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"Thermal Uprising" Size: 1.99" Price: SOLD

I like Tim's discussion of his 'Thermal Formations' series, let's have a listen:
"The copper wire symbol on the back of the Thermal Formations is an ancient alchemy symbol that means “Glass”. It kind of ties in with my concept for the design… To make these marbles I create a gathering of hot color and plunge it into cold water so it thermal shocks and busts into little chunks. I sort the chunks and place them on a marver pad. After picking up the chunks with a gathering of clear, I let the heat and gravity create the formation any way it decides to… It’s glass showcasing glass… the formations represent how the glass decides to be when exposed to a full spectrum of thermal conditions and allowed to fall in place rather than me forcing it to be something else. It feels like such an experimental study of glass reaction and transformation that it seems fitting to me put the alchemy symbol on the final artifact."
I couldn't have said it better myself. No, I REALLY couldn't have. Awesome concept Tim, super fun marbles to explore, wonderful worlds of glass! Tim actually used copper wire to form the symbol himself, and it is embedded inside the glass. Awesome!
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