Making a Vortex Marble with Bill Grout / Neon Curls / Episode #96

VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE:    • Vortex Marble Handmade by Bill Grout 2.11"...   My Auction listings are here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html (Ebay, username aspenhot) This marble will go up on eBay 10/12/2025 Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s... Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com In this glassblowing demo video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. The core is filled with silver and gold fume line cane on a light cobalt blue base, which is then turning around a small clear core looking down the rabbit hole. Some speckled blue green in the background lies on a reflective gold fumed dark base. The back side is decorated with raked lines of gem red, tan and sparkling ethereal blue floating over the reflective silver fumed base. Colors used in this build: Cobalt 1, Blue Green frit, Lapis frit, Dark Cobalt, Silver Strike 5, Half Blood and IO Star. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic handmade designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing contemporary vortex marbles and how it’s made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Weekly Marble playlist    • Weekly Marble   Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=9626 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here:    / williamgrout   Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Gro... And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Bill and Rae Grout are both artists from Corvallis Montana. We share our lifestyle, work and hobbies with the intent of inspiring others to pursue their passion. From science geeks to glassblowers, we share our unique journey through life spreading love and harmony one piece at a time. This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365