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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => USA => Topic started by: justjeff on November 14, 2017, 05:59:34 AM
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Hi all, first post here and I'm pretty new to collecting and selling glass. I found this bowl (and two smaller but similar styled ones) at a local thrift shop. This one appears have the artists' names on the bottom but I'm having a hard time reading it and/or attaching the names to a studio. Can anyone help with the artist/studio and help describe or name the particular technique used to make this? The bowl measures 10 3/4" across and is about 2" tall. Thanks for any help that can be offered!
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I think it is a Piece of ** PEGGY KARR ** fused Studio art glass. I think she retired in 2016 or something
See HERE (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Peggy-Karr-Signed-Bowl-Purple-Bunch-of-Grapes-Green-Trees-8-25-Round-Art-Glass/112636640838?hash=item1a39aabe46:g:BV4AAOSwIFtaBcUI)
AND here (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/j1IAAOSwySlaBcUB/s-l500.jpg)
...... and Welcome to GMB ;)
Some info on Peggy Karr Click HERE (http://www.sedonaboutiqueonline.com/designers-and-artists.php#!/Peggy-Karr-Glass/c/5582616/offset=0&sort=normal) and she has a page on FB too for info etc
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That's definitely it. Thank you!! :) How on Earth did you find that so quickly? So this is considered "fused" glass?
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Here is a quote from one of the above articles ...lots or reading there, and info for you...and here is that quote;
"" Each piece of decorated glass is placed on a mold, which determines its final form. Most of the molds are produce in ceramic and coated with a clay dust which keeps the glass from adhering to the mold and which gives a unique pebble finish to the back of each piece. Peggy designed the kilns in the early 1990's specifically for her product. When the glass and color are heated to 1600° F they fuse together and form one piece of glass, sealing and protecting the design forever. Each piece of Peggy Karr Glass undergoes a thorough cleaning and inspection before it can bear our distinctive inscription; 'PKG...."""
There you go! You can also look on E-Bay for other pieces of hers. There that was fun...LOL ;D
Sometimes we hit, and sometimes it takes years to figure something out .... but we work as a Group from all over the world. Just a note too, several of people on here are also Glass authors on Books for Glass. So your with a Great Group! Again Welcome !!
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Wow, sounds like I stumbled across a fantastic resource and community. Hope to be able to contribute something to it in the future but if I'm up against book authors, I won't hold my breath :D Thanks for all your help, Rose. :)