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 as an artist. ‘He wouldn’t leave me alone,’ says Ebelhare. ‘He collected millefiori and wanted me to make some, but I just couldn’t do it. In the folllwing year, I tried countless times. At the same time, I was successfully producing torchwork floral pieces, but I had a lust for that Kaziun millefiori rose.
Lawrence Selman, “Drew Ebelhare: A New Heir to the Millefiori Throne” from the Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors’ Association, Inc. (1997).