Vote for Clinton Smith Glass Artisan!

Exciting news!
I am a nominee for the Martha Stewart American Made Awards. I need your help. The winner is decided by popular vote, rather than Martha herself. Voting started today and continues until September 13th.

And why?
The paperweight community of artists, collectors and dealers is small. Let's help the rest of America learn about the Great American Paperweight! It's a beautiful artform and many would be enthralled if they were educated about this art form. 

This is how you do it:
Register at on the Martha Stewart American Made website.
Vote 6 times on my page.
Share the link via email or Facebook or Twitter.
Vote again tomorrow.
You can vote 6 times every day until September 13th.

I could really use your help. Because this is decided by popular vote, it is up to you to make this happen! I am in the craft category and it is HUGE. There are almost 1000 nominees in just the Craft category alone. 


My newsletter current has about 100 subscribers.
I have 262 facebook fans for my Clinton Smith Glass Page.
I have 217 facebook friends.
My wife has 476 facebook friends.
I have 2 official followers on this blog.
I have 9 followers on Twitter.

I need every vote I can get.

What's in it for you:
Martha is giving away some prizes to voters every week included Amex gift cards and books signed by Martha herself.
If I win the $10,000 grand prize, you are ALL invited for an open studio party where there will be glass demos, food, libations and good company. Click the logo and Thank You, Thank You! 

The Millers of Liquid Sands come to the Berkshires

The Millers of Liquid Sands Glass Gallery from Savannah, Georgia visited the Berkshires this week. They watched the encasing process in my studio one day this week and spend another day at Gartner Blade watching Danielle, Steve, Colin & myself blow glass. They spent another day meeting our friends Andy & Les of Nunwell Glass at their studio for another glass demo.

One cool thing about being a glass artist is that you get to really know the other glass artists in the region. I have worked for Gartner Blade in addition to working for myself for 11 years now, and it's cool how we all become friends. The glass community in New England is a close knit community of friends, where everyone knows everyone else. In fact, Danielle Blade was a bridesmaid of my wife's in our wedding 5 years ago.

Another other cool thing is meeting gallery owners and dealers who represent your work. Although a few of the galleries I am in are local, most are not. So to meet the people who are passionate about selling your work is a real honor.

Finally, the clients & collectors. They are what makes my business thrive. They are the reason I have a waiting list for my new work. Meeting them is always a blast as they appreciate the time, effort and creativity I put into each piece. One of my favorite things is explain to them the process of making paperweights as they are always curious about how exactly I get the glass flowers into the paperweights.

The Millers watching & documenting the process

Tapping the weight off the pipe


Photos below are:
Dinner with Danny, Mario, Kym & John Miller, my wife Katie & baby Charlie