Hello
I mentioned on chat last night that I bet we all have some glass in our stash that just completely uninspires us. I'm not talking here about glass that's tricky to work - I'm talking about colours that perhaps we ordered in error, or we just don't like, or which just don't light our fire.
I wondered if it would be nice to have a thread where we could all seek tips on what to do with these colours that are gathering dust, unloved, in stashes up and down the land - because I BET YOU that there will be someone else out there who just loves your neglected colour, and can give you some tips what to combine it with to produce nice beads....
So, I will kick this off.
I just got an order from Tuffnells and I seem to have ordered Effetre 591438 Purple Red, thinking that it was going to be Red Purple! So, any nice tips on colours I can can try combining it with?
Also, I need tips on what to put Uranium Yellow with please!
Feel free to join in folks......
Ooh, I'm sure Kay loves purple red, there was a red we kept seeing on Murano and she loved it and I think she tracked it down to being this ... so hopefully she'll be along with ideas!!
i love putting silver foil on purple red, did these ages ago:
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/veebeads/Beads%202009/react2comp.jpg)
The bottom of the focal is Echo encased:
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/veebeads/Beads%202009/react1comp.jpg)
The red looks black in these photos, but it was a really deep blue!
i am always trying ghee with varrious differnt things to find something that makes me go ooohhhh ...but so far nothing !!
so if anybody has found something to do with it let me know
Purple red is totally delish just with white
I have a lot of vetro odds which are various shades of brown.. totally uninspired by brown..
Quote from: sarah t on June 16, 2011, 08:01:53 PM
i am always trying ghee with varrious differnt things to find something that makes me go ooohhhh ...but so far nothing !!
so if anybody has found something to do with it let me know
I'm with you on that one!
Hi Kathryn
Try some of your browns with Aurae on the surface reduced to give a gold sheen. Mink looks lovely with Aurae.
Also, might be worth trying turquoise with anything brown - it's normally a nice colour combination.
Quote from: sarah t on June 16, 2011, 08:01:53 PM
i am always trying ghee with varrious differnt things to find something that makes me go ooohhhh ...but so far nothing !!
so if anybody has found something to do with it let me know
I gave mine away - I felt much better about Ghee when I didn't have any ;D
Purple red - incredible under Clio, and most other silver glasses come to think of it.
I have some caramel I don't know what possesed me to order
it, I really don't like the colour.
Ahh caramel makes great honey hives!
Purple red and silver? Yummy that's worth a try.
What about powder pink? I just don't like it. Eugh!
Anyone got anything for Creamsicle?
it's about the best yellow I have found, but still haven't found it any friends.
Neutral odds look nice with nearly anything, I would pull them into stringer and use them to add pretty lines to just about anything (breaks up dark colours and makes the lighter ones a little more obvious.
love creamsicle! but only the old batch, the new one is bluergh.
the old one is creamy, like pastel yellow was for a while, and now thats gone paler, in a nice way, but tisnt the same.
I like it with turquoise (reaction lines like ivory)
I also like it with purple and red, use it as accent dots.
What on earth do I do with Dark Rossato? ??? I have tons of it and it just doesn't inspire me. It's just a bit too blah.
Green Rosato or Pink Rosato? The Pink Rosato is nice over white and then decorated on top of that...
I've got some of the green rossato, and some CiM algae unique (similar to the rossato) which I have no idea what to do with..
Creamsicle with Celadon and white :)
What does green rosatto look like???? I have wondered!
The Darker Barrels in this set are Green Rosato - it's pretty much just a bog standard dark green as far as I can make out....
(http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss13/helbels/003-15.jpg)
Oh thanks Madeline and Julie (thought you would have an answer for it but it's about the brightest colour I own.)
After I finish playing with this beached dots series I'll have a creamsicle day.
I struggle a bit with yellows too, what does anyone do with daffodil yellow?? It's so bright! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
I'm still waiting for any colour combos or uses for Uranium Yellow too....
I love uranium yellow - which one have you got though, the opaque or the transparent? The opaque is gorgeous as a base, and looks fab with anything lilac, and the transparent is just deliciously limey - especially etched.
The darker beads in this set is rossato over 422 orange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kays-beads/5489281294/
Quote from: k00m on June 16, 2011, 09:16:54 PM
What on earth do I do with Dark Rossato? ??? I have tons of it and it just doesn't inspire me. It's just a bit too blah.
