Volume 19 Number 1, January, 2012

President
Vice President
TOBY KRUGER
ANDY DOHAN
[email protected]
460 East king Road
Malvern, PA 19355
(610) 722-5800
[email protected]
5 Johnson Lane
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 751-7720
Treasurer, Newsletter Editor
Secretary
DON FORMIGLI
JILL BAUERSFELD
[email protected]
455 Stonybrook Drive
Levittown, PA 19055
(215) 945-1243
[email protected]
9 Ramblewood Drive
White Haven, PA 18661
(570) 443-7023
Volume 19 • Number 1
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Dear Friends...
A Letter from Toby Kruger
January 2012
We looked forward to the PCA convention in
Washington, D.C., actually in Tyson’s Corner. VA.
The committee, including members of our group:
Don Formigli, Diane Atkerson etc. did a fantastic
job in choosing the venue, scheduling a guided
tour of the city, planning the various sessions. Of
course the highlight of the event was the display
of paperweights at the Smithsonian, which was
catalogued by the Kaplans and Phil Edelman.
Although “for our eyes only”, the Smithsonian
has placed the exhibit on its website. The
consensus of opinions was that the convention
was one of the best and a good time was had by
all. I especially enjoyed the companionship of my
roommate, Jill Bauersfeld. Although my coverage
of the event is brief, the experience was terrific.
PCA is working on the 2013 Convention which
will be held in New Orleans, LA. Remember, this
year DVPCA is partnering with WheatonArts for
Paperweight Fest 2012 on May 31, June 1 and
June 2. Reserve a room now.
Last year, just about this time, I told you that we
had planned some great programs to enlighten
and entice you. I believe we outdid ourselves
with the meetings. Here is a brief review.
January 29th we were privileged to have three
guest artists: Rick Ayotte, Melissa Ayotte and
Damon McNaught and our guest dealer: Phil
Edelman, representing Leo Kaplan . On April
16th Jim Lefever gave the morning program and
was also our guest dealer. In the afternoon, we
were entertained by Virginia Wilson Toccalino
and Tony Toccalino. The highlight of the year
was definitely our two-day 19th Anniversary
Celebration on July 16th and 17th. With Daniel
Salazar and Clinton Smith, accompanied by his
wife Katie, we learned about the techniques of
the seasoned artist and the rookie. Bill Pitt was
the guest dealer for this event. Day two was
spectacular. An enthusiastic group of members
visited the home and the studio of Paul Stankard.
How about that! We were greeted cordially, we
were offered paperweights to buy, we were able
to purchase the glorious tome of Paul’s work
by the Minkoff Foundation. It was a beautiful
day and we thank David Graber for making the
arrangements (more about David later.) Chris
Sherwin was our guest artist on October 15th. He
was new to us but he certainly was experienced..
Although feeling poorly, Ben Drabeck didn’t
disappoint us and brought his fine selection of
paperweights. The meetings were well-attended
and very pleasant, I thought.
On a more personal note, I attended a social
event and made a house visit. The social event
was the Glass Ball held at the Noyes Museum
in Seaville, NJ. Paul Stankard was the featured
artist; Kurt Kruger was my escort. Paul was
friendly and complimented our group for its
support of him. The house visit was to the home
and the studio of David Graeber on the day
before the Ball. He had invited me before and I
took him up on the offer. I met the entire family
including his lovely wife, his children Karen,
Kyler and Kevin and dog Koko. He explained
that he took a two-bedroom house and made
it into a four-bedroom house, with some help
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from his friends. Then I entered the studio which
was in the form of a one-room house. It was
neat as a pin and well-equipped. He showed
me some of his newest work which had corn,
tobacco leaves, cotton on stems, perfect for his
visit to the Midwest chapters in October. He also
gave me samples of his lampwork., in addition,
I brought the weight that I bought as a tribute
to Stan. I asked him the name of the piece and
he let me choose a title. I decided on “Stan’s
Bouquet” and he incised that on the weight.
That made my day.
In closing, I would like to thank all of you for your
confidence in me and for helping the chapter
survive and thrive. My wish for you is this:
Ken Brown and Boyd England
• Whatever is beautiful,
• Whatever is meaningful.
