Charleston resident Carole Cline contemplates which glass pieces to add to her collection in the gift shop of the fifth annual Festival of Glass at Blenko Glass Co. in Milton. Her sister, Suzi Davis, bought tickets for the stamped ornament-making workshop Saturday.

Scott Maxwell molds his own glass piece during the glass-blowing workshop -- one of many glass classes offered -- at the fifth annual Festival of Glass at Blenko Glass Co. in Milton. A Blenko employee for 31 years, Randy Rider guides Maxwell.

Stained-glass workshop participants Dustin Martin (left), Cindy Beck, Jim Beck and instructor Rodney Adkins cut lead cames and glass pieces to create panels Saturday.

Festival of Glass workshop participants poke glass pieces into nearly 2,000-degree furnaces during Saturday's event.

Colorful glass artwork is strewn throughout Blenko Glass Co.'s factory in Milton. Vice President Katie Trippe said sales and production are up from last year, when the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.