Beach Glass Hearts lot of 5 great colors, tumbled, art glass #3

Description

This is a lot of 5 glass hearts of various sizes and colors.  These lots were photographed both on a solid background and on glass so that you can get a real idea of surface texture and color with a bit of light coming through.  Bubble mailer is cheaper at .00, but riskier.  I will set it at Priority small box for .00, but will downgrade and refund if you opt to take the risk.  Discount for multiple lots and free shipping on additional.
About my glass Hearts:  The glass hearts have never been on the beach.  I source the glass, break it, grind it on a bench grinder and shape it with a hand grinder.  Then I tumble 150 hearts at a time in a rock tumbler.  Once I have four or five pieces of nice glass, the whole process takes about a week.  All in, I can make about ten hearts in an hour.  The tumbler finishes the glass so that it is smoother and more regular than most beach glass, but not as ‘sugary’ as
pure sea glass
.  If you are looking for ‘made by nature’, don’t buy my hearts.  It took the intervention of three power tools, silicon carbide in two forms, and diamond grinding bits to get to my approximation of beach glass.
About my rock Hearts:  Every rock that I have ever carved into a heart has come from the beach.  I am an avid beach collector.  I wrote a book about beach rock collecting and polishing ten years ago and I am writing a book about California beach combing right now.  I have carved jade, marble, California moonstone, root beer agate and the particular mix of jasper and quartz that geologists call jasp-agate.  If you read about the power tool usage with glass hearts you can add a full size wet saw for the larger rocks.  Some of the rocks go through three stages of tumbling and come out smooth, but natural.  Some are taken to a high polish with cerium oxide.
My approach to craft:  I make what I like.  I try to get better all the time, but I am NOT a perfectionist.  I have strong opinions and artistic sensibilities, but they are mitigated by a real lack of artistic talent and ability.  I made 1,000 hearts last month to fill a large order.  My father, the engineer and artist, would have made one (but it would have been smokin’).  I source amazing glass and pick up the coolest beach rock, because great ingredients are key to my ability to make a pleasing finished product. My work ethic is great and I have ten Dremels.
My approach to selling: I’ve been on eBay for 20 years.  I know how it works and I mostly trust it.  I looked at Etsy but I don’t do social media.  I have 10K followers on Instagram because I was in on the leading edge of some very specific long exposure photography 10 years ago.  My photography is not about promoting my craft sales.  I sell stuff because I make stuff.  When an artist gets hooked on my stuff, I sell them a bunch of stuff.  I have 1,000 pounds of polished beach rock in the garage.  I sell about 50 pounds every year.  If I wanted to actually make money doing this, my cheapest hearts would be .00.  Since I often sell hearts in bulk for .50, I ain’t getting rich here.  My real job is the best one I could possibly do, my wife and daughter are nearly perfect humans and my dogs love me when I give them treats.  If I can add small bits of beauty into the world, I’m on the right track for me.