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Landscape Series Rose Sunflower Paperweight - Art Glass Paperweight - by Shawn Messenger


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"Landscape Series Rose Sunflower Paperweight"

Art Glass Paperweight

Created by Shawn Messenger
This paperweight is solid glass that is hand formed using a tool called a block. Glass powders and chips are used to create the background. The flowers are glass murrini that are created by the artist. Each murrini is made from the cross section of a glass cane that has layers of color with an interior shape of a flower. The murrini pieces are then put into floral compositions, sometimes known as millefiori, then picked up hot onto the glass background. After the murrini have been fused to the surface a layer of clear is added and the piece is blown into the final shape. The floral compositions shown will vary slightly due to the handmade nature of the murrinis.
Dimensions: 2.5in H x 2.5in diameter
This piece ships on or before: Sat, Jun 29, 2013
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About this Artist

Shawn Messenger

"I create my work with attention to detail, expression and a little mystery so as to draw the viewer into my world. I would describe my work as Impressionistic, inspired by flowers and gardens. I use a 3-dimensional canvas of glass to produce landscapes with a painterly effect. "

Glass artist Shawn Messenger describes her work as "gardens of glass, where you do not have to weed or water and everything grows perfectly. If you get tired of the view just turn the piece to find something new!" Shawn creates her pieces in her urban studio but her inspiration comes from her flower and vegetable gardens at her home. The details and colors of flowers have always intrigued her along with the amazement of watching something grow.

Shawn's work starts by creating a glass cane with layers of color and an interior shape of a flower. The cane is then cut into small cross sections known as murrini. The murrini are then put into floral compositions, heated and then picked up with the blow pipe on a glass background that consists of layers of powders and chips. After all of the murrini are fused to the surface a layer of clear is added and the piece is blown into it's final shape.

Shawn graduated From the Cleveland Institute of Art with a BFA in Glass. She was among the first wave of women to receive a degree in Glass from the Institute. Shawn attended the Pilchuck Glass School and studied with Dale Chihuly and Italo Scanga. Shawn also attended Penland School of Crafts studying with Richard and Jan Ritter and Dinah Hulet concentrating on the murrini.

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