Cleaned out the shop and found my first ever batch of marbles

Honestly, I was just moving some old crates in the back and a dusty box fell open. Inside were about 50 marbles I made back in 2009, my first real try after my apprenticeship. Looking at them now, the colors are muddy and the shapes are all off, but I remember being so proud I kept them. Has anyone else dug up their early work and been surprised by how far they've come?

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perry.jessica20d ago

Remember how they felt in your hands back then? That's what I'd want to keep.

susan2955d ago

Wait, you remember the heat from the torch on your old pieces? That's such a sharp detail. I only ever thought about how they looked, not the physical memory of making them. That changes the whole thing for me.

cameron96320d ago

Yeah, that line about "how they felt in your hands" really hits me, @perry.jessica. I used to only see the flaws in my old stuff, like bad seams or weak colors. But holding those first wonky pieces, you remember the exact weight and the heat from the torch, and that feeling is what actually matters. It's not about the thing you made, it's about the making.