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Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Nathan Gorman Marbles For Sale >> #14: "Eons of the Ancient" Size: 2.06" Price: $1,600 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

#14: "Eons of the Ancient" Size: 2.06" Price: $1,600


As cool as this piece might look to you in the pictures, trust me, it looks WAAAAAY better in hand. It was Nathan's favorite piece from this batch, and it's the one that people are always drawn to when they see all of the marbles together. In hand, when you see all that detail, it's hard to conceive how Nathan pulled it all off with that kind or precision. It just doesn't seem possible. There are seven layers of color here carved to seven different depths, with an absolutely fascinating design and pattern. Check out that one layer of mottled color, SO cool, which Nathan carved into a ring on the one end so you could see how that color layer looks. Brilliant. A masterpiece among masterpieces. He once told me that his girlfriend walked into the shop late one night and found him slouched over his bench and thought he'd fallen asleep. But no, he was just curled over, carving tiny, tiny details into the glass, requiring such minute movements that it looked like he wasn't even moving. BOOM!!!! Dang it, there goes my brain again.... Signed with carved 'NG' insignia.






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