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Clarkdale man can make the marbles he loses

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If Michael Turner loses one of his marbles, no problem. He just makes another one.

Turner is a Clarkdale artist. He’s created in many media and especially enjoys glass. He discovered marble making about 10 years ago while he was working on a sculpture in copper. He wanted to use a marble where the heart would be.

“I didn’t like some of the marbles I could buy, but as I was going through the book I ordered from I saw they had colored Italian glass rods and ordered a piece,” Turner said. “I didn’t have a clue then how to make marbles, but I got a book and starting teaching myself.”

A few months later he received an invitation to a glass makers meeting in Kansas and attended a workshop on marble making there.

“That was the first time I saw marbles made and realized I needed a dual-gas torch with propane and oxygen. I got one and have been making marbles since,” he said.

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Turner likes to experiment and has tried many techniques of including other materials with the glass like infusing copper wire and dust, and lately glow-in-the-dark material.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Oct. 3, edition of The Camp Verde Journal or the Cottonwood Journal Extra.

 

Mark Lineberger

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