2012 Marble Exchange

[akmewon]

29 outta 57 aint bad......

[glassdocnc]

The boxes are unpacked and the table is set for sorting.

[akmewon]

wow thats lotsa balls...

[glassdocnc]

I'm very fond of balls.













eta: at least these pretty ones...

[smolder holder]

Marina, you are a woman after my own.....er heart

[akmewon]

I'm very fond of balls.













eta: at least these pretty ones...

So do I have pretty balls??

[glassdocnc]

So do I have pretty balls??

Hmmmmmmm, Lemme check......




















Not anymore. Right now I have your pretty balls.

And your emoticon is deceiving there. I have 11 of them, not 2.

[Bunyip]

Not anymore. Right now I have your pretty balls.

And your emoticon is deceiving there. I have 11 of them, not 2.

Why, what a talented fellow he... was.


Marina can you pretty please do me a favor and post a picture of the mibs I sent? I never got one for my memories...

[glassdocnc]

^ Here's a group shot. They look better in person of course. The skull is very clean. Hard to believe that was your first attempt at that type skull mib.

One of these days I'm gonna figure out the whole good picture thing. I've got a crappy little light box that just makes things look worse. And yes, I know, there are lots of threads with advice. Sigh. I just need to take the time to read and understand...

[Bunyip]

Excellent, thanks a bunch!

And taking pictures is a huge learning curve, it only looks simple. It helps a lot if you have a DSLR because you can use the right lenses. Most P&S cameras are fairly limited in aperture settings, even at the "pro-sumer" level. A light box is useful, but it's just a tool, and I think it's importance is overrated a lot of times. It's just that you can make a light box for pennies, whereas a decent DSLR + a great lens will set you back a nice chunk of dough.

Having the right equipment and the know-how to use it yields spectacular results without a light box. The attached picture was taken on my kitchen counter top, on a 12"x12" piece of gray wool felt, on an overcast Florida day with no interior lights on. A light box would have probably not yielded the glare from the window, but... I can live with that for a quick shot

click the pic for a slightly larger version...

[glassdocnc]

See you just demonstrated that (as with most things) it's the operator, not the equipment that matters most.

[Matt P]

See you just demonstrated that (as with most things) it's the operator, not the equipment that matters most.

but what about this guy and his starving children lol : http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showt...ighlight=heart

great photos everyone, I can't wait for the next exchanges! I'm hoping to be a part of both of them! Sorting through those looks so time consuming but so fun!!!

[glassdocnc]

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

Ummm, Brian... how do I say this.... The package arrived and....

Your marbles are amazing but your pictures just don't do them justice. (see above for my whinging on the topic of poor pics of my own stuff)

They are in the mix and heading out to new homes soon.

[glassdocnc]

Host: glassdocnc/Marina/9 marbles
1. Loydb/Loyd/withdrawn
2. Bunyip/Chris/5 marbles + host gift + shipping recd.
3. lysa/lysa/9 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/pictures and descriptions used for sorting reference
21. Kaizen/Brad/In transit/sorry too late
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/sorry too late
33. mightymike/Mike/12 marbles + host gift + shipping
34. Waffles/??????/in transit/sorry too late
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
 
OK folks. The marbles have been sorted and assigned their new homes. Re-wrapping them and packaging for shipping will have to wait for another day. I need a drink, a nap or both. Thanks go to Lysa and Cheri for helping make sure the trades were as even as possible and that (hopefully) no one got back their own marble or more than one from any other artist.

Brad, Mark, and Waffles; since it is unlikely that all of the boxes will be mailed by Monday I'll do my best to do at least a partial swap for you if your marbles get here by then.

Here's what the table looks like after shuffling:

[Bunyip]

Thanks for all the hard work! Can't wait for my new goodies!

[lysa]

Just wanted to let you know......I licked each and every one of those beautiful balls.

[Salado Flameworks]

Cool, Lysa, I'll treasure them forever! (Actually, I will). Thank you all for your hard work making them and sorting through them all (I would have gotten SO confused)! Can't wait to see them.

Peg

[Jestr]

Seeing them all out on the table like that is furthermore exciting. Even retroactively grafted upon my previous excitement. I can even pick out my little green boxes about to be off towards their new homes. Goodbye, my little creations! I hope your new owners are as happy staring at you as I was making you! Ahhh, the anticipation is killing me.

[Losiwells]

Hey y'all,

I had a dream. I had a package that I had opened up and inside were the exchange marbles. It was so real. It was like opening a long awaited for package that contains marbles...

Seriously, I did have the dream. So I guess I'm saying that I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the marbles from you guys. Just thought I would share a moment, hope y'all feel the same.
Later

[richsantaclaus]

Do you know why the felt on a pool table is green?





























If you had 16 balls, you'd be green too!