Thanks ya'll. I have one more undecorated one that I plan on spray painting silver...sort of a pretend gazing ball. Glenda, is there a bowling alley near you? If so, give them a call, when bowling balls are too damaged to use they just throw them in the dumpster. Most alleys are more than willing to give you as many as you can haul away for free.
Hello all, Glendann, many times there are Goodwill / Salvation Army / Golden Rule stores with bowling balls handy. They may be out of sight, but sometimes the worker bees know right where to find them. I scored four of them the other day for a mere two dollars each. I have plenty of them, but can't help myself when I see them in the stores just crying out to me. If I took a good count, I'd say there must be at least a dozen around the house. Recently, I finished a ball by applying shattered tempered glass to a ball which had been painted in multiple coats of various colored metallic paint. This is a photo of it in the sunshine before grouting: There is another one in the works with mirrored tiles, but it is taking a while because the pieces I'm cutting are very tiny. If I can get my camera to cooperate with the computer, I'll post the progress of that one, too. Love to talk bowling balls! Karen Marie
Thanks toni and Karen Marie.I love your bowling ball Karen .I live 36 miles from the big thrift stores .We have a Sonshine center here but they don't have much there.I find glass mostly thereI guess I'll have to make a trip to Bryan/College Station area soon.
