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Clear Optical Snake
This glass Clear Optical Snake is simultaneously incredibly lifelike and completely fantastictical! It has a exciting surface texture and interesting optical effects, a glare in its eye, and has nice details just like all of my work ;-)
 
I found some timber rattlesnakes while hiking two summers ago and a copperhead last spring, along with numerous milksnakes, blacksnakes and garter snakes in between and since. Lots of inspiration to make these danger noodles! They're crazy hard to make, too - they get stressed out and explode from cooling down too quickly, much worse bite than a live snake :-| BUT don't worry, these are safely annealed (de-stressed) and will hold their shape unless you accidentally drop them!

It is made of Effetre (aka "soft") glass via the lampworking technique - sculpted from molten glass rods, over an oxy-propane torch. Afterward, it has been annealed in a digitally-controlled kiln, so is fully stabilized and when properly cared for, should last several human lifetimes (much longer than a live salamander!)

Clear Optical Snake

$235.00Price
    • Aproximate size: 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall

    • Made from Moretti/Effetre glass

    • Signed with signature stamp on underside of head

    • All of my sculptures are individually hand-made by me, Wesley Fleming, by melting glass rods over a torch and then properly annealed in a digitally-controlled kiln to remove any stress from the making process.
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