How do you make "Galaxy Glass Orb" like a swirling galaxy confined in a glass bulb as it is?

Like a galaxy, a star or a planet that cut off the mysterious sight of the universe into glass bulbsGalaxy Glass OrbA movie shows the appearance of being made.

How Galaxy Glass Orbs are Made - YouTube


This is Galaxy Glass Orb. You see a galaxy swirling in the glass bulb you are holding.


It is a glass bulb that fits in the palm of your hand, but the dull galaxy in it is swirling deeply as you can see it.


Changing the angle makes it clear that the galactic vortices are drawn in three dimensions.


In this Galaxy Glass Orb, various stars and nebulae and meteors are expressed in glass spheres.


Changing the angle at which sunlight enters will cause the stars in the glass bulb to shine as if it were a real star.


In this Galaxy Glass Orb, a beautiful jewel is floating in the center of a swirling galaxy, it is very mysterious.


Scott Pernicka, glass artisan, who produces these "Galaxy Glass Orb".


"Light always go straight, but it refracts when entering glass or water, its refraction has a big influence on how things look," Scott Pernicka says.


Borosilicate glassHeat at temperatures above 3000 degrees using hard glass called so.


While shaping the softened glass round, we will mix gold powder, silver powder, crystallized metal and so on. This mixture reflects the light in the glass and produces glows like that galaxy and stars.


Using a mold, we will carefully and carefully shape it to approach a more perfect spherical shape.


I pulled it off from the fire and cut it off the glass rod. It still has heat and glows red, but already you can see patterns like stars and galaxies inside.


When completed it is like this. In the glass ball like the black universe, nebula and stars are beautifully expressed. Although "Galaxy Glass Orb" is palm-sized, it is possible to produce up to 8 inches in diameter (about 20 cm).


"Galaxy Glass Orbs" can be obtained from the following link from 100 dollars (about 11,000 yen). Delivery to Japan is also possible, but the shipping fee will be separately required from approximately $ 35 (approximately 4000 yen) according to the size.

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