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    Posted 11 years ago

    cogito
    (124 items)

    Two nice Orient & Flume paperweights, one by Joseph Morel dated 1978 (i.e., larger feathered piece) and the other by artist unknown and dated 1982. Both fully signed. Dimensions: Feathered piece, 3"(D); Floral piece, 2.5"(D).

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    The company of Orient & Flume was founded in 1972 at Chico, CA, by Douglas Boyd and David Ballentine Hopper. They set up their first furnace in Boyd’s backyard, which lay between Orient Street and Flume Street hence the company title. It was at this location that Douglas purchased a historic carriage house and transformed it into an art glass studio. Orient & Flume’s stunning art glass creations quickly became popular and by 1973 the business had grown too large for the small carriage house. The company was then relocated to Park Avenue in Chico where it remains to this very day. The company regularly drew in other artists with various skills in working glass, including Kathy Orme (a designer who still does sand-carved glass in Chico), Lubomir Richter (a Czech-trained glass engraver who works for Steuben), Dan Shura (an ivory scrimshaw artist now living in Canada), Daniel Boone (a stained-glass artist who now has his own studio in Chico), and Bruce Sillars (a designer and glassblower employed by the company). Orient & Flume specialized in recreating the outstanding achievements of famous American companies, such as Tiffany “cypriote” glass and Steuben aurenes. While the body of their work is largely a riff on American art nouveau, by 1978 they were experimenting with more contemporary styles. Orient & Flume’s early blown glass creations centered on recreating the iridescent glass pieces made famous by such companies as Tiffany, Steuben, and Loetz.

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    1. dasullywon dasullywon, 11 years ago
      O&F really does/did great iridescence and pulled designs. These are great! Thanks for the history too Jeff.
    2. Justanovice Justanovice, 11 years ago
      Never seen these type of paperweights before!! Lovely!! : )
    3. cogito cogito, 11 years ago
      Thanks all. I'm probably in the minority, but I'm convinced that modern art glass paperweights are under-appreciated and under-valued relative to the effort necessary to make them.

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