MONTHLY COLOUR CHALLENGE - October

Skyblue · October 16, 2013, 07:57:44 AM

Love those beads Helen and Demented Magpie that focal is very pretty too

I dont think I have any eggplant but off to check and see .

Rachel B · October 16, 2013, 09:32:28 AM

Perfectly Purple Polkas by Puffafish Lampwork, on Flickr

These are made with eggplant

lantana · October 16, 2013, 02:51:55 PM

Rachel ,they are a lovely deep purple, mine seem to lighten in the kiln, so not having much success.

Skyblue · October 16, 2013, 05:31:57 PM

Gorgeous beads Rachel:)

Glassy Lou · October 16, 2013, 06:17:09 PM

Apologies for the crappy photo - it's barely been daylight here today. These are eggplant and cardamomm.
Some of them have cracked though, strangely just at the eggplant end... grrr

DSCN6589 by GlassyLou, on Flickr

helbels · October 16, 2013, 06:19:59 PM

Lovely beads - agree that Rachel's got a lovely purple from her Eggplant. Mine always seems to be a bit brownish. Not sure I particularly like this colour, having used it again for this challenge.

DementedMagpie · October 16, 2013, 08:47:38 PM

Lovely! I can't get that colour for some reason, mine ends up rather more... pink? maroon? definitely not purple enough.

Jane C ♫ · October 17, 2013, 10:02:29 AM

I mixed the aubergine with pastel yellow.

The middle one has a bit of red enamel (I think) and a bit of periwinkle too.

The more I worked it, the more it seemed to break up - the two on the left were worked quite cold, while the two on the right were longer and hotter.

I rather like the textures I got out of it - could get more interested in this colour ...

Trudi · October 17, 2013, 07:26:02 PM

ohh nice!

Purple Cobwebs · October 19, 2013, 12:15:39 PM

This is one of my favourite colours, being as I adore anything purple!!!!!!

MyPrecious · October 19, 2013, 12:26:18 PM

Oooh! Lovely purple beads!

I never usually use this colour because it cracks when encased but I will try and come up with a non encased idea for the challenge...

Niki Gough · October 19, 2013, 12:53:58 PM

Wow Kathy what a lovely focal
Rachel the colour you got on those beads is gorgeous
Lou, really like that colour combination shame it cracked

Lovely beads Jane and agree what lovely texture
Gaynor they are lovely and purple is my favourite as well

Kathy, thanks for the heads up as I am hoping to do this one but didn't realise it didn't like encasing!

Jane C ♫ · October 19, 2013, 01:27:51 PM

MyPrecious - good to know - was going to try some fancier ones ... thanks!

MyPrecious · October 19, 2013, 01:39:28 PM

Last time I used it was a few years ago, so maybe the newer batches are better. I will make a floral with it to try again.

cbeadies · October 20, 2013, 01:49:08 PM

Lots of lovely beads so far!
I tried this with some teal and ochre decoration, it's a curious glass somehow, almost has a 'curdled' look at times. The teal seems to react with it and the yellow looks darker than I was expecting. The eggplant looks a rather different shade at the ends of the beads than on the decorated area.