The history of paperweights covers a long period of history dating back as far as the mid 1840s. Paperweight makers of that era revived many ancient glassworking techniques. Those later led to the development of new techniques by such renowned glass artists as Louis Comfort Tiffany and, more recently, Josh Simpson and Paul Stankard.
This article was originally published on page 6 in the Summer 2014 issue of The Flow.