Has anyone tried this yet? Is it like the Zimmermann one at all?
:)
I've just had it delivered - tell ya later ;D
Oh yes please tell and show pics!
Just got mine today. Looks interesting. Mine is in rod so I might smash it up later and have a play
Righty ho - well, so far, it melts beautifully, it's a spreader, and doesn't devit as quickly as the Zimmerman. It looks lovely going into the kiln, very similar to Z99 - it won't be out til the morning I'm afraid, but I'll post piccies then. I really hope it looks as good coming out!
I'm getting this in shortly in the K0 (fine) frit form.
Kazx
Quote from: Kaz on June 14, 2011, 02:06:33 PM
I'm getting this in shortly in the K0 (fine) frit form.
Kazx
That's great, Kaz!! :)
I made just a couple of spacers with it and it came out really dark – from looking at the end of the cane, I was expecting it to come out streaky - which it didn't (shame) but perhaps I need to play with it a little more.
I'd agree and say that it behaved well and didn't devit!!
And I'll be keen to try some frit with it – assuming it's dark like the glass I think it will show up well on beads!
Sounds brilliant Kaz!
I has some, tis yummy!
can't tell you if its like zimmerman cause I don't have any ( :'( :'( wail moan etc etc)
I'll have some more specified playtime with it soon, and actually pay attention to what I'm doing with it heat wise.
nearly had a fit yesterday when I etched some, it went all gakky and white! like the purple had been painted on and the etch had taken it off! luckily it was the white that was a coating and it washed off...phew!
apart from a couple of smaller beads that I treated like EDP, all mine has come out a pretty purpley lilac colour, much more like the outside of the rod colour, but some has very slight devit.
Kaz, may I ask where you got the frit from? The factory itself doesn't sell frit in COE 104, only in COE96, so I would be interested in the supplier.
It's 96 COE so I can blend with other 96.
Kazx
OOOoo, if I get fed up with smashing my rods the smitherines then I will come straight to you Kaz ;D I love the look/colour of the rods ;D
Oh I see, thanks Kaz.
Here we go, I'm afraid the goddess isn't up to much, I was concentrating on the purple ::)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5835329813_40dc53d9e9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329813/)
purple rose goddess (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329813/) by awrylemming (http://www.flickr.com/people/54880518@N08/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/5835329733_02a672b35d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329733/)
purple rose rear (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329733/) by awrylemming (http://www.flickr.com/people/54880518@N08/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/5835329941_1851d31468.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329941/)
loadsdots (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5835329941/) by awrylemming (http://www.flickr.com/people/54880518@N08/), on Flickr
The purple was applied on the goddess with stringer! It really really spreads this stuff, a definite less is more colour. But it's gorgeous. It reacted with the ivory, I love that look, and when used in dots, bottom picture, right bead, the dots stay nice and distinct. The bottom bead is a purple rose base, my photos aren't good, but it really is very pretty.
So, purple rose. Nah, don't buy it, you don't want that stuff, leave it all for me .... ;D
I've just put a couple in the kiln. One with silver leaf, frit and then encased and the other without the silver...will see what tomorrow brings. I was planning a whole day, but everything is manky and not working and I have a headache...so I have stopped :(
(http://madelinebunyan.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dscf5867purple-rose.jpg?w=490&h=367)
quick and not very good pic of what Ive got out of it so far
thats eff light teal base, sorry white balance on camera was way off.
They are lovely! It's really nice glass, don't you think? I may have slightly stocked up ... :)
Here it is with (as with everything I do at the moment) frit :)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5839249887_bd3bbd876b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52452109@N04/5839249887/)
P6160933 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52452109@N04/5839249887/) by The Tartan Trout (http://www.flickr.com/people/52452109@N04/), on Flickr
Beautiful beads, Sarah - is the blueness the frit, or is the purple rose actually quite a blue purple?
Those are just lovely Sarah!
It was VC Riverdance http://veebeads.net/product.php?id_product=72
The glass just seems to have reacted well with it :)
ps...Thank you :)