Archive for the "glass" Category

Great Swirly Marble

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

This small marble has some great stuff going on in it. I put on a general salmon color over the whole interior, but then I mixed on some deep ruby and let that swirl around the salmon. I then added small opal white frit over the ruby. While it was all hot and gooey, I grabbed sections

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Beauty in glass

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Isn't this one just fantastic. The color swirls are amazing. And it was fun to make. I'm going to do a lot more of these types, cause.... wow.....

Peace,Joy

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An Amazing Marble

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Crimson BubblesThis marble is just fantastic. It's 1 3/4 inches across. The interior has this really cool shell thing going on, made out of a deep salmon color that swirls around and then spreads out and fades into the shell shape. Then the outside of the shell is coated with little tiny bubbles and then the whole

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A Great New Paperweight

Friday, November 28th, 2008

This is the latest in our new line of paperweights. You can see in the larger pictures how the way BJ does the texturing of the color cradles little bubbles around the edges. It's a really cool effect. This one in particular really shows it off because of the pale colors. There are also three

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First Alien Brain

Monday, November 24th, 2008

First Alien BrainThis is a fantastic paperweight. It's 2 7/16", with swirls of light blue and cranberry. The patterned colors resemble ripples and waves.

First Alien Brain Lit

BJ is the main artist on these bigger pieces. He developed a very fun

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New Paperweight

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Creamsicle PaperweightIsn't she a beauty? 2 5/8" paperweight. Swirls of brilliant colors wrap up to a flower like point encasing a bubble. You can see layers of color with ripples of intensity going through the ball with wisps of the clouds wrapping around the outside.

I'll get the photo of it on the light stand soon

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The USGIF Lifetime Achievement Award

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

United States Geospatial Intelligence Lifetime Achievement Award - Bird's EyeThis is the Lifetime Achievement Award that was awarded to Evan Hineman at the latest Geospatial Intelligence Conference in Nashville last week.

It stands about 16 inches tall. The Earth and the base are both molded glass that has

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