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Title: Mark Peiser
Post by: aa on November 20, 2007, 10:45:35 PM
http://www.wexlergallery.com/artists/secondary/peiser/index32.php
http://www.wexlergallery.com/artists/secondary/peiser/index31.php

Wexler have a Mark Peiser show on and there are a couple of paperweights links above.
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: Lustrousstone on November 21, 2007, 07:22:24 AM
Nice stuff  :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: aa on November 21, 2007, 08:46:40 AM
He's one of the few peole who managed to achieve the same detail and quality that people are accustomed to seeing in paperweights, by torchworking on blown forms. I think (although I am not an expert) that his paperweights are probably quite rare. I once read that one of his wisteria pieces was 12 hours on the blowing iron and that they had to change propane tanks as they went along!
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: Leni on November 21, 2007, 09:31:15 AM
So they'll cost a bit more than a fiver eh, Adam?  ;)

Seriously though; lovely work!  :clap: 
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: karelm on November 21, 2007, 11:25:24 AM
They are very very nice....but I found this:
" hefty 10 1/2-inch paperweight vase by the innovative Mark Peiser, which showed a tropical garden encased within the thick walls, achieved $21,850."
I think I will stick to looking at the pics!
KarelM
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: KevinH on November 21, 2007, 12:27:54 PM
It's a pity that the text does not quite tie up with the detail for one of the weights. Or are there such things as 4-winged, flying buttercups??

It's also a pity that many exellent glass artists are generally unknown to paperweight collectors because they only produce a few paperweights within their range of designs and those paperweights that are made do not usually come to the attention of the paperweight collectors.
Title: Re: Mark Peiser
Post by: Lustrousstone on November 21, 2007, 12:32:26 PM
Well they are yellow  8)