Stands for crystal balls

***Sulis*** · 26-12-2002

Hi everyone,
My gorgeous husband has just bought me a really beautiful obsidian sphere as a solstice present. It`s about 3" in diamiter and it hasn`t got a stand apart from a very naff plastic one which came with it. I`d really like to use something natural as a stand as I haven`t really seen any metal ones which really appeal to me. Any ideas?

Love and light

Crystalmynx xx

allibee · 26-12-2002

Sounds like it's time to go rural and pick some interesting twigs to overlay in a triangle manner

I don't know what effects it may have, because crystals etc aren't my field, but also you could go to a garden centre and check out their rockery stones and see if you could find a smallish one with a definate dip or bowl in the middle.

allibee

**Moose** · 26-12-2002

Hi Crystalmynx,

I also have a 3" gazing ball. I searched for a natural stand for the longest time.

One day while cleaning around it I placed it on my glass candle holder (for tapers) and I've used it from there ever since.

Perhaps this will work for you.

Blessings for a happy 2003...........Moose

**Trogon** · 26-12-2002

Hi Crystalmynx! What a great gift! Obsidian is one of my favoritest stones (right after hematite

). Anyway... I have a few spheres and several rather large CZ's (30mm up to 70mm)... I found some nice velvet bean-bag like things that come in various sizes. These work really well for holding these types of things. Most of the new-age shops around here carry them. Naturally, they won't keep a cat from knocking your sphere off the shelf, but they'll hold it pretty well.

An alternative might be to get a piece of wood and carve out a hollow that would hold your sphere. A nice piece of driftwood or something like that might work really well.

**zorya** · 27-12-2002

what great ideas! bean bags could be made so easily.

i also recieved a sphere from my husband yesterday. i have a geode that is flat on the bottom, and set it in the hollow. it looks great, and i suspect the geode will amplify it's powers. i don't plan on keeping it there, as i fear the geode may scratch or chip the sphere.

i was thinking about making a clay stand, but the thought just occured to me to cut a band out of a gourd (using the neck of a long necked gourd). a gourd couldn't scratch it. it could even be engraved easily. hmmmm......

i suppose in a pinch, one could slice a thick cardboard tube, and cover it with some material or glue small stones etc. on it.

lunalafey · 27-12-2002

I have a few orbs myself, I also make jewelry and one of the goodies in my bead box are semi-precious stone doughnuts. They come in a few sizes but the one I use for my 3" orb is about the size of a quarter. What is cool about the dougnuts is the are flat enough that it looks like the orb sits right on the shelf. You can find these at a bead store....if not PM me.
I have also used metal(finger)rings.
the candle stand sounds way cool.

**raeanne** · 27-12-2002

Hi all,

There are some really good ideas posted here! As I was reading them, I thought about a wooden napkin ring. Would that work?

Emily · 27-12-2002

Hi Crystalmynx,

I collect Figures from a collection called 'Myth and Magic' by The Tudor Mint - they are silver aged to look like pewter, dragons, fairies, unicorns, Magicians, Witches - that kind of thing. Samuels the Jewellers are one of the major stockists - included in the collections are crystal ball holders of varying sizes dragons, fairies etc. I know there are a few designs available, if they haven't been retired but if you're into that kind of thing they might interest you.

*Sulis* believer in magic Moderator Join Date: 03 Feb 2002 Location: Nottingham UK Posts: 17,990	Stands for crystal balls Hi everyone, My gorgeous husband has just bought me a really beautiful obsidian sphere as a solstice present. It`s about 3" in diamiter and it hasn`t got a stand apart from a very naff plastic one which came with it. I`d really like to use something natural as a stand as I haven`t really seen any metal ones which really appeal to me. Any ideas? Love and light Crystalmynx xx __________________ 'Be excellent to each other' - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. 'the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it' - Roald Dahl 'Immerse your soul in love' - Radiohead

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allibee Citizen Join Date: 09 Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,805	Sounds like it's time to go rural and pick some interesting twigs to overlay in a triangle manner I don't know what effects it may have, because crystals etc aren't my field, but also you could go to a garden centre and check out their rockery stones and see if you could find a smallish one with a definate dip or bowl in the middle. allibee Last edited by allibee; 26-12-2002 at 19:48.

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Trogon Citizen Join Date: 27 Aug 2002 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 2,395	Hi Crystalmynx! What a great gift! Obsidian is one of my favoritest stones (right after hematite ). Anyway... I have a few spheres and several rather large CZ's (30mm up to 70mm)... I found some nice velvet bean-bag like things that come in various sizes. These work really well for holding these types of things. Most of the new-age shops around here carry them. Naturally, they won't keep a cat from knocking your sphere off the shelf, but they'll hold it pretty well. An alternative might be to get a piece of wood and carve out a hollow that would hold your sphere. A nice piece of driftwood or something like that might work really well. __________________ "A famous person once said; 'you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time' ... but, as I (an even more famous person) say; 'if you don't teach them to read, you can fool them whenever you like!'" [Max Headroom]

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zorya of the woods Join Date: 18 Mar 2002 Location: earth Posts: 4,300	what great ideas! bean bags could be made so easily. i also recieved a sphere from my husband yesterday. i have a geode that is flat on the bottom, and set it in the hollow. it looks great, and i suspect the geode will amplify it's powers. i don't plan on keeping it there, as i fear the geode may scratch or chip the sphere. i was thinking about making a clay stand, but the thought just occured to me to cut a band out of a gourd (using the neck of a long necked gourd). a gourd couldn't scratch it. it could even be engraved easily. hmmmm...... i suppose in a pinch, one could slice a thick cardboard tube, and cover it with some material or glue small stones etc. on it. __________________ live life

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lunalafey Citizen Join Date: 22 Mar 2002 Location: in a CAve up in the hills Posts: 5,714	a doughnut I have a few orbs myself, I also make jewelry and one of the goodies in my bead box are semi-precious stone doughnuts. They come in a few sizes but the one I use for my 3" orb is about the size of a quarter. What is cool about the dougnuts is the are flat enough that it looks like the orb sits right on the shelf. You can find these at a bead store....if not PM me. I have also used metal(finger)rings. the candle stand sounds way cool. __________________ LOVE is our SOUL purpose

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Moose Tarot Junkie Join Date: 05 Aug 2001 Location: Hasbrouck Hgts., NJ Posts: 115	Hi Crystalmynx, I also have a 3" gazing ball. I searched for a natural stand for the longest time. One day while cleaning around it I placed it on my glass candle holder (for tapers) and I've used it from there ever since. Perhaps this will work for you. Blessings for a happy 2003...........Moose

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raeanne Citizen Join Date: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 1,781	Hi all, There are some really good ideas posted here! As I was reading them, I thought about a wooden napkin ring. Would that work? __________________ Raeanne - "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is becuase he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" Thoreau

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Emily Citizen Join Date: 14 Feb 2002 Location: England Posts: 6,566	Hi Crystalmynx, I collect Figures from a collection called 'Myth and Magic' by The Tudor Mint - they are silver aged to look like pewter, dragons, fairies, unicorns, Magicians, Witches - that kind of thing. Samuels the Jewellers are one of the major stockists - included in the collections are crystal ball holders of varying sizes dragons, fairies etc. I know there are a few designs available, if they haven't been retired but if you're into that kind of thing they might interest you. __________________ # # Emily # # ----------------------------------- A good student never stops learning Having fun with the Liber T

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