Cracked marbles on Etsy?!?!

[RamblezMarblez]

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37066865

He made an awesome mushroom marble ($130). Not quite sure why it's so much but maybe it took him 3 days to get it round. Here a quote from him.... "I do not sell marbles that are not up to my standards as an artist. Almost 1 and 3/4 inch marble with deep vortex, this piece has been crackled, (cracked on purpose and then healed, turning the cracks into interesting flat bubbles that refract the light) and is very strong. Very colorful, varies with light. This vortex appears to be about twice as deep as the diameter of the marble. (Optical illusions are hard to capture in pictures...) All of my marbles are 100 percent original, almost perfectly round, and without any surface flaws, so please, browse the rest, and tell your friends! Feel free to contact me. Thanks, Vaughn"

Hmmm.....cracked on purpose right in the middle of the vortex....yeah...ok

I wonder how he made that mushroom marble....???:puzzled:

[hashmasta-kut]

man my marbles are almost perfectly round and i have only made like 30 so far. no crackles yet tho :D maybe he should get a marble mold if he is charging 100 plus, and make them actually round.

[naughty pirate wench]

wow...does that means MY cracked marbles are worth $130 too?!? :bouncy: :spend: :cane: :spend: :bouncy:

[MUPH]

Im going to dig thru my old glass and find some cracked marbles. I'll sell them as antiques for $129.99, Christmas special

[glassdocnc]

I'm amazed at how many beads from my "wonky bowl" end up as cherished posessions of my daughters friends. It's the least I can do to spread the love of glass but I hate that shit being out there with my name associated. They can't have anything cracked though. That's just plain scrap.

[Big Jay]

Here a quote from him.... "I do not sell marbles that are not up to my standards as an artist.

(cracked on purpose and then healed, turning the cracks into interesting flat bubbles that refract the light) and is very strong.

This vortex appears to be about twice as deep as the diameter of the marble. (Optical illusions are hard to capture in pictures...):


his standards must be much different then mine.

ok I get it , I cracked it, I am going to try to pretend I did it on purpose.. fuck every famous artist feeds the same kind of bullshit. BUT the part of the crack being healed is incorrect that bitch is still cracked! If it was healed those scars would be a ROUND bubble.

His camera must be hella awesome cause thats about as flat of a vortex as I've seen. Not even quite sure how you get a vortex that flat and still call it a vortex.

[CripSkillz]

shit i need to start sellin marbles,, that dudes rakin it in .. .

[nafglass]

All I can say is WOW!

[NUBBLET]

dude its NOT cracked or flawed , its CRACKLED . the L stands for love as in the love he puts forth for scrap .


on a serious note , I have people ask about or for cracked glass style shit . Can you do the tech with boro ?

[dorkeedude]

Wow! I think he needs to put a crack on the other side of the vortex to even it out, and when he does he should show us the correct way to crack a marble on purpose!
:wtf1: How do you charge $130 for that marble?

[faded]

laugh all you want, dude has 40 sales.

[naughty pirate wench]

Y'know...I'm wondering if it's some kinda inside joke or something. If you look at his other marbles, with the exception of the "Phat Mushroom" one, they're all under $30 or so - even has a $7 mib up for sale.

[bzglass]

who cares!! if he sells something like that, thats his problem/ bad karma.

I wouldn't put my name on anything like that though. I don't even let cracked stuff leave the shop. Oh yeah I put some cracked marbles in our fish tank. The fish don't seem to even notice the cracks, so everybody wins!!

[kage]

crackled with an L is a soft glass technique which looks nothing like that

that marble is checked to hell. prob not even annealed.

[ALIEN!]

Fuckin awesome!!!! I pulled a vortex outta the kiln last night, fire/ice striped pattern in it. The borostix white checked, thought it was yet another addition to my flaw gallery. Now I know I can sell it and say oooooh look at the pretty crackles. I did that purposely to emphasize the ice theme ! I think I've got some flat tires layin around too that might be worth $1000. Wonder if this guys buyin?

[The Madhatter]

Weak Sauce!

Just cause there's a sucker born every minute doesn't mean it's right to take advantage of them!

[Aussie]

on a serious note , I have people ask about or for cracked glass style shit . Can you do the tech with boro ?

you sort of can, and in boro it works best on thicker rod (although it works on 10mm too). Get a piece of cold rod, flash it through a pretty hot flame (i know, i know, all flames are hot, but you know what I mean) and put it aside. If you didn't warm the inside too much (hence the thicker the rod the easier to do), within a short time you will get a network of surface checks (similar to the crackling on soda glass). Re-introduce into a cooler flame slowly (or pre-heat in the kiln) to avoid the surface spitting off and gently melt it in. You will get an effect something akin to a spiderweb as the tears in the surface of the glass heal. I use Duran and TGI and it works for both, not sure about brands like Simax etc.


As for the guy on etsy, no one who knows anything about glass is going to believe his crap about it being on purpose. I think he's taking the piss ... and if he's not, he's a complete drongo.

[n3rd]

http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17244615

"There are no unsightly lumps or defects. I do not sell marbles that are not up to my standards as an artist."

[aklano]

Wow that's funny! Even funnier cause I know the dude. Laughing my ass off.

Might have to question him in person about that one....

[menty666]

Even I know better, sheesh.

I did sell a piece that had checked glow in the center once. This was one of those rare occasions that visually it kind of worked, and the glass around it was sound. But that guy? Those are just bad cracks.

I do like the backing on it though, it's a shame it cracked.

I could have sworn I saw one of the videos of Marcel doing a furnace type boro demo and he did the quick dip in the water crackle tech. I could be wrong though...so many videos, so little brain space.

[budman8778]

wow...does that means MY cracked marbles are worth $130 too?!? :bouncy: :spend: :cane: :spend: :bouncy:

only if you cracked them on purpose chris. sorry

[Davis Anderson]

Somebody better put that one in the glass dictionary, Crackled- cracked on purpose and then healed so flat fucking bubbles form. :mob: