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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.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Bruce Specht's Family Collection of Blenko Glass - Texas


This photo of orange and yellow glass* is the perfect pick me up for this dull cold day!
Blenko Glass www.blenkoglass.com put some color back into your life.
*Husted designed #617 and #647 in Tangerine

8 comments:

sweetdoc said...

Bruce
No one makes Blenko look any better than you!
Your photos are much better than the Blenko Glass home page photos.
I am enamoured with each and every photo - the color - the composition
amazing.
I unlike Phani and WVJanis know nothing of photography or the arts.
So I can't tell you technically whats special, other than you have a way with the camera and the glass.
Thank you!

Anonymous said...

LOVE THE PHOTOS !!!
THANK YOU BRUCE
GLASSDOC CAN YOU 365 BRUCE PHOTOS THiS YEAR?
I'D LOVE IT.
MOUNTAIN RITA

SWEETDOC WITH PHOTOS< WRITING SEX MEN WHATEVER ITS VDAY THE THING IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE!!
BLENKO IS ALWAYS BEST
MEN SHOULD BE GIVING BLENKO INSTEAD OF THOSE KMART ROSES.

Anonymous said...

bruce have you thought of doing postcards with your photos?
I bought laura moul's picture postcards at Blenko a few years ago for $5 each. Your photos are far superior.
Eliza

Anonymous said...

bruce have you thought of doing postcards with your photos?
I bought laura moul's picture postcards at Blenko a few years ago for $5 each. Your photos are far superior.
Eliza

Anonymous said...

bruce have you thought of doing postcards with your photos?
I bought laura moul's picture postcards at Blenko a few years ago for $5 each. Your photos are far superior.
Eliza

Anonymous said...

More Bruce photos
365 per year or more
sounds great for us.

Anonymous said...

Bruce what's the story behind the glass? With you there is often a 'finders' story, and I adore your success.
I lack that glass karma.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for all the wonderful comments. These are both mis-lists from ebay. I got very lucky in that they were both a matching shade of Tangerine even though they were from two different buyers and purchased a year apart. Neither looks to have been used and both cleaned up beautifully. The #647 should have been properly identified as a #6147. That is my error since I did not catch it till much later after emailing it to the blog. As for whether to market my photos I do have a couple of ideas floating around but for now I just enjoy the challenge of producing images that bring out the characteristics of the glass that draws all of us to Blenko. Stay tuned, as these are only the first two of several images that I was able to capture during a recent ice storm that boosted the light for me.
Bruce