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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Queen's Court Sampler - Part 2 Results!

I have been away from the blog busy with life but had been posting quick peeks on Instagram as I work through Nortel’s CiM glass sampler named Queen’s Court. 

You can order this sampler of 17 colors that are both new and former favourites via Nortel’s new online shopping cart here.
Please check out Nortel’s new online ordering website as many of these CiM colors are in limited runs only. 

Although the following sets have popped up on the Pendragonfyre Instagram feed, I like to keep record in this blog as my online journal of working notes and test results.

Let's get caught up!

These beads use CiM Baked Alaska with fine silver swirls with CiM Sacre Bleu skies!
That glittery moon is Double Helix Aurae. 
The blue is stunning in person and the beads found a home with a happy customer very quickly.

CiM's Merryweather is a pretty blue opal glass. I sprinkled it with Fortune Teller Lumiere Lusters by JetAge Studios. I have to be honest, I have never been a fan of pixie or mica dust as it flies everywhere in the studio, so if I need to use it, it is the last set of beads for the day's session... followed a cleaning of the torch table. 
I loved working with this now rare glass, but not so much a fan of the dusty result.

So I will make another attempt to tame the glitter and see how it goes. Silver glass has just as much impact without the mess.
The color of Merryweather is a happy blue so looking forward to using it again in some future beads.

Three more colors from the Queen’s Court CiM glass sampler. 
These colors match well and love silver. 
I call this set The Jester. Let's cover off the details of the CiM glass colors:
Ocher, an opaque yellow
Quetzal, an opaque blue with green undertones.
Coronation Day, a dark opal purple
This created an amazing combination. Each glass melts smoothly, layered without issues and the silvered ivory stringer detail on the focal bead was beautiful.

I have to say, the color selection in this sampler set is ample. 

I was able to use 4 CiM colors in this new set of beads. I wanted to test with both silver wire and silver glass to see if there were any reactions to the two types of glass.
CiM Colors in this group:
Merryweather, a happy opal blue
Mantis, a vibrant misty green opal.
Clockwork, a vibrant orange striking glass
Byzantium, a purple moonstone

When these emerged from the kiln, their translucency reminded me of Lifesaver candies. The glass was smooth to work with with little to no bubbling. No reactions to silver, so these will go into my list of base glass for future silver glass designs.

These beads are created on bases of CiM Rainforest, a greenish teal opal and CiM Atlantis, a bluish teal opal. These are rich base glasses with jewel tone hues.
Handmade shards of CiM Tahitian Pearl were gently added to create a tactile feel and medieval look. 

Stay tuned for Part 3 of the review of the Queen's Court Sampler!

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Quick Post - Spring 2019 - New CiM Color - Mantis

Just a quick post to share another of the new 2019 greens offered by CiM’s Mantis Ltd Run is a vibrant lime green misty opal that pairs with silver glass to create a perfect spring look. Double Helix’s OX459 emerald green lustre reduces to shines of gold, blue, green and rose.

Have an awesome weekend. Spring is on it's way!

All the new CiM colors are now available through www.nortelglass.com. Contact Jean for your glass needs!


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