Quoted from undrdog:Score! My wife also got me a marble! It’s a large cane marble, but the neat part is the stand. It’s a large blob of clear glass with a gently concaved top. You spin the marble on it. Should work with all my sparkly marbles.
Sounds awesome, careful with those glass bases, Glass on glass can scratch the lenses of your marbles pretty easy.
Apinjunkie Thank you for the tip. Maybe that's why it just came with a twisted cane marble.
More Star Wars you say, I'm all about it. Here's a piece a customer has been asking me for for a few years now, just finished this morning so the first official piece off the line for 2021. I tried doing a free-standing larger-scale Boba Fett and honestly it didn't transfer well to the glass. So I designed a piece with a column of flame and boba much smaller so it's more a silhouette, then an actual detailed sculpt of him. The first image is of the work-in-progress, I wanted to make sure the flame column worked for the piece( it did not the angle was a bit severe but was able to reheat and adjust). The clear Boba is just a stick figure, temporary 4 proportion reference. The other pictures are of the finished piece After paint. Looks amazing on a light box as the light illuminates the column of Fire coming off the jetpack. I was going to have him holding a sign that said, "no fett chicks", but decided against it.
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Quoted from Puffdanny:I hate doing things out of my comfort zone and often put off customs for years and I only do customs for the closest of friends these days.looks like you conquered your challenge well.
Thanks, I do enjoy the custom stuff a lot, but I have learned finally which ones to simply say no to. Hey when you get a chance, could you chime in with me, I'd like to pick your brain about classes. I've had a lot of people ask recently and I'm looking to supplement my income a little.
Pm me your number and a good time frame to call I've actually done a good amount of beginner classes and always had great feedback.
Not glass, but want to show this to @apinjunkie. Hope that's ok.
This is my first moving mechanical art project. We do a big Halloween each year. 2020 would have been our 15th annual Halloween party. Last spring, my wife suggested a little Audrey II (from Little Shop of Horrors) as a new decoration, but naturally, I went large. I couldn't think of a good Christmas present for her, so I made her this.
Quoted from undrdog:Not glass, but want to show this to apinjunkie. Hope that's ok.
This is my first moving mechanical art project. We do a big Halloween each year. 2020 would have been our 15th annual Halloween party. Last spring, my wife suggested a little Audrey II (from Little Shop of Horrors) as a new decoration, but naturally, I went large. I couldn't think of a good Christmas present for her, so I made her this.
Audrey eleven.. what happened to the first 10 of them?
Seriously though that is awesome Mike. I love the range of motion in the head makes me want to see what the mechanics are underneath. Nice job on the paint to, looks like a studio prop.
Thanks very much. The joke in the show is that the guy's love interest is Audrey, so he names the plant Audrey 2.
I’ll post the workings of it.
Quoted from undrdog:Thanks very much. The joke in the show is that the guy's love interest is Audrey, so he names the plant Audrey 2.
I’ll post the workings of it.
I'm familiar with the show, that was just my feeble attempt at humor. My grandkids once asked me if I wanted to watch Apollo 13 and I said no because I didn't see the first 12. Next time I'll follow up with a, waka,waka ,waka. I would like to see the inner workings of it though.
Quoted from undrdog:Here are the mechanics. And a glimpse of my little workshop.
That's awesome, I love the bouncyness it has and that chicken wire framework is perfect for a paper mache overlay. Well done. 
@ Puffdanny , here's a design that might work well for you if you're not already doing them. A blown glass quill pen . Customer brought this in today for a repair. 1 simple straight stripe of Amber down the backside of the teardrop with a little fume swirl and a bubble at the bottom. The tip is just a twisted spiral, to hold the ink. Easy peasy.
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I write with a high dollar pen all day. Writing with it is effortless. Whenever I test out a pen at the art festivals, I put them back down because they write so sluggishly.
It doesn’t matter how nice the work is, it has to write effortlessly.
It just occurred to me that I've never posted any images of my holiday location this year. The holidays are over, and it was a successful year I know all the shelves are a little picked over, but this gives a general idea of what I do seasonally.
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You dress up as a pink unicorn?
Wow! What a toy! Let us know how you like it. Are the physics good? Are the emulations good?
How much time would you guess goes into making enough inventory for a holiday season store? Must take you all year?
Quoted from HFK:You dress up as a pink unicorn?
That was on Halloween, I have an inflatable Godzilla suit ...I could have taken her.
Quoted from undrdog:Wow! What a toy! Let us know how you like it. Are the physics good? Are the emulations good?
How much time would you guess goes into making enough inventory for a holiday season store? Must take you all year?
The jury is still out on that toy. It's a little cheesy but I'm already finding where it may be addictive as well. Has some fun tables but enough flipper lag to keep it in the toy not game category.
As for stock, it is an all-year thing. But you do different things throughout the year for different seasons. It's always interesting.
Quoted from undrdog:A note to the pen makers... if you aren’t buying the very best pen refills, you may be losing sales.
I write with a high dollar pen all day. Writing with it is effortless. Whenever I test out a pen at the art festivals, I put them back down because they write so sluggishly.
It doesn’t matter how nice the work is, it has to write effortlessly.
Got a Recommendation of the best refills?
Quoted from Mbecker:Got a Recommendation of the best refills?
I write with a Mont Blanc. The refills are 2 for $17. (Not bad, considering how long they last.) But there are probably good ones for less.
Maybe just keep a refill or two behind the counter, which customers can buy if they want to spend the extra $ on it. Could put up a sign proclaiming The King's Premium Ink $10 extra.
Was talking with undrdog earlier today and this came up, the greatest little money maker I've ever had in my shop. $3 to play ,prize every time ,customer hooked for life.
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Quoted from HFK:You dress up as a pink unicorn?
Quoted from Apinjunkie:That was on Halloween, I have an inflatable Godzilla suit ...I could have taken her.
This is why I don't dress up in the inflatable Godzilla costume anymore
FB_IMG_1610309893492 (resized).jpgMy apologies for not posting anything in a while, real life sort of caught up with me but the dust is starting to settle. Came across an image of this from probably about 5 years ago. Tough to make out all the details in the photo but if you zoom in my favorite aspect is the chain link securing the Dragon. The whole piece started as an excuse to do something with some flexible chain link that I made and just kind of escalated. Tough to make out in the picture but this was actually an oil lamp as well. Was supposed to be a showpiece for the Renaissance Festival and sold it before noon on Saturday the first day so had to do a quick Rush picture.
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Those are really cool, I need to get on the ball with these. I've had countless people ask about Ash incorporation into a memorial piece over the last few years.nice work.
Quoted from Apinjunkie:Those are really cool, I need to get on the ball with these. I've had countless people ask about Ash incorporation into a memorial piece over the last few years.nice work.
You have to sift the ashes and use the finest ash and then just a little to not throw off the c.o.e.
Quoted from Puffdanny:You have to sift the ashes and use the finest ash and then just a little to not throw off the c.o.e.
Thanks man,I'll give it a try this fall, had a customer leave me with some bonus ashes from her dog to practice with.
A rock shop we saw in Colorado displayed its stone marbles on glass or crystal candle sticks. These are inexpensive at the thrift shops.
Quoted from undrdog:A rock shop we saw in Colorado displayed its stone marbles on glass or crystal candle sticks. These are inexpensive at the thrift shops.
These can look cool for your glass marbles, however you want to make sure that it doesn't have a sharp edge where the candle would insert as it will scratch your marbles easily. 
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