Internet Antique Gazette

Yaffa Sikorsky Quote

“I make pieces that I myself would like to live with. My background as a painter led me to relate to clay forms as three-dimensional canvases; when I began blowing glass, the dimension of motion and flow were added. I use lampworked imagery in my new work. Nature is my inspiration. I use nature as an impulse, blending my feelings and fantasies. I add and delete as I deem necessary to [...] Click here to continue reading.

Drew Ebelhare – Paperweights

“Ebelhare’s next inspiration came from a copy of American Glass Paperweights and Their Makers. He was not impressed by the work of most of the glassworkers featured in Jean Melvin’s historic work, but the millefiori of Charles Kaziun caught his eye. At a meeting of the Texas Bluebonnet Chapter of the PCA later that year, he met former chapter President Harvey Jones, who was to become instrumental in his growth [...] Click here to continue reading.