Daniel Salazar (Born 1956) American, Art Glass Lundberg Studios Crane Paperweight. Shows a beautiful red-crested crane soaring over water and plants below. Signed along bottom edge with studio name, numbered 092309, and dated 2003. The initials D.S. added into bottom. Comes with original box. 

Box Size: 4 x 4 x 4 in. 

Paperweight Size: 3 x 3 x 3 in. 

Daniel Salazar was born in Del Rio, Texas in 1956. He grew up between his father and mother’s homes there and in San Jose, California, but in 1973 he found his calling when he went to work alongside his brother David in a glass studio as a summer job. In 1974 he was hired as a glass grinder by Nouveau Glass, later to become Lundberg Studios. By 1975 he was working with hot glass as a helper or pontilman there. By 1978 he had begun producing and designing his own paperweights, striking out on his own. He was also influential in developing certain techniques in the California-style paperweight lampworking process. Daniel swiftly earned a fine reputation for his delicate and natural look in floral paperweights, as well as birds, underwater scenes, and abstract glass works. These same designs have also been produced in beautiful assembly on perfume bottles, vases and jewelry jars. Much of Daniel’s work has taken inspiration from his interest in botany and the collecting of Asian art and antiques. Since childhood, a passion for sketching and watercolor has been the source for his unique artistic development. In addition, he has attended art classes at Cabrillo College in color, design, and life drawing. His work has been exhibited at numerous museums and become part of the permanent collections at De Young Museum in San Francisco, The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. Today, he is once again an integral part of Lundberg Studios, having joined with the former owner’s brother Steven to keep the company going after the founder, James Lundberg, was tragically killed in a car accident in 1992.