Number One (1) Letter A |
Artists: Kris Parke and Andy Davis Size: 2.51 Type: Furnace-worked Soft Glass |
"Artists, Historians and Collectors - All 3 Key" |
Kris and Andy wanted to make a tribute to those who create, those who document, and those who buy. 6 panels - 2 A's,2 H's,2 C's |
Number Two (2) Letter A |
Artist: James Alloway Size: 2.34 Type: Furnace-worked Soft Glass |
"Absolute Alloway" |
James used some of his famous dichroic cane to formulate this bright A. A flower cane completes it. |
Number Three (3) Letter A |
Artist: Tod Brown Size: 1.25 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Alphabet Cubed" |
This is actually a cube - encased in clear glass. The six sides start off the alphabet - A B C D E F. |
Number Four (4) Letter B |
Artist: Sabina Boehm Size: 1.41 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Buzzzzing Boehm" |
One of Sabina's signature flowers with the B stamen. A buzzing murrine/painted Bee finishes the picture. |
Number Five (5) Letter C |
Artist: Christina Cody Size: 1.45 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Twisted C Cody" |
A bright white C with black pulled dots on one side, nice rainbow dichro on the other - now twist it up! Last pic is top down. |
Number Six (6) Letter D |
Artist: Rich Shelby Size: 1.36 Type: Lampworked Soft Glass |
"D-struction" |
A painstakingly handcarved copper foil D sits just under the surface, while bubble explosion occurs beneath.Hand-mixed frit back |
Number Seven (7) Letter E |
Artist: Kevin Nail Size: 1.29 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Eeeexplosion" |
A fumed E implosion is made up of lots of individual fumed E's, Exploding upwards. A large dark E adorns the backside. |
Number Eight (8) Letter E |
Artists: Eddie Seese Size: 1.90 Type: Furnace-worked Soft Glass |
"Where's Waldo, errrrr, The Letter E???" |
A lone slice of E cane longs to be found amongst the bright colorful canes that surround it. Top down in last pic. |
Number Nine (9) Letter F |
Artist: Carl Fisher Size: 2.32 Type: Clay over Glass Base |
"Thousand F's - Milli-Fffffffiore" |
Multiple millifiore cane slices made out of clay are laid over top of a glass core.Many F's make up the larger F over aventurine |
Number Ten (10) Letter F |
Artist: Kevin Nail Size: 1.06 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"F in Your Eye" |
A fumed F implosion is made up of lots of individual fumed F's, Flying upwards. Fumed dots adorn the backside. |
Number Eleven (11) Letter F |
Artist: Ian Arremony Size: 1.79 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Ffffffumed Planet" |
Inside-Out hollow tubing tech formed this golden F planet, perfectly suspended in clear.Designs are on the surface of the planet |
Number Twelve (12) Letter G |
Artist: Nathan Miers Size: 0.53 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Baby Gee" |
A tiny imploded fancy script 'g' sits inside this teensy-tiny marble with pinwheeled backside. |
Number Thirteen (13) Letter H |
Artist: Ben Burton Size: 1.78 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Hawaii - Paradise Found" |
An imploded H for Hawaii is on the bottom of this deserted island with lone palm tree.A frothy wave crashes on the back-surfs up |
Number Fourteen (14) Letter I |
Artist: John Bridges Size: 1.66 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Royal I-ness" |
Multiple implosions are forced to coexist symmetrically with this 'House of Imps' tech. From John's Compendi Confundus line. |
Number Fifteen (15) Letter I |
Artist: Paul Katherman Size: 1.87 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"I Can't See You" |
Paul used negative space - clear glass - inside his people-eater format to create this capital I. The design swirls and twists. |
Number Sixteen (16) Letter J |
Artist: John Bridges Size: 1.62 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Arctic J Bird" |
Multiple implosions are forced to coexist symmetrically with this 'House of Imps' tech. Three J Birds fly/implode upwards. |
Number Seventeen (17) Letter K |
Artist: Ken Schneidereit Size: 2.35 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Oooo K Can You See?" |
A sculpted K, all dressed up, sits over top of a bed of frit. Another K is seen on the backside. |
Number Eighteen (18) Letter L |
Artist: Erin Cartee Size: 1.23 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Live the Life you Love the Life you Live...." |
This imploded gold fume marble reads forever as you rotate the equator,with the word Live being shared at the beginning and end. |
Number Nineteen (19) Letter L |
Artist: Bryan Ratcliffe Size: 1.99 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Love, and Lives Lost, Looking for Loot, and Luxury" |
Various glass canes were used to sculpt Bush, one of the two-faced L men, Clinton being the other. Classic forehead L. |
Number Twenty (20) Letter M |
Artist: David Owen-Norton Size: 2.25 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Mmmmm mmmmm GOOD" |
A bright wig-wag M sits atop a gold fumed tornado, swirling all through the marble. Last pic is top down view. |
Number Twenty-One (21) Letter N |
Artist: George Pavliscak Size: 1.12 Type: Lampworked Soft Glass |
"Nutha Dandelion in the Yard!" |
