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Shaman Sculptures by High Desert Copperworks

What a wonderful modern interpretation artist Susan Banta has come up with to create her one of a kind hand forged and welded copper shamans • Their origins lie in our Native American tradition, and each shaman is accompanied by a description and explanation • Here we offer three of them, please see the enlargement for the various styles and sizes available.

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$315.00

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Click on picture to view full-size image	Hanson Art Glass - The Cane Coil Bottles
	Even though Ingrid just had a baby, she and her husband Ken continue full speed ahead to create their wonderful art glass • We especially like their blown glass bottles with cane and colored glass wraps • Each is approximately 17” high and 5” in diameter.
	Price	$390.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Raw Design - Pepper Grinders
	Who says art can’t be functional? • Just don’t put too much pepper on your next pasta with these colorful pepper grinders by Robert Wilhelm • Working with Native American totems and fetishes in the mid-1990s inspired him for his pepper mill and saltshaker collection • Grinders are 9” high.
	Price	$85.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Raw Design - Salt Shaker and Pepper Mill Set
	Usually we tend to favor brightly colored art work, but we like the boldness and effortless simplicity in this classy Salt and Pepper Set in natural and black by Robert Wilhelm • If you want color, go for the green - orange combo.
	Price	$89.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Medieval Balance Toys
	These wonderful renditions of a medieval knight and princess, transformed into balance toys, will delight all young at heart • Give the sculpture a gentle nudge, and it will rock back and forth, and some of the parts will move along and surprise you • Average height is 14.5”.
	Price	$95.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Alice Watterson - House Angel
	At 14” high, this little House Angel by Alice shows off all the features you expect to find in her one of a kind fiber sculptures: a brightly woven body with extended arms, a serene face hand sculpted from clay, and fun, felted additions for wings and embellishments • The angel is secured in a sturdy manner on the stand that comes with it.
	Price	$250.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Elaine Bolz - Big Night Sky Face
	Albuquerque clay work artist Elaine Bolz’s faces and figures are sculpted out of white earthenware clay • After being bisque fired they are airbrushed and painted with underglazes, then glazed • Night Sky Face is about 8.5” high and 5.5” wide.
	Price	$125.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Duane Scherer - Standing Clock
	Michigan artist Duane Scherer sure knows how to combine a love for color with a whimsical approach to unusual shapes •The ever swinging pendulum makes this functional art piece a wonderful attention getter • This standing clock is 18” high.
	Price	$150.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Valerie Bunnell - Hanging Tin Man
	Valerie has for years and years collected little old tin cans - and then they all reappear in her “Tin Men” series • Adding long smoothly slipcasted clay material for arms and legs, giving her creatures whimsical faces and hairdos, each one ends up being a quirky piece of unique art work • This tin dude is about 11” high, not counting the hanger.
	Price	$235.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Mark Hines - Red Dot Glass Vase
	We first met Mark at an art show in Albuquerque, and the rest is history • We especially like his new, bold direction with color • The smoothly welded copper stand only adds to the artistic impact of this vase • Measures 12” w x 16” h.
	Price	$185.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Mitch Berg - Wired Glass Sculpture
	Seems like we have a thing for artists who recycle things they find in nature or in the next ditch along the wayside • That’s what Santa Fe artist Mitch Berg does when he is about and about with his dog in the wide open • Back in his studio he lets his imagination go and comes up with incredible background stories for his sculptures • This one is named “ The inventor of taking the first step” • Size is: 14"w x 22" h.
	Price	$300.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Elaine Bolz - Crane Face and Fish Face
	As if Ancient Spirits came back to life, Elaine’s three-dimensional clay sculptures will make an evocative artistic impression anywhere in your house • Each sculpture is about 5.5” x 4.25”
	Price	$85.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Alice Watterson - The Magician
	We first met Alice at the Weems Show in Albuquerque, and we have admired her artwork ever since • We used to show her fiber sculptures at Artemisia, but they now have found their home at Galileo’s Universe • It is such a pleasure to encounter art work that is unique, artistic but also extremely well crafted in all details • Magician is about 22” high, comes with the stand.
