Debbie Tarsitano

Debbie Tarsitano "The Snake Charmer" painted and etched paperweight. Diameter 4 7/8". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano lily of the valley bouquet pedestal paperweight. A dozen crimson torch flowers, five sprays of lily of the valley and eight rippled, shaded green leaves are bound together into a rustic bouquet with a piece of blue ribbon. Clear ground over a translucent cobalt blue pedestal base. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4", height 2 9/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano purple flower with leaves paperweight. A purple flower, with a bottom tier of six petals and an upper tier of four, is punctuated at the center by a cluster of black and yellow stamens and is dramatically crowned by the lush leaf fronds which share its stem along with a shy, sepal-encased bud. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano magenta blossom and buds compound paperweight. In the top layer of the design, a white flower, variegated in an antique leaf mold with magenta pink and with yellow stamens, blooms on a thick branch, accompanied by a bud and leaves. On the lower layer, a more delicate branch carries four tightly shut buds and one that is just starting to bloom in white and magenta with a bright yellow center. Clear, star-cut ground. Signature cane under a top layer leaf. Diameter 3 1/14". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano two pink flowers and a bud paperweight. Two pink flowers, each with five petals festooned in pinks and white and each with a bright tuft of yellow stamens at its middle, are accompanied by a single bud and share a forking, leafy stem, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano pink and yellow flower bouquet paperweight. Three flowers have very small yellow filament stamens arranged in three concentric circles and encircling a central pink tuft at the heart of tiers of pink petals in the style of a Clichy rose cane. The resulting upright inner flowers are cupped by two tiers of yellow petals and sit at the center of five radiating pink petals each. They are joined by two companion buds on dark rising stems, gathered into a bouquet with leaves and blue flower stalks. Clear, star-cut base. Partial signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Early Debbie Tarsitano (late 1970s) experimental bee and pink zinnia faceted paperweight. Many tiers of fine pink-shaded petals radiate around a yellow filament stamen center to create a lush zinnia. Two trios of green leaves halo the bloom on opposite sides and space four stems, with a three petaled bloom each, and two single green leaves. A rare bumblebee has been drawn by the sweet smell of the artist's favorite flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets by Ed Poore. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano bouquet and gloved hand paperweight. The bouquet, with five shaded dark pink tulips, a green bud, dark green leaves and long stems, is held by a white gloved hand, on clear ground. A pink ruffle borders the glove's cuff, and blue and pink dots decorate the wrist. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano blue and white anemone flower paperweight. Reminiscent of the antique Baccarat Anemone flower, a white flower has five petals festooned in blue around a bright tuft of yellow stamens. Two blue buds share its forking leafy stem, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano red and white fantasy flower paperweight. A ruffle cane, with a red core and a yellow exterior, has a cane of yellow filament stamens at the center and in turn stands at the center of radiating tiers of short red petals. A final tier of six spaced white petals supports the smaller inner petals to create a sharply contrasting bloom that sits atop a thin green stems with tendrils and green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano fuchsia faceted paperweight. A gently curving stem diverges at the top into a bud and an emerging magenta and purple fuchsia flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano passion flowers petite paperweight. Two purple passion flowers, with bright pink spokes lining their petals, share a leafy green vine with a companion bud and two curling tendrils. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]