Dr Max Stewart and Glass Artist Allister Malcolm in conversation

Artsfest / Artsfest 2020 / Dr Max Stewart and Glass Artist Allister Malcolm in Conversation

Dr Max Stewart and glass artist Allister Malcolm will discuss Allister's practice, current work and project at the White House Cone Museum of Glass, Stourbridge.

Allister Malcolm

Allister Malcolm has become a renowned craftsman within his field. He is continuously expanding upon his portfolio of handmade, blown and contemporary glass artwork, welcoming all manner of commissioned work from corporate and private clients. His strong design sense combined with an impeccable standard of finish has created a dedicated collector base. All work is individually signed and dated by the artist.

“Acquiring the skills to produce handcrafted glass to a professional standard has been a long battle. This journey has taken me twenty years. I now strive to push this medium of glass and explore the versatility that it offers utilising all the skills I have gained over the years. Hopefully when you view the glass gallery it will convey the enjoyment it has given me to create these works!”.

Dr Max Stewart

In his PhD research study, Dr Max Stewart has investigated the colouring process of Amalric Walter (1870-1959) and places it in a modern studio context. It also repositions the historic and scientific analysis of pâte-de-verre from being a tiny esoteric process with a one hundred year-old history to one which is universal and spans three and half millennia. Stewart's work has been requested by major research institutes across the world including the Rakow Research Library in Corning NY, USA, the archives of the Musée de l’École de Nancy, and the Inventaire General de Lorraine, France. His PhD was the first joint PhD between Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University.

Dr Max Stewart is course leader in MA Design and Applied Arts at the University of Wolverhampton.

Artsfest 2020

Beatrice Warde's VE Day Diary - A reading by Jessica Glaser / Liz Berry and Tom Hicks: In Conversation / In Conversation: Artist Dean Kelland and James Latunji-Cockbill Part 1 / Dr Max Stewart and Glass Artist Allister Malcolm in Conversation / Lisa Blower and Rob Francis in conversation / Louise Fenton - Lethal in Lace: The Story of a Witchcraft Poppet / Finding our Funny Roots: delving into Black Country humour / Books Across the Sea - Talk by Jessica Glaser / Dr Dean Kelland and James Latunji-Cockbill from IKON In conversation Pt2 / The Rise of Mass Fashion in the Black Country, Talk by Dr Jenny Gilbert / VJ Day Diary of Beatrice Warde - Reading By Jessica Glaser / Printing and Print Culture in the Midlands: a Webinar / Black Country Geopoetics, Talk and Workshop with Writer R.M. Francis / The Haunted and Cursed Dolls in Greyfriars Bothy, Dr Louise Fenton / Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles at Seventy, a talk by Dr Phil Nichols / Pen, Print and Communication in the Eighteenth Century: Webinar Book / We are Invisible, We are Visible / HoPIN Launch Event (History of the Printed Image Network) / 'Somehow', Poetry Reading and Talk with Helen Calcutt / Myriad Editions Literary Salon / Liz Berry Chats Dialect and Poetry with R. M. Francis