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This morning opened its doors with an exhibition of pieces of ancient glass factory and an on site demonstration of glass blowing furnaces ship.
From day 24 began providing training to unemployed youth
The Museum of Glass in Saint Lucia has opened its doors this morning and started his career as a showroom and a training center, at the hands of the Glaziers Craft Association of St. Lucia.
Ahead aims to be the key to ensure generational change in an official centennial.
This is expected to Francisco García Romero, vice president of the Association of Artisans of Santa Lucia Glaziers, who heads a group of twenty artisans who ensure the future of this craft and tradition.
The Museum hosts its first plant in the past, present and future of the tradition of Cartagena glass through an exhibition with over 200 pieces in 15 showcases, from the former glass factory on St. Lucia and dating from the año1834 , Francisco García explains.
With nearly 400 employees, the Crystal and Glass factory of Saint Lucia made ​​some 1,000 pieces of high artistic value and proven rapidly in domestic and foreign markets.
These parts are exposed Museum of Glass today to testify to the rich variety of products from a factory which won seven awards from various national awards.
On the ground floor of the museum is the furnace vessel, in which daily visitors can see a demonstration site glass blowing: The development of the pieces start with the introduction of cane blown into the furnace must be heated to a temperature of 1,200 degrees Celsius.
Next the artisan starts blowing and manipulation of the baton to shape creation.
When ready is introduced into the ark of annealing is 500 °, where it is cooled for 8 hours to reach room temperature in which the piece can be manipulated and shaped.
In the nave of ovens are also useful tools and machines traditionally used by the glassmakers.
Visiting hours of the Museum of Glass in Saint Lucia are Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 13.30 hours.
FORMATIO COURSES 'N GLASS BLOWING
As for the training side, the first course that will teach Glaziers Crafts Association of St. Lucia on Glass Blowing begin on October 24 and runs until December 1, funded by the Regional Employment Service and Training ( SEF), through the Local Development Agency Empleo.Este free course, which seeks to recover the tradition of handmade glass in the city, is aimed at unemployed and for the same entries can be made from 3 to 7 October in the ADLE.
Later courses will be taught in different specialties such as glass or carved torch, so that they acquire full knowledge of the guild craftsman, as announced by the vice president of the Association of Artisans Glaziers.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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