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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.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Glassmaking - V

Hello Hillary,
Here are pictures of me making glass. I go for glass making with a friend of mine. She is the person in pink shirt. The other person is instructor. He is really good. He teaches us and puts up with us just because he loves glass, and he knows we love it as much.
There is no incentive other than love of glass to teach this.
Thanks
V














11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, thank you for sharing your experience.

Anonymous said...

V.
IS THIS THE SAME V WHO ASSIST WITH THE BLENKO PROJECT? THANK YOU> THE CATALOGS ARE VERY HELPFUL. MY PARTNER AND I USE THIS AS A SOURCE WEEKLY.
YOUR GLASS SHOWN LOOKS VERY GOOD. MAY I ASK HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN BLOWING?
YOU aRE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BLENKO PROJECT.
MOUNTAIN RITa
PS WV JANIS IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

Anonymous said...

Hello mountain rita, these pictures are from when i was 1 month into glass blowing. Hve been doing it for 4 months now. Thanks, v

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Mountain Rita: It is nice to be noticed. I haven't been on in years. It is the summer now, I should have more time. Hope you are well.

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Anonymous said...

West Virginia Janis
I too welcome you back.
I no longer comment as some readers are not nice with comments.
Margie Hale

V add me to the list of readers who appreciate your work with this site and the web pages.

penny said...

Mountain Rita
Did you stop collecting Bday pieces?
If you did and you want to part with your collection, I'm in the market for Bday pieces.
I shall also forward a copy of this to glassdoc so she might put us in contact.

penny said...

Mountain Rita
Did you stop collecting Bday pieces?
If you did and you want to part with your collection, I'm in the market for Bday pieces.
I shall also forward a copy of this to glassdoc so she might put us in contact.

penny said...

Dr V
You are quiet the man. Engineering and Glassmaking.
Did you know both Blenko's are
engineers by training?
Walter later became a patent lawyer but Bill was / is an engineer.
Penny

Anonymous said...

Is that Hilery helping with the glassmaking?
Paul Jordan

Anonymous said...

@penny. I did not know about blenkos being engineers. I am not in engineering either. I just got my PhDs in engineering. I now work in field of biomechanics and neuroscience.

@paul. That's not Hillary. That's my friend at penn state. She is from turkey and loves glass as much as we do.