Etch it, it's beautiful!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3770797759_439ec1490c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/)
Rossata Lace (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/) by Sabine Little (http://www.flickr.com/people/thesparrowinflight/), on Flickr
Uranium yellow transparent with white and tangerine sparkle. Used by Trish Latimer for a tutorial in Beads and Beyond.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3622021135_c4f343d718.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622021135/)
June 2009 178 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622021135/) by Kaz ~ CheekyCherubDesigns (http://www.flickr.com/people/cheekycherubdesigns/), on Flickr
and another similar little set
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3608/3622839004_5765072a78.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622839004/)
June 2009 179 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622839004/) by Kaz ~ CheekyCherubDesigns (http://www.flickr.com/people/cheekycherubdesigns/), on Flickr
I love this colour - try as a base with silver foil and frit too!
Kazx
Ok tips on the following then please...
Dark matter?
Sascha's silver? ( swapped for some at FO but don't know how to use it)
Core of dark matter, sprinkling of dark multicolour frit and encase in crystal clear.
Sacha's Silver makes amazing shards provided it is the original formulation and not the later (inferior) version!
Kazx
Tah kaz! Is SS a reducing or striking?
Quote from: sparrow on June 17, 2011, 06:07:59 AM
Quote from: k00m on June 16, 2011, 09:16:54 PM
What on earth do I do with Dark Rossato? ??? I have tons of it and it just doesn't inspire me. It's just a bit too blah.
Etch it, it's beautiful!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3770797759_439ec1490c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/)
Rossata Lace (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/) by Sabine Little (http://www.flickr.com/people/thesparrowinflight/), on Flickr
Quote from: Special Kay on June 17, 2011, 12:15:40 AM
The darker beads in this set is rossato over 422 orange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kays-beads/5489281294/
Oooh, thank you both! I will have to get some etching fluid. ;D
Quote from: Kaz on June 17, 2011, 07:48:23 AM
Core of dark matter, sprinkling of dark multicolour frit and encase in crystal clear.
Kazx
Like this?
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/veebeads/beads%202011/8comp.jpg)
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/veebeads/jewelery%202011/aztecComp.jpg)
Second photo is a bit bright, but the colours are the same as the first.
Quote from: helbels on June 16, 2011, 08:25:57 PM
Hi Kathryn
Try some of your browns with Aurae on the surface reduced to give a gold sheen. Mink looks lovely with Aurae.
Also, might be worth trying turquoise with anything brown - it's normally a nice colour combination.
Ok, thanks ;D
Quote from: cbeadies on June 16, 2011, 10:38:12 PM
I struggle a bit with yellows too, what does anyone do with daffodil yellow?? It's so bright! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
I like this with pale blue, I did a necklace for my godmother recently, very simple, pale blue base and daff yellow dots and the yellow reacted with the blue giving a dark outline, I really liked it (and she did too). :)
Quote from: Special Kay on June 17, 2011, 12:15:40 AM
The darker beads in this set is rossato over 422 orange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kays-beads/5489281294/
Ooh, they're nice, given me an idea I have both of these! :)
Thank you for the Uranium Yellow inspiration Kaz - much appreciated. It is the transparent that I have, so I will have a play this weekend. ;D
Quote from: sparrow on June 17, 2011, 06:07:59 AM
Quote from: k00m on June 16, 2011, 09:16:54 PM
What on earth do I do with Dark Rossato? ??? I have tons of it and it just doesn't inspire me. It's just a bit too blah.
Etch it, it's beautiful!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3770797759_439ec1490c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/)
Rossata Lace (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/) by Sabine Little (http://www.flickr.com/people/thesparrowinflight/), on Flickr
What glass makes the black webby appearance? [It's probably one I haven't got in the jumbo stash!]
Hades and intense black both do webby with slightly different looks. Um, at a guess, that one's the intense black?
I lurve intense black, although I think I do overdo it a bit, you only need a little to get a great effect.
(http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/northdevondumpling/Frit%20happens/IMG_0284cropped.jpg)
Ah, haven't either of those, only have Effetre black and Tuxedo :( Better not go shopping for glass this month ::)
Great thread, lovely beads. :)
Ghee was mentioned, I love this glass. I just use it simply with sis and fossil and by striking I like to get yellow and brown on the same bead. I just took the photo and it's very overcast so it does not show very well but all the beads are Ghee. It really does look much better IRL
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff149/samc_photo/119-1.jpg)
That Ghee looks almost like semi-precious stones the way you have worked it.
By the way, can I have some tips on what to work Cobalt Blue Transparent with please - other than white?! I have a massive pile of it gathering dust, because it's just so blue it kind of stumps me what else it might like to be with... Lime green maybe?
