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Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology

Did The Romans Recycle?

We all know the Romans liked wine, but what happened to all the smashed glass when the party was over? Dr Victoria Sainsbury tells the story of what the Romans did with all their broken glass, and why archaeologists care about recycling.
Reading, Writing, Romans

Early Christian Gold Glass

Prof. Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, talking about the symbols and celebrations of early Christians in the Roman Empire.
Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

“Not for Glory, not for Gain!” The Czech Glass Spartakiad Figurine, 1955

This paper looks at the glass figurines of Czech artist Miloslav Klinger, made to commemorate the 1955 Prague Spartakiad, as complex sites of memory, craft and political propaganda.
Chemistry for the Future: Incredible Machines

Glassblowing: a beautiful, crucial, trade

Watch glassblower Terri Adams in action as she creates scientific tools from the flames.
Ruskin School of Art

Jocelyn McGregor

Jocelyn McGregor describes her glass resin piece and bent metal at the Ruskin Degree Show 2010.

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