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Title: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Sue C on July 16, 2007, 03:18:22 PM
 Found the signture with my fingertip and then eyeglass signed J. Sonita/Sorita??
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7729

Any help would be most appreciated :)
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Cathy B on July 23, 2007, 01:53:20 AM
Yikes, Sue, if you can't find it what hope have the rest of us got :D
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Sue C on July 23, 2007, 03:36:01 PM
Hi Cathy, i looked everywhere but came up with ziltch!! so i am begining to think that maybe it was made on a studio day like Adam has and a visitor made it, so as an experiment for us all i am going to try "da da dahhh!!" the candle and soot trick!! i will let you know what happens  >:D
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Martyn K on July 23, 2007, 03:46:32 PM
CLUNK... :'(

 >:D
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: karelm on July 23, 2007, 04:10:35 PM
Quote from: Martyn K on July 23, 2007, 03:46:32 PM
CLUNK... :'(  >:D
...therefore please try the non-permanent marker first...and then the clunk method ::) at least then if it does go clunk you still have a signature left >:D ;D
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Sue C on July 23, 2007, 04:14:08 PM
Blimey, it worked :o
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8021
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8020
You may not be able to see it clearly, but it definately say's J. Sauta.
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: karelm on July 23, 2007, 04:37:28 PM
Sue,
Now please put some cellotape over it and "lift" the signature and stick that to a piece of white paper!
I presume no clunk  ;D ;D
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Martyn K on July 23, 2007, 05:23:12 PM
Quote from: Sue C on July 23, 2007, 04:14:08 PM
You may not be able to see it clearly, but it definately say's J. Sauta.

Apparently Sauta means 'co-wife' in some language [in Nepal I think], but thats about all Google turned up of interest. :huh:

look forward to the final selotape [cellotape] unveiling......
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Cathy B on July 24, 2007, 03:13:12 AM
Oooh hang on, it's not J. Santos by any chance? If so, maybe Julio Santos, Australia-based glass blower of Portuguese origin. Just tossing up a possibility...
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Sue C on July 24, 2007, 08:17:45 AM
Morning all, well here is the result and no CLUNK! although not very clear it did work to a point, as the base is rather concave the
cellotape creased and missed part of the lettering, i think it would have worked better on a flat base.
Holding the candle at an angle the flame hardly had to touch the glass, only the smoke (soot) from the candle touched the glass.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8023

Sorry about the poor photo, but you should get an idea of how it work's.
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: Frank on July 24, 2007, 09:24:29 AM
Neat.

Lengthen the wick and you will get a lot more smoke quickly, till it burns down.
Title: Re: weight signed sonito/sorita
Post by: brewster on December 15, 2014, 02:01:11 AM
I know this is ancient history, but there is every chance that Cathy B has guessed correctly in Reply #8. I cannot see the sig in the photo - too small and out of focus. However...

Julio Santos did make many paperweights (and other objects) full of bubbles. I don't have any such weights myself to show, but three such can be seen on the websites of other Australian collectors here (http://blog.peterlupinski.com/?p=1960) and here (http://www.paperweightpassion.com/?page_id=19&wppa-album=55&wppa-occur=1&wppa-photo=46) and here (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=7).

A Google search for images turns up several others, mostly from recent ebay listings.

Trevor