	Price	$525.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Duane Scherer - Wall Clock
	Impossible to decide if you’d prefer the standing clocks by Duane or his hanging wall clocks • Either way, you’d be enthralled with the swinging pendulum and the artistry of the colors and shapes • Including the pendulum, this clock is 18” high and about 13” wide.
	Price	$105.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Louise Casselman - Other People’s Ancestors Sculpture
	Santa Fe sculpture artist Louise Casselman creates one of a kind, unique sculptures for her current series of “Other People’s Ancestors” • Each is made of interesting fiber, clay, and additional emblems and embellishments • Mounted on a wood block, including the hair extensions, this sculpture is 20” high.
	Price	$350.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Solitaire Game
	The invention of Solitaire is attributed to an unfortunate French nobleman imprisoned in the Bastille around 1790 • Our Solitaire game, featuring a board of fine hardwood, and hand-cut, hand-polished semi-precious stone marbles, will appeal to collectors of beautiful objects, as well as anybody who enjoys a challenging mind tease • The object of the game is to eliminate all but one marble • Rules of the play are included.
	Price	$98.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Bella Luz Night lights
	What fun these copper framed night lights by artist Joline El-Hai are • She transformed her original translucent prints into miniature works of art, to be enjoyed as night lights • Under each copper frame dangles a spiral to enhance the piece • We have many more available in the store • All come with in a very nice gift box for great presentation.
	Price	$49.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Nina Cambron - Glass Sculpture - Tony
	May we present: Tony, an imaginary friend of Michigan glass artist Nina Cambron. Nina has combined glass, chains, nuts and bolts, as well as antique cast iron shoes • All together, that makes a whimsical, original artwork character that is looking for a new home • Tony is substantial: about 28” high, and 15” wide.
	Price	$575.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	18th Century Desk Globe
	Hard to decide if this unusual desk globe is more suited for home decor, for the study, or the office • To evoke times gone by, it combines an attractive 1745 terrestrial map with an Hand wrought Baroque Iron stand • Dimensions: 8.75” x 21.75" .
	Price	$145.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Mark Hines - Glass Vase in Purple/Red Tones
	You don’t necessarily have to put flowers into Mark’s glass vases, they are just fine as stand alone works of art • Enhanced by a sturdy hand forged copper stand, the size of this vase (12”w x16”h) is good for all sorts of corners or tables in your home.
	Price	$185.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Klockworks
	Canadian artist Roger Wood has fun creating one of a kind unique “time” pieces • The whimsical nature of his clocks reflects his belief in the importance of play and childlike wonder • Most original are the use of feathers for the seconds hand All of his clocks have an accurate quartz movement. Height: 12”.
	Price	$325.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	The Look Out Clock (eye)
	Another fun clock by our artist friends in Chicago • With the fun shape of an eye, it will liven up any small room • Made of anodized aluminum, a hard coating, and then infused with permanent dyes, this clock is ready to hang on the wall. Accurate quartz movement, battery is included. size is 6" w x 4 1/2" h.
	Price	$46.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	“Flight” Mobile
	Hand forged and cut from anodized aluminum, the shapes of each component of this mobile are quite unique • Serene and uplifting, you’ll see why the artists call it “flight” • A wonderful color combination and a manageable size ( about 14’ high, 14” wide), will make this mobile feasible for just about any corner in your home that needs a little pick up.
	Price	$130.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Inferno Mobile
	Another one of the artistic mobiles we just had to have for Galileo’s Universe • Made of anodized aluminum, this one is named Inferno by the artists, and comes in rich hues of golds, rusts, and reds • Size is about 13" X 19".
	Price	$160.00
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Click on picture to view full-size image	Wizard Balance Toy
	So many of our customers coming into Galileo’s Universe are in wonder about all they see, and they spontaneously express their appreciation of our selection of whimsical, magical, and unique artistic and scientific gifts • Somehow, it all hangs together and creates harmony and balance • Maybe it is because Mr. Wizard is having an eye on it all • He is quite a presence at about 26” tall • When nudged, he’ll move his arms to rotate the stars over his head.
	Price	$95.00
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