This beautiful piece is a hand-blown glass marble created by glass artist Jeff Price. For many years, Jeff has been blowing his beautiful glass marbles. Unfortunately, Jeff retired from glass blowing several years ago, and our Cloudcroft, NM gift shop/gallery Off the Beaten Path has all of Jeff's remaining art pieces, which are very few. This cool marble comes with a clear glass stand on which the marble sits. Check out the closeup photo of Jeff's hand-blown glass marble to appreciate more of its striking beauty. The value of this lovely marble and stand is $70.

When Jeff sent us the rest of his awesome art, he included a couple of extra Levitating Marble frames. Although the frame is an older model than we carried for many years and not in great shape, we will include one of the copper-colored  powder-coated metal frames with this hand-blown marble. That way, if you decide you prefer to hang Jeff’s marble, you will have that option. The description of Jeff’s Levitating Marbles follows: Jeff’s Levitating Marble is a wind spinner that consists of a powder-coated steel frame featuring a hand-blown glass marble. This hypnotic and mesmerizing wind spinner looks amazing rotating in the breeze! Jeff was inspired by an optical illusion used by magician Harry Houdini to distract from his magic. For many years, Jeff has been blowing his beautiful glass marbles and creating these wonderful Levitating Marbles to wow folks in their backyards, on their patios or front porches, at the beach or lake, or wherever folks want to be mesmerized. We have no more of Jeff's large Levitating Marbles like one pictured below, which sold for $148 each. This particular Levitating Marble is an old design of Jeff’s, so it’s a bit different from later models that we carried for more than a dozen years. Although Jeff’s hand-blown marble is in wonderful condition, the copper frame is discolored. However, the discoloration doesn’t detract that much from the overall appearance of the Levitating Marble.

About the Artist:
Jeff Price, Yorba Linda, CA

A second-generation glass blower, Jeff's extensive experiments with glass, both its forming and coloring techniques, led to a style of glass that features semi-traditional shapes with clever optical effects and bold colors. Pieces sometimes looked like abstract paintings, sometimes like rustic remnants of a bygone era, and often looked like modern interpretations of classical art. Jeff’s Levitating Marbles were his interpretation of the famous “levitating ball” illusion used by Harry Houdini to distract his audience while he performed some of his acts.

Condition:
Excellent - no condition issues of any kind.
Size:

~2.75" Diameter