2012 Marble Exchange

[Slow]

Some bad news from my end: not enough $ left on my debit card to ship the marbles over the weekend. I should be making a sale tomorrow, though. I'll ship them express if I have to, gotta make sure you get them asap.

[glassdocnc]

The latest update:

Host: glassdocnc/Marina
1. Loydb/Loyd/withdrawn
2. Bunyip/Chris/in transit/shipping recd.
3. lysa/lysa/in transit
4. Bruce Dille/Bruce/withdrawn
5. Kato/Kenyon/no word
6. Berningglass/Jeff/in transit
7. J Proper/Justin P/Justin/9 marbles + shipping recd.
8. kudabeck/Jordan/5 marbles on triangle stands + marble/pipe combo + gift! + shipping
9. Lowly Worm/Brian/in transit
10. earlbacher/Shawn/2 marbles and shipping recd.
11. DR. FULLER/Adam/withdrawn
12. gn0me/Calen/withdrawn
13. Salado Flameworks/Peg/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
14. PastimeThePyro/?????/no word
15. Belliott/?????/in transit
16. richsantaclaus/Rich/12 exchange marbles, one host gift and shipping recd
17. smolder holder/Boiseno Glassworks/Ryan/12 exchange marbles, host gift and shipping recd.
18. FoSho/Chad/withdrawn
19. TheGanjaKru/Alex/no word
20. GWS/Jay/Mr Pink/in transit
21. Kaizen/Brad/In transit
22. BeSnoddy/Ben/no word
23. Mandoziller/Bill/withdrawn
24. TwoTimes/Ted/no word
25. J B/Joe / 8 marbles and return shipping recd
26. Signguy/Erik/withdrawn
27. rhgunmasta/Rob Howell/no word
28. Greymatter Glass/Doug/8 exchange marbles + gift + shipping
29. songa/Andrew Song/8 marbles + shipping
30. Dole/Gus Murphy/no word
31. Doshes/Joe/withdrawn
32. mark206nj/Mark/in transit
33. mightymike/Mike/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
34. Waffles/??????/in transit
35. Hazeey/Eric/2 marbles + shipping
36. Jestr/Joel/8 marbles + host gift marble + shipping
37. 3musesglass/Rebecca/9 marbles for exchange + host gift + shipping
38. deb tarry/Deb Tarry/5 exchange marbles + pendant gift + shipping
39. imagesinglass/Suzanne/no word
40. Losiwells/Carlos/8 marbles + 4 cool stands + shipping
41. Greenhorse Glass/Cody/withdrawn
42. Bo Diddles/Brad/9 marbles + 1 gift/shipping pending
43. keebler williams/?????????/no word
44. Otis/???????/no word
45. Muse/Chris/withdrawn
46. Arcane Glass/James/no word
47. 3rdI/Joe/no word
48. Chris Vargas/Chris/withdrawn
49. TorchedGlass/Barrett/no word
50. gambitglass/Kevin/4 marbles + shipping
51. PoMo/Pouria/no word
52. glass_noob/Dean/no word
53. applesteingardens/Jah/in transit
54. srt9969/Sean/8 marbles for exchange + host gift / shipping to be determined
55. headless/?/no word
56. eyeseeglass/Nicholas/10 marbles in handmade pouches + 3 host gifts + shipping
57. akmewon/Steve/11 marbles + shipping

[gambitglass]

It would be cool to see a pic of all the mrbls laid out in a nice spread. I wish I included a host gift now. Sorry Marina, maybe a nice pendant will make its way out to your addy in the next week

[gambitglass]

I apologize I rushed my last two marbles and the punty marks are not completely rounded out. I really haven't figured out the best way to finish off a marble. I tried my hand torch this time and it seemed to melt an indent into where the punty was instead of rounding out. I used the torch with the marble in a graphit mold and the scar facing up. I tried to melt the imperfection away and then spin the marb in the mold to round it but gravity worked against me here. Back to the kitchen tongs I guess.

[smolder holder]

Gambit try flashing your final cold seal with the flame for a sec to stress it before trying to knock it off. It should pop off pretty cleanly then just touch it up with the hand torch.

Ancient jedi trick.

[smolder holder]

Dbl dbl post yo!!!

