Cathy Richardson - Touchstone Glass in Minnesota - first worked as a geologist before turning to art in the mid 1980s and learning about glass at - among other places - the Corning Glass Studio. Initially she made stained glass panels before turning to paperweights. In her work she combines a love of nature with meticulous attention to detail to produce realistic images and draws her inspiration from the sea, shorelines, the desert and flower gardens. Her paperweights are signed and dated.

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