For your amusement...

[Ness]

  Yay, Sue!!!! 

[Lush!]

Its all lovely Ness - now go and make some more 

hear hear 

[GaysieMay]

Lovely Ness- are you completely addicted now? 

[awrylemming]

I only had time for a couple of spacer sized beads Ness, but will have more time later today.  One of them was rubbish, but the other was rather pretty, using a little of the blue lightning you gave me and some silver beach.


SDC10680 by awrylemming, on Flickr

Hard to take piccies of, but I love working with it.  Some off mandrel later    Thanks for getting me started again x

[garishglobes]

Another two bite the dust.... 

That is a pretty bead, too 

[awrylemming]

You'll see us coming at the next Flame Off - we'll be the ones with the light sabres 

[Ness]

You'll see us coming at the next Flame Off - we'll be the ones with the light sabres 

I think I am hooked (you know you're smitten when you dream about it.....) and I will make more, just with summer holidays and no playgroup, my torch time is severely limited again 

[liquidglass]

Ness what fantastic colours you've managed to get, I don't think anybody will be laughing. And Sue that really is a lovely bead.....come on you two - go, go, go.  

[awrylemming]

I can't seem to get the colours at all as yet - but I have an hour or two later.  It will not defeat me ...
Possibly. 

[Steampunkglass]

I can't seem to get the colours at all as yet - but I have an hour or two later.  It will not defeat me ...
Possibly. 

ah the purples can be b*****'s to strike and get the colours  I am sure you'll get there! Pretty good bead there too!

[awrylemming]

Thanks for the encouragement Glenn    I may try some unencased work later, then play with encasing.

[Steampunkglass]

Thanks for the encouragement Glenn    I may try some unencased work later, then play with encasing.

Try partly encasing, especially with some of the darker reactive colours like black lightning; trawl a little clear as either stringers or clear frit over the top blue moon, indigo luster, etc, as  the difference in temperatures and flame chemisty will give different effects, making the same bead look like it's been made with several different glasses 

[Ness]

That bead is so pretty Sue, I meant to say earlier - I was just caught up with the image of us wielding light sabres 
(Star Wars has been a big theme in our house this week with Jasper actually asking does Chewbacca really chew people's backs?)

I cannot wait to try more things - keep going Sue, we'll learn together 

[awrylemming]

If I don't get a bit more colour, I may be throwing toys out of my pram before long    I will have to be Darth Vader. 

[Ness]

Don't worry woman - the Force is with you