CiM - Creation Is Messy 2021 Color- Portal Ltd Run

Portal Ltd Run is a new 2021 CiM - Creation Is Messy opal white that is the misty sister to Gossamer Ltd Run. Click here to see my Gossamer beads from last week.

This bead set was created using Portal Ltd Run as the base glass. 

Layered dots of SOLD OUT CiM Prussian Blue Ltd Run, a deep opaque blue laden with silver, and rare Double Helix Olympia Rain.

Clear portal dots of Double Helix Zephyr were added to capture the stormed reaction of the silver glass. 

Each portal turned a pretty green as a result of the reaction between the two silver laden glasses.

Have a great day!

D.


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Prussian Blue - A Bit of Trivia and Beautiful Beads!

I wanted to share a special post about a beautiful blue glass from CiM - Creation Is Messy called Prussian Blue.

I loved the look of the glass when I picked it on my recent visit to Nortel in Toronto.

The name of the glass intrigued me as I know many artists that have this colour in their paint palette.

Wikipedia describes this colour as:
"Prussian blue, also known as Berlin blue, is a dark blue colour that is artificially made. 
It is one of the first pigments made synthetically. It was accidentally found in 1704 by two chemists in Berlin. The dark blue uniforms of the Prussian army were dyed this colour." 

Apparently it is also used as a medicine "that is sometimes given by doctors to help remove certain radioactive materials from people’s bodies. It has been used this way since the 1960s".

Now that I have shared some trivia, let's look at some beads!

The CiM website states that this is a silver laden blue and I paired it with even various Double Helix silver glass stringers, frit and powders. 

Each bead shows a different technique and result based on multiple cycles of reduction creating a truly one of a kind set of beads.

The photos below are shots from various perspectives to show off each bead in the set.

New CiM Color for Spring 2017 - Prussian Blue

CiM's new Prussian Blue is a color that I am not sure if I like or love.
As testing the color allows me to work with one rod of the color, I wanted to vary my sample test beads this time around to see how the color would behave.

CiM Prussian Blue is a opaque blue laden with silver.
The following are a few examples of it's reactions:

Test 1: Mix it with more silver. I melted and rolled the glass in 99% fine silver foil and pulled a stringer.
These beads are a base of new CiM Koala grey.
As you can see from the photo below, Prussian Blue created extremely dark, almost black dots with defined dots with minimal bleeding. The micro-dots of silver are quite lovely.

Notice the beads on the left? The glass seemed to shift from grey to a green cast. 
Prussian Blue has been reported to behave in this manner when it is worked hotter in the flame. It is an interesting but unpredictable result.

Test 2: Encasing in clear glass.
This bead on the left is a mixture of a base of Koala with the silvered stringer layered and encased with clear. The stringer has much more of a navy blue hue with the captured microdots of fine silver.
The right bead is solid CiM Prussian Blue that I found was striated with very dark, almost black lines thorough the bead.

Test 3: Glass Frit
These beads used Valerie Cox Wild Raspberry Frit. This frit is described as " a very high gold content pink. This makes it a deeper and darker pink than any other opaque pinks in the line. Combine this with silver foil for a rich golden hue."

The pink opaque does appear as well as the golden tones as it mixed with the silver content in the Prussian Blue base glass. There is a cast of green through the bead as well.


Test 4: Silver glass overload!
I took what was left of the rod of Prussian Blue and added loads of TAG's Cezanne, Taxco Silver, Double Helix murrini and dots of clear. I worked it hot and rolled and twisted the heck out of it. 


It resulted in an oil slick reaction that which varies depending the angle. 


It was a difficult bead to photograph, but lovely in natural light in person

So in summary, this is a glass to definitely experiment with as what you may expect is not always what you will receive along with some pleasant surprises !