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| glass_addiction | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> 2007 Alphabet Marble Contest | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 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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