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Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: chris on April 02, 2004, 06:18:03 PM
Can someone tell me anything about this glass maker?.I recently acquired a beautiful glass 'sphere',signed by Vera Walther.Does anyone know when this artist was working,when my object was made etc etc
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Ivo on April 02, 2004, 08:51:59 PM
contemporary manufacturer of giftware handmade from Duran tubes is a subsidiary of the Walther glass imperium; unable to find when they started but at a guess I'd say early eighties. Also not sure if it is a brand name only, or if there is/was an actual Vera.  They 're located in Willebadessen, Germany - check the website at http://www.beheng-interieur.de/website/index.htm
Title: Vera Walther
Post by: Marcus on April 24, 2004, 09:19:31 PM
http://www.beepworld.de/members4/gold/myindividuality.htm
Title: Vera Walther & Heiner Düsterhaus
Post by: paradisetrader on November 22, 2005, 05:30:37 PM
This paragraph explains Marcus' link

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Parallel to my own experiments, my boss in Siebenstern, Mr. Juergen Walther, established the Vera Walther Glass Manufacture with its artistically manufactured products. He encouraged me to market my creations und his name. We were very successful. Vera Walther had good marketing and, Helga, my wife, and I were hardly able to cope with everything.
Heiner Düsterhaus

It's a very interesting site, with the story of Heiner the glass designer who turned to become a craftsman / glass artist. The site shows some very creative and accomplished work among more commercial items. Heiner now seems to be marketing directly to retailers.

The English front page is here:
http://www.beepworld.de/members4/gold/indexengl.htm
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Ivo on November 22, 2005, 06:34:56 PM
I found a VW piece last Sunday and guess what - it's real glass, not Duran tubes.
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: pamela on November 22, 2005, 06:56:15 PM
Ivo, your 'beheng' also links to 'original Walther Glas' who, as I thought so far, are Horst Walther Bad Driburg
Horst Walther 'machte rüber' (sorry for that - this is German history and bad slang) in 1951, right?
Tried to contact Walther Driburg but there is no site on the net, nobody seems to be interested in their roots there  :roll:
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Ivo on November 22, 2005, 08:09:22 PM
Quote from: pamela
nobody seems to be interested in their roots there  :roll:

Must be my favourite German word: Vergangenheitsbewaltigung*


* = coping with the past
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: pamela on November 22, 2005, 09:14:29 PM
8)
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: paradisetrader on November 22, 2005, 09:44:02 PM
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and guess what - it's real glass, not Duran tubes
Maybe he or other glassmakers selling via Vera Walther did you that type of glass at one time.

However one of the interesting things about  HEINER DÜSTERHAUS is that he has experimented with a number of different types of glass as a base working material and yet has settled on
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"My basic material is now always "sheet glass - like window panes!" The proper name is "float-glass". "

It would seem from his CV that he would had the skills to blow glass but maybe he initially lacked the facilities. However within these limitations I think he comes up with some very interesting work.
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My favorite German word is Weltanschauung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltanschauung
Title: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Ivo on November 23, 2005, 10:29:42 AM
http://tinypic.com/hraa85.jpg

Vera Walther, signed and labelled.
goblet with decoration of flowers and butterflies done in tiny blue air bubbles and enamel.
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: dirk. on June 06, 2010, 05:55:11 PM
... just thought it would be nice to have some pictures with this thread.
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Ivo on June 06, 2010, 06:17:09 PM
and this one
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: flying free on April 22, 2012, 11:14:00 AM
Can anyone tell me how the Vera Walther Glass figures are made please?
example here

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Glasfigur-Vera-Walther-Kind-blonden-Haaren-Stand-signiert-Label-/270930078170?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item3f14b0e9da
many thanks
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Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: flying free on July 03, 2012, 07:39:53 PM
glass figures, absolutely beautifully made with the finest attention to the details of their clothes, hair etc.  I've never seen anything as detailed as these.  They are very individual pieces of art.  9cm tall x 2.5cm widest
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Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: Gowdod on July 06, 2016, 08:43:33 PM
Dear All,

a Vera Walther piece to add to our little collection here.

Kind Regards

Andrew
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: dirk. on July 08, 2016, 11:34:27 AM
Some from my friend Hans´ collection...  :)
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: flying free on August 12, 2016, 08:24:04 PM
I missed this post :) they are the most delightful pieces of art.  If I'd not started collecting Caithness farm weights for my niece I'd have started giving her these for a collection.

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Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: dirk. on August 15, 2016, 05:27:42 PM
These cost some serious money when they were sold in shops, but thankfully you usually get them for next
to nothing on flea-markets here.  :)
Title: Re: Vera Walther & HEINER DÜSTERHAUS
Post by: flying free on August 15, 2016, 05:57:44 PM
 :-X mine were not next to nothing 

But still, I love them  :) They are very unique.

and I was hoping to see some in Germany but only found my one egg  :'(
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