Hiya
As I've now been lampworking nearly 6 months, I have some idea of the glass I love.. and the glass I hate! I'd be really interested in knowing your top picks in each category and it will be interesting to see if any themes emerge. I work on a Hothead at present.
GLASS I LOVE (Well not all of it - that would be ridiculous, these are just highlights!):
Effetre Dark Lavender
Effetre Opal Yellow
Effetre Alexandrite
Effetre Dark Ivory
Effetre Red Purple
CIM Aubergine
CIM Sangre
CIM Elphaba
Effetre Coral
CIM Mink
Aurae
Triton
Luna
Psyche
GLASS I HATE:
Reichenbach Magic (it just stays beige for me)
TAG Dalai Lama and Tibet (ditto)
Raku (No good on a HH)
Double Helix Clio (contraversial, but I can't get anything but poop from it!)
Effetre Whisper (just don't get it)
Most Effetre Turqouises and Greens (go yucky on my HH)
Rubino Oro/Cranberry Pink (still trying to work it without it getting grey whispy bits in it)
What about you?
Hmm Helen - I pondered what would be my five "can't live without" glasses over the weekend and came up with this:
Stoneground
Copper Green
Dark Ivory
Aurae (Light, Dark & normal)
Psyche
Red jasper
Seashell swirl
Clio
Psyche
Kronos
Sea foam
Rembrandt
Simply Berry
Hades
Aether
Seems I can't count.........
I've never been attracted to ghee and I don't get on with leaky pen
Sarah
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i have a love hate relationship with most of the glass i have depending on all kinds of things ...but have to say the hate bit is usually down to me and my inability to control it ...not the glass itsself
there are a few i wont bother getting again ...annice white being one of them ....and i wont bother with filigrena rods or encased goldstone etc ...home made are much better!
In no particular order...
Triton
Ekho
Dark Ivory
Kryptonite
Antique Clear
Dirty Martini
Multicolour Dark
Light and Dark Teal
Heffalump
Green tea
Vetro Key Lime
I dislike
Ghee
Petroleum green
Leaky Pen
and those funny CIMs like Olive and Adamantium
Kazx
Ooh exciting to see that there are 5 glasses already on your "love" list that I haven't encountered yet ;D
love:
Dark Ivory
Coral
Reichenbach Ocean
Dark Multicolour
Dark Silver Brown
Straw Yellow
Zachary
Mermaid
Dirty Martini
Elphaba
Freman
Stoneground
Hades
Red Copper Green
hate:
Effetre Striking Reds/Yellows
Laguna Blue (disappointing)
Effetre Clear
CIM colours that crack encasing
Havn't tried so many glasses though! Whats effetre alexandrite? and whisper? i like this thread :)
ohh - I'm surprised that a few of you don't like Leaky Pen - tis a gorgeous colour!
What's Effetre Whisper - I've not come across this one!
My list I'll need to work on -
dislike -
TAG Jupiter - so much promise and it hates me. I haven't touched in months. Perhaps I need to give it another try ...... who knows amybe the magic will work?????????????
Magic -but may give it another go when I'm in a rackless mood!
CIM Sapphire - beautiful colour, but a b*gg*r to work with!
Love
Tag Deep Purple - I've only just discovered this one!
Aurae - it rocks!
034 Turquoise
Pale Emerald
Pearl Beige - esp with ocean
Reicenback Opal Yellow!
Black Nebula - wow!
Gaia when it does what I want it to!
dark lavender
Bullseye Coral and sunset striker
This list can go on ........
Alexandrite is a lovely colour shifting greeny/purple and Effetre Whisper is clear with a pinky swirl in it - both I got from Frantz Art Glass in the USA. Unfortunately my HH doesn't like the Whisper..
Ivory
Transparent pale brown
Transparent baby blue
Transparent light emerald green
light turquoise
Triton
Aurae
Antique clear
heffalump
copper green
red roof tile
pink swirl
wasabi
pearl grey
mermaid
I don't like
pulsar...maybe i got a bad batch but it bubbles like mad
tongue pink
ghee
clear that misbehaves
Where do you get Black Nebula and TAG Deep Purple? They sound ace!
