Blenko Designers - Wayne Husted

During the next few months - I'll do one or more post on the six most well known BLenko Designers - Winslow Anderson (the first, the most classic, and one of my favorite), Joel Philip Myers . Wayne Husted (the subject of today's post), Don Shepperd, John Nickerson, and Hank Adams.
Wayne Husted, 1952-1963 (years at Blenko)
Wayne Husted was the most prolific Blenko designer and is often credited as the most talented and popular of the Blenko designers. An article in the April 2004 edition of the respected Journal of Antiques and Collectibles says Husted was "both a maverick and an innovator who cemented Blenko's place in glass history."
At an average of at least 60 designs a year during his ten years with Blenko, Husted created over 600 designs. Husted designed two other groups for Blenko . Olana is the name for a group of eight designs he created for Blenko in 2001, while he was back in West Virginia for the first time in forty-one years. Husted created a plethora of pieces when he returned after so many years, but his official reason for returning was to be interviewed for Blenko's video "Blenko Retro: The Story of Three Designers," made for public television. In 2004, he designed a series of twelve waterbottles "Varations". This was a limited number (less than 50) and each piece was signed by Husted and Blenko President Richard Blenko. Examples of Husted work can be seen on the BLENKO PROJECT webpage and the Blenko Collectors page www.blenkoproject.org This information was taken from THE BLENKO PROJECT