Blenko Glass. Husted designed Crackle Decanters

September 11, 2016, 12:19 am

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HI Doc,

I've got a few minutes so I thought I would send along some more photos for you to use on the blog. The roofers are here and are busy replacing the shingles that were damaged in this Springs storms. Shelley took off the past two days to keep the dogs company during all the banging going on.

This is a small grouping of Husted designed crackle decanters. from the left you have a Blenko # 5427-S Gurgle decanter in Amethyst, a Blenko #626-S in Turquoise, a Blenko #628-S in Tangerine, a Blenko #6211 in Peacocok, and a Blenko 627-L in Honey. All wonderful designs that found their way into the Blenko line.

Hope you enjoy as well,
Bruce S.

Thank you Bruce S and Family. Most of our readers are new to collecting glass. Your photos and the photos they view on the Blenko Collectors Four, The Blenko Glass and Blenko Collectors Facebook, are their only opportunities to see GOOD Blenko.

While we wish the Huntington Museum of Arts and our Cultural Center displayed more made in WVA Glass neither do. We often suggest visits to Weston, WVa where the Museum is devoted to
AMERICAN Glass.

We attempt to share photos of Blenko as often as possible.
Thank you.
HJH

Husted crackle decanters

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BLENKO GLASS Company. New Fish!

September 14, 2016, 8:46 am

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2916 Fish w/Assorted Frit (Pulled Feather)

An item once only offered in our Visitor Center Gift Shop, now available online! A 10’’ long, 6’’ tall Crystal form enhanced by various colors of frit to create a beautiful, one of a kind fish form. This item is made using the pulled feather technique where the frit coloration is pulled through the fish's body. $178.00 each.

At this time Fish are offered as an assorted item. Colors are chosen by the makers and vary when ordering online.

BLENKO GLASS - New Fish

Thank You to Travis of Blenko Glass Facebook for photo and info.

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Marshall University LOGO Items Made by Blenko Glass located in Milton, W.Va.

July 16, 2016, 10:27 am

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Blenko Glass Bottle Art Tree

July 20, 2016, 10:31 am

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Hillery,
Can you tell me what they used to make the bottle tree in Blenko yard?
I have many bottles and stoppers but need to know how they are staying on the tree. I want to use some of my Mom's milky and sick older pieces to make this as a surprise for her.
Alex S.

Alex, We'll send a note to Dean Six and ask where they purchased the metal hangers and also the rubber inserts ( see photo below).
Good luck with your recreation of the Blenko Glass Bottle Tree. HJH

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Blenko Project Seeks New Volunteers.

September 16, 2016, 12:34 am

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The Blenko Project has several on going programs.
We attempt to assist new collectors with finding proper ID for their glass.
We prefer to assist novice collectors, NOT experienced sellers of Blenko.
We will assist anyone, but will not identify more than 6 piece per individual per year.
We are all volunteers, we have day jobs, families and little free time.
We are NOT paid by BLENKO or anyone else. Everyone is a Volunteer!
We are all professionals, who collect WVA Glass or Blenko Glass or in the case of one volunteer
not a collector but one who appreciates research and helping others.

IF you are familiar with BLENKO and wish to assist with identifications, please contact us. We won't ask you to identify more than one item per month - unless you ask for additional.

We also need help maintaining the BLENKO PROJECT www.blenkoproject.org website. We are currently behind with uploading the new glass items.
Loading the Blenko Glass events calendar
We recently lost our devoted webmaster to a full time professorship and a new family.
One person can do these things in about 5 -6 hours per week.
If you can assist please contact us at TheBlenkoProject@aol.com.

If you need immediate identification for your Glass. Consider the Blenko Glass catalogues that are online www.blenkoproject.org or reviewing The Blenko Collectors Four, The Blenko Collectors Face book, The Blenko Glass Face book, many times you will find your glass item within one hour of searching.
Currently we are about nine (9) months behind in identifying glass. Our customary delay is 90 days.

