Blue Sky and Wild Mulberries

This set of handmade lampwork was created on a base of CiM - Creation Is Messy sky blue named Fremen.

Each lentil bead was sprinkled with Glass Diversions Wild Mulberry glass frit. 

This frit has fun shades of blue, pink, mauve, orange & green colors.

The spacer beads are CiM Fremen.

These would be lovely in a summer necklace!

Fremen is showing as in stock current at Nortel. 
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Sailor's Delight Sampler - CiM Birthstone and Fremen!

This week I am sharing the results of the testing of the glass colours contained in the Sailor's Delight Sampler pack of CiM - Creation is Messy colours from Nortel. 

These sampler packs are great for artists that:
- want to "try" a new colour without the commitment of purchasing a minimum 1/4 pound of a specific colour
- want to create multi-colour beads from a coordinated set of colours.

This sample pack is heavy on blue coloured rods, so let's get started with CiM Birthstone!
NOTE: According to the CiM website, this colour is SOLD OUT - But Nortel has it in stock. How great is that - Yippee.

I love this transparent blue glass that is just aqua enough to be beautiful when paired with Double Helix silver glass. 
Below the set shows the glass as spacers along with a focal bead with metallic scrolls. So pretty.

This next focal bead used another rod from the CiM sampler named Fremen. 

CiM's Fremen is a sky blue opaque glass  and it was paired with CiM Birthstone to create this vessel bead. 

Some 99% pure silver wire was wrapped around the top and you can see the slight reaction of the fuming of the silver where is connected to the Fremen sky blue opaque glass. 

There was no reaction when the silver touched the CiM Birthstone.

As always, I encourage you to reach our to Jean at Nortel to pick up a sampler or two.

More colour results from this sampler coming up in new posts this week!
Stay Tuned.

D.

Dots, Dots and New Colors!

Patterns - dots and dots layering with CiM - Creation is Messy colors.

Below the first 3 beads on the left are a combination of CiM's Butternut Ltd Run, Fremen, rare Hollandaise Ltd Run, Grape Ape and Hades black.

The 5 beads on the right are simple with a combination of CiM's Alley Cat Ltd Run and Grape Ape are both at times streaky but paired together create an exotic mix of rich hues.

Highlights of Double Helix's Aurae silver infused glass create bling and really play to Alley Cat's beauty!

 The final set for today is another CiM Limited Run glass named Nectar. It is intended to be a peach which I found to have a golden tone when worked. 99% fine silver wire wraps may cause a slight reaction, but nothing that is terribly noticable.

It melts smoothly and is a great base for Glass Diversions Himalayan Rose frit in the centre focal bead.