• Whatever brings you happiness
• May it be yours now and throughout the
coming year”
Anne Brown and Sue Sutton
Chris Sherwin and Toby Kruger
Chris Sherwin selling his work
Sandy Mikelberg and Leonard Kornit
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Profile of Guest Artist Ken
Rosenfeld reproduced from
PCA Artist of the Month Series
produce a very profound and powerful effect.
Ken believes this process is one of the highest
and best uses of glass as an art form. It is a
natural and logical evolution of glass art and for
him, personally, a pure joy!
Ken Rosenfeld has been a paperweight artist
since the mid 1980’s. Before that he trained
and worked as an off-hand glassblower in his
own studio and for five years with Correia. He
also worked as a scientific glassblower. Ken’s
paperweight expertise evolved from a formal
art and technical background — a Bachelor’s
degree from the University of California and a
Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois
University, coupled with over twenty years
of studio and scientific glasswork. This has
provided Ken with a solid base for developing
his lampworking skills; and in Ken’s view,
lampworked paperweights stand at the pinnacle
of artistic and technical glassworking.
Ken Rosenfeld’s glass art is documented in
several current books and is held in many
public and private collections, and major
museums, including the permanent collections
of the Museum of American Glass, New Jersey,
Canterbury Museum, New Zealand, and The
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Wisconsin.
Ken’s studio, Ken Rosenfeld Glass, located in
Milwaukee, Oregon. His website is:
www.kenrosenfeld.com
He can be contacted by email at:
[email protected].
He describes his work as follows: “Each flower
petal and leaf is made individually, by hand, one
at a time. They are then assembled to create
the arrangement you see. Then the lampwork
design is encased. Encapsulated in crystal clear
glass, the design is forever sealed in its own
little world. Each paperweight is a recording in
time, like a photograph, preserving every subtle
and delicate motion made by the artist. This
is what sets lampworking apart from all other
glassworking.”
Ken prefers producing commonplace, everyday
imagery in his paperweights.
His pumpkin patch paperweights are especially
well known, and he is one of the few paperweight
artists to use an artistic arrangement of
vegetables as a theme. But most of Ken’s
paperweights use floral designs because,
he says, they are appreciated the world over.
“When collectors hold a paperweight in their
hands, there is a connection between them and
the artist. It becomes a personal art form — a
window into the state of mind of the artist.”
The technique of manipulating glass rods in the
flame of a torch and then encasing them can
Gail Munz
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Advance Preview of
Paperweight Fest
FRIDAY, June 1
Breakfast on your own
8:30 a.m. – Noon
Heritage House
Registration
Make your reservations now at
The Country Inn
2012 PAPERWEIGHT FEST
SCHEDULE
MAY 31, JUNE 1&2, 2012
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Heritage House
Registration
Greetings from Susan Gogan, Executive Director
and Gay LeCleire Taylor, Museum of American Glass
Curator (retired)
THURSDAY, May 31
Registration, Make Your Own Opportunities,
Artists and Dealers Fairs
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Heritage House
Gordon Park
“Rick Ayotte Collection”
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Make Your Own Opportunities- both regular and
special
Make Your Own Special Experiences in the Glass
Studio. Artist Collaboration (Thursday only). Have
a millefiori experience working one-on-one with Jim
Brown or Drew Ebelhare or a flamework experience
working with Melissa Ayotte, David Graeber or
Gordon Smith. These contemporary paperweight
masters have generously donated their time to
provide you with a one-on-one creative collaborative
event. Space is extremely limited; first come, first
served. Set ups will be professionally encased. Time
with the artist is one and a half hours.
10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Heritage House
John Hawley
“American Millefiori”
11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Heritage House
Dean Six – “West Virginia Paperweights and their
Makers”
11:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Pick Up Box Lunches for Artist Lunch and Learns
(repeated in four venues)
12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
1st Artist Lunch and Learn
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
2nd Artist Lunch and Learn
For the regular Make-Your-Own program, a selection
of Whitefriars, LOVE and HOPE picture murrine will
be available.
10 a.m.
Visit the Arthur Gorham Paperweight Shop, museum
stores and Museum of American Glass with possible
book signing by Paul Stankard.