Thank you for reading the Blenko - Heart of Glass Blog, for collecting BLENKO, for caring about West Virginia Glass.
HJH

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Blenko Glass Company. Blenko Sea turtle

September 18, 2016, 12:22 am

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Our recent addition to the Blenko line of animals is this swimming sea turtle with small fish swimming near him. In a very limited edition of Pink Ice it sold out on-line in about 2 hours. Item is available as a non-drilled item or as a hand-drilled item to create a hole for hanging. As a suncatcher or window ornament these are striking. As a flat desk ornament they are fun as well. They can even serve as a beach themed tree ornament. 2.5” to 3.5” in diameter. Each is different due to the handmade process. Each $14 plus S & H. (additional $2 charge if you decide to have item drilled)available in tangerine, kiwi, clover, cobalt, crystal and seabreeze.

Note: this info from Travis Mounts who host The Blenko Glass face book page. If you haven't LIKED or followed his site, please do. Travis has the latest new from Blenko Glass daily.

The Blenko Project: To Learn More about BLENKO.

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It's 91 outside. Cool OFF. Blenko Snowman in Crystal

September 21, 2016, 12:53 am

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Blenko Glass Company in Milton, W.Va.
One of only three remaining glass manufacturers in W.Va.

This has been a very HOT and Humid September. One way to cool off - perhaps - is to think ahead to Christmas.
Blenko Glass is offering www.blenkoglass.com under new items a 5 inch snowman. You'll want to start purchasing your BLENKO GLASS snowmen, xmas trees, and angels now. The selection is always best in the fall. Stocking Stuffers? Gift Items for the Office? Blenko has what you need!

Blenko Snowman - cobalt hat

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Blenko Glass. Pineapple Glass

September 23, 2016, 12:56 am

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Blenko Glass Company

Handcrafted in America since 189

1216L Pineapple Glasses
5 3/4'' Tall

1216L Pineapple Glass

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Blenko Glass Company. New Item?

September 25, 2016, 6:56 am

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Hilery,
Went I look at the 'new' items available at online store. They seem familiar to me. Are these reproductions? If they are can Blenko do others? What are your favorites?
Anna B. Hunter

Anna,
I'm a bit like a mother of children - my favorite is the one I saw last. Of the new / old items I'm very fond of the chess piece and I have for years wanted a bent neck decanter. The story is my folks owned two, one small in red and a larger one in tangerine. I broke both on the same day.
Blenko is now offering the 948 Bent Neck Decanter.

Order this now at www.blenkoglass.com

948 Crystal Bent Neck Decanter w/Seabreeze Handle & Stopper
13" Tall

To learn more about Blenko , Check The Blenko Project .

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Blenko Glass - LOGO items - Marshall and WVU

September 28, 2016, 7:00 am

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Marshall University and West Virginia University are two of the most popular
logo items.
If you don't have - you'll want to acquire for your next table gate. These items make wonderful gifts any time of the year. Most every person in West Virginia is both a Marshall and A WVU Fan - as long as they aren't playing one another.

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Blenko Glass. The PUMPKINS Are Arriving!

September 30, 2016, 7:15 am

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Blenko Glass keeps pumpkins in stock 365 days a year.
HOWEVER, in September they start making pumpkins for the PUMPKIN FESTIVAL ( we've told you about this event - yearly held in Milton). The different shops at Blenko try to out do one another and make unique one of a kind pumpkins for the festival. Last year, a friend purchase a pumpkin with an 8 3/4 inch stem - most common Blenko pumpkin stems are 3-6 inches.

This year Blenko is adding a Pumpkin color called Harvest.
You'll want to add this to your Blenko Glass Pumpkin collection.
MORE about Pumpkins in October.

Just for today - we'll tease you with photos of Blenko Pumpkin.

Blenko ' Early Harvest' Pumpkin 2016

Early Harvest" 9355L Large Pumpkin
Early Harvest coloration is a mix of Green, Yellow & Root Beer frit.
6" Tall with a Green stem

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New Blenko Design Series

October 2, 2016, 1:57 pm

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We received these photos and text from Travis Mounts the web master for blenko glass company facebook:

Blenko is pleased to announce the initial offering in an entirely new design series. Created by Blenko’s newest designer Aaron Harvey, the line will include an entire set of chess piece inspired decanters. The initial piece is a pawn, with the traditional shape of large spherical top and a colonnade–like form. Each piece made in the chess set will be offered in crystal with cobalt accents and cobalt with crystal accent. The pawn measures roughly 10.5 inches in height. It bears all the hallmarks of handmade glass including a rough pontil on the base and will bear the sand carved name of Blenko and the year. The stopper for the pawn is an oversized, contrasting color hollow ball that sits atop the piece

The line, titled Checkmate, will include the suite of pieces in a full chess set. Pawn, knight, bishop, rook, king and queen are in planning and are to be produced over the next year to year and a half. A grouping of three differing Checkmate decanters make a strong visual statement. For the intense chess aficionado an entire oversized chess set could be assembled in both crystal and cobalt and a game played.

