Double Helix Elpis 2 Experiments

This blog will focus on Double Helix's glass named Elpis 2. 

Elpis 2 is a chrome-free green reducing glass that transmits a spring green color and is resistant to over reducing.

I tested it's compatibility on a base of Effetre Light Teal. Using stringers of Elpis 2, I drew scrolls and dots which I then reduced and encased with Super Clear.

The patterning of the Elpis 2 is lovely across the beads in this set.

I tested it's compatibility with CiM - Creation Is Messy's Atoll Misty using Elpis 2 surface level stream stringers that were reduced to an almost rainbow golden metallic shine.

The spacers are Elpis 2 lightly reduced!

This glass is showing as SOLD OUT on the CiM site, but it is available from my Canadian supplier at Nortel at this link.

To conclude, I also created simple tiny reduced spacers.

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New Love Sonnet Bead Sets and a Few Spacers

Just a few beads to share today that I created last weekend when I fired up my BRAND NEW kiln for the first time.

In case you didn't see my Instagram or Facebook post, I purchased a BlueBird XL kiln when I was on a road trip to Toronto last month.

Jean and Jennifer at Nortel ROCK!

I was very lucky to get this beautiful berry purple colored "cadillac of kilns" which I have named Penny The Dragon.💜

My first session at the torch flew by and below are the sets created.

Starting on a base of Effetre white encased in CiM - Creation Is Messy Candlelight, my own hand mixed Pendragonfyre Love Sonnet frit was sprinkled to create these romantic beads. 

The spacer beads are included in this set are made with pure CiM Candlelight.

Starting on a base of Effetre white encased in Effetre Amethyst, my own hand mixed Pendragonfyre Love Sonnet frit was sprinkled to create these romantic beads. 

The spacer beads are included in this set are made with pure Effetre Amethyst.

This set of frit beads combines CiM Primavera, an opaque green with Val Cox Songbird frit.

Simple round beads within this abundant set. 

Four plain spacers of Primavera complete this set.

I always include time in each session to create some simple spacer beads that are small enough for earring sets. 

I find it is great way to practice consistency and heat control making multiple beads on one mandrel.

The spacer beads below are made from CiM - Creation Is Messy glasses

Atoll Misty This glass was very popular when it was introduced as a color in the 2022 CiM palette release. It is a nice minty green misty opal.

Beeswax Misty, a soft pale opal yellow that can strike to an amber depending on the time and temperature it is worked.

From the photos below, you will note the difference in the beads color and translucency in the making of these spacers. 

I usually make 4-6 spacers on one mandrel, so the variety of the beads are a result of the warming and rewarming of each bead.

At the time of this post, Nortel has in stock:

- CiM Candlelight and Beeswax Misty. Atoll Misty appears to be SOLD Out

- Effetre White and Amethyst should be available.

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CiM - Creation Is Messy 2022 Color - Atoll Misty Ltd Run

Creation Is Messy’s 2022 Atoll Misty Ltd Run is a green misty opal leaning to the blue side of the spectrum. It is a very pretty color that speaks to spring at the seaside.

I had previously tested CiM’s Cafe Au Lait Ltd Run for its friendliness to other silver glasses, so it was fitting to try it again in another combination for my Goddess beads to test how Atoll Misty would behave with layered portals.

Starting on a base of this glass, I layered dots of CiM Cafe Au Lait, CiM’s extremely dark purple called Black Currant Ltd Run and Trautman's silver glass named Golden Emerald experimental.

Clear portal dots of Double Helix Zephyr were added to capture the stormed reaction of the silver glass producing streams of purples, ambers and greens.

CiM's green glass stayed true to its original tone and melted beautifully and stayed stiff enough to maintain the layering without drifting or shifting.

Dots of Double Helix Aurae complete each bead.

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