Buzzini Paperweights Blog
Potpourri of Oregon Paperweight Personalities
This post on Buzz Blog is less about me and more about three of my best friends, all of whom are Oregon Paperweight Personalities. I'll pat myself on the back first and then on to current updates involving Ken Rosenfeld, Gary and Doris Scrutton and Randy Grubb.
Those of you that have perused the Buzz Blog in the past, know of my love of gardening. (If you haven't been here before, please view the other posts. Of late, in watching all the flowers grow in my garden, I have been absolutely intrigued by the centers of disk style flowers. So the other day I set out to make something a bit different for the centers of some "Oxeye Daisies" I was working on. The idea was to create a flower center that had greater detail and although it might not be botanically accurate, it would still be kind of botanically credible. I made a "honeycomb" style cane that has about 50 segments in it and then took two short pieces of that cane and headed out to my cold working shop to grind and polish them into small dome shaped pieces. Then back to the hot shop to fire polish them and use them in my flowers. The results are in my latest paperweight on my website and here are a couple of close-ups to allow a better look at the final result.
Oxeye Daisy with complex center
Straight in view
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Ken Rosenfeld was recently approached by a paperweight collector wanting a memorial paperweight created
in memory of a beloved family member. The creation of that paperweight and others since have lead Ken to
start a new paperweight sideline venture. The following two photos are from his new website for this venture at: www.cremainsincrystal.com
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Memorial paperweights by Ken Rosenfeld
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On a recent visit to Gary Scruttons "hot rod" shop in the Sellwood District of Portland I asked Gary how many
Parabelle paperweights he had remaining in his "retirement fund." The answer was about forty. Wow! I thought. After twelve years of producing magnificent millefiore paperweights, there are only about forty more to choose from. I picked up a half dozen and have posted them on my website. The stock number on the remaining Parabelle's on my website will be numbered starting with Parabelle_1 and when you see Parabelle_40 hit the web, you will know that the only place to acquire Parabelle paperweights in the future will be at auction or eBay! Here is Parabelle_1. http://www.glassartworld.com/M10023/105.asp
Parabelle_1
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As you might know, well known paperweight artist Randy Grubb, turned his attention to building monster size Hot Rods some years ago. His first build, the huge "Blastolene Special" was purchased by none other than car collector Jay Leno. Well, Randy has just completed his third car, the "Blastolene B-702" and he will be rubbing elbows with the rich and famous car collectors next weekend at Pebble Beach, California. Here is an excerpt from http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=798
"Randy Grubb of Grants Pass, Oregon is putting the finishing touches on a creation he's calling the "B-702." A spectacular roadster based on the "French curve" boat tail roadsters of the 1930s. Built almost exclusively in house by Grubb (he hand built the entire car and performed all the fabrication other than the interior - which was done by Randy's Rods in Williams, Oregon), the "B-702" will make its long awaited debut the weekend of August 17-19 at the Pebble Beach Concours. http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/
Inspired by the great "French Curve" cars of the 30's with a shot of Blastolene, the hand formed aluminum body and fenders ride on a custom 155" wheel base made out of 2"x 5" x 3/16" wall steel box tubing. The front axle is a custom oversized I-beam located by hand made hairpins and a custom tranverse leaf spring.
Here are a few "in progress" photos from the GoodGuys Rod & Custom Association.
Tail end
Front end and engine
Engine side view
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Those of you that have perused the Buzz Blog in the past, know of my love of gardening. (If you haven't been here before, please view the other posts. Of late, in watching all the flowers grow in my garden, I have been absolutely intrigued by the centers of disk style flowers. So the other day I set out to make something a bit different for the centers of some "Oxeye Daisies" I was working on. The idea was to create a flower center that had greater detail and although it might not be botanically accurate, it would still be kind of botanically credible. I made a "honeycomb" style cane that has about 50 segments in it and then took two short pieces of that cane and headed out to my cold working shop to grind and polish them into small dome shaped pieces. Then back to the hot shop to fire polish them and use them in my flowers. The results are in my latest paperweight on my website and here are a couple of close-ups to allow a better look at the final result.
Oxeye Daisy with complex center
Straight in view
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Ken Rosenfeld was recently approached by a paperweight collector wanting a memorial paperweight created
in memory of a beloved family member. The creation of that paperweight and others since have lead Ken to
start a new paperweight sideline venture. The following two photos are from his new website for this venture at: www.cremainsincrystal.com
Website banner
Memorial paperweights by Ken Rosenfeld
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On a recent visit to Gary Scruttons "hot rod" shop in the Sellwood District of Portland I asked Gary how many
Parabelle paperweights he had remaining in his "retirement fund." The answer was about forty. Wow! I thought. After twelve years of producing magnificent millefiore paperweights, there are only about forty more to choose from. I picked up a half dozen and have posted them on my website. The stock number on the remaining Parabelle's on my website will be numbered starting with Parabelle_1 and when you see Parabelle_40 hit the web, you will know that the only place to acquire Parabelle paperweights in the future will be at auction or eBay! Here is Parabelle_1. http://www.glassartworld.com/M10023/105.asp
Parabelle_1
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As you might know, well known paperweight artist Randy Grubb, turned his attention to building monster size Hot Rods some years ago. His first build, the huge "Blastolene Special" was purchased by none other than car collector Jay Leno. Well, Randy has just completed his third car, the "Blastolene B-702" and he will be rubbing elbows with the rich and famous car collectors next weekend at Pebble Beach, California. Here is an excerpt from http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=798
"Randy Grubb of Grants Pass, Oregon is putting the finishing touches on a creation he's calling the "B-702." A spectacular roadster based on the "French curve" boat tail roadsters of the 1930s. Built almost exclusively in house by Grubb (he hand built the entire car and performed all the fabrication other than the interior - which was done by Randy's Rods in Williams, Oregon), the "B-702" will make its long awaited debut the weekend of August 17-19 at the Pebble Beach Concours. http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/
Inspired by the great "French Curve" cars of the 30's with a shot of Blastolene, the hand formed aluminum body and fenders ride on a custom 155" wheel base made out of 2"x 5" x 3/16" wall steel box tubing. The front axle is a custom oversized I-beam located by hand made hairpins and a custom tranverse leaf spring.
Here are a few "in progress" photos from the GoodGuys Rod & Custom Association.
Tail end
Front end and engine
Engine side view
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If you have made it this far, and find yourself in Portland Oregon before October 31st, 2007, please check out the paperweight display at the Pittock Mansion. http://www.pittockmansion.org/
On now through October 31, 2007 "Beautiful Botanicals":
Vintage botanical prints from 1613-1920. On loan of courtesy Elisabeth Burdon and Oldimprints.com
Forty paperweights from area artists and collectors. Chris Buzzini, Ken Rosenfeld, Gary Scrutton in the billiard room. Others shown upstairs are Perthshire, Baccarat, St. Louis and Paul Stankard.
Pittock Mansion in Portland Oregon
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