ergul and masters/artists and students from session 3 of The Glass Furnace. He presented a slide show of his work and installations in all over the world to all guests. Old News:
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