r/oddlysatisfying • u/Familiar-While9796 • 14h ago

Planetary glass orbs

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u/BlueCap01 14h ago

I want one for my fightstick

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u/raskulous 13h ago

That would be awesome.

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u/Matildachores2h 5h ago

He will be so sick

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u/ZiplockBagOfOregano 11h ago

It would be so heavy, but yeah that'd be cool as hell.

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u/fapperontheroof 10h ago

That’s the point. One THWAP of that fight stick and that’s no more fight 😂.

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u/makemeking706 4h ago

You're allowed to say penis on the internet.

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u/Cgkfox 57m ago

Oh i thought it was like his walking/fight stick

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u/Most-Possibility8410 14h ago

I want one!!! So cool! Please someone @ the artist / glass worker. Must take so much skill, imagination, patience.

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u/Dramatic_Idea_5085 12h ago

I think this is the guy who made it:
https://www.youtube.com/@JustGlassIt

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u/ALittleSparkley 7h ago

I was absolutely horrified at the price they were charging until I remembered they use commas instead of periods 🤦🏾‍♀️

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u/JohnBrandonOlsen 5h ago

150-300 euros still seems steep.

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u/elbow8075 4h ago

I was thinking they'd be at least 100 USD for smaller pieces and then obviously up from there.

20 years ago it would have been half the price. Yay inflation!

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u/virtualglassblowing 2h ago

The flecks of stars are fine silver and their planet in this video is a chunk of 24k gold. It's an expensive and long learning process for sure, on top of being an expensive craft, gases and glass are getting more expensive for us too.

People will ask, well how long did it take you to make that? And its like, well 3 or 4 hours in a blistering hot studio, but it took me 10 years to be able to be able to do that and have it look nice as well

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u/Extra_Quiet_5256 5h ago

How long do you reckon it takes him to make one?

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u/Furrowed_Brow710 4h ago

I work borosilicate glass just like this. It really depends on the size of the marble and your torch. A four inch marble could take 5 hours to make and some people kiln these big ones for 20+ hours. A 1.5 in vortex marble with an encased opal might take me a bit over an hour to 1.5 hrs to make on my small lynx torch.

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u/Extra_Quiet_5256 26m ago

Thanks! So 150-300 for about 5h of work + materials and whatnot seems pretty fair

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u/ALittleSparkley 3h ago

Honestly, I was expecting them to be more expensive!

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u/virtualglassblowing 11h ago

There's many glass artists making these! Find your fav!

https://reddit.com/link/oz1affn/video/wnjgjmg0oqeh1/player

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u/Pierre56 8h ago

It says this subreddit is banned?

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u/Beerswain 4h ago

There's an API issue, if you're using a third party app, videos are janky right now.

Signed, a RedReader user who finally learned about this this week.

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u/thezacdre24 5h ago

Where'd you get this one? It's gorgeous

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u/virtualglassblowing 2h ago edited 1h ago

Thank you! I made it. Here's a clip of some at the shop

Edited to add: this type of glass is called lampworking or Flameworking, there's people posting marbles everyday over on r/lampwork

Really appreciate the kind words

https://reddit.com/link/oz3zbrh/video/38t6b4ow9teh1/player

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u/Linas_Nina 10h ago

Same!! It’s like holding a mini universe on a stick

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u/the_orange_alligator 14h ago

Ya mean marbles?

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u/curio_collector11 11h ago

Careful now, Orion's belt is in there somewhere.

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u/SpeakToMePF1973 9h ago

And you know what happens when he takes it off.

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u/tacomaloki 6h ago

I love these types of comments.

Reminds of a post forever ago:

"There should be live podcasts."

"Radio. What you're thinking of is the radio."

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u/Mothanius 4h ago

"Imagine a movie, but the people were really in front of you."

"You mean a stage play?"

I think I read that in some talk about IMAX movies which then got into VR/AR talks.

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u/Curiosive 3h ago

Paperweights. Decorative glass paperweights were a must-have collectors item trend that peaked during the 1980s.