2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Glass Studio
Gordon Smith & Dave Graeber collaborative; Jim
Brown & Damon MacNaught collaborative. All work
made will be auctioned to attendees.
Noon - 5 p.m.
The Gallery of Fine Craft
Registration
Dinner on your own
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Event Center
Combined Artists & Dealers Fair where you can buy
direct from the artist or favorite dealer. (Registrants
and Special Guests)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Event Center
Artists Fair and Dealers Fair (Fest registrants only)
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6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Dinner Caravans to five local restaurants
Dealers Fair Closes in the Event Center at 5
p.m.!
SATURDAY, June 2
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Heritage House
Cocktail Hour
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Entrance to Heritage House
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Heritage House
Banquet
Raffle Winners
Door Prizes
(Raffle tickets must be purchased by 5 p.m. today!)
Breakfast on your own.
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Heritage House
Paul Dunlop – “Pictorial Review of Lesser Known
Antique French/European”
SUNDAY, June 3
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Heritage House
Xavier Simon
“Murrine Collection”
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Glass Studio
Make Your Own Experiences (by appointment)
Make Your Own Opportunities
10:45 a.m. -11:30 p.m.
Heritage House
Ben & Mitch Clark
“Best of the Best in the First 10 Years”
Program is subject to change without notice.
LUNCH & LEARN ARTISTS:
Colin Richardson
Damon MacNaught
Erik Hansen
Drew Ebelhare & Sue Fox
Dave Graeber
Gordon Smith
Clinton Smith
Chris Sherwin
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Pick Up Box Lunches for Artist Lunch and Learns
(repeated in four venues)
Noon - 5 p.m.
Event Center
Dealers Fair (Open to the public)
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1st Artist Lunch and Learn
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
2nd Artist Lunch and Learn
2 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Glass Studio
Glassworkers
Jam
Session
coupled
with
demonstrations of torch and tank background
techniques - Jasper, marbrie, latticinio, muslin, color,
frontal & reverse pickups, and Whitefriars style of
encasement.
4:00 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Museum of American Glass
Rick Ayotte Exhibit
Members’ Table
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Review of Events
DVPCA Fall Meeting
October 15, 2011
MORNING PROGRAM
Andy Dohan has several videos on glass making.
We viewed part of one with Robert Dane making
marbles. Anyone that would like to borrow videos
or who have some to put in the association’s library
should contact Andy.
The Fall Meeting of the Delaware Valley Paperweight
Collector’s Association was held on Saturday
October 15th, 2011 at Williamson’s Restaurant in
Horsham, PA. We had 37 people attending including
first timers Steve and Gail Munz, Ruth Weaver, and
our guest artist Chris Sherwin. Our guest dealer
was Ben Drabeck, also president of PCA, from
Shutesbury, MA.
“Collected at the Convention” was the theme of
our morning program. We had a large number of
our association members attend the convention
in Washington, D.C. this past June. This meeting
was their opportunity to share their treasures. They
were on display before and during the meeting.
During the morning program the members were
invited to describe their acquisitions. The following
member’s participated: Bob Straub, Jim Lefevre, Pat
Atkinson, Diane Achenson, Jill Bauersfeld, Pam and
Rob Campe, Toby Kruger, Leonard Kornit; Bonnie
and Gary Giger, Don Formigli, and Steve and Gail
Munz.
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
President Toby Kruger welcomed members and
guests and mentioned that Member/Artists David
Graeber and Gordon Smith were absent as they were
the guest artists at the Oklahoma PCA meeting. She
thanked Andy Dohan for scheduling today’s artist
as well as housing him. Andy is also responsible for
the planning of our Paperweight Fest at Wheaton
Arts this coming May 31st through June 2nd, 2012.
Don Formigli continues as editor of the newsletter,
treasurer, and luncheon planner.
Lunch – Raffle – Auction
OLD BUSINESS
President Kruger read a letter from a former member,
Herb Singer, who now lives in Arizona. He is very
pleased to see our increasing membership. He
included a donation to help with our expenses.