Designer Harvey is a graduate of Concord University in Athens, WV. The Checkmate line is his first expansive line for Blenko. The pawn is currently in production and available for immediate shipment. It retails for $78 and is available at shop.blenko.com

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Bridge of Honor

October 5, 2016, 1:57 pm

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The Bridge of Honor, connecting Pomeroy, Ohio, and Mason, W.Va., glows in full illumination Sunday night over the Ohio River. The cobalt blue lights, installed earlier this year by the West Virginia Department of Transportation (which is responsible for maintaining the bridge) after “being dark” since March 2014, had to be repaired instead of replaced because the cobalt blue color that signifies the military Purple Heart is no longer mined and lenses for the lights could not be found. Blenko Glass, in Milton, W.Va., managed to replicate the color and produce a limited number for the bridge. The original lights, according to WVDOT, burst because of the bulb heat, which reaches in excess of 200 degrees. The heat generated by the bulbs could not escape because of the original covers. Warren Skaggs, repair and design engineer with the WVDOT, told Ohio Valley Publishing earlier this year that each heat-tempered bulb was replaced, as well as several ballasts. Skaggs said the bulbs have a four-year life.
Info sent from Blenko Glass Collector Todd E.
From his local weekly paper

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GAS Glass Art Society

October 8, 2016, 1:48 am

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GLASS ART SOCIETY ANNOUNCES 2017 MEMBER JURIED EXHIBITION
AT 46TH ANNUAL GAS CONFERENCE IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIAMember artist applications accepted from September 15-November 15, 2016

September 15, 2016 –The Glass Art Society (GAS), in partnership with Glass Wheel Studio, is pleased to announce a call to eligible member artists for the 2017 GAS Member Juried Exhibition. The exhibition will take place from May 27– July 16, 2017 at Glass Wheel Studio in Norfolk, Virginia, and will be a highlight of the 46^th annual GAS conference, Reflections from the Edge: Glass, Art, and Performance.

The GAS Member Juried Exhibition is designed to showcase the excellence and diversity of work created by Glass Art Society members. A professional jury will determine featured works on the basis of originality, craftsmanship, and the creative exploration of the material of glass. Prizes will be awarded to select artists.

“The Glass Art Society has over 2,000 members from all over the world. Many are incredibly gifted artists that work in a wide range of glass traditions and innovative techniques,” says Pamela Koss, executive director of the Glass Art Society. “We are absolutely thrilled to be showcasing the work created by our accomplished membership at next year's GAS Member Juried Exhibition in Norfolk."

“Glass Wheel is excited to partner with the Glass Art Society for this unprecedented juried exhibition,” says Cheryl White, director of Glass Wheel Studio. “We cannot wait to share the work of GAS’s many talented member artists with the thriving community of glass lovers here in Norfolk.”

Applications from eligible GAS members at the Individual Membership level and above, working in all glassmaking processes and those documenting glass-related performance pieces, will be accepted from September 15-November 15, 2016 through the Glass Art Society website at http://www.glassart.org/MemberExhibition.html. Please see the webpage for details regarding eligibility, size restrictions, shipping, sales, entry fee and additional guidelines.

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Breast Cancer Awareness. Blenko Glass Co.

October 10, 2016, 4:28 am

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of all who have fought or are fighting this disease and their loved ones, we are producing this Special Edition pink pumpkin for a limited time. Approx. 4.5” dia., 4.5” tall
$5.00 from the sale of each pumpkin will be donated to a local breast cancer center.
Shipping and handling charges will be added at the time of shipment and can not be estimated.

Item #: Pink 9355S

This is yet another Blenko Glass creation in PINK to Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Breast Cancer has affects everyone, your Moms, your Aunts, your Sisters, your Friends, why not offer the gift of glass as a gift of support and hope for the future?

