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MARBLES FOR SALE
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EXPERIMENTAL and NUMBERED MARBLES
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#8003 Watercolor BackTwist
1.1"
Signed AF 2008 2
$125
Number 2 for 2008 of my standard watercolor style. This one
is in a fairly small size.
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#8005 Palladium-Core Swirl - Experimental
1.76"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125
An experiment using palladium flakes instead of mica on a clear
core. There are also stripes of transparent lime green and
transparent aqua over some of the flakes to see if it would make
colorful sparkles as well as silver ones.
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#8016 Controlled Chaos - Experimental
1.57"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125 SOLD
This was an experiment in both color and pattern for my upcoming
"Controlled Chaos" series.
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#8036 Silver Glass Chevron - Experimental
0.9"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125
The core of this experiment is a combination of white, cobalt
blue, and clear glass that contains silver. The reaction of
the chemicals causes the yellows and greenish blues. It's very
pretty and has very precise swirls.
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#8037 Silver Fume Chevron
1.28"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125 SOLD
The core of this experiment is a combination of clear, cobalt and
light silver fuming.
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#8038 Controlled Chaos Sunburst - Experimental
2.09"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$175
This was another experiment in both color and pattern form my upcoming
"Controlled Chaos" series.
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#8045 FrogSkin BackTwist - Stained Glass
1.73"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125
This is a color experiment for my FrogSkin style.
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#8046 FrogSkin BackTwist - Stained Glass Plus
1.86"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$150
This is a further enhancement to the color experiment for my
FrogSkin style. This version adds "laminated"
stripes of the inset colors.
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#7064 Rainbow Back Twist
1.75"
Signed AF 2007 3
$125 SOLD
Traditionally, marbles with multiple
colored stripes are referred to as "Joseph's Coats" in
reference to the "richly ornamented" robe Israel gave his
son Joseph [Gen. 37:3]. This particular design is my own
interpretation and it has more intended meaning.
The rainbow colors are a reminder of
God's covenant with all life on earth [Gen. 9:17] and the white
stripes between the rainbow colors signify Jesus, the light of the
world [John 8:12] shining through. The stripes themselves
signify our faith journey. In the middle there is a large
backward twist in the stripes signifying that the journey is long
and filled with many obstacles, or back-steps that must be
overcome. And finally, the poles, or ends, signify God - there
at the beginning and at the end - all things coming from Him and
going to Him.
The marble is encased in a thick layer of crystal clear.
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#8056 Veiled Core Chevron - Experimental
1.80"
Signed AF 2008 EXP
$125
This was a test of two new types of glass that I just got.
The core is a milky aqua that is beautiful. Over that, but
under the colored stripes, there are wispy layers of white
"veil" glass. The effect is very intriguing
and I'll be trying more of both in the future.
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"TECHNICAL STUDY" or
"TEST SKETCH" MARBLES
When I need to figure out a process,
how to achieve a "look," or to make the glass do what I'm thinking, I
often do a quick technical study. I think of it in terms of a painter
having a sketchbook. When they have ideas, they draw or paint them in the
sketchbook. Well, when I have ideas that I want to quickly try out I make
"test sketch" marbles. They're typically one-inch or smaller
because it's much faster to work in that size range. However, if a
technique doesn't lend itself to working that small, or if I have a vision of
what I want, but it needs to be worked out in the larger format, I do
"technical studies" to work out the technique.
Often these studies fail during the
process and what remains of the marble is destroyed by dumping it in my water
bucket while it's hot. Sometimes however, the test works and makes it into the annealer.
In the past, the "TS" marbles would sit in a bin on my workbench where
I would refer to them periodically for inspiration, again like a painter looking
through their sketchbook. Each one has a lesson for me and was a specific
attempt at a new or evolving technique or style.
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#8015
1.64"
Signed AF 2008 TS
$100
This marble was the second technical study for the
"Controlled Chaos" style. I was testing to see
whether or not I could introduce different colors and still achieve
and control the necessary reaction..
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#8034
1.48"
Signed AF 2008 TS
$75 SOLD
This marble was exploring two different techniques.
The first was how to make a milky-translucent core using a
combination of transparent amber and a new white "veil"
glass that I got. The second was to explore the process of
using "laminated" stripes. These are stripes that
are opaque on the inside and transparent color (or colors) on the
outside. The stripes turned out beautifully. The core color is
very pretty and it did turn out translucent (which is hard to tell
in this photo), but it isn't quite as translucent as I was hoping for.
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