Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy the weekend. We’ll be back on Monday. I looked for a turkey pattern from Mr. Carder. Couldn’t find any, but how about a mallard?

Mirror Black Cut to Yellow Jade vase in Sprintime Pattern with Mallard

Educating Our Youth

Dear Alan & Susan,

What a wonderful and generous gift to the University of Southern Indiana. I have often thought that part of the reason younger people have not acquired an interest in glassware (or ceramics, or silver, or other things) of the past is simply a lack of exposure. This will go a long way to help expose young people to the beauty of Carder Steuben glass in particular, and the decorative arts in general. Bravo!

Michael Krumme, Los Angeles

Speaking of Universities

A great glass collection is held and displayed in the Forsyth Galleries at Texas A & M University. One example of an exhibit of their collection, including Carder Steuben Glass reads:

Millefiori

(literally, “a thousand flowers”) is
a method of decorating glass using slices of
colored glass canes. Canes are groupings of multi-colored, thin rods that are fused together….