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Heart of Glass - Blenko Glass

Blenko Glass is a West Virginia treasure that spans generations. Nothing symbolizes the state of West Virginia better or more beautifully than Blenko Glass. We will discuss current and former craftsmen and designers and how important it is that Blenko and West Virginia glass be appreciated and valued by the younger generation.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Glass Plates at Blenko

You've been asking about the 'plates' and jewelry being offered at Blenko Glass's gift shop.
Attached are photos and a bio of the creator.
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Ernie Downey, of St. Albans, WV, has been working with various forms of glass art for almost 40 years. He began working with stained glass in 1972, building windows, lamps and other glass items, in addition to making repairs. For many years he participated in the annual Capital City Arts and Crafts Show. About 7 years ago, he developed an interest in fused glass and has been creating various functional fused glass items such as vases, plates, bowls, jewelry, etc. He has recently expanded his fused glass to include Blenko theme photo fused plates and jewelry, both of which are available at the Blenko Visitor Center and also through his website, http://www.ernsglass.com/ . This past August, Ernie participated again in the Annual Festival of Glass at Blenko by teaching three classes on Fused Dichroic Glass Pendants. Ernie is able to create custom fused jewelry and photo fused plates plates as well, and can be contacted through his website or by email at Ernsglass@aol.com.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You forgot to mention
PRICE
and availability?
Also could one send photos and use this for their wedding
or a photo of the announcement as gift for wedding couple?
What is cost for specialized plate?
Just curious.

Anonymous said...

QUESTION FOR YA HILARY
DID YOU GET THESE PHOTOS FROM BLENKO?
MY GUESS IS YOU DID NOT

A MONTH AGO WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THE PLATES THE GIRL SAID I THINK UNDERLINE THINK THEY ARE ALL SOLD AND I DUNNO UNDERLINE DUNNO WHO MADE THEM OR WHAT THE PRICE WAS

DUNNO AND DONT THINK.
THE PLATES ARE AWESOME AND I AGREE WITH JUST CURIOUS THEY COULD BE A UNIQUE GIFT ALSO A NEW MARKET FOR A FALTERING OLD FACTORY.

SWEET DOC SAID SHE WAS THERE LAST WEEKEND ANY UNBIAS PERSON WHO ATTENDED THE BLENKO CELEBRATION OF BLACK FRIDAY??

WERE THE CLASSES FULL?
IT WASNT ON TV IN OUR AREA, WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN BLENKO PAID FOR TV AGAIN IN THIS TIME OF RE ORGANIZATION.
MAYBE BUSINESS IS UP
GOOD NEWS IF IT IS.
MOUNTAIN RITA

Anonymous said...

HILLARY
A HEART OF GLASS PLATE WOULD BE VERY PRETTY?
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THIS?
MOUNTAIN RITA

alex said...

Question ?
How many plates did he make? Are they sold as a set?
This would be a nice addition to a Blenko Collection.
Perhaps adding photos of Shorty Finley, Wes Womack, Jessie Carpenter, Mr. Bill Blenko, Ms. Kosla, Mr. RIck Blenko other influential people - the new VP,
and designer as they are available.
Mountain Rita is correct in suggesting you also
pose for a plate.
These are my thoughts.

alex said...

Thumbs up to Ernie!

Anonymous said...

These photo plates are very nice! Would love to have several of them,but after going to his wesite did not find a price for these custome made plates or a link to order. Great work but website needs some work if he wants to get orders

Anonymous said...

Don't call Blenko
I did and got the dunnos
Mountain Rita spoke of.
Training for personnel would
be a good use of Blenko monies.
SueM.

Anonymous said...

Nice photo of designer Bayliss
and also of Red Powers son.
Did they have an estate sale for Red?
I'm interested in his Husted glass.