I have just bought yellow ochre and havent a clue how to use it!
I have a feeling that Yellow Ochre might look nice with Mink.. but not tried it. I have a bit of a liking for Mink!
Quote from: Shirl on June 17, 2011, 12:23:11 PM
I have just bought yellow ochre and havent a clue how to use it!
Looks really nice and organicy, when mixed with red roof tile, bit of ivory, bit of coral, and an incey bit of intense black.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4640769225_eaa06387d7_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrystalrosedesigns/4640769225/)
Martian Moons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrystalrosedesigns/4640769225/) by Chrystal Rose Designs (http://www.flickr.com/people/chrystalrosedesigns/), on Flickr
Quote from: helbels on June 17, 2011, 12:19:25 PM
By the way, can I have some tips on what to work Cobalt Blue Transparent with please - other than white?! I have a massive pile of it gathering dust, because it's just so blue it kind of stumps me what else it might like to be with... Lime green maybe?
I use trans cobalt in place of black as a base, the photo's not great but it has a nice 'glow'
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2678973215_d4a55b2d90_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53211004@N00/2678973215/)
cobalt rainbows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53211004@N00/2678973215/) by turnedlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/53211004@N00/), on Flickr
Quote from: ~cHrYsTaL~ on June 17, 2011, 12:37:58 PM
Quote from: Shirl on June 17, 2011, 12:23:11 PM
I have just bought yellow ochre and havent a clue how to use it!
Looks really nice and organicy, when mixed with red roof tile, bit of ivory, bit of coral, and an incey bit of intense black.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4640769225_eaa06387d7_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrystalrosedesigns/4640769225/)
Martian Moons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrystalrosedesigns/4640769225/) by Chrystal Rose Designs (http://www.flickr.com/people/chrystalrosedesigns/), on Flickr
Oh they look nice, I just ordered some red roof tile as well, my delivery came today ;D
Quote from: Black Heart Beads on June 17, 2011, 12:16:17 PM
Ghee was mentioned, I love this glass. I just use it simply with sis and fossil and by striking I like to get yellow and brown on the same bead. I just took the photo and it's very overcast so it does not show very well but all the beads are Ghee. It really does look much better IRL
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff149/samc_photo/119-1.jpg)
ooo that looks like something of the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. You know the stones he was looking for...
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/AnisaMarie17/Movies/indianajonesandthetempleofdoom.png)
(I was thinking of them when they didn't glow... Darn really in the mood to watch that now and I don't have any of them. ::))
ok this is ochre yellow with brown and sis, copper blue
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/rachelqueenbee/Julylampies004.jpg)
and here`s what I did with a yellow of some sort! I`ve used ink blue and lime green with it.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/rachelqueenbee/aprillampies09010.jpg)
I had a play with yellow ochre + hades yesterday. It looked very smudged in the flame in the end, but once it got out of the kiln it looked much better and had plenty of nice webbing. It took a lot of heating to get the webbing, and the hades spreads out so use a very thin stringer.
Quote from: Kaz on June 17, 2011, 07:40:28 AM
Uranium yellow transparent with white and tangerine sparkle. Used by Trish Latimer for a tutorial in Beads and Beyond.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3622021135_c4f343d718.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622021135/)
June 2009 178 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheekycherubdesigns/3622021135/) by Kaz ~ CheekyCherubDesigns (http://www.flickr.com/people/cheekycherubdesigns/)
Last time I ordered more pale emerald (transparent) from Tuffnell's I got something that looked more like this than like the batch of pale emerald that I had before. I reckoned it can vary since it's a "special" colour so I didn't complain about it, but now I'm starting to wonder if there was some mix up and I got uranium yellow instead ??? Whichever it is, I haven't been inspired by it yet. These look nice though, so I might try some similar colour scheme with my "uranium emerald"... :D
This is a very interesting thread, great to see these colour combinations.
I like those ghee beads too. That sent me wandering over to the CIM website for a while, looked at some of the beads different artists have made using CIM colours, lots of interesting ideas and amazing work on there. Downloaded their colour chart to put on my 'studio' wall for a bit of inspiration!
I don't know if there is anything similar for effetre colours?
Martin had one on his site I seem to recall..
http://www.effetre.com/murano/prodotti.html
I love cobalt blue just with a silver wire sparkley wrap or with triton reduced for extra bling
(http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo129/CLawrence/APRIL2011039x.jpg)(http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo129/CLawrence/Feb2011112x.jpg)
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Quote from: sparrow on June 17, 2011, 06:07:59 AM
Quote from: k00m on June 16, 2011, 09:16:54 PM
What on earth do I do with Dark Rossato? ??? I have tons of it and it just doesn't inspire me. It's just a bit too blah.