[STROKER]

another trick to release a stuborn cold seal and one i do regardless just to make it a cleaner split.

use a knife or any blade and touch the crease while spining one or two rotations and the cold metal will help seperate the two parts cleanly.

i set mib in mold and after touching with blade give a slight tap and its off. then bring it up right under a sharp hot flame for just a few seconds. if your scar cant be reomoved in a few seconds or you have to leave a divit there to melt it in. this means you are not really using an effective cold seal.

[Losiwells]

Yes pictures please...
Don't forget you can use those marble stands as you see fit. Include them with some of the marbles in the exchange or keep one or all for yourself, it's entirely up to you.
Thanks for the chance to participate in this exchange and am already looking forward to the next one.

[smolder holder]

Also use the smallest size punty you are comfortable with to finish and taper it so the coldseal itself is small to begin with. Never finish with a coldseal on the lens always on the backing.

[Ness]

another trick to release a stuborn cold seal and one i do regardless just to make it a cleaner split.

use a knife or any blade and touch the crease while spining one or two rotations and the cold metal will help seperate the two parts cleanly.

i set mib in mold and after touching with blade give a slight tap and its off. then bring it up right under a sharp hot flame for just a few seconds. if your scar cant be reomoved in a few seconds or you have to leave a divit there to melt it in. this means you are not really using an effective cold seal.

yeah what stroker said. old soft glass tech

[Bunyip]

All great tips...and use a smaller, sharp flame with a bit of extra oxy to cook that punty mark off. You want to heat up the punty mark and an area about the width of the punty mark all around it, without heating up the rest of the mib.

My last cold seal tends to be precarious at best... I like to heat up the punty white hot, blow on it and then attach. As much as I hate playing "chase the bouncing ball of nearly molten glass"....it's worth it. Good times my friends, good times.

[Jestr]

Hmm. Twenty people's marbles received out of fifty even a week after the months-posted due date. That seems a bit unfortunate. Not berating anyone, that just seems kinda sad. Even the folks having sent no word back, I mean I know things happen to get in the way but that is only a little unprofessional. I've been stoked to be a part of this thing for months, I even had a mad dash to the shipping center before they closed just to be sure I hit the deadline (barely got there). Of course, it is what it is, and I'm sure everyone is doing their best. But is this a common occurrence for marble exchanges? This one is kinda poppin' my cherry for these, after all. And whomever becomes a bearer of one of my marbles, I do hope they enjoy what I've made. It was a wonderful learning experience and now I'm hooked on marble-making, and I've just had people asking left and right what they can do to get one. I've even turned a few friends on to the wide world of mib-collecting as well. So to the host I say Even if this exchange wasn't as smooth as a dream from your guys' end, do know you've made wonderful things happen across the country, and at least in my little shop. I can't wait to see how this all wraps up and I'm all over anything like this in the future. And next pendant exchange, if it happens, I'm all over that too! (I've even made a few before! ) Keep melting, glassholes!

[Greymatter Glass]

There is a certain percentage of people who will drop off the face of the planet and you'll never hear from them again.

It's a PITA to host an exchange, secret santa, or anything else that requires lots of people to cooperate.

At one point was an agreed upon system for participation and hosting of exchanges, but really if someone is willing to host, it's hard as a community to say "no, you can't" .... I suppose the mods could.

The way Marina is doing it best, mainly because no one gets shafted - but it's more work, more shipping, more money...OTOH, she can sort of jury the exchange as well to keep it more egalitarian... The random from a hat exchanges always result in an unbalanced exchange, and people shipping their work, but not getting anything in return....

I do hope there is a HARD deadline, and it should be made known eventually.... I get some people just can't get it done on time and it's nothing against them if it's for a decent reason... hell anything but "I was too lazy to do it" works for me. That and "I forgot" I guess.

Anyways, can't wait to see what comes... patience, it will happen

-Doug

[glassdocnc]

I do hope there is a HARD deadline, and it should be made known eventually....

-Doug

Today's mail included Berning's package of 5 beauties and Bunyip sent 5 killers too.

I'm sorting on Saturday so anything else that comes tomorrow will be in the exchange. Sorry if some people got the wrong idea because I allowed so much extra time on the pendants exchange. It just sucks to know that things are in the mail and yet not allow them to swap.