Toby had a flier available from “Koval’s Komments”,
an online newsletter of Terry and Kim Kovel. It was
an article about Reality TV shows for Collectors
with a comprehensive listing of shows of interest
as well as an invitation from one show, “My
Collection Obsession” on TLC that is looking for
knowledgeable collectors for their show. If you think
you’d like to be on the program contact them online
at [email protected] including
information on what you collect. Send photos or
videos of the shelves filled with your collectibles.
Tell why your interest and objects are so special.
Is it a sentiment, furnishings for the house, history,
inheritance or just plain fun? Hoping to see one of
our members on this show someday!
She also asked for forgiveness for newsletter errors.
Action Graphics is now formatting the newsletter and
printing the hard copies. She reminded members
that we need articles and pictures to enhance the
newsletter.
NEW BUSINESS
Our next meeting will be on Saturday, January 28th,
2012. Phil Edelman from Leo Kaplan’s will be our
guest dealer. Our guest artist will be Ken Rosenfeld.
We will have a special presentation by Gay LeClaire
Taylor, the former curator of the WheatonArts
Museum of American Glass.
Ben Drabeck asked for help with collecting records
of past PCA conventions.
Our Website needs “tweaking” – updating and other
things. Anyone with ideas and skills contact Toby or
Don.
Clara Ayotte sent a beautiful blueberry Rick Ayotte
weight for auction to benefit our group. Bill and Jill
Bauersfeld were the winner’s of the auction with a
bid of $325.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Our guest Artist, Chris Sherwin, presented an
interactive slide show where he humorously related
how a series of “fortunate events” over nearly two
decades brought him to finally setting up his own
glass studio, Sherwin Art Glass, in Bellows Falls,
Vermont in 2005. Always interested in the arts he took
an elective in glassblowing in college while studying
Special Education. After working with individuals with
PCA will be sending out booklets and tickets for a
raffle next April. Please participate.
Finally Toby requested that members make
suggestions for future meeting ideas on a list at the
back table. Also continue to bring in items for the
lunchtime raffle.
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lUNCH AND RAfflE
developmental
disabilities
in Maryland for
two differyears
Williamson’s luncheon
presentations
were
he
returned
to
Vermont
and
went
to
work
for
Simon
ent and delicious with a choice of Sautéed Breast
Pearce, Inc. doing production glass and became a
of Chicken in White Wine Sauce or Baked Tilapia
journeyman glassblower. The next “event” was an
with a Fruited Salsa, preceded by soup and followed
opportunity to move to Chico, California where he
with a sundae. We followed the meal with our usual
worked for Orient and Flume Art Glass where he
raffle of prizes donated by our members that brought
gained much experience in many techniques.
in $110.00
Returning to Vermont brought him back to
family, marriage,
the birth of his daughter and the
BUsiNEss
MEETiNG
establishment
of
his
own the
business.
His meeting
studio was
President Kruger began
business
by
established
with
environmental
concerns
in mind
reading a delightfully written thank you note
from
with
equipment,
histotorch,
using
electricity
Sue all
Sutton.
It has except
led Toby
appoint
Sue
as corgenerated
by
hydro-power
from
the
Bellows
responding secretary for the chapter. Her dutiesFalls
will
dam.
His
helper,
Drew
Owen,
worked
for
Steve
be to write thank you notes, letters of sympathy and
Lundberg and helped build the studio. It was an old
any other needed correspondence.
mill building and has lots of windows overlooking the
Connecticut River. He extends an invitation for any
Toby then announced the 50th Anniversary Celebraof us to visit him there and meet his dog Rosilita, an
tion
and Exhibit
of the
work
of paperweight
artist
Australian
Shepherd.
The
electric
furnace is much
Paul
Stankard
scheduled
from
April
1st
through
May
quieter than the roar of propane and produces
a
8th
at
Wheaton
Arts.
