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The 16Th Annual West Virginia Glass Gathering a Regional Glass History President Vice President STANLEY B. KRUGER ANDREW SCOTT 5 Johnson Lane 26 Villa Drive Voorhees, NJ 08043 Ambler, PA 19002 (856) 751-7720 (215) 540-0510 [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Treasurer MARTIN MIKELBERG DON FORMIGLI 24315 Ann's Choice Way 455 Stonybrook Drive Warminster, PA 18974 Levittown, PA 19055 (215) 675-1639 (215) 945-5253 Volume 15 Number 1 www.dvpaperweights.org January 2008 The 16th Annual West Virginia Glass Ohio, the Ruby Stain Museum in New Orleans, Gathering Louisiana, the Degenhart Glass and Paperweight Museum of Cambridge, Ohio, not to mention the A Regional Glass History Conference world-famous Corning Museum of Glass in New Held October 19 & 20, 2007 at York State and a host of smaller museums in West The Museum of American Glass in Virginia celebrating the history and products of up West Virginia at Weston, WV to 450 individual glasshouses in that state. by Rob Campe One such museum, The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia (MAG in WV), has When someone mentions The Museum of conducted an annual “Glass Gathering” since 1992, American Glass, those of you who live on the East mostly in locations within the state but often enough Coast, and/or near Philadelphia, PA, automatically in neighboring states as well and held this year’s think of the museum on the grounds of Wheaton event in their new building at 230 North Main Street Arts and Cultural Center (formerly Wheaton Village) in Weston, WV. The Museum’s mission is to share in Millville, NJ, where the long time curator is Gay the diverse and rich heritage of glass as a product LeCleire Taylor. However, there are many and historical object as well as telling of the lives of museums in the United States devoted to glassworkers, their families and communities, and collections of American glass. Examples are the of the tools and machines they used in their work. Historical Glass Museum of Redlands, CA, the With a focus in time of 1900-1940, when production National Heisey Glass Museum of Newark, Ohio, of American glass boomed and pieces graced the National Imperial Glass Museum in Bellaire, millions of tables, MAG in WV includes all glass MAG in WV President Noel "Skeeter" Fletcher MAG Director and Curator Dean Six, at left, welcomes the 105 welcomes Glass Gathering attendees, 10/19/07. attendees of Glass Gathering 2007. 1 products…from bottles to lightning rod balls, from Masterpiece Crystal is now the last and only mouth telegraph insulators to glass used in automobiles, blown, paste mould, hand made glass factory in from pressed to blown tableware. The Museum West Virginia and the region. Appalachian Glass, helps to preserve the history of the people and owned and operated by Chip Turner, is a local places that made these products. It examines the studio glass shop, which operates a 165 pound hot history of some of America’s major glasshouses, glass furnace and also has a 156 pound furnace while at the same time studying the impact that the they take on the road for tours. Appalachian Glass hundreds of smaller and often forgotten makes paperweights, ornaments, and witch balls glasshouses had on the history of the glass along with special order items. industry. The Museum is open five days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, By 12:30 PM, after the two glass studio tours, from noon to 4 PM. attendees were back at the MAG for a wonderful on-site lunch, where the table centerpieces were The MAG in WV celebrates all forms of American the many wonderfully colored candlesticks from a glass…lamps, tableware, vessels, marbles, museum donation—all the same Westmoreland kitchenware, storage products, ovenware, ashtrays, stick in various colors and decorations. The book ends, animals, so many glass items they are afternoon was spent rotating between four short too numerous to enumerate…, and also devotes group sessions. Sandy Conrad of Sandy’s some of its space and exhibits to art glass Designs, Orlando, WV (http://glassnwood.com), paperweights, which account for a small showed her special decorating on glass. Claudia percentage of the 5800 glass objects on display. In Rexroad talked about using recycled glass as part addition, the Museum publishes the quarterly of their operation at Willow Creek Glass in Alum magazine All About Glass: The Voice of the Glass Bridge, WV. She and Cliff Rock use brown beer Collecting Community. bottles and even those plain milk glass bud vases that all the florists seem to use. They also use Beginning Friday, October 19, 2007, my wife Pam Fenton glass to make their new creations. Clint