Art Glass SCULPTURE Dichroic Blue TONGUE Rollin Karg

How does an industrial engineer come to be an accomplished artist? Rollin Karg, an engineer turned well-known glassblower, has turned one of his one-time hobbies into a full time career. He attributes his artistic inclination in part to a strong desire to work with his hands.

Standing under his spectacular awning and facing the furnace he built, Rollin concentrates on working the hot molten glass. Skillfully he turns a flowing globe, adding intricate colorful designs to the crystal clear mass. The fiery furnace and forces of gravity heighten the artists? exhilaration at bringing dramatic form to the soft, hot glass. The excitement is intensified by nature's own beautiful backdrop, and exquisitely unique glass pieces are born Karg studied hot glass at Emporia State University, while building his first furnace. He was born in Columbus, Ohio however was raised in Miami, Florida with his brother James D. Karg, another famous, and now retired art glass artist.

All items represented are in mint condition. This item has been cared for like the fine piece of art it is, and kept in a gallery like setting. Some items represented may be in the process of creation, and others may be commissioned just for you! In those cases, I will advise you that it may be two to four weeks, in some cases prior to your receiving your piece, however rest assured that when you do receive your art glass, you will know it was made expressly for you! These pieces sell very quickly thus if one is not in stock, Rollin's studio may have another in their own stock, or we will have him create one for you, so please be patient as you will surely not be disappointed with his work! Please remember, since these are one of a kind works of art that the color may vary from piece to piece. Other colors available are: black dichroic, blue dichroic, red, blue, green, rose, and teal. Please make note that the large the piece the lighter the colors become. For example, when red color is stretched it becomes more transparent and cranberry colored versus red. Cobalt becomes a lighter blue.

Please contact us within 2 days of purchase to advise us of payment method. We allow 7 days for the completion of the transaction. We ship USPS Priority Mail on Monday and Thursdays only. If you have a special need we’ll work with you. In the instance of heavier pieces we may chose to ship UPS as they are better equipped to handle the weight and size of these boxes. All prices for shipping are US. International buyers will be quoted the cost of shipping and handling overseas. Thank you for visiting us and come back and see us again. All sales are final.

We are now offering layaway! We have had a number of people contact us regarding the merchandise that we sell in our store. One can tell how badly some of these folks want a certain piece; thus we have implemented a layaway plan for 60 days. We are requiring 1/3 down, 1/3 in a month and 1/3 due a month later.If you need more time we will work with you. If you miss payments we will hold onto the first 1/3 payment and relist the piece. Thus, if you really want something that we carry, we are happy to work with you so that you can acquire whatever you want! Everybody deserves to treat themselves to something special once in awhile!

WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL. We accept online payments via our own merchant system which is Google. We do not offer pick up or delivery service, or combine shipping on art work, however we will work with you on items we can combine safely. Thanks for understanding. If you have any questions about payment methods please feel free to email us. We offer six ways to pay! All sales are final.

Due to the very nature of internet business we have set guidelines and policies in place to cover all questions a potential client might have. As mentioned previously, we pack all of our merchandise with great care, and with 35 years of combined experience working with fragile items such as fine porcelain, china, crystal stemware and collectibles, you can be assured that your item will be packed very carefully. However there are those circumstances that some of the shipping services happen to have a trained elephant in their distribution center, who has taken to inspecting the durability of packages, at random. Under these very rare circumstances we will help you file a claim with the shipper for damages. No shipping company repays the shipping expense thus we are unable to reimburse a buyer for those expenses as we are not reimbursed either. Rest assured breakage is a very rare situation for us, therefore your merchandise should be just as delightful as when it was packed to ship to your door.

All sales are final; thus we always encourage questions prior to purchase. We will work with all of our buyers of art glass, to help ensure that the piece matches your decor colors and if you are not happy we will ask our vendor to create a new piece for you. If the item you purchase is for a gift and it is not liked for some odd reason we will give a merchandise credit for those awkward circumstances that is good for six months from the time of purchase. Thank you for stopping by and we hope that you enjoy our store and merchandise!

Collectibles and Necessities was founded eleven years ago out of our great love to shop on the Internet. In the busy world we live in today, it is not always possible to find a last moment gift by running to half a dozen different stores. That's why Internet sites have become so popular. We can sit at ease in front of our computers, shop, browse and select presents for everyone we can think of. And, we can also get those presents gift wrapped and delivered to the intended recipient's front door! It cannot get much easier then that! Our motto is: We cater to the appetite of the consumer who has an insatiable need to acquire collectible items of desire, that are hard to find, and time consuming to shop for.

If you have any questions that you need to ask us you may direct them to us via the communication system on this site. Please do ask questions prior to purchase!