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    Paperweight Organizations

    • Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc.
    • New England Paperweight Collectors Association
    • Delaware Valley Paperweight Collectors
    • MidWest Paperweight Collectors
    • New England Paperweight Collectors
    • Paperweight Collectors Association of Ontario

    How are paperweights Made?

    • Millefiori- Discovery Channel Video – How it’s made – Millefiori Glass Paperweight
    • Lampwork- Chris Buzzini “Lampwork Paperweights” -Video by Oregon Art Beat
    • Lampwork- David Graeber Video – The making of the American Bounty Paperweight
    • Lampwork- David Graeber Video – Making a Silkworm Paperweight
    • Lampwork- Cathy Richardson “Intricate Glass Paperweights” – Video by KSMQ Public Television Video
    • Lampwork- Victor Trabucco – Video of Paperweight Techniques and Inclusions at Corning Museum of Glass

    Some of the larger Glass Paperweight Companies

    • Baccarat (currently not producing paperweights)
    • Caithness
    • Clichy (now Closed)
    • Perthshire Paperweights (now closed) Video
    • Saint Louis
    • Whitefriars (now Closed)

    Things to know about Paperweights

    • Christie’s- 7 Things to know about Paperweight Collecting
    • Glass Paperweight Foundation- “Glass Paperweights- An Extraordinary Art Form” by Art Elder
    • Antique Trader- “Rare Beauty Under Glass: A look at fine antique paperweights” by Art Elder
    • “A Passionate Affair”: Art Elder: 9780933756564: Amazon.com: Books

    Past Guest Artists:

    • Melissa Ayotte
    • Dave Graeber
    • Eric Hansen
    • Damon MacNaught
    • Damon MacNaught Bare Glass – Video by Tennessee Crossroads
    • Cathy Richardson
    • Ken Rosenfeld
    • Clinton Smith
    • Gordon Smith

    Museums

    • Bergstrom-Mahler Museum
    • Broadfield House Glass Museum
    • Paul Stankard Glass at the Akron Art Museum
    • Chihuly’s Green Fern at Corning Museum
    • Houston Studio Glass
    • Paperweights of the World – Corning Museum of Glass
    • Red House Glass Cone
    • Southern Alleghenies Museum
    • Tacoma Museum of Glass
    • Museum of American Glass in West Virginia

    Need to See More? – Check Out These Groups

    • Ask to Join Facebook’s Whitefriars Collectors Group run by Gulsari Byrkit
    • Ask to Join Facebook’s Millefiori Lampwork Bottles and Inkwells Enthusiasts Group run by Gulsari Byrkit
    • Ask to Join Facebook’s Glass Paperweight Group run by Michael Calleri

    Collectors Doing their thing?

    • Whitefriars Paperweights – Music Video set to Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain”
    • Whitefriars Canes – Music Video set to John Legend’s “All of Me”

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