No one ever called them "planetary orbs" or whatever else these repost bots are inventing for click-bait titles.

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u/QuinessaHope 14m ago

More like galaxiesand nebulas. I didn't see any planets. Looks cool though.

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u/majd_sabik 14h ago

Giving me Mass Effect vibes

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u/tvrossy 13h ago

Yes, especially when I installed it

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u/Short_Hair_Energy 11h ago

Glass Effect

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u/chef-nom-nom 4h ago

This should have way more upvotes.

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u/Fun-Web-7583 12h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/TdwziQPhbNAzK

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u/sjaakhaakdraak 8h ago

Listed for 200 euros.

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u/kylo-ren 5h ago

I can't wait for the AI ​​ads selling this for $40, but it's just a printed picture of a galaxy inside a plastic ball.

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u/SoN1Qz 12h ago

They are cool for five minutes to then be forgotten in a drawer

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u/My_Monkey_Sphincter 10h ago

2000 years from now archeologists will wonder how the earth crafted them.

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u/thepkboy 7h ago

Could it be... aliens?

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u/Brammm87 11h ago

I recognize the sample in the music, anyone know the original track? My song finder is finding other songs that sample it.

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u/Bowser_Spunk 9h ago

"You know what would make this better? Fart sounds at the reveal."

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u/Strontiumdogs1 11h ago

Could someone tell me what the music is.

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u/Stone_Swan 9h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNooQTvVCA

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u/Strontiumdogs1 9h ago

Thank you

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u/samsg1 7h ago

And thank YOU for asking! That bassline tickles my ear and parts of my body in a weird, pleasant way. I really like it!

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u/Strontiumdogs1 7h ago

Yeah, it's just got that... something 😁

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u/Outrageous_Olive_489 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YFI6jh4bNBBSdzGsWS
That reminds me of playing marbles as a kid.

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u/MrMadras 11h ago

I am currently reading 1984. This passage from the book instantly came to mind.

The inexhaustibly interesting thing was not the fragment of coral but the interior of the glass itself. There was such a depth of it, and yet it was almost as transparent as air. It was as though the surface of the glass had been the arch of the sky, enclosing a tiny world with its atmosphere complete. He had the feeling that he could get inside it, and that in fact he was inside it, along with the mahogany bed and the gateleg table and the clock and the steel engraving and the paperweight itself. The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.

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u/Furrowed_Brow710 4h ago

TIL 1984 predicted the multiverse.

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u/Disastrous_Glove_494 10h ago

The track used here; 'Endless flight' by Gustavo Santaolalla for the film Babel is an extraordinary soundtrack. Very soothing, very peaceful and extremely underrated. Pls do give it a listen guys, you won't be disappointed.

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u/TheObliviousYeti 12h ago

I mean imagien that on top of a cane

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u/Kaasbek69 8h ago

Marble is the word you're looking for.

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u/SentientBea 13h ago

Expertly crafted!

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u/effyoucreeps 12h ago

get right outta town/universe with this talent

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u/djiock 10h ago

Haha le petit t-shirt Floodcast

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u/Turbulent_Heart9290 7h ago

Do they happen to make cat collars? 

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u/Pnooms 4h ago

The music sounds like a pitch-shifted fart.

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u/VintageKofta 11h ago

This video could definitely do without this garbage music.. it doesn't do it any justice.

Otherwise, nice work!

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u/Truly_Meaningless 12h ago edited 12h ago

Wow look a cosmowhirl orb ad. Just remember, this shit costs like 400 USD for something that's not even three inches wide.

Edit to adD: I Don't mean shit in a bad way by the way, these genuinely look gorgeous, but hot damn if that price makes it hard to want one

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u/Mercurian_Orbit 12h ago edited 12h ago

I clicked the dude's YT page and clicked through to his website, he is a French guy and he's selling the small orbs for 70€. Idk I think that's reasonable for a handcrafted piece of art / decoration

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u/meaghan_rebecca 12h ago

Credit? Want to find the original artist

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u/AquaEarlyBuyer 12h ago

I have 3 similar to these; love them!

