Cathy Richardson*

Cathy Richardson 2017 "Lavender Clematis" engraved surface design paperweight. A large fully-splayed clematis blossom grows on a vine with leaves, another blossom and tightly furled buds. The delicately shaded and detailed design is engraved into a thin purple layer using diamond, stone and rubber polishing bits and contrasts against a milky white surface, only revealed once the color was sandblasted away. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/date. Diameter 3 9/16". [hide]

Cathy Richardson 2018 "Prairie Wildflowers Bouquet" pink clusters, cattails and blue flowers paperweight. Pink flower clusters, with florets in different stages of bloom, are encircled by a few cattails and long bladed leaves inside a radiating ring of blue flowers that space three exotic purple clusters. Fading purple and aqua sky ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Cathy Richardson 2018 "Late Summer Floral" sunflowers, purple sprays and monarch paperweight. Bright yellow sunflowers, with black dimensional stamen cane centers, bloom amongst a few fluffy pink thistles below three tall and dense purple sprays. A monarch butterfly, with detailed cane wings, visits his flower domain against a fading blue and green translucent sky. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]