Eureka’s Humboldt Marble Weekend re-emerged post-COVID restrictions as the center of the marble universe last Saturday and Sunday as 28 marble makers and glass artists from around the U.S. showed off their wares to marble-art fans at vendor tables in the Wharfinger Building. Event-organizer Topher Reynolds, a Eureka marble maker at Copious Glass and the […]
Humboldt Marble Weekend
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Humboldt Marble Weekend Clicks Off Tonight
Humboldt Marble Weekend, Feb. 9-11, brings together artists and collectors to celebrate contemporary marbles and marble hunting. Festivities kick off Friday, Feb. 9, with the Marble Makers Ball at the Glass Garage (215 C St., Eureka), where more than 20 glass artists will collaboratively create a marble to be exhibited at the Clarke Historical Museum, and […]
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Lost Marbles: Photos from Humboldt Marble Weekend
Fifty-five marble-making artists from around the United States and two countries (including a dozen or so locals) showed up at Redwood Acres in Eureka last Thursday through Sunday for the second annual Humboldt Marble Weekend. In what turned out to be a wise decision, given the weather, organizers moved all the glass-making demonstrations indoors — […]
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All the Marbles
The Humboldt Marble Weekend attracted a large crowd of marble fans of all ages to Redwood Acres in Eureka over the weekend to watch 46 glass artists display their creative work (not just marbles) and also conduct glass-making demonstrations. See the photo slideshow below for highlights. “We started the fun Thursday night, raising $1,540 for […]