One of America’s iconic glass making companies, Blenko has operated continuously since 1921 in West Virginia.

Begun as a stained glass manufacturer, Blenko turned to stemware and tableware during the Depression and later became identified with the American studio glass movement […]

If you want to appreciate the craft of glass art, it helps to begin by knowing a little about the history of the medium and the studio glass art movement.

Glass art developed out of the glassmaking industry and has now evolved to include hand and mold glass blowing, stained and etched glass techniques and glass sculpture […]

While most of us take a vacation in June, and celebrate the onset of summer, others will be getting married.
June, it seems is the most popular month to be married, and there are myriad weddings taking place every single day of that month.
The tradition of June brides began long ago in Britain, when the royalty […]

Giuseppe Armani created unique and highly sought after glass figurines.For over twenty years, Guiseppe Armani created masterpieces of figurines that ranged from the very traditional to the more contemporary or daring sculptures.
They were infused with the most amazing breathtaking realism, and an innate spark of life.
Armani was born in Italy in 1935, and from the […]

Designer Dave Fetty’s Fairy Light is among his popular glass creations and designs.A skilled glassworker, Dave Fetty spent more than forty years in the glassmaking industry, retiring in 1999.
Dave began with Fenton in 1964, after spending time learning the trade of glass making in Milton West Virginia, working with he Blenko Glass Company, were he […]

The art of a gaffer (glassblower) is one that truly astounds. Working with glass in a semi-liquid state, these people make wondrous pieces of art. From what we can tell, the art originated in Syria around the first Century BC, being used to make vessels for water and wine.
From here, the methods touched other areas […]