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Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Junichi Kojima, aka 'Rose Roads' Marbles and Pendants For Sale >> "Kutter Kinoko" Size: 1.85 x 2.91" Price: SOLD tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

"Kutter Kinoko" Size: 1.85 x 2.91" Price: SOLD

WOW, what a fantastic piece this is!!! Soooo hard to let go of. This pendant features one focal fumed marble by Rose Roads, and 3 tiny embedded marbles, each with a gorgeous opal chunk inside. The marble is AWESOME, with nice pinwheeling on the backside. And there's a BONUS - the marble spins (tightly) within its leather exterior, giving you multiple viewing and display possibilities. How sweet is THAT! There are also two separate holes for threading, so you also have two options for how it will hang!

And yeah, I said leather! You thought it was wood, right? So did I at first. This is actually a collab with Jun's friend Kousuke Oyama, aka Kinoko Heads, who is a master leather worker. And I mean MASTER. He spends at least a day on each of these pieces, preparing and eventually carving the leather that makes up the design. I'm really at a loss for how he does it - it is SO nice, so professionally done. Like we'd expect anything less from the masterful Japanese, but still - this is really incredible stuff!

Don't miss this one, it's a special one, the nicest of a batch of about 20 that I held in hand in Toronto recently!
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