Thanks to Travis / Blenko Glass Facebook for photo and description.
If you don't follow Blenko Glass on facebook - check them out.
Also the Blenko Glass Collectors .

For additional information about Blenko Glass
consult the www.blenkoproject.org Blenko Project.

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What to do with the BLENKO?

October 12, 2016, 4:41 am

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Hillery,
I recently inherited 10 boxes of Blenko Glass. I am not a collector. Suggestions for how to display or sell.
Maggie V.

Maggie,
My parents were / are also Blenko Glass fanatics, they are in the process of downsizing. They decided to donate all duplicates and items that were not special to the Union Mission, YWCA, and Goodwill . I think a box or two also went to the Habitat Resale Store.
   Any good charity will happily accept your glass donation. If you are donating special items ( include the print out re: value of each) also any information you may have received from the person who gifted you the glass.
    Selling is another option. You can sell for yourself on EBAY or contact a local ( to your area)
consignment shop.
    Blenko Glass is a highly recognized and highly valued glass. You'll find buyers who want your items.
    You mentioned displaying.   I'm posting a few photos of Blenko used in the home. I'm not a big fan of shelves of Blenko. I prefer rotating decorative items.

Blenko Glass on display in living room ( pink glass is Osburn Glass)

If this isn't the information you are seeking, or you need individualized help please email theblenkoproject@aol.com.

Blenko Glass - Center The NEW Blenko Fish, on either side Bayliss Fish

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What to Give the Sportman in Your Life? Blenko Fish

October 14, 2016, 4:54 am

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Have you noticed that as you age -
Gift giving is often more difficult, as everyone is older and has all the "stuff" they need.
You may have this problem in your own family. Or with your significant other.

Xmas is coming. I'm going to suggest you consider the FISH at Blenko as an appropriate
gift for all the sportsmen in your life.
In West Virginia as well as most surrounding state - fishing is an important pass time.

Blenko Glass has always created FISH, since the 60's. Last year Arlon Bayliss used FISH in his WVA Birthday Vases. This year Blenko has created unique one of a kind - you have the ability to choose the colors in your fish....it's a rare opportunity to have an item created especially for the special person in your life.
I'm posting this NOW - as it takes 4-6 weeks to receive your FISH.
You'll want to go to the Blenko Glass website and place an order for fish.
Shown:
2916 Fish w/Assorted Frit (Pulled Feather)
An item once only offered in our Visitor Center Gift Shop, now available online! A 10’’ long, 6’’ tall Crystal form enhanced by various colors of frit to create a beautiful, one of a kind fish form. This item is made using the pulled feather technique where the frit coloration is pulled through the fish's body.
At this time Fish are offered as an assorted item. Colors are chosen by the makers and vary when ordering online. Approx $178.

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Blenko Glass Company. Sea Turtle

October 16, 2016, 5:03 am

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Sea Turtle Discs

Our recent addition to the Blenko line of animals is this swimming sea turtle with small fish swimming near him. Available as a non-drilled item or as a hand-drilled item to create a hole for hanging. As a suncatcher or window ornament these are striking. As a flat desk ornament they are fun as well. They can even serve as a beach themed tree ornament. 2.5” to 3.5” in diameter. Each is different due to the handmade process.
Tangerine color may vary, no two items are exactly alike.

If you own water front property we suggest having these drilled and hanging in a slider door window.
It doesn't have to be ocean front - a house on the Kanawha River or a Lake.

The Blenko Glass sea turtle also can be used as part of a hostess gift for owner of the vacation place you are using.

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Blenko Glass. PUMPKINS!

October 19, 2016, 5:11 am

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October Blush" 9355L Large Pumpkin
Offered for Fall 2016 are our 6'' October Blush pumpkins. Made by layering two different gathers of glass, this is an entirely distinct look from all prior Blenko pumpkins. Each has a hand applied green glass stem atop the fading orange to amber over milk white interior pumpkin. Each is marked Blenko and 2016. The interior glass reacts with the surface color creating minor striations and swirls of great intrigue in the subtle shading. A sincerely marvelous piece of handmade American glass. Available for a limited time only. Do not delay.

New Blenko Glass Pumpkin

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PUMPKINS. Blenko Glass Company.

October 21, 2016, 5:12 am

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Blenko Glass - Harvest

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