Heirloom Winter Games Collectible - Salt Lake City Grand America Hotel
From Landmark Creations:
The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City has achieved it's goal of becoming one of the world's premier hotels. They recently commissioned Landmark Creations to create an heirloom quality hand-painted blown glass ornament that reflects the old world allure of the hotel's craftsmanship and charm. The Grand America's Italian glass chandeliers, French furniture, English carpets and Italian marble baths reflect the cosmopolitan quest of the hotel's designers to offer travelers only the best.
This kind of attention to detail is what made the "Golden Age of Travel" golden.
So how do you create a collectible that matches the exquisite architecture of the hotel and still captures the equally magnificent setting of the Wasatch mountain range?
Jo Ellen Church Krasnobrod, is one of the co-founders of, and ornament designer, for Landmark Creations, an ornament company dedicated to celebrating the world's most memorable locations and landmark buildings in hand-painted blown glass. Jo's work has been selected by museum stores like The Smithsonian and The American Museum of Folk Art as well as by fine retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and Gump's.
In a recent interview Jo discussed her philosophy in designing heirloom glass ornaments to help preserve travel memories. "I try to capture the essence of a place when I am sketching my initial designs. The Grand America is a project that I truly enjoyed because my ancestors were Utah pioneers and I still have family ties here. The Wasatch range is a part of my childhood memories. I had already designed ornaments to commemorate the Utah State House and The LDS Temple.
It was great to be able to design an ornament that symbolizes the growth of Salt Lake City at a time as exciting as the 2002 Winter Olympics."
The hand-painted ornament frames the Grand America against the mountains in shades of golds and purples with snow accents glittering down the sides of the mountain. "I have no doubt that travelers to Salt Lake City during the Olympics will have wonderful memories of their stay at the Grand America." says Jo. The Grand America ornament will help preserve memories as it appears on the Christmas tree each year or is displayed on a desk top stand. Diane Friar, Retail Operations Manager for Little America/Grand America coordinated the effort to create the ornament.
There are many glass ornament companies on the scene today, but Landmark has gained a reputation for being able to execute difficult designs into stunning works of art. "Our craftsman are using centuries old techniques in creating hand painted blown glass, but ours is the first company to push the envelope on three dimensional and bas relief building design."
The Grand America Hotel was designed by Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart and Stewart Associates with the interior designed by Frank Nicholson. The hotel ornament can be purchased at the Grand America Hotel Gift shop.
The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City has achieved it's goal of becoming one of the world's premier hotels. They recently commissioned Landmark Creations to create an heirloom quality hand-painted blown glass ornament that reflects the old world allure of the hotel's craftsmanship and charm. The Grand America's Italian glass chandeliers, French furniture, English carpets and Italian marble baths reflect the cosmopolitan quest of the hotel's designers to offer travelers only the best.
This kind of attention to detail is what made the "Golden Age of Travel" golden.
So how do you create a collectible that matches the exquisite architecture of the hotel and still captures the equally magnificent setting of the Wasatch mountain range?
Jo Ellen Church Krasnobrod, is one of the co-founders of, and ornament designer, for Landmark Creations, an ornament company dedicated to celebrating the world's most memorable locations and landmark buildings in hand-painted blown glass. Jo's work has been selected by museum stores like The Smithsonian and The American Museum of Folk Art as well as by fine retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and Gump's.
In a recent interview Jo discussed her philosophy in designing heirloom glass ornaments to help preserve travel memories. "I try to capture the essence of a place when I am sketching my initial designs. The Grand America is a project that I truly enjoyed because my ancestors were Utah pioneers and I still have family ties here. The Wasatch range is a part of my childhood memories. I had already designed ornaments to commemorate the Utah State House and The LDS Temple.
It was great to be able to design an ornament that symbolizes the growth of Salt Lake City at a time as exciting as the 2002 Winter Olympics."
The hand-painted ornament frames the Grand America against the mountains in shades of golds and purples with snow accents glittering down the sides of the mountain. "I have no doubt that travelers to Salt Lake City during the Olympics will have wonderful memories of their stay at the Grand America." says Jo. The Grand America ornament will help preserve memories as it appears on the Christmas tree each year or is displayed on a desk top stand. Diane Friar, Retail Operations Manager for Little America/Grand America coordinated the effort to create the ornament.
There are many glass ornament companies on the scene today, but Landmark has gained a reputation for being able to execute difficult designs into stunning works of art. "Our craftsman are using centuries old techniques in creating hand painted blown glass, but ours is the first company to push the envelope on three dimensional and bas relief building design."
The Grand America Hotel was designed by Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart and Stewart Associates with the interior designed by Frank Nicholson. The hotel ornament can be purchased at the Grand America Hotel Gift shop.