Etch it, it's beautiful!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3770797759_439ec1490c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/)
Rossata Lace (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesparrowinflight/3770797759/) by Sabine Little (http://www.flickr.com/people/thesparrowinflight/), on Flickr
Cor! It aint half Sabine!!!
Gonna dig mine out and give it a go now Ive seen those - gorgeous!
Quote from: helbels on June 17, 2011, 12:19:25 PM
By the way, can I have some tips on what to work Cobalt Blue Transparent with please - other than white?! I have a massive pile of it gathering dust, because it's just so blue it kind of stumps me what else it might like to be with... Lime green maybe?
Try putting aurae on it and encase, gorgeous!
Quote from: GlassOcean on June 18, 2011, 09:19:40 PM
Quote from: helbels on June 17, 2011, 12:19:25 PM
By the way, can I have some tips on what to work Cobalt Blue Transparent with please - other than white?! I have a massive pile of it gathering dust, because it's just so blue it kind of stumps me what else it might like to be with... Lime green maybe?
Try putting aurae on it and encase, gorgeous!
I shall have to give that a go next. This thread is great for ideas.
How about vetro oddlots - moss agate which looks black and sweet lime which just looks grey - I don't know what possessed me there - glass frenzy...
Sweet lime - you strike it until you get some lovely pinky reds and moss agate over white is rather pretty, especially etched.
Pineapple sparkle - I found several rods in the stash I bought and know it's a bit scarce now so don't want to waste it. So what can I do to get the best from it? [and the answer isn't 'send it to me'.... :) ]
I know this one, as I also have a rod or ten ;D It spreads like the devil, so dots, encase it, encased stringer. It's a less is more colour, and pretty dense so works well when pulled.
Quote from: awrylemming on June 19, 2011, 02:51:56 PM
Sweet lime - you strike it until you get some lovely pinky reds and moss agate over white is rather pretty, especially etched.
Thanks - I will have to make a list of things to try when I get a minute...
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what do you use red roof tile with? tried with sis but its just not a colour for me, also how do you use copper or brass leaf it just goes black any ideas?
Can't help with the red roof tile, but I believe that with the copper leaf you have to cover it with clear as soon as you have applied it to the bead and before you apply any more heat to stop it going black. Mind you, not used it myself, so could well be wrong.
Copper leaf - you have to cook the hell out of it, good and proper, then you get something like this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/5775055619_c706a07d26_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5775055619/)
copper play (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54880518@N08/5775055619/) by awrylemming (http://www.flickr.com/people/54880518@N08/), on Flickr
This is a white bead, with copper leaf and a tiny bit of silver.
And I'm having the same problem with red roof tile ;)
Quote from: Karen on June 19, 2011, 09:33:54 PM
what do you use red roof tile with? tried with sis but its just not a colour for me, also how do you use copper or brass leaf it just goes black any ideas?
Copper leaf works nice with any striking silver glass. Just burn it until it's done sparkling and encase. Here with original Luna:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9UiYy0T8TI/TekMfsYAuDI/AAAAAAAACpQ/yvbCUs_c3mk/s320/IMG_03901.jpg)
I've got some blue silver leaf. Having tried it yesterday the coloured burned away whilst I was trying to encase. Should this be used differently to ordinary silver leaf?
What colours does it work best with? I thought it might shine out on a dark bead but the finished result looked more like I'd used bonfire ash as frit!
Quote from: Blue Box Studio on June 19, 2011, 03:01:32 PM
Pineapple sparkle - I found several rods in the stash I bought and know it's a bit scarce now so don't want to waste it. So what can I do to get the best from it? [and the answer isn't 'send it to me'.... :) ]
I have a project in the August issue of Making Jewellery that is great for Pineapple Sparkle ;D
Quote from: Lush! on June 20, 2011, 10:27:33 AM
Quote from: Blue Box Studio on June 19, 2011, 03:01:32 PM
Pineapple sparkle - I found several rods in the stash I bought and know it's a bit scarce now so don't want to waste it. So what can I do to get the best from it? [and the answer isn't 'send it to me'.... :) ]
I have a project in the August issue of Making Jewellery that is great for Pineapple Sparkle ;D
Ooh, will keep an eye out for that, although I struggle to find anywhere locally with MJ. So far my attempts with Pineapple sparkle have not been impressive.
Ask our Helen(fc) - she works wonders with it!
