It might be something that would normally go unnoticed on your desk. But one Winona artist takes the age-old art of making glass paperweights to a whole new level. “The paperweight tradition ...

Artist Paul Stankard is among contemporary glass-makers represented in the collection. Paperweights first appeared in Europe in the mid-1840s, according to the Corning Museum of Glass.

Venetians were the first to create fine-art glass paperweights, displaying them at the Vienna Industrial Exposition of 1845. French glassmakers—Baccarat, Clichy, Pantin, Saint Louis—took note ...

Poppy Paperweight Vase by Tiffany Studios is available at The Doros Collection The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany - artnet ...

Master glass artist Paul Stankard shares how he makes his intricate paperweights.

In addition to the larger pieces, smaller exhibits will feature famous paperweight artists and bead artists.

"My art-glass paperweight collection consists mostly of contemporary (modern) artists' pieces," Hoover says, "that I have acquired between the mid-1970s through today." ...

On February 24, Philadelphia and South Jersey art lovers have a special chance to meet internationally acclaimed glass paperweight artist Paul J. Stankard, witness him work in the glass studio ...

A look into the world of art glass paperweights as we preview an upcoming auction.

Hamon was famous for his paperweights and this piece combines the paperweight function with the utility of being a vase. The classical period for glass paperweights began in France about 1845 and ...

Paperweight Vase by Tiffany Studios is available at The Doros Collection The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany - artnet ...