As reported by the Kokomo Perspective, “There is a new economic Sheriff in town, and his name is John O’Donnell, owner and Chief Executive Officer of Kokomo Opalescent Glass. John purchased KOG approximately two years ago, and has been the catalyst for change in the way KOG manufactures, markets and sells its products to the [...]

Freddie Thomas “Tommy” Huskey inspired many and touched a lot of lives, says Mandy Brame Marxen, vice president of marketing at Gardner Glass Products in North Wilkesboro, N.C. Huskey, chief executive officer (CEO) of Gardner Glass Products, died on November 27, due to complications stemming from a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer that began when [...]

Halcyon Gallery in London will open its new gallery on New Bond Street December 5, 2011, with an inaugural exhibition by Dale Chihuly. According to Art Daily.org, Chihuly comments, “Returning to London to show this important collection of work is truly exciting. The inaugural exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, in such an incredible building, presents the [...]

Two Chicago firms have embraced eco-friendly design tactics by using recycled glass products in their interiors. Both the Dana Hotel and Spa and Thomas Interior Systems have recently installed flooring and countertop materials from Plano, Texas-based Glass Recycled, which creates environmentally-friendly floor and countertop materials from recycled glass and porcelain products. The Dana Hotel and [...]

An invitation to “be inventive” led designer Chris Murphy to create a colorful, glassy backyard for friend Michele Semin. Her Nebraska backyard now features bands of brightly colored glass that cover about 3,000 square feet, broken up by islands of white river rocks. Read the full Washington Post article here.

The international art competition ArtPrize recently awarded $498,000 in cash prizes to 18 artists. The top prize of $250,000 went to Mia Tavonatti from Santa Ana, Calif., for her large-scale stained glass mosaic, Crucifixion. More than 382,000 votes were cast in ArtPrize 2011 and an estimated 500,000 visitors experienced the third annual competition. Rounding out [...]

The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum in Neenah, Wis., is now focusing all of its exhibitions, youth and adult classes and community outreach programming on the art of glass. According to the museum website, leaders there believe the refocus on glass will allow the museum to differentiate itself from other visual arts institutions, distinguish itself in additional expression [...]

For more than 100 years the Paul Wissmach Glass Company Inc. in Paden City, W. Va., has been creating colorful, rolled sheet glass for use in stained glass work. Three years the company decided it was time to take on a new territory. “We have been producing glass for 107 years for the at glass [...]

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) has developed BSR A138.1-201x, a new specification for sustainable glass and ceramic tiles as well as tile installation materials. It was created as a means to establish a consistent approach to the evaluation and determination of environmentally preferable and sustainable glass and ceramic tiles as well as the [...]

Innovation was in abundance on the floor of this year’s GlassBuild America, which took place September 12-14 in Atlanta, and in no more eye-catching examples than that of the decorative glass products found throughout the trade show floor. The latest launch from Walker Glass probably had a few attendees thinking “Saturday Night Fever,” as the [...]