Mayauel Ward

Mayauel Ward 2005 suspended bouquet rectangular block paperweight. A beautiful bouquet of diaphanous ranunculus, tiny yellow bellflowers, blue forget-me-nots, and red berries is bound with attendant leaves and tendrils and suspended within a clear ground rectangular block, its ecru roots trailing beneath. Toward the bottom of the weight, floats a thin carpet of sand scattered with a few black and white rocks, a large yellow desert bloom and three smaller desert blooms in pink. Dimensions 4 1/2" x 2 3/8" x 2 1/2". [hide]

Mayauel Ward 2017 butterfly and orchids compound paperweight. A pair of purple and yellow orchids, one above the other, is visited by an orange butterfly, above a speckled red ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2". [hide]

Mayauel Ward 2017 tree and full moon compound paperweight. A tree, with green foliage, stands next to a brown split-rail fence, bordered by red and yellow flowers. In the background, a white full moon and spaced white stars rest on iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3". [hide]

Mayauel Ward 2017 apple tree and clouds compound paperweight. An apple tree, with green foliage and red fruit, stands on a patch of grass above a meadow with a few clouds floating above a sunny blue sky background. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]