Steph Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 The most rainbo-y, gradient-y (notice how diplomatically I avoid saying the word blend ) marbles I've ever seen might be the Jabo Tributes. Love the effect. Windy did a sweet job with hers here. http://marbleconnection.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=9085 I bet closer up pix would reveal even more distinct colors. I've gotten lost trying to count the colors on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Dave was trying to get the blush or blend(i said it). Boyce L. was there and impressed with the blush or blending that Dave was able to get from a tank. Boyce may not be a marble making expert,but he is a glass expert. I don't use the expert word often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I posted this before right here and somehow it's gone. I wonder if it caused a storm and had to be taken down? What I said before was that we used yellow, orange, and red base glass. We also used chemicals added to the batch of glass. the chemicals caused the blush. We got oxblood in there because of adding to the tank of glass. We didn't get much use of the red glass. We had a problem. The glass clogged up in the oriface and wasn't flowing properly. We had to shut down. This was our first run and a lot has been learned since. There is no comparison when looking at those marbles and the ones coming out now as Hillbilly Magic and Indian Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 lol... you guys - blend, mix, twirl, spin doesn't matter as long as you like the results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Edna, your post isn't gone, it's at the end of the post above that Stephanie linked to. Boyce's run was right before this Tribute run. We had five different base glasses, and over fifty side colors. The first day we went from clear to a white opalescent base, and the next day we transitioned from yellow to orange to red base. I was the glass mixer and funnel man, but we were going for simplicity, and didn't have so many colors all at once on a marble. We had some unusual colors, though, like pinks,coral, salmon and purple, all made with gold, and we introduced that awful green mica glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 And you had one of the best runs ever. I love the glass you guys used. Boyce stayed over for ours and Weldon and I spent a lot of time with him. You guys got a lot more color than we did. And pattern too. Dave told me how much you were up and down the ladder. Steph emailed me this afternoon and told me I had posted it on her link and it was there. I thought I might have started a war and got deleted. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I posted this before right here and somehow it's gone. I wonder if it caused a storm and had to be taken down? What I said before was that we used yellow, orange, and red base glass. We also used chemicals added to the batch of glass. the chemicals caused the blush. We got oxblood in there because of adding to the tank of glass. We didn't get much use of the red glass. We had a problem. The glass clogged up in the oriface and wasn't flowing properly. We had to shut down. This was our first run and a lot has been learned since. There is no comparison when looking at those marbles and the ones coming out now as Hillbilly Magic and Indian Summer. We only had one color of base glass for the Tribute Run. It was Fenton Hobnail white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dave went up the ladder only once during our two day run, and put the glass in the wrong funnel, likely making our best marbles. (This is my supposition, anyways, based on the Dave-hype.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dave gives you and Boyce all the credit for that run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I'm blaming Boyce. My feets still hurt from going up that ladder so many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 No matter what, those beauties are great marbles - very nice job - congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbrezz Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Rich, I will take pictures for you! I just emailed you. Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Got it Windy and I replied. I think I am good with the pix I have at santasbling.com click on glass, then Jabo pictorial history at the bottom of the choices. Thank you!!!!! for the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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