laushca pink & trans light purple ??

[bubblefizz]

ive made a few beads using a core of the lauscha pink and encased in light purple, every single bead has cracked 
anyone had this problem?

[glassworks]

i'll ask carolanne - who lives and works at lauscha - we haven't had specific experience with this, but we can try when we get back to the studio too?..

cheers

Q

[bubblefizz]

Thanks Q, i only used a ammount of pink for the core, so im not sure if the problem is the pink or the trans purple, but i havnt had any probs with any other colours, this is my first lot that cracked, im used to having at least 1 crack but this was all of them ( i made 5) 
awaiting your reply 

[astringofbeads]

The lauscha reds I know have encasing issues, but not sure about the pink, is it Lauscha you're encasing with? Maybe try kilning them with a bit of a glow remaining.
HTH
JAq
xx

[Mary]

The violet doesn't do encased, and it's similarly translucent. They remind me of Opalinos so that's how I treat them, and they don't like encased.

[carolanne]

hmmm, I need to know the colour numbers so that I can duplicate the situation. (I know, I am a picky beast...)

Happy to work with the two colours on Monday afternoon...

Carol Anne

[bubblefizz]

ok Carol Anne the lauscha  pink is  040
the trans purple is morreti 042