Contemporary Artist?

[Ric]

I am hoping someone will recognize this 3/4" marble and/or the artists's marks, which I had to pencil-rub just to have a chance at photographing them.

To me it looks like LT / 03, although that "T" does looks a lot like a "7", so maybe LO / 73. I really have no idea . . .  what do you think?

 

 

[Ric]

I just want to call out @Alan before this winds up on the 7th page.

And @Fire1981 too. 🙂

[Alan]

I think that your first instinct is the most correct one:  LT 03.  I assume its a 2003 piece.  Horizontally wound.

I do not know his work, but you might research Larry Thornhill.

[Ric]

Thanks a lot @Alan. It's a start, which is way more than I had.

I'll let you you know what I learn, if anything.

[Ric]

@Shamrock Marbles Does this marble ring any bells for you, John?

[akroorka]

19 hours ago, Ric said:

what do you think?

Hey Ric you may try a pencil over paper rub to get a more definite image.

Here it is a again, an Artist with a crappy signature.

I never quite figured that one out.

Such a find hand with a paintbrush or torch/etc in this case and a crappy use of the fingers.

My Pa should have been an artist--we could never read his chore lists--either could my mother😁.

At least van Gogh got it right😁.

Marble--On!!

[Ric]

4 hours ago, akroorka said:

Hey Ric you may try a pencil over paper rub to get a more definite image.

I actually just rubbed the sig with a pencil - worked great, and the graphite came right off after the photo.

[Ric]

So here is what I have learned about Larry Thornhill (Thanks to @Alan for the tip!) . . .

I have not been able to find any examples of his work online. The only references I could find to him were from the glass artists Theo Keller  (Turtle Creek, PA) and Lance McRorie (Flame Tree Glass, Roswell, GA), who both mention learning flamework techniques from him in their bios. I also found a statement from him on Glass Message Board (2008), "I consider myself a hobby artist and don't sell my glass very much. However, you may have ended up with a marble or dichroic paperweight that I marketed several years ago. I usually sign my work with an LT . . ."

I can't be 100% sure that this is Larry Thornhill's work, but given the circumstances, I think it's pretty likely.

[Alan]

17 minutes ago, Ric said:

So here is what I have learned about Larry Thornhill (Thanks to @Alan for the tip!) . . .

I have not been able to find any examples of his work online. The only references I could find to him were from the glass artists Theo Keller  (Turtle Creek, PA) and Lance McRorie (Flame Tree Glass, Roswell, GA), who both mention learning flamework techniques from him in their bios. I also found a statement from him on Glass Message Board (2008), "I consider myself a hobby artist and don't sell my glass very much. However, you may have ended up with a marble or dichroic paperweight that I marketed several years ago. I usually sign my work with an LT . . ."

I can't be 100% sure that this is Larry Thornhill's work, but given the circumstances, I think it's pretty likely.

Not to steer you in any direction:  Larry posted this at the same time:

"I usually sign my work with an LT with the letters linked together (bottom leg of the "L" forms the top leg of the "T")."

I don't know how universal that is.

[Ric]

17 minutes ago, Alan said:

Not to steer you in any direction:  Larry posted this at the same time:

"I usually sign my work with an LT with the letters linked together (bottom leg of the "L" forms the top leg of the "T")."

I don't know how universal that is.

The ". . ." in my quote elided that - I focused on the "usually". I've spent about all the time I care to trying to learn who made this marble. Given the nature of the piece and the fact that I can't find any similar "LT" marbles or other glass work online, I'm guessing the artist is not well known or prolific - Brian Bowden did not recognize the name or signature either.