Most of us love beautiful glass or we wouldn’t be here on a glass web site. Duh!. So in addition to learning how art or collectible glass is made (which we show elsewhere on this site) lets also learn about collecting this awesome stuff! I will be adding articles, pictures, and videos here soon on the subject of collectible art glass. For today I have this charming video about a tiny family run glass factory in Southern Ohio. Enjoy the Boyd’s Crystal Art Glass video (just below this post). They have made thousands of collectible glass figurines in dozens of colors. The video is longer that usual (about 7 minutes) but it is well worth watching the whole thing, IMHO.
Jerry (webmaster, CraftingGlass.com)
Aug
1
Welcome to CraftingGlass.com! Crafting Glass features videos, articles, pictures, and blogs on making and caring for beautiful glass objects. Whether it is information on stained glass, etched glass, or glass beads you will find it here. The sources for the tools and supplies you will need for crafting and maintaining decorative glass likely will be found here as well. Tips on buying, installing, and repairing window glass are provided on this web site also. For a list of categories please look in the column on the left side of this page. Please feel free to comment (blog) on any article or video. I also welcome suggestions for new articles, pictures, or videos in the broad catagory of “glass” (use the “contact us/me” page), How awesome can glass be? Well, just look at the beautiful images below for some idea of the beauty and versatility of glass.
Central Train Station R10/O5, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Architectural glass by Derix Glass Studios (derix.com). Pictured is the Glass art ceiling and glass art pillars.
Narcissus Quagliata, artist
A small stained glass window in an near 100 year old home.
A hand blown and hand cut small glass vase. 
Agate glass pitcher 
Mar
13
Today I have posted (just below this post) a video showing some of the inspiring work of glass artist Guy Kemper. Guy says that he started out in stained glass but now his work is hard to catagorize. He now sometimes calls himself an artist in “blown glass paintings”…..whatever you call it, his work is awesome! One sample picture is right here in this post. Now please watch the video in the next post. It is a little longer (about 8 minutes) than the usual short vids I post here but it is worth your time, believe me.
Jerry (webmaster, Crafting Glass)
Guy’s web site:
Hello Everyone!
Starting in October I will be writing an article on an artist in one of the glass categories featured on Crafting Glass. These categories are: glass blowing, dichroic glass art/jewelry, etched (and carved) glass, fused glass, glass beads, and stained glass. There will be no particular order (such as alphabetical) in which the artists will appear. I have several artists in mind for the first and subsequent articles. If you are an artist and want to appear here please contact me and be willing to let me use an article about your work or a video or picture of your work. New artists in the field of glass arts are welcome to apply also.
Thanks,
Jerry (webmaster, Crafting Glass)
Please view these interesting videos found just below this post. Both are very short. The Christmas ornaments one (how does she stand that heat?) is only a little over a minute. That vid is from ExpertVillage.com (link below). The video on colors of glass available from a supplier is not much longer. The maker of this is MoltenArtGlass.com (link below).
I encourage you to comment on these posts or on any video, picture, or post on CraftingGlass.com.
Don’t forget our contest to find “The most beautiful glass window in the world.” The link to that is several posts below here.
Jerry (webmaster, CraftingGlass.com)
See Artisans making a glass pitcher pretty much the way it would be made in the 1600’s (This video is here on the CraftingGlass web site also). Jamestown Glass House.com is a very interesting place to visit, in my humble opinion. Jerry
Look here:
http://www.jamestownglasshouse.com