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.

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 ...

They can be beautiful to the point of breathtaking and are utilitarian as well. Glass paperweights have always been considered works of art, but they also have had a purpose. Even so, holding down ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...