Help with lentils please

[faystuart]

Hi there
Yesterday I had a fantastic day with Julie Fountain (Lush to her friends) but I've come away with loads of ideas using lentil shaped beads but can't afford a press just yet.  So, I'm going to have a go a making a lentil shaped bead without a press! Can already feel the tension headache starting to form...
Can anyone tell me what shape I need my original bead to be before I press it - hope that makes sense.  I'm using a hot head torch so I won't be going for anything too big.
Thanks in anticipation.
Fay x

[littlegiggles]

I often make tab type beads withoiut a press  you need a chunky bicone

[faystuart]

Thanks - I'll give that a go.  Just got to master the chunky bi-cone now...lol

Fay x

[Lush!]

Hiya Fay 

Why not just start with round ... and squash it 

[Shirley]

If you squish round you get jelly beans when they are squished. Think olive shapes

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

How about between two teaspoons?

[faystuart]

Thanks for your ideas - I'll give you an update tomorrow when I've tried them out... wish me luck

Fayx

[faystuart]

Just had to come and tell someone.  I've made my first lentil! whey hay!!!!

I took advice from you all and started off with a plum sort of shape and squashed it then just sort of madhandled it into lentil shape by rounding off the sides so they were not straight and slowly but surely it started to look like a lentil.  I made it using dark ivory so I then decided to go the whole hog by putting a horizontal stripe of double helix Kronos? heated it and put a twist in then filled in the twist with double helix Gaia (not sure if I've got the names right) but anyway I then reduced it and I'm so excited I can hardly type!  It's now in the Kiln so I'm gong to have to wait until tomorrow to get the full effect but for a first attempt I think it's not bad! 

Wow.... this lampworking's even better than chocolate!

Thanks for all your advice
From one happy newbie!
Fay x

[Lush!]

Fantastic!

I'm all excited for ya!   

[deeko1968]

sound real cool. if poss.
post a photo.