Hi
i,m looking for a whole range of filligrana martin has a few colours but i,m looking for more colours any ideas ladies .
xxcatxx
I like to make my own - I find the commercial ones are too thick, shocky and expensive!
Try a white base, a dark transparent and encase in clear. Rubino over white is gorgeous!
I make my own too, but have always tended to go for a solid opaque coloured core with clear. Top tip there Trudi ;D
cheers!
Here's some ribbon beads I made to show you some colour ideas
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White was just white!
Dark green
Ink Blue
Rubino
cobalt
I like to put a reasonable layer of colour on as it "dilutes" as you pull!
If anyone needs instructions just ask!
OO yummy I may just have to have a go at this ;D
I like to layer my swirls too - so once i have a wrap, I encase and put the next spiral "inbetween" - simple but effective!
I shall be round to inspect!
instructions would be gd, im a newbie :-[ :-*
ETA meant to add tht those beads are gorgeous!
Flattery will get you everywhere!!! I don't have pictures, but it's not difficult!
I make mine on 2 mandrels (un coated) - thicker ones 2.4mm
heat the end of 1 mandrel
get your glass ready - 1white, 1 dark trans and 1 clear
wind a few wraps of white on 1 mandrel -marver into shape (marver in between layers to stop air bubbles)
encase with your coloured transparent - I make this a thick layer - or 2 thin ones - marver smooth
encase with clear -marver smooth
get your other mandrel and heat the end - and heat the free end of your glass and attach.
Without twisting the glass, evenly heat the glass
When it is molten remove from the flame -wait a few seconds - and then slowly pull
* if you pull too soon it will be too thin *
so give it a go and lets see your beads!!
Hope that helps! Trudi x
Snap the glass off and put the mandrelsin your water jar to shock off excess glass
fabtastic! Thanks, gonna give it a shot later on, love those beads!
ooo cheers for the tips honey!
I'm going to be expecting pictures you know!!
and with pictures
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Thanks Trudi for great info and pics i,ll have a go at that .
xxcatxx
ooo thank you Trudi, I've never made my own filigrano, that looks doable... but then again ;) always got Martin to fall back on :D
i should really take the laptop with me to the shed or something! Had a go- too much white, not enough colour and forgot to marver! But after seeing the pics i know what i'm supposed to be doing lol thanks xxx
I had a similar experience this evening...started off with quite a small barrel of white, put two thick layers of violetty purple, encased with thick layer of clear and ended up with a frighteningly big blob with a mind of its own (it was about an inch and a quarter each way). Oh, and even though I was careful there were bubbles that I kept trying to burst and kept pushing back in. I'm telling you it must have taken me an hour to finally get it ready to pull! Got about three foot of pale lilac filigrano. Will show you if/when I put them on a bead ;D Thanks for the lovely clear tutorial, Trudi :) :-*
Keep at it, once you have it ready to pull you need to give it time so it's not too thin.
It does take a little PPP but it's worth it!