Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp have once again stepped forward in support of the Museum of American Glass. This time the effort is channeled toward retiring the Museum mortgage. Kelsey has proposed a ‘Custom Cameo Project’ where she will work directly with YOU to create your very own Cameo original. This is one of those ‘what I always wanted to see in Cameo, but was afraid to ask for’ projects. How about your pet, your house, your garden, or another special fantasy with just YOU using your imagination? This is an adventure for YOU to pursue with Kelsey and Bob.
The Fenton Art Glass Company has also stepped forward with a donation of a variety of Fenton vases to assist in their efforts. There are also blanks available from Blenko, Pilgrim, Ron Hinkle, cup cased pieces from Europe, and etc., from which to choose. Some of these blanks are historically significant pieces of glass, many of them with up to eight colors. Vases of all sizes and shapes, paperweights, bells, ornaments, fairy lights, bowls, lamps, and much more are waiting for YOU to create your very own Cameo keepsake. This could be an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Kelsey and Bob in the creation of an original art piece designed by YOU.
There is a broad range of prices beginning at $125 for an ornament up to as much as $30,000 for an intricately detailed piece. Each blank has a price attached. YOU as the designer/buyer will place ½ down. When the custom piece is completed, it will be shipped to the Museum. The Museum will collect the balance and make arrangements for pick-up or shipment. All pieces will be photographed and later used for an ad that will appear after the April 25, 2010 project deadline.
Kelsey has a sketch form available to you on which you can begin to design your ideas. Please contact Kelsey and Bob at studiosofheaven@aol.com or call 304-849-4320. The cut-off date for your design and order is February 15, so begin working today!
Please note: You will read elsewhere in The Fenton Flyer about the $1 for $1 matching gift offer from an anonymous donor towards the Museum building mortgage payoff. With the initiation of Kelsey and Bob’s Cameo Building Fundraiser project, YOU too can become a tax-deductible donor.
(Williamstown, W. Va.). Glassworkers and other employees at
the Fenton Art
Glass Co. will appear with the Discovery
Channel's "Dirty Jobs" star Mike
Rowe in an episode
scheduled to air on November 10, 2009, at 9
pm
(Eastern/Pacific time).
"I gained great respect for what these
folks do," Mike
Rowe said. "They make it look easy, but I soon
realized
that it takes great skill and years of experience to do
these
jobs."
"Many jobs at Fenton are 'tough' jobs," said
Fenton
historian James Measell. "Mike Rowe tries his hand at
glassblowing
and pressing glass as well. He works with a
team making what we call a 'swung
vase,' and that's
fun to watch. Mike uses a heavy steel ladle with
molten
glass at 2000 degrees F., and he joins our pot-setting crew
as they
face an even hotter task. Later, he does some
handpainted decorating on a
glass t-shirt paperweight."
After meeting Mike during the filming of the
show, officials
at Fenton agreed to offer several new products to
benefit
http://www.mikeroweWORKS.com, a website
started by Mike that
is designed to provide resources and assistance to those
in
(or seeking to enter) the skilled trades and that generally
celebrates
hard work. "Our black t-shirt paperweight has one
of Mike Rowe's great lines
on it," said company president
George Fenton. "It reads 'Get Ready to Get
Dirty' and is
handpainted." Other items include
mikeroweWORKS
paperweights, an Alley Cat figurine, and an art glass
vase
similar to one that Mike Rowe tried to make when he was at
Fenton.
These Fenton products can be seen at
http://www.mikeroweworks.com/warehouse/fentonusa
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