Thirty-first thing: The next thing that makes me happy is glass. “Glass?” you may be saying.
Why yes. I have had a fascination with art glass for as long as I have memories. The first piece I remember being fascinated by belonged to my Grandma Fox. There is a picture somewhere (probably in black and white) showing a tiny version of me pointing to this piece, just shy of touching it. I couldn’t imagine as a child that I would inherit it one day.
A true antique, highly prized by me!
Spence shares my fascination and enthusiasm for art glass. Years ago, we met a glass blower by the name of Mark Haller at our Michigan Renaissance Festival. Over a number of years, we began acquiring the majority of our pieces from him. Some we watched him create, some already blown, we saw and fell in love with and at least two were commissioned by Spence. They catch the light at different times of day and hold a type of magic for us, adding beauty to the home we share. And of course, each piece holds a memory of a fun day spent together.
This is Spence’s favorite piece.
It resides on the dining room table unless we have four or more for dinner. Then, Spence transports it carefully upstairs to sit safely atop my armoire.
The one on the left was purchased when I was traveling in Colorado years ago. The pitcher is a Mark Haller piece with 2 hydrangea blooms grown in my garden, then dried.
Spence commissioned the bud vase (back left). The shorter vase and cobalt mug are by Mark Haller, mixed in with other pretty glass pieces.
The vase on the left is by Mark Haller and the horse, a favorite piece, is by Savannah Glass.
The piece on the left is antique, a gift from my step-son and daughter-in-law who love estate sales finds. The perfume bottle was purchased many years ago on my first trip to Vegas. The egg paperweight was purchased in Annapolis and has iridescent Mt. St. Helen ash incorporated into it.
This post is part of a series, 59 Candles, 59 Things to commemorate my 59th birthday back in May. Click on 59 Things in Categories if you’d enjoy reading more!
That is quite a collection! Very nice!
Thank you, it was fun to post this one!
Lovely pieces. I find glass blowing truly fascinating. What a skilled and patient hand the artist must have. I have a glass collection myself but it is mostly green depression era pieces. I just received some lovely juice glasses as a gift this weekend!
I’ll bet your collection is lovely. And yes, the glass blowing process just fascinates both Spence and I. True artists!