My Pulsar bubbles too Josephine, but its such a stunning colour, I don't care!
ok glass i love
Reichenbach Opal Raspberry (gorgeous pink that works on a hh with no problems!)
Reichenbach Flamingo
Effetre Dark Ivory
Effetre Copper Green
Effetre Red Purple
Effetre New Violet
Effetre Periwinkle and Dark Periwinkle
Effetre Straw Yellow
CiM Thai Orchid
CiM Heffalump
CiM Poison Apple
CiM Dirty Martini
and (very short list of) glass i hate
Reichenbach Iris Blue (just totally underwhelmed by it)
Effetre Rose (burnt a big hole in my carpet)
CiM Gelly's Sty (doesnt work well on my hh)
Effetre Silver Black (may just be me)
Reichenbach Multicolour (have yet to get anything but snot out of this)
So looking forward to trying some of the glass you have all mentioned so far!
helen if you hate your effetre whisper do you want to swap a rod of it at flame off for something? i just got some vetro oddlots if there is a rod or two of them you would like to try?
Hi Helen
Yep, just let me check I've still got some - I'll send you a PM tomorrow if I have? Can't check at this late hour.
Helen x
Love:
Eff Dark Ivory
Eff Rubino Oro
Eff Tequila sunrise orange (very old lot) and all of the other corals
Eff Turquoise
Eff Aqua
Eff Copper red
Eff EDP
Eff Opal Yellow
Eff Ink Blue
Eff Clear 006 - loving that glass
DH Terra - the king of glass
DH Psyche (though I can never spell it)
DH Triton
DH Aurae
Lauscha Clear - "Reassuringly" expensive
CIM Thai Orchid
CIM Ginger
CIM Leaky Pen
Reichenbach - Pink lady
Reichenbach - Iris Gold
Hate:
I have 2kg of Straw Yellow that I could cheerfully stand up against the wall and shoot.
Effetre so-called "cool" Strawberry Shake - which is a fancy way of saying plain dull white.
Some weird glass that can only be described as "sperm coloured". No idea what it is and what possessed me to buy it.
Effetre 004 "crystal" clear. Not.
Reichenbach - "Multicolour" - well as multicoloured as only green can be.
Reichenbach - "Magic" - as convincing as Paul Daniels.
Quote from: helbels on April 06, 2010, 11:11:41 PM
Where do you get Black Nebula and TAG Deep Purple? They sound ace!
Black Nebula is my made GT Glassoworks and is from the US - but I beleive you can get smaller amounts here http://www.etsy.com/shop/knattydreadz?order=date_desc&page=4 - none listed at the moment but he might have some if you PM him. He sells lots of silver glass in stringers - that really aren't bad prices and a good way to try out glass - especially some that we can't get hold of easily!
TAG Deep Purple - see Off-Mandrel!
thanks helen that would be loverly :)
Sal you are a hoot!
sperm coloured!!! ROFL! :D
I can't believe I missed out Terra nova 2 - I love the stuff!
Trudi - leaky pen just bubbles on me as does pulsar so that can be added to my hate list too!
Sarah
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glass I love
pearl beige
glacier
zachary
turquoise effetre
poison apple
aurae
ivory
pearl pink
pearl grey
petal pink
neo lavender opal
turquoise opal
poi
pale emerald
aqua
and many more
dislikes
not really any at the moment still trying them out!
Wow I am learning a lot from this thread - thank you everyone who has contributed so far ;D I've also noticed that the amazingly coloured "paddle" of Magic that is shown on various websites has successfully fooled loads of us into buying this glass - I'd love to find the person who made that paddle and bring them along to my torch and challenge them to get anything but dark bird poo from it ;D ;D
Love
crocus unique
apricot coral
key lime
kiwi
eff grass green
eff apple green
eff 106
eff dark violet
all DH except pandora
multicolour
hades
reich pearls and mystics
pale aqua
nearly all CIM
tangerine sparkle
hate
pulsar, it cant play nice
eff metalic black, it hates me and I have a ton of it
sedona, bleurgh
tongue pink, what pink?
eff 104
and the durgy batch of eff straw yellow
Kay, I'm planning on running off and eloping with Effetre silver black - so I'll take yours off your hands if you want to get shot. Maybe I should be suggesting this in a different thread though! :D
whats sedona kay? thats another one i havent heard of :-[
I think its effetre, every time I have tried it it went in the kiln a gorgeous rosy pink/purple came out durgy mottled pink.