Also on the subject of even swaps. I promise to do my best but please bear in mind there is a pretty wide range of skill levels represented. All good, just at different stages of the game. I'm going to try to make sure everyone is happy with their exchanges. The somewhat smaller number of entries than I predicted may limit my choices though.

Thanks to all who are participating. I expected some drop-outs but not quite to this extent. Perhaps the deadline was too far off from the sign-ups. I'll think hard about that before considering hosting another. (Plus, I want to make sure this one ends well first.)

So bottom line is: big love to all you awesome marble makers who are in this mix and no hate to those who couldn't make it for whatever reason.

[glassdocnc]

Host: glassdocnc/Marina
1. Loydb/Loyd/withdrawn
2. Bunyip/Chris/5 marbles + host gift + shipping recd.
3. lysa/lysa/in transit but I've seen them and they rock
4. Bruce Dille/Bruce/withdrawn
5. Kato/Kenyon/no word
6. Berningglass/Jeff/5 marbles + shipping
7. J Proper/Justin P/Justin/9 marbles + shipping recd.
8. kudabeck/Jordan/5 marbles on triangle stands + marble/pipe combo + gift! + shipping
9. Lowly Worm/Brian/in transit
10. earlbacher/Shawn/2 marbles and shipping recd.
11. DR. FULLER/Adam/withdrawn
12. gn0me/Calen/withdrawn
13. Salado Flameworks/Peg/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
14. PastimeThePyro/?????/no word
15. Belliott/?????/in transit
16. richsantaclaus/Rich/12 exchange marbles, one host gift and shipping recd
17. smolder holder/Boiseno Glassworks/Ryan/12 exchange marbles, host gift and shipping recd.
18. FoSho/Chad/withdrawn
19. TheGanjaKru/Alex/no word
20. GWS/Jay/Mr Pink/in transit
21. Kaizen/Brad/In transit
22. BeSnoddy/Ben/no word
23. Mandoziller/Bill/withdrawn
24. TwoTimes/Ted/no word
25. J B/Joe / 8 marbles and return shipping recd
26. Signguy/Erik/withdrawn
27. rhgunmasta/Rob Howell/no word
28. Greymatter Glass/Doug/8 exchange marbles + gift + shipping
29. songa/Andrew Song/8 marbles + shipping
30. Dole/Gus Murphy/withdrawn
31. Doshes/Joe/withdrawn
32. mark206nj/Mark/in transit
33. mightymike/Mike/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
34. Waffles/??????/in transit
35. Hazeey/Eric/2 marbles + shipping
36. Jestr/Joel/8 marbles + host gift marble + shipping
37. 3musesglass/Rebecca/9 marbles for exchange + host gift + shipping
38. deb tarry/Deb Tarry/5 exchange marbles + pendant gift + shipping
39. imagesinglass/Suzanne/no word
40. Losiwells/Carlos/7 marbles + 4 cool stands + host gift + shipping
41. Greenhorse Glass/Cody/withdrawn
42. Bo Diddles/Brad/9 marbles + 1 gift/shipping pending
43. keebler williams/?????????/no word
44. Otis/???????/no word
45. Muse/Chris/withdrawn
46. Arcane Glass/James/no word
47. 3rdI/Joe/no word
48. Chris Vargas/Chris/withdrawn
49. TorchedGlass/Barrett/withdrawn
50. gambitglass/Kevin/4 marbles + shipping
51. PoMo/Pouria/no word
52. glass_noob/Dean/no word
53. The Glasstle Group/applesteingardens/Jah/2 marbles + shipping
54. srt9969/Sean/8 marbles for exchange + host gift / shipping to be determined
55. headless/?/no word
56. eyeseeglass/Nicholas/10 marbles in handmade pouches + 3 host gifts + shipping
57. akmewon/Steve/11 marbles + shipping

[Bunyip]

Nice, my delivery confirmation STILL doesn't show it was recv'd, so... good to hear. Hope you like the host gift, Marina, that's another piece which was hard to let go!

I think you did a great job with the pendant exchange, I really enjoyed the pieces I got, of all skill levels. It's really cool to see all the different ideas & ways people work. It definitely stimulated my creativity. In fact, I need my creativity stimulated some more, so...I can send in more marbles in a week or if you find yourself stuck with any "leftovers" you want to get rid of

I'm definitely stoked to see some of the pieces people have posted. Steve's (akmewon's), for example look very nice (though the cat in the hat is not the one >I< liked best), and there some other killer pieces I saw on the preceding pages that really have me looking forward to the mail next week! Oh, and Doug's "no picture" marbles, sound verrrry intriguing.

