Francis is one of the early legends of the marble world, creating his marbles up in Canada with a furnace using soft glass. Suuuper nice guy, and one of the most fun facts about Francis is that he was featured on the hit series "How It's Made" where he demonstrated his entire art glass marble making process! It was really cool to watch. This marble is one of my favorites from him, really a cool and original design with a beautiful blue core, and then stretched orange and yellow millie over top of that, with holes to show the blue (water) underneath. Wonderful depth and colors in hand! Super hard piece to let go of. Everyone needs a historic Coupal marble in their collection!! Signed 'FC 02'.