Born 1927, Hudson NY

Blenko Design Director 1953-63
Responsible for new Blenko designs from 1954-1963; all "54" through to "63" prefix design numbers, as well as four 1953 designs:
#5313 jar, #5318 small vase, #5320 small bottle, #5321 shallow bowl

Attended Mohawk College , Utica NY and Geneva College , Beaver Falls , NY.

Entered Alfred University on September 23, 1948.

Conferred a Bachelor of Fine Arts June 9, 1952.

Remained in full-time attendance at Alfred until spring 1953.

Began working at Blenko in 1953, at the age of 26.

Major contributions include pioneering the "architectural" or floor scale designs in 1954.

Master of Fine Art in Ceramic Design conferred June 1955.

Design #5942L included in the Corning Museum of Glass' seminal "Glass 1959" exhibition.

Left Blenko January 1963 after designing the 1963 line.

In his 10 year tenure at Blenko, designed over 500 items at Blenko.

After Blenko, Husted worked as an independent industrial designer working not only in glass but in many media.

For images of Husted's designs for Blenko please go to: Wayne Husted Image Gallery