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Crystal Creations GlassAffair Presents...

This year 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the stage play "The Glass Menagerie" by playwright Tennessee Williams. In celebration, Crystal Creations & Company introduces the 2005 Collector Series of a complete Blown Glass Menagerie. What is a Glass Menagerie? It is a collection of miniature type hand blown glass collectables. For those people who like to collect things, here is a little bit of information some may not know. Stamp collecting is number one on the collectables list, followed by number two coins. Glass is number 3 of the most favored things people like to collect.

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Greater Chicago Area, Waukegan News Sun

"Crystal Creations Preserves Integrity
of glassblowing and lampwork art!"

When browsing through Crystal Creations gift shop, you become hypnotized in a wonderland of intricate glass and Austrian Crystal, sometimes mounted on pewter, amethyst, quarts ,and other popular minerals. Unicorns, ships, animals of all sorts, clowns, motorcycles, wizards, and an array of items too plentiful to mention light up the store. These are truly collectors items. A wide variety of wedding cake tops are available as a lasting keepsake of that special day. The excitement of color, sparkle and elegance just has to be seen in the magical atmosphere of Jones' Crystal Creations.

The tradition of "glass master secrets" goes back to the 13th century when the Venetians took over the lost European glass art. Venetian rulers gave strict rules to protect the secrets of the craft under pain of death. Nonetheless, the secrets of technique and tooling spread back to Europe and then to America. Today many of the secrets are still well guarded, These secrets are carefully traded and shared only among the most respected in the field of glass art. Gary Jones is one of them.

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