{"title":"The Pool Shark","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor those who live for the felt, the break, and the perfect run. These handcrafted vessels celebrate the game of billiards — pool balls sealed in exotic wood and epoxy, turned on the lathe into something you'd be proud to display long after the cues are racked.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"billiards-blitz-vase","title":"\"Tangent Line\" Hand Turned Pool Balls in Epoxy Vase on Purple Heart","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"375\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"271\"\u003eThe Billiard Blitz Vase\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hand-turned statement piece designed for those who carry their love of billiards beyond the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"681\"\u003eA solid Padauk base and rim give the form weight and stability. The body is cast in deep blue epoxy with shimmering silver mica, then turned by hand on the lathe. As the surface is shaped, cross-sections of red, yellow, green, white, and orange pool balls are revealed—permanently embedded into the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"753\"\u003eEvery angle resolves differently. No two pieces share the same layout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"963\"\u003eThis piece belongs in a space where hobbies are earned, not decorative. 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There is a geometry to great pool play, a kind of slow mathematics where angles and speed and spin are worked out in the mind before a cue ever moves. The crack of the break, the rattle of a bank shot, the silence after a ball drops clean — these are the sounds of a game that never gets old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe serious billiards player sees the table as a chess board — every shot a setup for the next, every leave intentional. They are calculating, focused, and quietly competitive. They know what it feels like to run a rack, and they know the particular satisfaction of a corner pocket, dead center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candle holder was made for that kind of player. Real pool balls are suspended in billiard-green epoxy resin, revealed in cross-section by Jeff's lathe — each ball sliced open to show the layers of color within, solid and stripe alike. The base is turned from canarywood, its warm golden grain as lively as a well-lit pool hall. 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