Apprx 8" x 5", signed "Valerie Surjan vs.151.82 Nourot Glass", outside of a polished pontil. Vibrant blue cameo glass in three layers. Please see details page ofr artists' inforamation.
Surjan earned her Bachelors degree in Art from State University College, Buffalo, New York, and studied art in Siena, Italy. She was a glass designer with Orient and Flume Art Glass Co. prior to establishing her own Northern California studio in 1978. Her works are included in numerous public and private collections, including those of actress Carole Burnett and athlete Moses Malone, and have been exhibited at major museums throughout the United States, including The Smithsonians Renwick Museum, Washington, D.C., and in Japan. The vases on which she creates her etchings are individually handblown for her by California glass artist Michael Nourot. These "blank" vases are usually blown in three layers, with white sandwiched between two thick layers of opaque color.
500/1,000 Sold $287.50
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