kbobam Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hope the last name is correct. I always remember 'George', and then my brain fills up with every famous George last name I've ever heard. I wish I had more of his beautiful marbles. I like his style. Was practicing with the sort of awkward manual focus on the new little camera. I've generally found that manual focus is necessary for close-up shots, although people with different shooting styles might find auto-focus just fine. For the second time recently I broke my rule about not shooting outdoors between 10 and 2. Although the overall light quality was a perfect bright/overcast day, a polarizer wasn't much good for those reflections from straight overhead. You know what they say. "You live, you don't learn." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris94 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I can't remember either but I think his show was in Jane Lew, W. Virgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackiedee Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hi it is a beautiful marble. the only George I could come up with would be Pavliscak. I bought a few red, white and blues rorm him a few years ago. hope this helps Diane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I think it would be George Williams. he died a few years back. His wife cuts or carves glass and now works out of her home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks everyone! Williams sounded right and I just confirmed it. To the best of my knowledge he favored simple bold designs, including clearies and blackies, which looked nice alongside the colorful ones. Most I've seen have been in the 1.5 to 2.125 inch range. Looked up Pavliscak since I didn't know him. He sure does some wild stuff! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris94 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes that marble was made by George Williams. He was a great guy who had a glass factory in Jane Lew, w. Virginia. He gave me a bunch of his older equipment (blow pipes,molds ect. when I visited him by in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 More George Williams marbles When David McCullough moved back to Pennsboro, he and George Williams and Robert L. Hamon met in the evenings and talked glass. Sometimes they played with glass together. Sometimes they had a beer or two. David learned a lot about glass from these two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 George Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 George Williams marble He was already ill with cancer when I discovered his wife and the shop at Jane Lew, WV. He was not in the shop. Unfortunately, he died before contemporary marbles became so popular. He never quite closed the pontils tightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 George Williams guinea After his death, Julia Powell bought all that was left of his cobalt blue blank marbles She painted hummingbirds, etc. on those marbles. I know I have one. I'll look for it and post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 This is one of George Williams' cobalt "blank" marbles. Julia Powell painted this Christmas scene on his marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks for the photos and the information about Julia Powell. I was vaguely remembering once seeing a couple marbles listed as 'George Williams' that I had my doubts about. They involved young children frolicking in a garden, or something similar, and were too 'cute' for my taste. Didn't seem to fit in with his bold geometric style, but apparently the description left out one of the artists. Mystery solved! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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