Marbles Handmade Glass Alloway "Southern Belle" # 55

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James Alloway "Southern Belle" # 55 Dichroic Marble ARTIST DIRECT No Sales TAX!!!! Crafted from high quality barium crystal, a beautiful marble creation from glass artist James Alloway . Each piece of glass I craft is a unique, one of a kind creation available directly from the artist. This beautiful treasure measures 2.3 inches in diameter (58mm) This marble is signed "Alloway # 55". Marble stand included. Why do quality glass pieces cost what they do? Even with inspiration and talent removed from the equation, t are simple facts about the materials and methods I use that add up cost-wise and add up to a piece of true beauty and lasting value. are a few "glass factoids" about my work: Producing just one, 3-inch paperweight or marble consumes 16 gallons of propane. [] It takes 48 hours to cook a 100-pound batch of clear glass before I can make anything -- even a clear, glass "blob." [] My glass furnace has run day and night for over a year and a half, and it consumes more than 1,000 gallons of propane a month. [] The colored glass I use costs as much as $35 a pound, and glass is heavy so the money doesn't buy that much raw material! [] I burn myself almost every day at least once, but I don't charge for the Band-Aids. [] A 3-inch paperweight or marble takes two and a half days to cool down to room temperature, sitting in a computer-controlled, read more