decorative glass


While visiting my husband's family in the Midwest we took a day road trip to tour a decorative glass factory. As the tour took us through the factory we saw hot molten glass being blown and shaped into candy bowls, vases and pitchers with curved or twisted handles. It was really neat to see how the crafters worked with that hot glass. They were able to make it do crazy things to create those beautiful pieces of decorative glass. 

The tour led us through the painting section. This was where cooled down pieces were hand painted with flowers or some ambiguous design. The patterns were similar but actually all were different and one of a kind with the skill of these artists. 

The tour ended in a gift shop that displayed many rows of shelves of the decorative glass finished products. Of course my husband and I could not leave without getting our own signed piece of decorative glass. Since we were traveling by plane we chose to have the piece shipped to our Southwest home. We watched as the clerk packed our piece of decorative glass into a box with those plastic peanuts. Today, that piece of decorative glass is prominently and warmly displayed in our living room.