When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...
A paperweight can be both functional and a natural or manmade work of art. A paperweight can be a favorite rock found on the beach to hold down papers on your desk. It can be a chunk of round glass or ...
Glass paperweights are often found among the kitschy collections in flea markets and thrift stores, but they’re also having a moment in the contemporary art world. “They’ve actually become quite the ...