Art glass sprang from a revolution in glassmaking in the mid 1800s, when glass blowers began experimenting with different colors, patterns, and textures. The subsequent melding of artistry and technique resulted in a wide variety of beautiful handmade objects such as vases, lampshades, bowls, bottles, paperweights, figural works, and even marbles. Many art glass designs created by early innovators like Rene Lalique and Louis Comfort Tiffany are still in use today.

Other collectible art glass names include Johann Loetz, Fredrick Carder of Steuben, Galle, Thomas Webb and Sons, Stevens and Williams, Handel and Co., Pairpoint, Waterford, Baccarat, Fenton and Blenko.

Art Nouveau art glass, produced around the turn of the 20th century, was inspired by ancient glass that had been buried for so long it had become iridescent. Works from this era ...

After the Art Nouveau era in the early 1900s, there was a void in American-made art glass. But work continued in Europe, especially in France by artists such as Lalique, Daum, and Baccarat, in Scandinavia by artists such as Orrefors and Kosta Boda, and in Italy on the island of Murano. The 1950s and ’60s saw a reawakening in American-made art glass, led by artists such as Harvey Littleton - a tradition continued today by contemporary designers like Dale Chihuly.

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Interviews & Articles

Loetz Glass Collector Eddy Scheepers on the Pride of Bohemia

Loetz was a Bohemian company. It was a factory; and the region’s biggest and best glass manufacturer. There were other contemporar… [more]

U.S. Studio Art Glass, Before and After Chihuly

Marvin Lipofsky introduced me to glass while I was getting a bachelor’s degree in ceramics at the California College of Arts in Oa… [more]

Getting Lost in Strathearn Art Glass Paperweights

In 1998, while going through my parents' estate, my wife and I found some glassware made by Anchor Hocking between the 1940s and t… [more]

Reyne Haines Spills on Tiffany, Chihuly, and Loetz

I started becoming interested in art glass when I moved from Texas to New York, and wanted to decorate my apartment with New York-… [more]

Modern Glass Blowing Still Adheres to Ancient Traditions

Although the gaffer and his servitor seen in these pictures wear the clothes of today, they are actually following the same steps … [more]

Colorful American Blown Glass in the Victorian Manner

American glass of the last quarter of the 19th Century means to many nothing but pattern glass. Yet during this same period tremen… [more]

Candlesticks from Sandwich and Points West

The dolphin candlestick and its various half brothers, the fluted column, the loop-and-petal and the baluster, have been popular w… [more]

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Museum of Glass show pays tribute to ties between Australian, Northwest artists
TheNewsTribune.com, May 23rd

The newly formed government-based council had just done an inventory of Australian craft and found art glass in a fairly undeveloped state. Marquis traveled and taught, aided by Australian sculptor Nick Mount, who helped kick off a style of Australian...Read more

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Dixie Press Online, May 21st

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New York Times, May 17th

Eight years in the making, the show is directed by Damon Crain, a 38-year-old former gallery owner and art consultant, who discovered art glass as a child in Ottawa and amassed a large collection of antique bottles by the age of 12. At DDC, he will...Read more

Fenton Art Glass seeks donations to catalog moulds
Huntington Herald Dispatch, May 16th

WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Fenton Art Glass is using Kickstarter to raise money to create an online catalog of the company's glassmaking moulds. The Kickstarter campaign seeks to raise $50,000 by 7 p.m. on May 20. The Fenton Historical Glass Mould...Read more

Fenton Art Glass turns to Kickstarter to raise money to create catalog of moulds
The Republic, May 15th

WILLIAMSTOWN, West Virginia — Fenton Art Glass is using Kickstarter to raise money to create an online catalog of the company's glassmaking moulds. The Kickstarter campaign seeks to raise $50,000 by 7 p.m. on May 20. The Fenton Historical Glass...Read more

Morphy's May 25 Fine Art & General Antiques Auction features broad selection ...
Art Daily, May 14th

Art glass lighting to be auctioned includes a Tiffany Studios 16in Daffodil lamp, $18,000-$25,000; a Handel with floral-design shade, $3,000-$4,000; and a Pairpoint lamp with reverse-on-glass shade and butterfly motif, $1,200-$1,500. Many beautiful...Read more

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KPBS, May 12th

Above: Promotional graphic for the Art Glass Guild Spring 2013 Patio Show & Sale. This is the largest art glass show in Southern California! All forms of Art Glass, including blown, fused, torch worked, stained glass, cast, etched, and mosaic will be...Read more

Art glass conference here
St. Augustine Record, May 10th

Special to The Record. Art glass conference this week. Live auction Friday night. The 8th Annual American Glass Guild Conference will bring more than 100 glass artists to St. Augustine Wednesday through May 19. In conjunction with the conference, a...Read more