The Spalla Merkaba
For the Designer
Nothing arbitrary. Nothing wasted.
Satisfaction
No compromise, no arbitrary choice, nothing fudged to make it fit. Designers spend careers chasing the quiet thrill of a thing done properly. Here it is, whole, in the palm of your hand.
The calm of a problem truly solved
Good design is the removal of every choice that did not need to be made. Here, not one did. Every color answers to a single idea, and the whole star follows from it. You feel that coherence before you can name it.
How it holds together stays our secret. What you hold is the result: an object with the unhurried confidence of work done properly.
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 Collector
An art object, placed sphere by sphere by law.
ForThe 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 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.