Glass suggestions please...

Brink Beads · June 28, 2011, 12:26:57 PM

Can anyone suggest which opaque glass would be good to give a lovely 'magenta' colour???

Sulis (Hazel) · June 28, 2011, 12:37:02 PM

Would you say that magenta is the same as fuchsia? Avoiding any silver glass combinations, I'd say maybe Reichenbach Pink Lady?

xx

Brink Beads · June 28, 2011, 12:38:07 PM

I'd say it's pretty darn close to fuchsia with a hint of purple maybe!!! will check the pink lady out, thanks xxx

Isn't pink lady a transparent though?? I need an opaque xx

Redhotsal · June 28, 2011, 12:52:02 PM

No true magenta - although some of the Bullseye colours come close.
You can encase Effetre periwinkle blue with rubino oro for a nice magenta/purple.

Brink Beads · June 28, 2011, 12:53:17 PM

Oooh Sally that sounds like a solution, I'll give it a go tonight

Thank you

Fruddy · June 28, 2011, 01:00:17 PM

A couple of the silver glasses go a lovely opaque pinky/purple/magenta, when reduced/encased..

This is a mix of Clio and Kalypso, over ivory...

Redhotsal · June 28, 2011, 09:59:20 PM

Rolls tongue back into head............

Slobber............

awrylemming · June 29, 2011, 09:27:51 AM

I'm with you on that one Sal, nom nom

Blue Box Studio · June 29, 2011, 06:48:26 PM

Wowee Rachel, that's a gorgeous bead.

[Can I borrow your kiln fairies? Mine are fat, lazy, have a penchant for green and fail to turn up for work most days.]

Brink Beads · June 30, 2011, 12:23:31 PM

This made a gorgeous colour but I need to make tiny flowers with the glass and when i pinch the petals the colours separate!!!

Quote from: Redhotsal on June 28, 2011, 12:52:02 PM
No true magenta - although some of the Bullseye colours come close.
You can encase Effetre periwinkle blue with rubino oro for a nice magenta/purple.

Redhotsal · June 30, 2011, 02:25:24 PM

poop.....well - have you got any enamels? You can make nice colour mixes by mixing in enamel - say blue enamel into a pink rod. You have to mix really really well but they can create nice homogenous colours.

How are you making the flowers? Are they on the surface of the glass or are they encased?

Quote from: Blue Box Studio on June 29, 2011, 06:48:26 PM
[Can I borrow your kiln fairies? Mine are fat, lazy, have a penchant for green and fail to turn up for work most days.]

Are they on strike today? Didn't know that Kiln fairies were public servants?

Steampunkglass · June 30, 2011, 02:39:43 PM

Quote from: Blue Box Studio on June 29, 2011, 06:48:26 PM
[Can I borrow your kiln fairies? Mine are fat, lazy, have a penchant for green and fail to turn up for work most days.]

Are they on strike today? Didn't know that Kiln fairies were public servants?

Brink Beads · June 30, 2011, 03:06:38 PM

No blue enamels

These are the flowers I'm making

It's a bit of a dilemma xx

Quote from: Redhotsal on June 30, 2011, 02:25:24 PM
poop.....well - have you got any enamels? You can make nice colour mixes by mixing in enamel - say blue enamel into a pink rod. You have to mix really really well but they can create nice homogenous colours.

How are you making the flowers? Are they on the surface of the glass or are they encased?

Quote from: Blue Box Studio on June 29, 2011, 06:48:26 PM
[Can I borrow your kiln fairies? Mine are fat, lazy, have a penchant for green and fail to turn up for work most days.]

Are they on strike today? Didn't know that Kiln fairies were public servants?

Corinne Lacy · June 30, 2011, 03:31:10 PM

How cute are the flowers....want some !!!!

Corinne x