Marina, I also sent you a PM, I'd appreciate it if you could get back to me on that.

[Greymatter Glass]

oh yeah, I'd mentioned I'd found some pictures... lemme see here....

[Greymatter Glass]

I'm not 100% certain those are them... they're all from current work, I just have them sitting on a shelf when they're not at a show or for sale... (well, they're always for sale)

[Slow]

Finally got paid today! I shipped the box out for overnight delivery; it is guaranteed to arrive by 3 tomorrow. Sorry for taking so long!

Anyway, here's a crappy pic I snapped before packing them up:



There's also some fridge magnets in there for you, Marina. I also threw a pendant in there for FoSho, but I guess he got his box after all, and it looks like he dropped out of this exchange anyway. So I guess that's yours, too!

[glassdocnc]

Host: glassdocnc/Marina
1. Loydb/Loyd/withdrawn
2. Bunyip/Chris/5 marbles + host gift + shipping recd.
3. lysa/lysa/12 marbles
4. Bruce Dille/Bruce/withdrawn
5. Kato/Kenyon/no word
6. Berningglass/Jeff/5 marbles + shipping
7. J Proper/Justin P/Justin/9 marbles + shipping recd.
8. kudabeck/Jordan/5 marbles on triangle stands + marble/pipe combo + gift! + shipping
9. Lowly Worm/Brian/9 marbles in transit
10. earlbacher/Shawn/2 marbles and shipping recd.
11. DR. FULLER/Adam/withdrawn
12. gn0me/Calen/withdrawn
13. Salado Flameworks/Peg/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
14. PastimeThePyro/?????/no word
15. Belliott/?????/3 marbles + shipping
16. richsantaclaus/Rich/12 exchange marbles, one host gift and shipping recd
17. smolder holder/Boiseno Glassworks/Ryan/12 exchange marbles, host gift and shipping recd.
18. FoSho/Chad/withdrawn
19. TheGanjaKru/Alex/no word
20. GWS/Jay/Mr Pink/in transit
21. Kaizen/Brad/In transit
22. BeSnoddy/Ben/no word
23. Mandoziller/Bill/withdrawn
24. TwoTimes/Ted/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
25. J B/Joe / 8 marbles and return shipping recd
26. Signguy/Erik/withdrawn
27. rhgunmasta/Rob Howell/no word
28. Greymatter Glass/Doug/8 exchange marbles + gift + shipping
29. songa/Andrew Song/8 marbles + shipping
30. Dole/Gus Murphy/withdrawn
31. Doshes/Joe/withdrawn
32. mark206nj/Mark/in transit
33. mightymike/Mike/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
34. Waffles/??????/in transit
35. Hazeey/Eric/2 marbles + shipping
36. Jestr/Joel/8 marbles + host gift marble + shipping
37. 3musesglass/Rebecca/9 marbles for exchange + host gift + shipping
38. deb tarry/Deb Tarry/5 exchange marbles + pendant gift + shipping
39. imagesinglass/Suzanne/no word
40. Losiwells/Carlos/7 marbles + 4 cool stands + host gift + shipping
41. Greenhorse Glass/Cody/withdrawn
42. Bo Diddles/Brad/9 marbles + 1 gift/shipping pending
43. keebler williams/?????????/no word
44. Otis/???????/no word
45. Muse/Chris/withdrawn
46. Arcane Glass/James/no word
47. 3rdI/Joe/withdrawn
48. Chris Vargas/Chris/withdrawn
49. TorchedGlass/Barrett/withdrawn
50. gambitglass/Kevin/4 marbles + shipping
51. PoMo/Pouria/no word
52. glass_noob/Dean/no word
53. The Glasstle Group/applesteingardens/Jah/2 marbles + shipping
54. srt9969/Sean/8 marbles for exchange + host gift / shipping to be determined
55. headless/?/no word
56. eyeseeglass/Nicholas/10 marbles in handmade pouches + 3 host gifts + shipping
57. akmewon/Steve/11 marbles + shipping