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Author Topic: An English artist, anyone recognize sig? ID = William Walker  (Read 8239 times)

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Hey all you Brits,

This seems to be a contemporary English glassblower's work, but I'm not familiar enough with smaller independent British glass studios to recognize or decipher the signature.

I can't figure out fist name, last name, or city, but I think I'm reading England as the last word. LOL

Any ideas?
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Re: An English artist, anyone recognize sig?
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2014, 05:56:31 AM »
William Walker, Dorset, England?
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Re: An English artist, anyone recognize sig?
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2014, 05:58:47 AM »
It may be eyes, but to me the signature looks like William Walker, but I stand corrected and apologise if I wrong.

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Re: An English artist, anyone recognize sig?
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2014, 11:20:04 AM »
Perfect. Since I'm not familiar with Walker's work, I couldn't grasp the signature, and Dorset didn't pop into my head. I can see both clearly now, knowing what they are helps. LOL.

Thank you both very much.

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Re: An English artist, anyone recognize sig?
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2014, 03:21:23 PM »
A truly wonderful artist to have a piece by!

It looks like an orchid inside it.

Have a search for his name here - he has recently sent me some images of work to post , somebody else got to know him and have the most fabulous landscape bowl he has just had made.

Going back a little in time, William Walker worked with Michael Harris at Isle of Wight Studio Glass - it was their work together on Azurene, which won a Design Council Award in '79, (inventing a method of incorporating silver foil onto glass without it reacting).
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Re: An English artist, anyone recognize sig? ID = William Walker
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2022, 05:50:11 PM »
My daughter recently bought me home a William Walker Azurene apple minus it stalk from Exeter signed William Walker 83   For Mum 1983

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