Blenko Glass. Heart of Glass Blog. Glass Signing During the Festival of Glass

News from Blenko Glass . In addition to all the classes, exhibits etc  scheduled for the Festival of Glass.  Blenko is announcing a glass signing event.  My belief re: signed glass is - if its available immediately get in line.   Additional Festival of Glass Activities

Glass Signing Event: With Walter Blenko Jr. & John W. Blenko *Signing Event times to be determined. Watch Blenko's Facebook page for the most up-to-date information* Friday, August 3 & Saturday, August 4; Take 15% Off your entire purchase in our Visitor Center Gift Shop. *Excluding Special Edition ‘A Bit Wavy Vase'*

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Have you made arrangements to bring your children or grandchildren and other family members to BLENKO GLASS this weekend? The FESTIVAL OF GLASS  is Blenko Glass' gift to the community.   As a way of saying thank you to all our class participants and customers for their continued support, commemorative Festival of Glass Suncatchers will be given to all class participants as well as to all customers who make a purchase in our Visitor Center Gift Shop during this event (while supplies last).

Blenko Glass. Heart of Glass Blog. Estate Sale former Blenko Employees

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Please note the Heart of Glass Blog is not involved with this sale.

Raymond and Wanda Lewis were BLENKO GLASS employees.  I first met Wanda and Lewis as a child and became friends with them in the early 2001.   

Both dearly loved BLENKO GLASS COMPANY>

Wanda always was a delightful lady who would help anyone in need.  Raymond was a bit more reserved until you got him talking about Glass.  He loved his job - and the history.

PLEASE plan to attend this Estate Sale.   I haven't seen the glass they are offering, but I know the family and their history to BLENKO.

I'm betting it'll be the best ESTATE SALE a Blenko Collector could attend.

   I certainly plan to attend.  Hope to see you there - 

To learn more about Wanda and Raymond Lewis  www.blenkoproject.org 

The Blenko Project

Estate Sale Blenko Glass 2nd part of the Lewis estate (VFW Milton WV) (VFW Milton WV) hide this posting

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thursday 2018-08-02
friday 2018-08-03

start time: 2 PM Thursday

On Thursday Aug. 2nd and Friday Aug. 3rd we will have the 2nd part of the Lewis estate sale. My family will be helping Tina Lewis-Jordan and her husband Steve with the estate of Raymond and Wanda Lewis. The sale will be at the Milton VFW. There will be Blenko glass and other related items. There are hundreds of Blenko catalogs, post cards, a few books, and other paper items. There are Blenko vases, decanters, bowls, animals, glasses, paperweights, fruits, vegetables, Williamsburg glass, one hour glass, one half hour glass, etc. There are many one-of-a-kind items, some made by Raymond Lewis and Shorty Finley.
For those of you who attended the first sale, we have unpacked many boxes of glass that weren't part of that sale. There are boxes of glass from the sale two years ago that we still haven't unpacked.
It has been exciting to see the Blenko history that Wanda and Raymond saved over the years.
We will start the sale on Thursday Aug, 2nd from 2 until 8. We will resume the sale on Friday Aug. 3rd from 9 until 7.
No early sales, we will be too busy trying to get everything set up. It is over-whelming the amount glass that Lewis family had collected. There will be one table with Bischoff, Gibson, Fenton, Rainbow, Viking, Pilgrim,etc. We hope to see you there.

JULY 4th Party? You'll want to add this item from Blenko Glass

Stars ‘n Stripes XL Flared Vase

$89.00    

Wave your flag this year with Blenko’s Stars ’n Stripes. Fine Crystal glass wrapped in Ruby Red with three Stamped Cobalt Stars.

Approximately 13” tall.   Visit www.blenkoglass.com   to order and view multiple photos of this set.   

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.

BLENKO GLASS. Heart of Glass Blog.. SEEKING OLDER WVA BLENKO BIRTHDAY VASES

    If you have BLENKO - WV Bday Vases you no longer love, or have room for...please let us know.

We have a list of folks desiring to complete or start in some cases their BLENKO GLASS WV B-day Collection.

If you can help
or if YOU NEED A VASE
please contact us
at THE BLENKO PROJECT

Thanks.
HJH