Perhaps of further O/T interest (nothing to do with forgery), my sister's boyfriend is a glass artist who worked for Chihuly doing the etching and finishing. He's the guy, Paul L., pictured and named in the article. I visited his workshop a couple of weekends ago, and it must have $200,000 worth of equipment-- specialty saws, lathes, giant belt machines, kilns et al. He's an interesting guy. He was an ER physician and also a physician for Tibet mountain climbing expeditions and on a leprosy colony, then quit medicine to get his MFA and become a glass artist. Must be one of the few people with an MD and an MFA. If I have questions about medicine or glass, I go to him.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...rtists13m.html