The Spalla Merkaba
For the Collector
An object that does not need you to explain it.
Rightness
Most beautiful things could have been otherwise. This one could not. That is the rare pleasure a collector knows at once: owning something exactly and finally right, and knowing you saw it before the world did.
The pleasure of the one right thing
There is a particular joy in living with an object that needs no explaining. Guests stop. They lean in. They look for the flaw, cannot find it, and then look at you a little differently for having chosen it.
It comes from an artist who has lived with this form for thirty years, and you can feel that patience in it. Nothing is hurried, nothing is approximate. It asks to be looked at slowly, and it rewards every look.
Not jewelry, not a toy, not a decoration. Something rarer: a thing that is exactly what it is.

Starburst effect shown for illustration only, not included
with product. Spalla Merkaba enlarged to show detail.
Spalla Merkaba: BartStar in a Stargate/Portal
People come to the Spalla Merkaba for its beauty as a form; for its geometric precision, drawn from the Platonic solids; as an object that helps one raise consciousness; and as something to meditate on.
$99.99
Limited Edition: Nos. 9 to 99
Handcrafted, never mass-produced. Each of the first 99 is assembled by hand, then numbered, signed and dated by the artist, Barton James Christner. Be among the first to own one.
Custom-made to order. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for shipment and delivery.
The same star, seen another way
Other ways in
The Historian
A form carried across civilizations, with its record.
ForThe Seeker
An object for meditation and awareness.
ForThe Teacher and Student
Geometry with a correct answer.
ForThe Gift
A small star of the heavens, in glass.
ForThe Designer
Eight colors, one law, no mirror image.
ForThe Mysteries
A symbol with a long and remarkable record.
Works Cited
- Spalla Historical and Metaphysical Learning Institute, LLC, business plan v12.3, 2026.
- Andromeda Galaxy photograph: Adam Evans, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
