okay, i've got all the tools i need to make bent beads but didn't buy the book so i don't know how to slump them
anyone got any idea's? i need the schedual for the kiln, i think i've got an idea how to do the rest
MARY MARY!!!!! If we shout loudly she should come!!
I hear you Tan! I've got the Rocio bead bending book, want to borrow it Caroline?
See, told you Mary would know ;)
Quote from: Mary on May 01, 2007, 02:13:19 PM
I hear you Tan! I've got the Rocio bead bending book, want to borrow it Caroline?
please, dose it have the klin cycle needed?
Yep! It does!
Bead bending? what are these new fangled words I am hearing??? ???
Vicki, you make and shape the bead, then put it back in the kiln on a shaped mould, and slump it. Cool for bracelets!
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they just look so good ;D
Ooo Mary they are lovely bracelets, do you need a big kiln to do this? ???
Michelle.x
nope, Mary and I both have SC2's
Yummy! Must post a photo of the bracelet I made with my (well...Mary's) bendy. ;D
Thanks Caroline. ;)
Michelle.x
Yes please, Mary!
i want one of them there bending kits! they look fun!
they do don't they, i can't wait to play
Oooh I like them...mmm my wrist is feeling naked ;)
Wow - they do look very pretty!
Something else to aspire to!
So, do the holes stay in tact on the beads when you slump them (I'm guessing they must, lol!)?
yeah apparently they do, got some beads ready to bend now
You are supposed to use wire that has been dipped in bead release and dried, to keep the holes open. My wire kept falling out! So I carried on and they were fine. But I use skinny mandrels, Jim did some bigger holed ones that collapsed.
oh no, i've made mine with bigger holes
Oh my - sounds complicated!
Quote from: Mary on May 02, 2007, 10:21:38 AM
You are supposed to use wire that has been dipped in bead release and dried, to keep the holes open. My wire kept falling out! So I carried on and they were fine. But I use skinny mandrels, Jim did some bigger holed ones that collapsed.
I'd definitley recommend the wire in them. I colapsed a few when bending. Also, I did not agree with the firing schedule in Rocio's book. It was written for a HotBox kiln and suggested setting on high for the ramp up. I cracked beads doing it that way. I think it should start out on Medium....for about 15 minutes...then go to high.
Jim