I love the following:
effetre
sky blue
periwinkle
light pink
ivory & dk ivory
White ( I think it's a great White!)
cim
crocus
heffalump
simply berry
Sangre (best red ever!)
oz
cranberry
pink champagne
dirty martini
glacier
French blue
others
reichenbach
all the mystics
ocean
all the pearls
antique clear
dh
triton
psyche
aurae
Clio
aether (best clear I've ever used!!)
Dislikes
essentially anything orange!
effetre coral
cim phoenix
effetre rubino that is a dodgy batch that looks like dk Amber
EDP devits like mad for me
cim leaky pen because it boils
cim pulsar because it boils
cirrus because everything I make from it cracks
reichenbach magic
reichenbach iris orange (just the rods)
tag golden emerald, does nothing for me
tag Zeus-beautiful but is a lotta effort to work!
I think that's my gripes over
Ooh, so far, colours I love are:
Petrol green
Turquoise (light or dark)
Anise white
Coral
Pastel yellow (I dub thee mango coral)
Pretty much all the greens!
Teal
Carnelian opalino
CiM stoneground - just tried a tiny bit on the ends of a bead and I love it
I'm liking most of the CiM I've tried so far - just made single test spacers from what's in my sample pack. Glacier, pulsar, ghee, simply berry, rose quartz...
Dislike:
Striking red... because I get brown :p
Quote from: Sarah on April 06, 2010, 11:33:58 PM
I can't believe I missed out Terra nova 2 - I love the stuff!
Trudi - leaky pen just bubbles on me as does pulsar so that can be added to my hate list too!
Sarah
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Sarah
When I first tried Leaky Pen it pitted like mad - I left it for a few months then tried it again (same rod) and it behaved!!! Go figure! Perhaps it was weather conditions, flame settings - not sure. But give it another go just to see - you never know! Colette had the same issue too!
ooo i also love green tea and opal yellow :)
Well, short list from me as likes are Boro (no surprise there!) There are lots of boro colours which one minute I hate then love how they work.
Hate is easy, and I can't believe no-one else has mentioned it yet - Annice white (I think that's what it's called). I remember taking ages to gently warm it, finally so it didn't spit into frit, then the whole rod exploded leaving me holding a 2inch stub. I bet next time I move around the workshop I'm bound to find some more bits of it. Terriable stuff.
Love clear boro, pure as the driven glass. Blemish free, clean and refreshing.
Hate most colours and silica/quartz
Ian
ooh i quite like my effetre anice (its 208, right?) and i just got some vetro 208 and am worried its frit on a stick...!
I only recently tried Anice White after seeing Mindy's tutorial - and I warm it really really gently from high up in the flame, and to be honest it's been fine. Sometimes when I go to reuse it(in the same session) I'm a bit cocky and I try to warm it up faster a bit pops off - but really no worse than some other shocky colours to be fair. I do find that this stuff acts a bit more like a transparent and is easier to encase than other whites - and for the blossom beads it does blend better than using standard whites. I've not tried it for the reactions yet!
Perhaps I've been lucky with my batch - but try annealing a small rod next time you have your kiln on and then give it another go!
Quote from: Kalorlo on April 07, 2010, 09:19:11 AM
Dislike:
Striking red... because I get brown :p
You may be over striking it if it looks a bit "liverish". Next time, heat it up strongly until clear, take it out of the flame, wait for about 30 secs and then waft around in the top of the flame until you see the colour start to form and then take it out.
Quote from: helbels on April 06, 2010, 11:38:06 PM
Wow I am learning a lot from this thread - thank you everyone who has contributed so far ;D I've also noticed that the amazingly coloured "paddle" of Magic that is shown on various websites has successfully fooled loads of us into buying this glass - I'd love to find the person who made that paddle and bring them along to my torch and challenge them to get anything but dark bird poo from it ;D ;D
The paddle that we use on our website was made by Teresa. We both made one at the same time. I got some reaction but not much where as Teresa got all kinds of colours from it and still does. The only thing that we do differently is I work with quiet a cool flame where as Teresa works very hot. She just heated it up into a ball and then squished it with cold mashers, flame polished and that was it.
