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 ...

I have been collecting glass paperweights for several years now. I usually find them at our local flea market in Alameda, Calif. They’ve always seemed magical to me. Miniature worlds encased in glass.

Can you name the most fragile and yet most durable item in your home? It`s probably glass, a material that has been around for thousands of years. You drink from a glass, look through glass, cook ...

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 ...

The nonprofit Columbus Area Arts Council still has vacancies for its upcoming GlassMelt glass forming workshops in which participants will make glass pumpkin paperweights. GlassMelt workshops will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glass paperweights are often found among the kitschy collections in flea markets and thrift stores, but they’re also having a moment in the contemporary art world. “They’ve actually become quite the ...

There's something doubly satisfying about a paperweight: not only does it serve a practical purpose, but it's also beautiful to look at—and a guaranteed conversation starter. Media Platforms Design ...

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 ...

Jane Huey has collected paperweights since she was 13, when her grandmother gave her three of the colorful glass orbs as a gift. “They’re so intricate and so delicate,” says the now-65-year-old Ms.

Information or research assistance regarding glass paperweights is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this ...