Cool as Glass: Affordable Collecting

I love glass. Glass brightens and lightens the look of a room and because it’s translucent, light passes through it. I’m drawn to handblown pieces made at the Blenko Glass Company in Milton, West Virginia, and to signed pieces made in Murano, the world-famous islands in the Venetian Lagoon where the art of glassmaking has been perfected and passed down since the late 1200s.  It’s not hard to find glass pieces of significance—and we can even do it without breaking the bank.