First he turned to stained glass. Then he tried glass beads. Finally, he discovered marbles. Then in 1998, a marble show came to Springfield. Fritts took his kids and gave each a bag of marbles he ...

The finest antique marbles were produced from about 1840 to 1935 by decorative-glass makers in Germany and Italy. Their best shooters, made for their own children, were crafted during lunch hours ...

Dive into the fascinating world of marble production, showing you the intricate process of turning molten glass into the beautiful, vibrant marbles we all know and love.It all begins with melting ...

But making marbles is also an art form, one that the Corning Museum of Glass will explore for children and families this weekend. The museum will host Marble Extravaganza Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m ...

Allison Borgschulte has a thing for marbles. Big. Small. Machine made. Handmade. The swirls of color. Intricate patterns within patterns. Strings of luminous glass molten hot then stretched and ...

If you're curious about how marbles are made -- both in factories and by hand -- check out the video here (you can skip to 1:48 to see an artist producing caneworked marbles, but the factory part ...

He also designs his marbles to be viewed with one eye closed. “I didn’t know that my eye socket and part of my brain, like, the muscles, could be tight there,” he said. Before, he was making ...