Vintage paperweights hold a special place in the world of collectibles, offering a unique blend of artistry, craftsmanship, and functionality. From intricate glass creations by to beautifully carved ...

A paperweight can be both functional and a natural or manmade work of art. A paperweight can be a favorite rock found on the beach to hold down papers on your desk. It can be a chunk of round glass or ...

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It might be something that would normally go unnoticed on your desk. But one Winona artist takes the age-old art of making glass paperweights to a whole new level. “The paperweight tradition started ...

Blue glass circling the orb, a delicate green-leafed flower suspended inside, it seemed one of a kind. But the paperweight, instead, is a near duplicate of artwork already on display. That’s one ...

Gena Whitten began collecting glass paperweights in 1968. Shown are paperweights from her collection. 2015 November 5 CTY - photo by Craig T. Kojima On Thursday, November 5, 2015. Gena Whitten and her ...

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...

Tanoa Sasraku has been collecting – and creating her own – gaudy paperweights with a drop of crude oil encased within. All you need to know about global power games, the artist explains, is right ...

IT’S FUNNY WHICH IMAGES remain imprinted on our minds, like vivid snapshots, for years and even decades after we’ve first seen them. They can be of anything—the soft weave of a childhood blanket, a ...

Chris Buzzini makes lampwork paperweights, encasing tiny glass flowers inside more glass. Oregon City’s Chris Buzzini keeps the 150-year-old craft of lampwork paperweights alive. These crystalline ...

Collectors who love glass often love paperweights. Do you have a fancy paperweight on a desk or side table? Paperweights became very popular in the 1880s in Europe and America when letter-writing was ...