Making Marbles By Hand

Hand made glass marbles.

Making marbles by hand.

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. It also never hurts to have a hand held black. You can count on us to provide you with our products in small or large quantities in any mix you need. Blow torches are used in the making of glass marbles.

Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. We wanted marbles that we had as children like bumble bees cubscouts puries and so on. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store.

The country s hand made marbles were the finest in the world and are sought after by collectors today. These marbles didn t have pontils the nubs left over from where the rod was severed from the glob so they rolled straighter in the game of marbles. For more information regarding our products get in touch with us. The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company.

You can make these lovely cracked marbles with any glass marbles that you have on hand and if you do them in different sizes use some of those really large ones you can make jewelry that is so unique. Germany came to dominate the marble industry in the 19th and 20th century. In the late 1800 s glass marble making began to shift into american as europe s finest craftsmen left home to seek a new life in the new world. At the marble man in woodford va jack and sue always has glass marbles in various colors styles and sizes on hand.

Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a. The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks.