snake and shell designs on sand background, 3" diameter, signed G.S. 95-15, excellent....Since 1982 Gordon has been working as a full time studio Glass Artist, creating fine crystal lampworked paperweights, and small sculpture (See Biography).Primarily using realism to execute his choice of subject, which can range from a floral motif to a desert scene or aquatic environment, it is his expertise in articulating these micro realms that has won him distinction and prominence in the genre.Today, Gordon is one of the few acknowledged masters of the art of paperweight making, in the world. His work receives worldwide attention for it's technical mastery and design.Gordon's paperweights are included in numerous public and private collections including those exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Christchurch Museum in New Zealand, the Bergstrom Mahler Museum, the Courier Museum, the Museum of American Glass, and the Corning Museum of Glass.