Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Mark Matthews Marbles For Sale >> "Blues Clown" Size: 3.69" Price: SOLD | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Mark used to make clown filigranas (filigrana marbles with 14 different cane) about every 5 years, but it hasn't happened since 2010, so that era might be over, especially since Mark has gotten up there in age and it is a VERY hard, long, hot, intensive process to pull these off. This makes it all the more important to get some of these early clowns into your collection, as these are wildly awesome and historic marbles!! This gem is from 2010, the last year they were made, and for this year, Mark changed things up a bit by making all but one of the canes a different variant of white. When laid over the gorgeous bright blue base, those canes just POP so amazingly and there is extra special depth to these, as if he learned some new tricks for this run. You gotta see it in hand, it is INCREDIBLE glass work. Each of the white canes has a super intricate pattern, all twisted and pulled to perfection, all mind blowing. This is a really nice large one, huge in fact, and normally would be more than twice this price. But if you'll notice in the 4th pic, there is a small as-made flaw in the cane, and so for this reason this piece is marked way down. The end result is that you get a huge, glorious marble for a much more affordable price that displays magnificently. Nobody will even know that little mark is there unless they're the type to study things carefully. Awesome opportunity here! Signed 'Matthews 2010'.
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