She
attended
the
opening
remore neutral heat with no flame. There is however
ception
and demonstration
on Sunday
Aprilas3rd
as
the problem
of exposed electric
elements
liquid
did
our
treasurer
Don Formigli.
glass
conducts
electricity
and canStankard
shock! is a long
time New Jersey artist of unique lamp work pieces
Chris
saidbyhe
was bounty.
inspired by the “California
influenced
nature’s
Technique” of Daniel Salazar, using torch work
laid on glass. He uses newspapers for shaping
Our next meeting will be our 19th Annual Garden
the glass and no molds. Each fruit, animal, birds,
Party Weekend on July 16th and 17th. The business
and other seasonal items are shaped by hand. His
meeting will be held at our usual venue, William-
son Restaurant in Horsham, with two guest artists:
cardinals,
whichofwere
inspiredCalifornia
by Ed Alexander
of
Daniel Salazar
Davenport,
and Clinton
Orient
and
Flume,
can
be
seen
on
his
website
www.
Smith from Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Our
sherwinartglass.com. Chris’s theme is “The Beauty
guest dealer with be William Pitt from Fairhaven,
of Nature in Glass” and this is carried through in his
Massachusetts. Following the meeting the group
use of a starry night background in his vases and
will caravan to the home of member Boyd England
orbs as well as his use of almond branches and
in Doylestown for the annual Summer Catered Garflowers. He often makes pairs of vases and orbs
den
Boyd
is also
a paperweight
artist 23
andcarat
has
with Party.
the same
colors
and
designs. He uses
a
studio
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garage. as
OnitSunday
weeasily,
are planning
gold
foil in
very
burns off
to give
a
visit
to
another
artist’s
studio,
hopefully
Paul
iridescence and energy to his pieces. We
willStanlook
kard’s intoNew
Jersey.
forward
seeing
much of Chris Sherwin’s creativity
in the future.
A reminder: Glass Weekend at WheatonArts is beFINAL
ing heldREMINDERS
from June 10-11, 2011. Reservations need
Notices will be coming out soon either by email or
to be in soon.
post for 2012 association dues. Please remit as soon
as possible. Ben Draback said PCA dues letters will
Jill Bauersfeld gave a brief review of glass found on
also be sent out soon.
their recent trip to Italy. She and Bill brought back
President
Toby
Kruger
closed
meeting
reminding
two weights,
a glass
cane
andthe
a glass
“golfer”
clown
all to
take
convention
as
well
as their
somedisplay
uniqueitems
light from
stands
with LED back
cool
home
and
to
take
a
final
look
at
the
dealer
lights. They also found a good book on Murano,and
the
member
tables
and is
BUY
BUY BUY!!!
glass island
which
available
to borrow if anyone
is planning a trip. They were only able to visit one
factory on the island that specialized in chandeliers
Respectfully
submitted,
but had a large
showroom with gigantic and very exJill
Bauersfeld
pensive art glass sculptures. They loved Venice and
would like to go again to see more of Murano as
well as the northern lake and mountain part of the
country.
PAGE
7 7
The Currier Museum of Art’s
Paperweight Collection
by Lee Arnold and Neal Demp
Photography was permitted in the museum, but
without flash. Elsewhere in the museum we saw
some of their prized works of art, by the likes of
Hopper, O’Keeffe, Monet, Thomas Hart Benton,
Albert Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Cole,
Over the last Fourth of July weekend we took a trip to
Manchester, New Hampshire, to see the paperweight
collection at the Currier Museum of Art. The Currier
Museum (www.currier.org) is an internationally
renowned collection featuring European and
American paintings, decorative arts, photography
and sculpture--they even own a Frank Lloyd Wright
house (the Zimmerman House) which is open for
tours. Lured by their description of the paperweight
collection, we headed off to New England:
Debbie Tarsitano lizard
and Andrew Wyeth. The next day we returned to the
Currier to revisit the paperweights, take a tour of the
Zimmerman House, and view a special video exhibit
on landscapes.
Only an hour by air from Philadelphia, a direct
flight will get you there in no time. Just a couple
blocks from the Currier is the Ash Street Inn (www.
ashstreetinn.com), a bed and breakfast that is wellappointed, accommodating, and friendly. Innkeepers
Paul Stankard florals
In 1998, Henry Melville Fuller donated his
extraordinary collection of 330 glass paperweights
to the Currier. A long-time trustee and patron of the
Currier, Mr. Fuller assembled a collection that was
uniformly high in quality and included a wide range
of manufacturers and artists. The Fuller collection
includes outstanding examples from the major
French glass houses of Baccarat, Clichy and SaintLouis and works by prominent twentieth-century
artists including Paul Ysart, Charles Kaziun, Paul
Stankard, Delmo and Debbie Tarsitano, and Nashua,
New Hampshire artist Rick Ayotte.
