For many, marbles are just small, vibrant, glass balls that hold no true significance. But for Bruce Breslow, they aren’t just items for a game or a pretty sight on the eyes. They’re his full-time job. From a small store in Bonner Springs, Breslow handcrafts marbles, turning sticks of glass into colorful sphere-shaped art that fits in the palm of your hand.

Breslow’s fascination with marbles started around his mid to late twenties. He and his wife, Sharron, were in Iowa one weekend when he found some old marbles at an antique store. Once he got back to their accommodations and got a better look, he couldn’t get enough of them.

“I bought a jar of marbles,” Breslow says. “We went back to the bed and breakfast and were getting ready for bed. I’d washed all the marbles, laid the towel down,

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