These are some of my eggplant beads
eggplantbeads by
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The 3 with frit on the left have yet to be annealed so are still 'eggplant coloured'. The others all lightened once annealed and the 'curdled' look become more pronounced. There seemed to be a huge variation of end colour, just look at the BHB on the right, he's much lighter than the rest (also will have been the one I worked longest). I don't dislike the effect but I loved the colour before annealing too.
I also had a little play with plunged dots and even achieved 2 beads similar enough to make a pair...
eggplant earrings by
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Thank you so much Jellybean for the generous parcel including some eggplant so I could have a play.