Buying more glass?

[the lady with the lamp]

  Just set my workshop up a few weeks ago and wonderd if anyone could suggest some glass colours ,i need some reactive blues and greens can anyone help thanks Parin.

[Veebee]

Most of us but from Martin at Tuffnells: http://www.tuffnellglass.com/contents/en-uk/d13.html
or Sean at Off Mandrel: http://off-mandrel.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=65_70&zenid=8dbd39bf6c0614029c9c979afb1ca379
Hope that helps!

[awrylemming]

Reactive blues and greens?  You mean something you can reduce?  If so, try Reichenbach Iris Blue and Iris Green - both reduce and are lovely colours, and not too expensive.  I think Martin (Tuffnells) does a Reichenbach pack, but not sure if it's the Iris colours, but you could ask?

[ScarletLeonard]

There are always the creative collections that Martin does.
There is a reactives pack, 125grms of Reichenbach Iris Blue, 125grms of Reichenbach Magic , 1/4 kilo of Effetre 591264 Ivory & 1/4 kilo of Effetre 591232 Lt Turq.
http://www.tuffnellglass.com/contents/en-uk/d87.html

[the lady with the lamp]

  Thanks everyone for your advice and i already buy my glass from Martin just needed a few ideas for some more to buy so im not wasting my money regards Parin.

[ScarletLeonard]

waste, money, glass.

No sorry those words don't go in the same sentence.

Joking aside though, it's worth getting yourself a few mixed bundles to begin with so you can try out a really broad spectrum of colours and tones without having to buy a whole 1/4 and then realise you don't like it.
Plus there is always swapping, if you find a few you like out of the pack, you can swap the ones you don't like for some more of the ones you do. Or once you are settled on some colours bundle up the rest of the glass and sell it on to someone else that is just starting out.

The creative collections are nice because you do get glass that works together in them and it takes out that initial guess work especially when you just want to get out there and make beads.