Brian Graham was first introduced to hot glass working in 1993 while attending Kent State University and was fortunate to have studied under the renowned studio art glass pioneer Henry Halem. While at Kent, he also studied archaeology & anthropology, and is heavily influenced by these two disciplines. Brian is interested in many forms of glass working including furnace blowing, torch work, fusing, and casting.

Brian's marbles are not so much contemporary art works as they are faithful reproductions of late 19th century hand-crafted marbles, as pioneered by James Harvey Leighton of Akron, Ohio. Brian employs the same "one-marble-at-a-time" hand gathering process employed by Leighton. As such, Brian's marbles will exhibit the same design traits as vintage Leighton marbles; a "9," "6," looping "S" or comma pattern, a tail that wraps around the marble , or loops at the pontil.

When not making marbles or blowing glass at his studio, the Canal Fulton Glassworks, Brian can be found working on his other passion - The American Toy Marble Museum in Akron, Ohio.

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