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Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Richard Hollingshead II Marbles, Pendants and Tops For Sale >> "Totalitarian Wag" Size: 1.71" Stand: 2.61" Price: SOLD tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

"Totalitarian Wag" Size: 1.71" Stand: 2.61" Price: SOLD

This is QUITE the rare opportunity here, as this hollow marble is one of the few 'full wigwag' hollows that Rich has ever created. The hollow marbles in and of themselves are very tricky to make, keeping the glass just the right thickness and temperature so that it doesn't collapse on you, all the while creating a magnificent design inside. But these full wigwag marbles take it to a whoooole nutha level of complexity, with various sections of tubing coming together somehow to make a perfect sphere. I have no idea exactly how Rich does it, but suffice it to say that it's a minor miracle in glass and Rich does not enjoy making these because of the propensity for things to go wrong. However, I bugged him long enough (heh heh) that he finally made a couple of them for me, oooh yeaaaah, and this is the best of the two! Soooooo many tiny lines of colors come together to make one of these, it's absolutely amazing. Add to all of this a MATCHING STAND!!! as well, and you have an amazing pinnacle of glass art! The glass in the marble is more orange in hand, and matches the stand well (these photographs brought out the red side of the color spectrum in the glass).
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