Posts Tagged "paperweight"

Surprised by My Own Artwork

Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Captured Worlds Marble

An order came in this morning. Yay! It was for an art glass marble, and those have a numbering system dependent on which date they were blown, what piece number that day and what recipe was used. A little complicated, but necessary. So I immediately went to my files to find out which marble it was so that I could go find it in the display rack.

The

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Three New Marbles

Monday, January 5th, 2009

This is a wonderful paperweight. It's 2 inches across and is really fun with the little bubbles inside. It was on ebay for just ridiculously inexpensive.

There is also this one which is very pretty with the deep gold and the ivory mixing

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Another Marble

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

This is a fantastic marble, and it was for sale on ebay.

It's been to cold to blow glass the past week. Our hotshop is in a covered surrounded deck, so it's mostly fine — protected from the rain, wind and can vent through a skylight when it gets too hot, but it doesn't protect enough

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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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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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