stillrocki Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I have a friend in his sixties who has a nice marble collection, he has a bee (actual insect) embeded in a marble. I have not seen it but has anyone heard of this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I have seen these embedded in lucite. (plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Check This Out Bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yep! Those are lucite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 You can't encase organic material in glass - it burns up since it has such a low melting (burning) point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemansion Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 You can't encase organic material in glass - it burns up since it has such a low melting (burning) point. Oh - so these are not "real" buggers??? ROFL I thought maybe one of the workers sneezed.... By the way - I have about 40 auctions ending today - lots of them start for just 99 cents and with ten winning auctions - shipping is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 QUICK! Someone get the bug spray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I don't know but what we might need nasal spray. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Why might we need nasal spray, David? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 When Les Jones died his wife Sue had a small amount of his ashes put in a few marbles for friends. It did burn up but it left a whirling pattern. I know Bill Tow received one. Not sure on the others. At one time he posted it right afterwards. Another example is that Scott Meyer tried with a real opal. Not the synthetics. It also burned up, but it too left a swirling pattern. Something akin to mica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 m!b$, check MarbleMansion's Post 6 and you'll figure out my 'nasal spray' comment. I actually thought it was rather witty. By the way, I sent another email as I am totally perplexed! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raynsandy Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Ashes really dont get burned up. I encased some for a friend a couple years ago. The color of the ash is light/almost white. As far as a bee is concerned, if the artist is good and can duplicate a bug out of glass, that can be encased. Paul Stankard does some really cool bees. Organics will be consumed into ash in the high temp of molten glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Here is Bill Tow's picture of the Les Jones Memorial Marble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 The melting point of organic material is significantly lower than the melting point of even the coolest glass' melting point. You can't encase organic material in glass. Even the ambient temperature inside the core, assuming a hollow core, is too hot for the organic material. If the core was solid, the organic material would burn up quickly. Artiest have tried over the centuries to encase organic material with no success. Buyer beware if the person claims the material inside is organic in nature....lol. Encasing in plastic is a totally different animal - of course, it certainly can be done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I like the Les Jones Marble. It seems fitting that a marble made as a memorial/tribute should come out so attractive and distinctive. I was a little confused by marblemansion's mib at first, too. But when things finally clicked into place I concluded that, as a gentleman of subtlety, David wasn't going to come right out and say "I know a Hybrid-Snotty when I see one!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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