Midweek Bits and Bobs For Beads!

Just a few beads to share today to get through the last full week of April.

The glass frit bead set for this week is highlighting Val Cox Oleander frit over a base glass of CiM - Creation Is Messy's Lumen. It is described as an ethereal white moonstone.

 

This particular frit is a beautiful blend of gold pinks transparent and translucent frits, with an accent of spring green. 

 

 

The pinks leds-bearing qualities strike quickly and this is a frit to use "only a sprinkle" as it will spread.

Along with the round beads, there is one single heart as an accent bead.

 

 

The shape of these beads is simple but the focus is on the silver glass tendril running under the clear encasement.

 

Created on a base of CiM Mantis green, ribbed streams of Double Helix Psyche was added, reduced and encased under Double Helix Zephyr clear. 

 

 

A few dots of Psyche were added for surface texture.

This round focal "big hole bead" started with a clear Zephyr core, dotted with CiM Hades black and Double Helix Garage Sale 2016 test glass coded as CL/OD.e. 

 

This glass is a relative of Clio which is a color shifting reducing glass.

 

 

As I had over struck it to create the golden tan reaction and wrap of 99% fine silver, its color is natural and understated. 

Silver glass doesn't always have to be all shine and glitter!

 

One last set comprised of a focal "big hole bead" barrel created with a combination of Double Helix Zephyr and Lumiere Luster Agua Verde, an incredible dichroic-like color shift in micron thin flake. 

There is a faint stream of Double Helix "mystery" glass that was a single rod including in one of past glass orders.

Capturing the luster flake between layers of clear glass is a bit tricky... I need much more practice with this technique until I am comfortable in creating beads consistently.

 

The spacer beads are a mix of several CiM pale green transparents.

 

May is just around the corner! 

 

Thank you for tuning in and follow my journey to the creating of my online shop later this spring.

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Silver Glass Reactions - Magic Of The Goddess Bead - Part 4

You may have noticed by now that I enjoy making those "bumpy beads" that I have named as a Goddess series.

I still have more sets of Goddess beads to share with you today.

This set started on a base of CiM's 2023 Aubergine Milky, a purple milky opal.

 

 

Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, CiM Black Currant, Double Helix BE-462 Purple Luster were placed and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr.

 

 
To complete each bead, dots of silver infused purple luster was added and reduced to a metallic shine. 

The Aubergine base glass did fume a golden sheen from the reduction of the silver glass.

 

 

 

This set started on a base of another color for 2023 - CiM - Creation Is Messy’s Niagara Misty, a transparent blue aqua.

 

 

 

Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, Double Helix Oracle Black, 2016 Garage Sale glass coded as Sk.j.

 

 

The silver glass was stormed and reduced and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr.

 

To complete each bead, dots of silver infused Aurae Light was added and reduced to a metallic shine.

The base glass did fume with the silver glass reduction making the Niagara Misty a bit darker in tone from the original rod.

 

This set started on a base of popular CiM Heather, a cloudy transparent pinkish purple.

 

Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, CiM Hades black, 2016 Garage Sale glass coded as CL/OD.e.

 

The silver glass was stormed and reduced and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr.

 

To complete each bead, dots of silver infused CL/OD.e was added and reduced to a metallic shine.

 

The spacers are pure Heather. 

 

 

You will notice that each goddess bead base glass has a golden tone in comparison to the spacers. 

This is due to the fuming of the silver glass reduction.

 

 
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Color Tests for Silver Glass Fuming

Just a quick note!

 

Both bead sets in today's post illustrate the use of Double Helix Aurae silver glass shards.
When Aurae shards are added to a base glass and reduced they cast golden, silver and blue copper tones within each reduced shard. 

When ever I choose to make new beadsets with silver glass, I like to test the base glass to confirm if the color is altered when the silver glass is reduced.

In today's experiments, the glass did alter by either darkening or casting a golden fume.

Here are just a couple of examples.
The first set was a combination of CiM's 2023 Delft Misty, a blue misty opal.

 

The silver glass reduction has cast the blue of Delft Misty to a darker tone. 

 

 

I also noted that Aurae shard turned to a blue metallic shine much quicker than normal.

 

The set below is also a new transparent color for 2023 from CiM named Charisma, a transparent lavender purple.

 

 

In this case, you can see the difference in the tone of the purple glass under the Aurae shards is much more golden than in the spacer beads on each side of the shard bead.

 

 

 As always, I suggest you reach out to Nortel to place you glass orders. They carry an extensive selection of CiM glass as well as Double Helix, Riley Dichro and glass frit.

