Making Fried Marbles

Turn a common inexpensive toy into a glittery jewelry element when you make fried marbles.

Making fried marbles.

Fried marbles have a cracked effect on the inside of the marbles without them actually cracking apart. Bowl of ice water place the marbles in a dry frying pan no oil and cook on high for 15 20 minutes keeping the marbles rolling constantly. The marbles aren t actually fried in oil but baked in a really hot oven and then rapidly cooled in iced water. It s interesting to see the way the glass cracks and the way that light passes through them i found out about fried marbles when i was researching marble runs and thought it was a really cool idea.

You ll hear them sizzling and popping in. This is probably how crackle beads are made. Although you may be skittish like me and have that nagging vision of them exploding into evil molten glass shrapnel don t fear the glass is pretty stable at high temps. Also called fried marbles these beauties have a network of shattered glass inside them.

The outside of the glass shrinks as it cools which collides with the hot expanded interior to crack it. Some marbles will break apart but you can glue bead caps with wire loops on the survivors to make pendants. See more ideas about jewelry crafts jewelry making marble jewelry. Impressive to see but simple to make these beads are perfect for a simple cord or chain or you can string them together for a more elaborate design.

Marbles not opaque frying pan. Don t go too far away. Jul 9 2013 explore barbara darrington s board fried marble designs followed by 495 people on pinterest. Turn the burner on under the pan and pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea and relax for ten minutes or so while the marbles get really hot.

Now marbles have no holes so here are other ways to incorporate them into jewelry.