Still trying

[Pat from Canvey]

Heres yesterday's effort. I switched to using a Momka yellow because I kept getting tiny bubbles when I used a Northstar orange. I've also bought some larger boro rods and this has certainly helped me. The marble is sitting on a plastic Party Shot glass, (Party Disposables from Sainsburys)

[Shirley]

That's cute, Pat, and what a lovely soft yellow.

[garishglobes]

It is cute 

Have you tried layering a thin amount of a transparent, or clear, over the colour? The cadmium colours are difficult for burning but the transparent can cut some of it out. It can be a slightly different effect though.

[Marcel]

also what helps is remixing the glass in the flame to drive out airbubbles 

[Steampunkglass]

Like Emma said, the cadmium colours are a real pain for bubbles, with some colours worse than others (I think I've bought virtually every pink trying to find one that gives a good colour without turning into boiling treacle!) Have you tried some blues?  They do slow down the implosion, but don't have so many bubble problems

[Pat from Canvey]

Thanks for the tips folks.

[Lotti]

Lovely implosion Pat and actually you have done better than me with yellow!  I seem to use mainly blues in flowers (although did have a good orangy colour recently that worked well, but don't ask me which one it was except it was a Momka!

[Barnacle Bay]

I just think it is brilliant what you have done esp the learnining curve      However, the flower is amazing - superb  control.  Now me on the flower I would have of over worked it, but your leaflet petal shapes are really something for me to aspire to