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From the time I was fourteen, I have been developing my skills as a glass artist. While I was still in high school, I first experimented with manipulating hot glass with a simple torch and some clear glass rods that my father had bought for me. Being born and raised in Southern New Jersey, I was in the midst of a rich tradition of Glasswork, having many glass factories within an hour’s drive of my home. In 1977-78, I received my formal glass training, in scientific glassblowing technology, from Salem County Community College. I worked as a scientific glassblower for three years, hand fabricating laboratory apparatus that was used by the petroleum, drug, and scientific research industries. It was during that time that I became exposed to paperweights, through the work of James and Nontas Kontes, owners of the scientific glass company for which I was working at that time. Although I am self-taught in the art of paperweight making, The Kontes brothers offered their guidance, advice, and endless support with my learning to make lampwork paperweights. I consider them my glass mentors, and we share a cherished friendship. I also volunteered to work at a nearby glass facility, Wheaton Historic Village. There, I learned how to work with hot glass, in the traditional way, gathering the glass from a hot tank, and then shaping and forming it with the traditional tools used by glassblowers. To this day, I continue to learn new techniques for working glass, through research, trial and error, and by participating in workshops.

Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert glass paperweight. by Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight.
$2825
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Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds glass paperweight. by Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds paperweight.
$1625
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Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly glass paperweight. by Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly paperweight.
$1425
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Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet glass paperweight. by Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet paperweight.
$525
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Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper glass paperweight. by Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper paperweight.
$425
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Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight.

Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight. by Gordon Smith

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: modern
Scan Code: GS253

Price: $2,825

Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight. A dimensional [...]
Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly over blooming succulent plants in the desert paperweight. A dimensional red dragonfly, with four dichroic marbled wings, hovers above a collection of colorful spiky succulents in salmon-pink, mauve, yellow and orange. The succulents are gathered on a rocky ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/2".[hide]

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Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds paperweight.

Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds paperweight. by Gordon Smith

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: modern
Scan Code: GS196.1

Price: $1,625

Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds paperweight. Two multi-tiered roses, one a deep red and the other p [...]
Gordon Smith 2024 roses and buds paperweight. Two multi-tiered roses, one a deep red and the other pink, spring from a common nexus along with five sheathed buds and three stems of fanning, furling and beautifully modulated green leaves, five to a stem. Star-cut clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8".[hide]

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Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly paperweight.

Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly paperweight. by Gordon Smith

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: modern
Scan Code: GS255

Price: $1,425

Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly paperweight. A dimensional dragonfly, with four dichroic marbled wings r [...]
Gordon Smith 2024 dragonfly paperweight. A dimensional dragonfly, with four dichroic marbled wings radiating from its orange, white and purple scaly thorax, has a showy articulated abdomen, each segment with overlapped scales in purple, yellow, orange and burgundy. Star-cut transparent ruby ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16".[hide]

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Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet paperweight.

Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet paperweight. by Gordon Smith

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: modern
Scan Code: GS153VA

Price: $525

Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet paperweight. A red raspberry and a young green raspberry prepare [...]
Gordon Smith 1988 raspberry bouquet paperweight. A red raspberry and a young green raspberry prepare for harvest amidst trios of pale green leaves, while a defiant white blossom attempts to prolong the growing season. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8".[hide]

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Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper paperweight.

Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper paperweight. by Gordon Smith

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: modern
Scan Code: GS206CC

Price: $425

Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper paperweight. A single lady’s-slipper orchid, wi [...]
Gordon Smith 1982 pink and white lady's-slipper paperweight. A single lady’s-slipper orchid, with three white top petals and a bulbous white labellum lined with three pink sepals, sits atop a slender stem from whose base spring three long striped and twisted green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated, exp. Diameter 2 5/16".[hide]

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