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Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Andrew Brown aka 'Carver B' Marbles and Other Glass For Sale >> #87: "Mib Morph" Size: 2.02" Price: $910 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

#87: "Mib Morph" Size: 2.02" Price: $910


Here is another of Andrew's truly mind-boggling battuto marbles, and this gem is special - it was constructed with amazing CFL color changing glass! The marble is stunning by itself, with this shimmery, watery shine all over the piece, but then it gets that much more amazing as you move the marble between normal light and fluorescent style lighting and see that color shift in the glass. I took pics with both light sources to show the difference - it goes from this sweet honey color to a lite violet color. It can also differ even more based on the different types of light, as seen in the last pic where it's more of an orange color from a low 3rd light source. It's SOOOO cool to play around with, and the battuto texture just adds to the whole amazing experience. You've gotta see and experience one of these in hand!!

Battuto literally means 'struck' in Italian, or having a hammered appearance when it relates to glass. To achieve this look, this result, the glass is painstakingly cold worked and ground on a grinder over and over again to bring about this special texture, then flame polished in the end. The work involved is immense, and when you have Andrew's ability to set up the glass just right prior to the coldworking, you end up with a fantastic looking marble like this one. Signed 'SAB 18'.






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