Sunday, June 24, 2018

Happy Father's Day -

Happy Father's Day.

This photo is of my father - John Reed Homburg.   From the time I was 3 until I began college,  he took me weekly to Blenko Glass for scrap sheet glass.  We used these pieces  to make glass projects.   

My Dad is a 25 year member of the WVU Master Gardener's program.
He was a board member for the Blenko Collectors Society.
A Koi Club Board Member 
He is an avid promotor of WV Arts and most especially WV Glass.

He worked as a lawyer and director of Legislative Services at the State Capitol for 44 years.

This week he donated his personal collection of  Blenko Glass and the WV Birthday Vase (2000 - 2017) to the State of West Virginia.  The vases will be a part of the WV Birthday Celebration at the Cultural Center this week.   Unselfishly he did this so others might see the entire collection as a whole,  and to promote the  Blenko Glass Company.   
He maintained a 35  year friendship with the Blenko Family.


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