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u/TheProblemChiled 12h ago

After taking a look on the website I was a little disappointed, they have a lot of impurities in them and are costly as hell, for that kind of impurity ratio I wouldn't even price it over like 50 euros

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u/randomMomo 11h ago

I really don't need a new hobby :(

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u/GamingSceptile 11h ago

Okay, who else wants one of these on like a scepter or Wizard staff

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u/Sad-Excitement9295 11h ago

That is absolutely awesome. Kudos if you can make one contain a solar system, that would be crazy cool!

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u/North-Line7134 11h ago

Shadow Orbs

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u/ozecal-lo 10h ago

Arte y creatividad

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u/thesluttyastronauts 10h ago

lol I once saw someone trying to sell one of these for $5k & this guy's got boxes of 'em. Knew it was overpriced but didn't know by that much.

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u/aragorn767 10h ago

Is this music by Gustavo Santaolia? (Misspelled his last name for sure.)

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u/Zealousideal_Step709 10h ago

Looks awesome and to be honest I am happy that they chose Babel instead of the omnipresent Interstellar music for this clip.

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u/Professional_Gur8385 10h ago

and where might one buy these? please don't be overpriced...

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u/fall3n_hiro 10h ago

I kinda want one with like the endurance from interstellar

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u/mrChofee 9h ago

W A N T

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u/LemtaLongi 8h ago

I NEED IT

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u/zorba8 8h ago

The Arkenstone.

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta 8h ago

Whoa, so cool!

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u/Swimming-Art7035 8h ago

Wow those are beautiful! Where would I buy one of these?

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u/LingonberryFun7739 8h ago

So so cool I want one

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u/Visible_Sun7894 8h ago

🎷🎷🎷

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u/CreZativity 7h ago

Art is amazing, artists are amazing, fuck this is cool!

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u/Ray_of_glumshine 7h ago

That clip went through the stages hobby, obsession and business quick.

Where do I buy one ... or a few?

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u/HistoricalQuality331 6h ago

At first I thought it was gonna be a hash pipe masher lol

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u/earthwormjimjones 6h ago

Thought he was making a meth pipe lol.

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun 6h ago

A) I want one of those, and B) I probably can't afford one of those.

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u/limajhonny69 6h ago

Yeah now I want a collection of those to play with in an acid trip

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u/Routine_Strategy5929 4h ago

I don't care if this is covert advertising; I wanna buy one.

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u/Difficult-Pen-4893 3h ago

It would be amazing to have one of that fire stick . It looks like a Lolipop. LOL

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u/Consistent_Point_853 3h ago

Horrid music tho

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u/picollo7 3h ago

We used to call these marbles back in the day. 

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u/GrayMech 3h ago

"planetary glass orb"? That's a weird way to spell cool marbles

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u/Knightenchant 3h ago

Whoever came up with making little glass worlds deserves more credit

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u/Ill_Combination_9114 1h ago

Where’s the link

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u/cosmorab1t 1h ago

I want one for a shift knob!!!

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u/Interoperable-Peril 1h ago

Anyone happen to know what banger of a song this is? I want to add it to my playlists.

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u/H3ll0_W0R1D1 1h ago

AI. 

And if not then future AI

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u/kyliedakat 13h ago

Wow those are beautiful! I'd love to see some more sparkles in there like little tiny stars! Not really a fan of the flowers but I'm sure they're popular. Where would I buy one of these?

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u/mikewentworth 5h ago

I always wondered how these were made!!

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u/Kuzzk0 12h ago

So, basically marbles that are a bit bigger.

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u/Dirmbz 8h ago

More like galaxiesand nebulas. I didn't see any planets.

Looks cool though.

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u/BuildingRelevant7400 5h ago

You mean marbles

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u/Crazy-Borderuui 5h ago

God is truly beautiful

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u/-Nicolai 5h ago

Well the “planets” are just dull monocolour orbs inside a marble. Not that interesting.