Newly completed spider pendant. This was so much fun to do. I will definitely do more of these.
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More Marbles
One of these days I will feel like I can offer marbles for sale.
The Glassmakers of Herat
The Corning Museum heard of these glassmakers still using methods written down by the ancient Sumerians mentioned on Cuneiform tablets. So in 1977 they sent an expedition to the Afghanistan city of Herat to record these guys at work. Amazing video. The Glassmakers of Herat
My latest
Here is my latest marble about an inch and a quarter. A pink carnation maybe?
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First gold and silver fume
My fist semi-successful fumed glass marble. Still need to work on my putty handling and tube handling. Of course they make it look so easy in the videos. Fuming is a technique that has been developed in the past 15 years and was popularized by Bob Snodgrass. Fuming consists of heating silver or…