How to Make Glass Marbles

The first man made marbles where made of clay, later on metal marbles where made thanks to the invention of an auto marble making machine. In more ancient times marbles where made of stone.

People have been playing with marbles for thousands of years. But later on glass marbles where made which also where cheaper to make and allowed for eye catching marble glass designs.

To make glass marbles at a faster rate, companies use automatic machines that use recycled glass. The marbles are heated for several hours and then the molten glass are cut into many pieces called “slugs”. These slugs are then spun on the machine to give and keep in the marble shape.

However glass makers with high skill can hand make glass marbles and give it a unique and amazing design. To do so the glass makers takes several colors and in a process of melting and combining colors a wonderful glass marble is made. With the discovery of adding color to glass marbles became a colorful collection.

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