This is what light red jasper / lime sweet does - I really like it! (Frantz gave it a new name, so it has two).
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/5778480990_9a19582afa_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalorlo/5778480990/)
Quote from: sarah t on June 16, 2011, 08:01:53 PM
i am always trying ghee with varrious differnt things to find something that makes me go ooohhhh ...but so far nothing !!
so if anybody has found something to do with it let me know
Send it to me ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: awrylemming on June 20, 2011, 10:54:51 AM
Ask our Helen(fc) - she works wonders with it!
My ears are burning ;D ;)
I find it is definitely a 'less is more' glas, which is good, coz its pretty much impossible to get hold of :)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5418764844_006fe8fcba.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/)
Constantinople 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/) by helenfchalmers (http://www.flickr.com/people/helenfchalmers/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/5853424884_42947b4faf.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5853424884/)
Seville (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5853424884/) by helenfchalmers (http://www.flickr.com/people/helenfchalmers/), on Flickr
These are both with it over Opal Yellow, and it works lovely over other light effetre opaques like Tongue Pink too, hope that helps xx
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My ears are burning ;D ;)
I find it is definitely a 'less is more' glas, which is good, coz its pretty much impossible to get hold of :)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5418764844_006fe8fcba.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/)
Constantinople 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/) by helenfchalmers (http://www.flickr.com/people/helenfchalmers/), on Flickr
These are both with it over Opal Yellow, and it works lovely over other light effetre opaques like Tongue Pink too, hope that helps xx
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Those are so pretty Helen
Yes it does help, thanks.
Quote from: helbels on June 17, 2011, 12:19:25 PM
By the way, can I have some tips on what to work Cobalt Blue Transparent with please - other than white?!
Hi Helen
Definitely try it with silver - this is an ancient bead but my OH still wears it and loves it. Its cobalt blue, silver leaf and clear
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2053785120_72e37786a0.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flameforcefive/2053785120/)
Have you got Passing the Flame? These are a variation on the barley beads in the back of that (and ancient again - I need to use cobalt blue more often)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2222965317_1fdc5a4ea2.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flameforcefive/2222965317/)
And a more recent bead layered with trans teal and clear
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/5762022316_eb79721d3d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flameforcefive/5762022316/)
Sarah
xxx
Quote from: Sarah on June 20, 2011, 10:38:26 PM
Hi Helen
Definitely try it with silver - this is an ancient bead but my OH still wears it and loves it. Its cobalt blue, silver leaf and clear
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2053785120_72e37786a0.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flameforcefive/2053785120/)
Wow, that is stunning! :o And there just happened to be a 1/4 kilo of cobalt blue in my last order from Martin... now I must try this :)
Thank you Noora :)
Sarah
xxx
Quote from: fionaess on June 20, 2011, 05:48:45 PM
My ears are burning ;D ;)
I find it is definitely a 'less is more' glas, which is good, coz its pretty much impossible to get hold of :)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5418764844_006fe8fcba.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/)
Constantinople 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenfchalmers/5418764844/) by helenfchalmers (http://www.flickr.com/people/helenfchalmers/), on Flickr
These are both with it over Opal Yellow, and it works lovely over other light effetre opaques like Tongue Pink too, hope that helps xx
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Those are so pretty Helen
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I just love these! :)
Okay, what can I do with tongue pink? ??? I can only make so many pigs and add tongues to so many critters! ::)
Quote from: k00m on July 20, 2011, 08:46:30 AM
Okay, what can I do with tongue pink? ??? I can only make so many pigs and add tongues to so many critters! ::)
http://juliefountain.blogspot.com/2011/07/striking-terracotta.html ;D
Quote from: Lush! on July 20, 2011, 09:56:19 AM
Quote from: k00m on July 20, 2011, 08:46:30 AM
Okay, what can I do with tongue pink? ??? I can only make so many pigs and add tongues to so many critters! ::)
http://juliefountain.blogspot.com/2011/07/striking-terracotta.html ;D
Oooh, thanks Julie. I'll give that a go. Looks shiny!
Quote from: Karen on June 19, 2011, 09:33:54 PM
also how do you use copper or brass leaf it just goes black any ideas?
Copper foil is beautiful either on a crystal clear base bead, then apply the copper, do not burn off to much and encase heavily in clear. Then heat the hell out of it. The copper will bubble inside and you will have a bead full of small bubbles. Depending on the brand of clear, it might have a green shimmer.
Other possibility: make a base bead in a neutral colour, put on the copper, burn in and then roll in white enamel. Heat well until the enamel boils, this makes green reactions and looks like verdigris.