The collection on display did not disappoint. We
were taken by several of them, a Gordon Smith
tarantula, Paul Stankard florals, Rick Ayotte birds,
snake motifs which looked real enough to strike, and
on and on—see images. They were displayed well in
two main sections, right as one enters the gallery.
Paul Ysart weight
Darlene and Eric are great (and Eric makes the
best pancakes and omelets). It’s a short walk into
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Lending Library Notices
by Diane Atkerson
downtown Manchester for restaurants (like Julien’s
Corner Kitchen and Cotton) or other sites (such as
the Millyard Museum or Riverfront Park).
There is an added loose leaf notebook that contains
magazine and newspaper articles on paperweights
and related that are in plastic covers that can be
signed out by the borrower. Each magazine and
newspaper article has a letter, ‘’M’’, for magazine
and “N”, for newspaper with a number after it. In the
front of the notebook is a Table of Contents.
For an institution noted for its paperweight collection,
the Currier actually had few quality paperweights
for sale in the gift shop. So we left paperweightless
(except in our memories).
Rather then having to write the entire article title on
the Title Line of the sign out sheet, all the borrower
has to do is write the ‘’M” or “N” number of the article.
This method is only for the notebook articles. Any
other reading materials borrowed will still follow the
same procedure of writing the title on the Title Line
of the sign out sheet. The entire notebook shall not
be signed out.
If any members have paperweight and related
articles they would like to donate to the Lending
Library, I would be glad to log them and add them to
the notebook.
Rick Ayotte bird
If any member has the novel, CURSE OF THE
IMPERIAL PAPERWEIGHT, by George Kulles,
would you please return it or let me know who you
are, if you are still reading it, so your name can be
added to the sign out sheet.
Due to a surplus of not needed items by the Lending
Library, there will be a table full of free material for
your taking. Please help yourself to whatever items
are on the table.
Thank you.
DVPCA
A New Museum Paperweight Collection
The Akron Art Museum has recently become the latest
museum to acquire a paperweight collection. The
“Mike and Annie Belkin Collection of Paul Stankard
Glass” was recently donated to the museum. 64
pieces of the Belkin’s 300 piece Stankard collection
are now on permanent display. It is stated to be the
world’s largest public collection of Paul Stankard’s
work. Akron is approximately 400 miles from the
Delaware Valley for anyone contemplating a visit.
Lee at Millyard Museum
Lee Arnold is a librarian, archivist and travel writer;
Neal Demp is a child psychiatrist. They live in
Philadelphia.
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The Scramble
January 28, 2012
CALENDAR
Advance Meeting Dates, Guests and Related Events
Many of us have collections of this month’s Guest
Artist, Ken Rosenfeld and we look forward to seeing
his new work. However, it would be also fun to bring
to the meeting some samples of what we already
own. So we are requesting our members to bring
some Rosenfeld weights to the January meeting.
April 21, 2012 – Guest Artist Jim Brown from
Lebanon, TN. Jim was last seen at DVPCA in
2003.
Guest Dealer: L.H. Selman Ltd. from Chicago
will be welcomed for the first time to DVPCA.
At the December PCA Board meeting the site for
the 2013 PCA Convention was selected as New
Orleans. Further details will be published as they
become known.
May 31, June 1 & 2, 2012: Paperweight Fest,
WheatonArts, Millville, NJ. Co-sponsored by
DVPCA.
Notices were sent out for 2012 dues last month. If
you haven’t already done so please send in your
renewals.
July 21-22, 2012: For our 20th Anniversary
Weekend one of our guest artists will be David
Graeber.
Members are always welcome to sell at our meetings.
The January meeting should have even more for
sale as some members have expressed interest in
bringing large quantities of their collections for sale.
Guest Dealer: William Pitt from Fairhaven, MA.
Welcome to new members Jere Gibber and J.D.
Harrington from Alexandria, VA. They have been
guests previously with us and also belong to MD-DCVA PCA. Also welcome new member Paul Gilmore
from Carlisle, PA.