Quote from: Redhotsal on April 07, 2010, 10:25:36 AM
You may be over striking it if it looks a bit "liverish". Next time, heat it up strongly until clear, take it out of the flame, wait for about 30 secs and then waft around in the top of the flame until you see the colour start to form and then take it out.
I tried the shape then reheat to clear... but could only manage heat to orange and ended up with even more brown!
When my bead release broke while winding on the disk, it was a lovely ruby... :P
Heheh - I really like my anise. But I was lucky and my rod isn't shocky at all. I just hope the 1/4kg I ordered is half as well behaved! :D
I've been thinking about this for faaar to long! :D
Love;
Dark ivory
Dark aqua
Cobalt
Fossil
Ink blue
Aurae
Triton
Grumpy Bear
Sepia
Blush
Thai Orchid
Lapis
Hades
Multicolour
Mystic violet
Pink Lady
Hate;
Fremen (frit on a stick)
Ghee
Wasabi (bleurrrgh)
Ekho (it hates me!)
Fremen - another one of my favourites - tis a gorgeous colour!
My lists are still quite short :-)
Love:
(Effetre:)
opaque light pink
opaque dark red
pale emerald
opaque petrol green
opaque purple
dark ivory
(Bullseye:)
violet striker
pink striker
aventurine green
Hate:
Effetre clear 004
ohh these lists are great, I may just have to go pick out a few of the loves next time I shop.
So far I love (all effetre opaques)
Dark Ivory
Purple
Petrol Green
Light Grey
White (It likes to stay white)
Not found any I particularly hate yet though I'm not to fond of transparent yet. Though Ivory doesn't like me 2 beads same session same time in flame ones mottled like mad the other is as crisp as the original rod. Go figure.
Waiting on getting a CiM and Rachenbacher pack so I can play with them
Likes :) :
Light ivory
Sky blue (light and dark)
Mosaic green
Dark fossil - just love this one
Kryptonite - and this!
Rose Quartz
Phoenix
Dislikes :( :
Leaky Pen - pit,pit,pit
TAG Jelly Opal - just bleauugh!
I wonder if the TAG Jelly Opal is Sal's "sperm coloured glass" - sounds like it could be!
What a great thread!
I love Efftre:
Rubino
Both periwinkles
Grass Green
White (use it all the time)
Opaque Dark baby pink
EDP
Dark Ivory
CIM:
Glacier
Crocus
Cranberry
And I hate:
Tag Taxico....can't get it to do anything
Gaia...it won't work!
and the 1/4 kilo of silver black that was duff, as tested by Julie (Lush) to confirm it wasn't just me :-\
Quote from: noora on April 07, 2010, 05:21:22 PM
Hate:
Effetre clear 004
roll it in silver leaf or foil then add frit or dark ivory ;)
Quote from: Trudi on April 07, 2010, 09:23:12 AM
Quote from: Sarah on April 06, 2010, 11:33:58 PM
I can't believe I missed out Terra nova 2 - I love the stuff!
Trudi - leaky pen just bubbles on me as does pulsar so that can be added to my hate list too!
Sarah
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Sarah
When I first tried Leaky Pen it pitted like mad - I left it for a few months then tried it again (same rod) and it behaved!!! Go figure! Perhaps it was weather conditions, flame settings - not sure. But give it another go just to see - you never know! Colette had the same issue too!
Perhaps it matures like wine? I'll give it a go again over the weekend - it looks like it should be a pretty colour :)
Sarah
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If any of you want rid of your TAG jelly opal can you PM me?? :)
Quote from: helbels on April 07, 2010, 06:46:23 PM
I wonder if the TAG Jelly Opal is Sal's "sperm coloured glass" - sounds like it could be!
Um no. The suspect glass is very old - it may not even be glass.... :o
What, you mean it may actually be........ :o :o :o Like petrified ??? (Like Fordite ???) OMG did someone get very excited by the glass ???
Heh - Fordite! Issat the same as Dagenham Agate? ;D
No, not excited by the glass(!) (eurgh). In my experience - it's mostly women that get excited by all those, um, rods of glass. Men seem to prefer marbles.....
