Interview with Livio Seguso

http://blog.cmog.org/2014/11/05/glass-pilgrim-murano-2014-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glass-pilgrim-murano-2014-part-2&utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e3186aff00-The_Batch_November_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-e3186aff00-64697417

Ornaments from Christmas Past

http://blog.cmog.org/2011/12/16/glass-from-christmas-past/

Celebrating Thanksgiving with antique glass

http://blog.cmog.org/2013/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-at-the-table/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-thanksgiving-at-the-table&utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e3186aff00-The_Batch_November_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-e3186aff00-64697417

Remembering and Thanking Our Veterans Today November 11

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who gave us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." – Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC

Thank you to all that served and are still serving.

Tools of the Glassmaker

http://www.cmog.org/article/tools-glassmaker?utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5336e5e382-The_Batch_September_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-5336e5e382-64697417

Unveiled: See Amber Cowan's 2014 Rakow Commission Piece

Amber Cowan flameworks, fuses and hot-sculpts recycled, upcycled and second-life glass, usually American pressed glass from the 1940s to 1980s, to create contemporary sculpture that preserves the memory of the earlier objects. Her winning Rakow Commission Piece is showing in the left lower hand corner. http://www.cmog.org/bio/amber-cowan

Lost Wax Casting

Take notes! http://blog.cmog.org/2014/09/25/explain-it-to-me-casting-a-glass-hawk-head/?utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=06112e3ac1-The_Batch_October_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-06112e3ac1-64697417

Glass Ghosts and the Theatre

A great story to read this time of year! http://blog.cmog.org/2012/09/11/ghosts-and-magicand-glass/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghosts-and-magicand-glass&utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=06112e3ac1-The_Batch_October_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-06112e3ac1-64697417

A Galle vase with a story to tell....

What a great story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zk642BcelA&utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=06112e3ac1-The_Batch_October_20148_19_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0454fc673b-06112e3ac1-64697417

Comments Please

It is very quiet on this blog. I know people view the blog, but no comments. Questions? We love questions, inquires, or suggestions.  I posted today about historical bottles and saw that I last posted about Lalique glass in May. Gasp. It hasn't been that long has it?

Yesterday, we took a walk through ebay on past ebay sales for American Brilliant Cut Glass. Sales are few.
Why do you think sales are few? It isn't just cut glass. It seems to be all types of glass. Maybe if we could shabby chic the glass it would sell?

Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Super site for bottle collectors of all types: http://www.fohbc.org/

Lalique Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass

The Lalique exhibition is now open  at the Corning Museum of Glass until January of next year. In fact there are two Lalique exhibitions. One on the glass of Lalique and the other called Designs on Paper. Here is the link for the second one http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/designing-for-new-century

Lalique Exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass

The Corning Museum of Glass will be having an exhibition on Lalique Glass starting in May. http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/lalique

Your House In The 1920's

A friend of ours bought an arts and crafts home in Payette Idaho. Two story with a full basement. It does need some design touches and paint, but wow, what a house. I was looking for design ideas for him and found this site. It shows kitchens, dining rooms, stairways, windows, doors, lamps etc. http://www.antiquehome.org/Inside-your-house/1920s/

American Flint Glass

This is wonderful glass and precedes the American Brilliant Cut Glass Era. http://antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm?request=390

History Channel and the Crystal City

 This should be great: the History Channel and the Glass makers of Corning New York.
http://www.cmog.org/research/library/collections/digital/stories-crystal-city

Czech Glass 1945 -1980

The Corning Museum of glass will be having an exhibition on Czech glass showing  glass from 1945 - 1980:
Design in the Age of Adversity http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/czech-glass-design

Post Carder Era at Steuben

Interesting info off of the Carder Club web page http://www.cardersteubenclub.com/aboutus/about-view.cfm?category=Post%20Carder%20Era

The Dean of Industrial Design

Walter Dorwin Teague was known as the Dean of Industrial Design. He also worked and designed for Steuben starting in 1932. Check out the collection at the Brooklyn Museum. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/5462/Walter_Dorwin_Teague

Komaromy Glass

Graceful figures standing on glass globes are just an example of glass by Komaromy. http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/Komaromyglass.html

Chihuly

All I can say is wow. http://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/

Glass House Whimseys

Learn about glass house whimseys  http://www.whimsey.org/define.htm

Lalique Museum

This link is to the Lalique Museum in France http://www.musee-lalique.com/en/

Venice Italy Glass Museum

All I can say is wow. This link is for the Venice Italy Glass Museum http://museovetro.visitmuve.it/en/home/

Navy Pier and Stained Glass Windows

When in Chicago visit the Navy Pier to see the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows http://www.navypier.com/things2do/rides_attract/smith_museum.html

Raymond Loewy

Raymond Loewy is considered to be America's industrial designer http://www.raymondloewy.org/

Museum of Glass

This museum is in Tacoma Washington. They have a lot on interesting exhibits. This link shows one: http://museumofglass.org/exhibition/caution-fragile

Abandoned

After seeing the abandoned apartment from 1942 in Paris I thought, well, there has to be more of them, right? Couldn't find any on line. But I did find a site http://www.abandonedonline.net/
Abandoned is a site that shows historic sites abandoned, endangered, active and demolished. This is a site you could spend an hour or two on.

An Abandoned Apartment

We have not seen this article before. Wow, an apartment abandoned in 1942. She paid the rent until she died but never went back. http://themetapicture.com/abandoned-this-apartment-from-1942/

Sandwich Glass Museum

We may have posted this link before. If we did it is worth another look http://www.sandwichglassmuseum.org/

Finnish Glass Museum

Finland was one of the last countries in Europe to make glass. http://www.finnishglassmuseum.fi/Suomen-Lasimuseo/The-Finnish-Glass-Museum/