Guest Dealer: Ben Drabeck from Shutesbury,
MA.
October 20, 2012: Fall Elections meeting, Program
TBA.
All Saturday Meetings at:
WILLIAMSOM’S RESTAURANT, HORSHAM, PA
The Smithsonian paperweight collection as
photographed by John Hawley for the 2011 PCA
Convention is now on view on the Smithsonian
website at:
SAVE THESE DATES AND PLAN TO ATTEND!
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=paper
weight&sType=”phrase”
Williamson’s has increased their prices again an
average of 3% for 2012 with some entrees going up
as much as 8%. We will attempt to cover the increase
with our dues, raffle and occasional auction.
A group of members with Barbara Stitt in foreground
DVPCA
An Opportunity To Promote
Paperweight Collecting
We have received a request from the Historical
Society of Hilltown Township, Bucks County, PA to
participate in their fundraiser event on September
15, 2012 held at the circa 1840 Hartzel-Strassburger
Homestead in Sellersville, PA. They will have local
artisans, live demonstrations, antiques & collectibles
etc. They are inviting a paperweight collector to bring
a sample of antique glass paperweights to educate
and entertain visitors about them at this festival. This
is an excellent opportunity to promote our club locally.
Please contact Don Formigli for further details and
help in attending this event.
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Winter Meeting Announcement
Saturday, January 28, 2012
LUNCHEON RESERVATIONS
January 28, 2012
At Williamson Restaurant, 200 Blair Mill Road (Route
611/Easton Road at Blair Mill Road) Horsham, PA.
Choices @ $20 per person
(#) of Persons Attending
Located two traffic lights north of PA. Turnpike Exit
343 (Doylestown/Willow Grove).
(#) Stuffed French Cut Chicken Breast,
Telephone (215) 675-5454
9:00 AM
Walnuts, Crazins, and topped with
Provolone
Dealers & Artists setup.
10:00 AM Paperweight Fair with Guest Dealer
Phil Edelman representing Leo Kaplan
from New York City and club members
items for sale.
11:00 AM Guest
Speaker
Gay
Lecleire
Taylor speaking on Early Lampwork
Paperweight Makers.
12:00
NOON Lunch – Sale of Raffle Tickets
1:00 PM
Business Meeting: Announcements,
reports from floor, raffle, etc.
1:30 PM
Guest Artist Ken Rosenfeld will give
a presentation about his current work.
See accompanying profile elsewhere in
this newsletter.
2:30 PM
(#) Roast Loin of Pork, Savory Stuffing
and Gravy
$
Luncheon Total
Names
Please mail this tear off slip with your
selections and check to:
DVPCA
c/o Don Formigli, Treasurer
455 Stonybrook Drive
Levittown, PA 19055
NO LATER THAN JANUARY 23, 2012
Paperweight Fair continues
Pam and Rob Campe
Audrey Smit and Dorothy Disney
Bonnie and Gary Geiger
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Address service Requested
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5 Johnson Lane
Voorhees, NJ 08043-4123
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issUE CONTENTs:
CONTENTS:
•ISSUE
lead Article:
PCA Convention 2011
• Other Articles: A First Time Convention Experi• Lead
Article:
Dear Friends
ence,
Why I Missed
the April Meeting
• •Other
Articles:
Guest
ArtistApril
Ken 16th,
Rosenfeld
Minutes: Spring Meeting,
2011 Profile
Advance Preview of Paperweight Fest
• THE sCRAMBlE/CAlENDAR
The Currier Museum of Art’s Paperweight Collection
Announcement:
fall Meeting,
October
• • Minutes:
Fall Meeting
October 15,
2011 15, 2011
Dated Reservations
Tear-Off Slip
• • Notices:
Lending Library
• Eleven (11)
Business
AdsPaperweight Collection
A New
Museum
• THE SCRAMBLE/CALENDAR
• Announcement: Winter Meeting January 28, 2012
• Luncheon Reservations: Mail-In-Slip
• Eleven (11) Business Ads
PAPERwEIGHt FESt
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May 3, June 1-2 2012
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presented by:
Delaware Valley Paperweight Collectors
Association and WheatonArts
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