I did wonder that the glass might be an extremely long bundles of glue sticks for a while, but it's probably something quite prosaic as Effetre. Might be P+T. 'Orrible glass whatever it is.
Omg I need to close my eyes!!!!
This thread really has been an eye opener!! Lots of good hints and tips with dome smut for good measure!!!
Dome Smut?? Don't know where your twisted mind is heading here, Trudes. I only use mine for marble making! ;) ;) ;)
Hehe! That's it - I'm off to bed. ;D
I also like cranberry
rubino oro
green tea
I agree Effetre 004 is the pits!
Quote from: Redhotsal on April 08, 2010, 12:07:13 AM
Dome Smut?? Don't know where your twisted mind is heading here, Trudes. I only use mine for marble making! ;) ;) ;)
Hehe! That's it - I'm off to bed. ;D
It was late Sal and I was on the I touch - what can I say - you're leading me astray!
New name for a glass then ....
dome smut! described as fordite like prosaic petrified sperm coloured glass.....would folks get excited over this one ???
I absolutly LOVE :
(depending on how I want to encase)
- Vetrofond clear
- Lauscha clear
- Effetre Rubino
- CiM Cranberry
- CiM Thai Orchid
- CiM Celadon
- Effetre Pea Green
- Effetre Sky Blue
- Effetre White
- Vetrofond Black
- CiM Ghee
- Vetrofond Tangerine Sparkle
- Vetrofond Pineapple Sparkle
- Vetrofond Transparent Grass Green
and pretty much any other compatible colours...
I hate :
All colours that "pop"and "spit" bits of molten glass in my face all the time... such as Effetre Anice White or Vetrofond Marbled Avocado
urm...
LOVE
Poison apple - Glass of the moment
All the mystics apart from red
The grass greens
trans cobalt blue
silver brown
Cool kiwi
Deep Purple Red
Pastel Yellow
HATE
Canyon De Chelly
Not overly enamoured with
Magic (I did get multicolour to do something, but not in a bead)
Silver Black (I get better silvery effects from effetre black, don't ask me how!?!)
I really love garnet red, but for the life of me I can't get it to work for me, I just burn it.
Quote from: Redhotsal on April 07, 2010, 10:57:45 PM
Quote from: helbels on April 07, 2010, 06:46:23 PM
I wonder if the TAG Jelly Opal is Sal's "sperm coloured glass" - sounds like it could be!
Um no. The suspect glass is very old - it may not even be glass.... :o
Quote from: Redhotsal on April 07, 2010, 11:14:48 PM
. Men seem to prefer marbles.....
LMAO!
Glass - I love it all - except TAG Tibet which turned out like very expensive poo on a stick. ::) :P
I love too much to actually list it all; but of particular note are:
CIM Peacock
CIM Gunmetal
CIm Ginger
Eff Periwinkle
Reich Ocean
Aurae
Triton
I hate:
Magic
Magic
Magic
Magic
Magic
Quote from: Krysia on April 09, 2010, 11:08:01 AM
Magic (I did get multicolour to do something, but not in a bead)
Very, very curious......
Kazx
Quote from: Kaz on April 09, 2010, 03:28:03 PM
Quote from: Krysia on April 09, 2010, 11:08:01 AM
Magic (I did get multicolour to do something, but not in a bead)
Very, very curious......
Kazx
I was so chuffed to have got it to what I thought it was meant to do that I didn't dare push it, but doing anything more with it!
i just found a new glass that i love love love! perfect for goddess'!
now if only i knew what the hell it was :'(
it's an odd rod that someone kindly gave me so going to try and track it down, its a sort of dusky pink, i compared it to all the effetre and cim pinks i have and its not any of them, maybe i'll take whats left of it to FO and try and match it up, then buy a whole load of the stuff!
picture of the rod!
right just gone and snapped some pics, tried to get the colours to look as close as possible!
un-burnt end
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4505135437_c289482fcb_m.jpg)
burnt end
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4505139105_e474643977_m.jpg)
and a link to my flickr for bigger pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvergems89/
Looks like tongue pink
That's dead spooky - I have an unlabelled rod to that look exactly like that!!