and I attended the Museum’s 16th Annual Glass Stenger demonstrated flameworking and his Gathering conference, which was advertised as 2 marvelous talent in transforming borosilicate glass days of tours, presentations, sharing and glass rods into his special vortex marbles. It was like fellowship. The activities began at 8:30 AM with watching a magic trick since he worked with such greetings to the 105 attendees, from 15 states as ease and still managed to talk to everyone. far away as Oregon and Florida, by MAG in WV Dorothy Daugherty spoke about her new book, President Noel “Skeeter” Fletcher and MAG Celery Vases, written in conjunction with the Director and Curator Dean Six. That first morning Museum of American Glass in West Virginia. She was devoted to two very interesting glass studio also gladly autographed all copies of her book that tours, Masterpiece Crystal of Jane Lew, WV and she sold. Later, we broke into small groups and Appalachian Glass of Weston, WV. worked on ideas to create and design future Working floor of Masterpiece Crystal, Jane Lew, WV, 10/19/07. Appalachian Glass owner Chip Turner blowing an Xmas ornament, 10/19/07. 2 exhibits for the Museum. Dinner was on our own Candlesticks led off with his discussion of Smith that night and we headed off to the local BBQ place Glass. Frank Swanson talked about the Rock for a great meal and lots of socializing. It seems it Crystal from Libbey Glass. We broke at noon for was a favorite spot for most of us. lunch, again at the Museum. After dinner, from 7 to 8:30 PM, we attended a The afternoon sessions, beginning at 1:15 PM, Champagne Open House, hosted by the Weston included several presentations. Jim Mitchell, Area Glass Study Group, at the Museum. First we Curator of the WV State Museum…this is NOT the were treated to the unveiling of “Blenko Man”, a MAG IN WV…started off with a very interesting large cowboy figure sitting in a chair in the front “show and tell” about his collection of Blenko Glass. window of the Museum. Wow, what an amazing Next, Pam Dick and Ann Stull, current Fenton creation it was! During the day we were able to employees of long standing and personal friends of watch this sculpture being put together. Through Frank Fenton, showed a PowerPoint presentation the talents of two men, Rock Wilson, a Blenko of a collection of Fenton glass, factory history, and collector, and John Widk, an artist, this creation family members. Kelsey Murphy concluded the came to life. John hand-crafted the copper wire presentations with her beautiful sand carved cameo framework of the figure to hold the actual pieces of glass that was done at Pilgrim, Fenton and now Blenko glass used to create the structure. The with Hinkle Glass. A hot dinner buffet was served figure included actual different colored pieces of and then the lively silent auction started. Blenko glass: a cowboy hat, face vase, hand ashtray, foot ashtray and other vases. He was For those of you that have never attended this placed in a chair and sand was scattered around event, it can get pretty wild. Do you remember him. As a finishing touch, a Blenko cactus and a playing musical chairs as a kid? Well, this auction cow skull were placed by his feet to give a unique incorporates part of this fun game. Four items are Western atmosphere to catch the eye of visitors as placed on a table with a bid sheet. A timer starts they come into the Museum. Glass for this project and around the table you go bidding on the item of was donated by Rock and the Blenko Glass your choice. When the timer goes off, the high Company. Several local glass workers attended bidder is the winner. the event and shared their stories with us. It was a great evening spent visiting and catching up with No one but the person operating the timer knows everyone. how long you have to bid. Then the next items are put on the table and the fast paced bidding starts all On Saturday, October 20, the day started with a overall again. This continues until all items are behind-the-scenes tour of the MAG in WV. Then auctioned. It was very spirited and lots of fun. the morning and part of the afternoon were spent Because of all the many items donated by listening to five different talks at the Museum. Tom Felt, author of LE Smith Glass and Glass Continued on page 4 Blenko Man In the MAG's showroom window, 10/19/07. Paperweight display in the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia. 3 attendees, the museum raised an awesome $4055. It was a great time enjoyed by everyone. Next year, The 17th Annual Glass Gathering travels to New York State to be held at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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