A bright layered dandelion flower with an N for a stamen fills this marble. Last pic shows bottom up view. |
Number Twenty-Two (22) Letter O |
Artist: Mike Close Size: 1.86 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Oooooo Happy Feet" |
Imploded 'happy feet' are seen through the lens of this air trap 'O', over top of special disco sparkle. More O's on the back. |
Number Twenty-Three (23) Letter O |
Artist: Calvin Sugita Size: 1.51 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"The Omega and The Alpha - The End" |
Imploded Omega and Alpha surround this imploded O. The End is near on the back, fumed over a fumed skull. |
Number Twenty-Four (24) Letter P |
Artist: George Pavliscak Size: 0.81 Type: Lampworked Soft Glass |
"Pad My Lily" |
A murrini bee buzzes over this lily pad flower with P for a stamen. Three fish float below in the 'water'. |
Number Twenty-Five (25) Letter P |
Artist: Ayako Hattori Size: 1.33 Type: Lampworked Satake Glass |
"P is for Pumpkin!" |
Tonbodama pumpkin flowers are arranged in the form of a 'P', representing the pumpkin vines - good enough to eat! |
Number Twenty-Six (26) Letter Q |
Artist: Stan Skipper Size: 1.91 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Question - Why do I Look so Good?" |
Inside-Out tubing tech was used to create this Q, which can be seen while looking through the back as well, with dichro spiral. |
Number Twenty-Seven (27) Letter R |
Artist: Josh Sable Size: 1.64 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Rising" |
An imploded R Rises up from its flowery home. Blk/wht thunderbolt milli chips adorn the equator, with a pinwheeled backside. |
Number Twenty-Eight (28) Letter S |
Artist: Stephan Pope Size: 1.61 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Star-Studded OPAL" |
A wig-wag S floats over a dichro galaxy.Six S's are etched into the pinwheeled equator, while a stunning opal rests on the back. |
Number Twenty-Nine (29) Letter S |
Artist: Shannon Norris Size: 1.29 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"In Too Deep Murrine S's" |
A fumed S murrine cane is featured here, running off into the depths. A large fumed S adorns the backside. |
Number Thirty (30) Letter S |
Artist: Stan Skipper Size: 1.86 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Six S Success" |
Inside-Out tubing tech was used to create these Six S's, which Surround a Six-petal flower. A nice fumed spiral adorns the back. |
Number Thirty-One (31) Letter S |
Artist: Ayako Hattori Size: 1.36 Type: Lampworked Satake Glass |
"S is for Strawberry!" |
Tonbodama strawberry flowers are arranged in the form of an 'S'. Various canes are used to form the leaves and strawberries. |
Number Thirty-Two (32) Letter S |
Artist: Bobbie Seese Size: 2.00 Type: Lampworked Soft Glass |
"3D Alien S-wirld" |
An S cane sits in Bobbie's classic 3D Alien World format, with lots of other cane chunks S-wirled in to spice it up. |
Number Thirty-Three (33) Letter T |
Artist: Tod Brown Size: 1.50 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Ticking T Bomb" |
A mass of dots are painstakingly laid out in the form of a T, then imploded outward. Tod used the full effect of the clear lens. |
Number Thirty-Four (34) Letter U |
Artist: Ian Arremony Size: 1.74 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"FuuuUuuumer" |
A white imploded U rises up out of a gold fumed swirl vortex. Fumed gold on the back as well - cha-ching! |
Number Thirty-Five (35) Letter U |
Artist: Stephan Pope Size: 1.53 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"UV Reaction" |
U means UV Glass in one of Stephan's classic Space Portal designs, with the U fumed over top of planets and UV space. |
Number Thirty-Six (36) Letter V |
Artist: Jesse DeMoss Size: 2.74 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Sign Language Sam Signs the Letter V" |
Graal, murrini, embedded sculpture, implosion and surface work - it was ALL used here. A V pattern is on the back. Peace out! |
Number Thirty-Seven (37) Letter W |
Artist: Mike Gong Size: 1.84 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Whaaaaazup Gongsta'?" |
A classic honeycomb style is arranged to form the W here, while Mike's classic swirled surface work adorns the backside. |
Number Thirty-Eight (38) Letter W |
Artist: Brad Brandolino Size: 0.63 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"W's Gone Wild" |
The classic 'twist and fold' tech is used here, giving us a W in the final black and white twist-folds. |
Number Thirty-Nine (39) Letter X |
Artist: Mike Close Size: 1.49 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"X-claimer" |
Gold imploded fuming turned pink is used to create the X here, with fumed silver dots surrounding. A surface X adorns the back. |
Number Forty (40) Letter Y |
Artist: Aaron Slater Size: 1.50 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Y War?" |
An imploded Y rests in the center of a retticello. "Y War" murrini chips circle the equator while one large Y War? is centered. |
Number Forty-One (41) Letter Z |
Artist: Brad Brandolino Size: 1.55 Type: Lampworked Boro |
"Hit Z Golf Ball" |
Brad's dimpled golf ball look is the base of this marble, alternately using green and blue dimples to form multiple Z's. Fore!! |
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