David Graeber

David Graeber 2018 chrysanthemum and bachelor’s button bouquet in blue cube paperweight. Dusty pink chrysanthemums and shaded purple bachelor’s buttons dominate a thick bouquet, with yellow blossoms and variegated green leaves occasionally poking through. The bouquet floats at the center of a clear cube with a transparent cobalt blue backdrop. Signature/date cane. Height 3 9/16", width 2 3/4". [hide]

David Graeber 2016 botanical over black pedestal rectangular paperweight. A spectacular bouquet of all-over flowers, including blue roses, red and purple flowers, chartreuse chrysanthemums, white bell clusters and green foliage, floats in a clear cube above a black pedestal base. Signature/date cane. Height 4 5/16”, length 2 3/4”, width 2 7/8”. [hide]

David Graeber 2016 botanical in wine red cube paperweight. A spectacular bouquet of all-over flowers, including blue sprays, red and various yellow flowers, red berries, white daisies and green foliage, floats in a clear cube with a translucent wine red laminated backdrop and base. Signature/date cane. Height 3 3/4”, width 2 7/8”. [hide]

David Graeber 2018 water lily with honeybees paperweight. Three pink lotus flowers, with bright yellow centers surrounded by tiers of cupped petals, float on their respective variegated lily pad that rise above a couple of extra lily pads and a seed pods on a pond of calm water. A trio of bees conference inflight above the lotus. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

David Graeber 2017 lemon and blossom branch paperweight. Five juicy yellow lemons mature alongside furling dark green leaves, white blossoms and pink-tipped buds. The curving lemon branch floats gingerly above a translucent blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4”. [hide]

David Graeber 2018 lemon wedge miniature orb. Lemons, inspired by the artist's visit to Sicily, appear in either whole and half form, the latter with detailed cane carpels, in a scattering of leaves a white blossoms in various stages of bloom. Clear ground. Signature cane for the cold worker Jim Poore, but unsigned by the artist. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

David Graeber 2018 purple hydrangea, asian rose and lemon paperweight. Two sliced lemon halves, made of cane carpels, show the detailed interior of the three lemons that are spaced by three purple hydrangeas and one pink rose amidst a scattering of leaves on a clump of moss. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]