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#cimdelftmisty
#cimcharisma
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Silver Glass Reactions - Magic Of The Goddess Bead - Part 3

As part three of my posts on Goddess beads, I still have more sets of Goddess beads to share with you today.
This set started on a base of CiM - Creation Is Messy’s Boysenberry, a dense and saturated purple moonstone.

 

 

Layers of CiM Cafe Au Lait, Double Helix Melia 2, Psyche Light were placed and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr. 

 

To complete each bead, dots of silver infused Aurae Light was added and reduced to a metallic shine. 

 

The spacers are pure Boysenberry.

 

 

This set started on a base of sold out CiM - Creation Is Messy’s Cerulean, a transparent blue aqua.

 

 
Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, Double Helix 2016 Garage Sale glass coded as TC 663 and test glass Sk.j.

 

The silver glass was stormed and reduced and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr.

 

 
To complete each bead, dots of silver infused Aurae Light was added and reduced to a metallic shine.

 

The spacers are pure Cerulean.

I purchase my CiM glass from Nortel in Toronto.
Boysenberry shows as in stock currently.
Reach out to them for your glassy needs.


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#cimboysenberry
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Simple Spacers - Practicing The Technique of Consistency

From time to time, I enjoy sitting down at the torch and spending time making spacers.
It is important sometimes to completely clear the mind and focus on making groups of spacers to test my consistency in "putting glass to mandrel". Along with experimenting with new glasses, practice is important in glass bead making skills. Check out some examples I am sharing with you in this post.
The measurement of each set is noted below as measuring each bead hole to hole on 1/16mm mandrels.

CiM's Niagara Misty is a new color for 2023. It is described as a slightly bluish teal misty opal. Such a beautiful color and the glass melted smoothly in each bead. 

 

 

It was the last of a rod of my test glass, so only 5 rounds in this set of spacers ranging from 6.8mm to 7.9mm.

 

 

CiM Sangre is a dense and saturated bright striking transparent red that melts beautifully and strikes consistently.

 

This set of 21 round spacers has beads that range in size from 6.2mm to 9mm.

 

 CiM Howlite Ltd Run is an opaque ivory with pale blue streamers. For those familiar with the CiM color palette, this glass is a combination of CiM Buttermilk formula with CiM Midnight blue streamers. 

 

 

The striations are very subtle in the finished bead in this set of 11 rounds ranging from 7.4mm to 8.8mm.

 

 

Finally, CiM Elegance Ltd Run, a true bubble gum pink that opacifies as you work it. This was a color introduced in the 2022 release. The rod itself was transparent so it was a surprise to open the kiln to find opaque beads the first time I tested it. Click here how I control tested it.

 

I personally like the bubble gum result in these 9 round spacers. They are bright and cheerful for any "pretty in pink" jewelry design. These measure 6.3mm to 7.8mm.

 

As always, I suggest you reach out to Nortel to place you glass orders. They carry an extensive selection of CiM glass as well as Double Helix, Riley Dichro and glass frit.

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#cimsangre
#cimelegance
#cimhowlite
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Silver Glass Reactions - Magic Of The Goddess Bead - Part 2

As part two of my posts on my Goddess beads, I still have more sets of beads to share with you today. In this post, these beads have bases of new CiM - Creation Is Messy's colors for 2023.

Photographs never properly show the mother of pearl and mirror shine that each "bump" has captured.

This set started on a base of CiM - Creation Is Messy’s new for 2023, Lychee Milky and Lychee Misty, each are ivory opals.

 

Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, CiM's Leaky Pen were placed and capped with Double Helix 2016 Garage Sale glass coded as OP.e.

 

 
The silver glass was stormed and reduced and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr. 

 

To complete each bead, dots of silver infused Notos was added and reduced to a metallic shine. The spacers are pure Lychee Misty.

 

 

The set below started on a base of CiM - Creation Is Messy’s new for 2023, Volcanic Ash Milky, a grey milky opal.

 

Layers of Effetre Light Ivory, CiM's Leaky Pen were placed and capped with stormed Double Helix Notos. 

 

The silver glass was stormed and reduced and captured under clear portals of Double Helix Zephyr.

 

 
To complete each bead, dots of silver infused Notos was added and reduced to a metallic shine. The spacers are pure Volcanic Ash Milky.

 

I purchase my CiM glass from Nortel in Toronto. 

All the CiM glasses in this post are showing as currently available on their online shopping page.

Reach out to them for your glassy needs.

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#cimlycheemilky
#cimlycheemisty
#cimvolcanicashmilky
#cimleakypen
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