Dimensions: 3-1/2" Diameter & 2-1/2” Tall

Makers Mark: Hand inscribed to the side of the dome, "20129" with embedded "GS" signature cane.

Provenance: Unavailable  

Condition: Excellent. No condition issues noted.

When talking about realism in glass it doesn't get better than Gordon Smith. For years Gordon has tirelessly honed his craft. Today he is at the height of his career - making some of the most realistic and biologically accurate compositions ever attempted in glass.

A hyper-realistic scene featuring a large Ecuadorian Blue Tarantula inching its way over a moss covered naturalistic setting with lichen covered stones and an upright red ginger on mottled sand ground.

Every detail in this work is crafted by using a torch, colored glass rods and fine metal instruments. Take for instance the hairy body of the tarantula, each hair is individually fashions and then painstakingly applied creating the fuzzy lifelike texture.  Few artists posses the skill, dedication and patients required to achieve such realism in a glass paperweight.