Marbles for gekoglass...
Firstly, sorry for no blog last week. I had writers block and had nothing to say! But this week I would like to talk to you about marbles.
Marbles have been made for thousands of years from all sorts of materials such as clay, stone, wood and glass. Throughout the ages they have fallen in and out of popularity. There are records of marble games being played in Ancient Egypt and Roman times.
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| Marbles being played in the street... |
Modern glass marbles became popular in the late 1800's with new techniques and machinery to make marbles out of glass. A marble craze swept across the globe. Today marbles have become nostalgic for people who grew up in the 1950's and 1960's.
When we opened our glass boutique, we knew we had to stock marbles. We get all our marble supplies from House of Marbles in Devon. They have a fantastic visitors centre if you find yourself near by it is well worth a visit.
To assist with showing off the range of marbles that we stock, we decided to build a marble run. It was named 'The Tree Trunk Trundle' and hopefully the video below will show it in action.
We have a large range of marbles for sale from 5p each up to £2 each. So why not pop in to see what we have available.
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| Handmade marbles £2 each. |
We also have made some smaller marble runs which can be enjoyed at home. These have been lovingly handcrafted by us in our workshop. They range in price from £85.00 to £125.00. We have only made four so far, but we will be making more in the future.
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| Some of the marble runs available to purchase... |
You now have a limited time to grab yourselves some marbles. We think we will be leaving Hanover Road in April so pop in to grab your marbles while you can. We will be relocating but this may take a few months to organise. In the meantime, I will continue to blog each week. We also have a range of our items for sale on #etsy.
So if you miss us while we are away, you can still buy some of our handcrafted items. We can do home visits if you are planning a wedding, christening, anniversary or if you would like a quote for a glass splashback. Please just get in touch.
Thank you for reading and we will be back next time.
Lindsay
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