The Spalla Merkaba
The Mysteries
An object that seems to know something.
Awe
Some symbols travel. This one crossed oceans and centuries and kept its shape. To hold it is to feel a door left ajar: the sense that people long ago knew more than we assumed, and that there is more still to find.
The questions arrive on their own
Hold it, and the questions come without being asked: who first drew this shape, and why did it matter so much to so many? What did they see that we are only beginning to understand?
We do not claim to have the answers. We offer something better: a beautiful object that keeps the questions alive, and a historian's record that makes them richer each time you look.
We make no claim beyond the record. The record is the wonder.
Both founders speak on the history of the form. To invite them, use the contact details below.
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 Designer
Eight colors, one law, no mirror image.
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.