Silver Glass - Psyche over Lavender

This bead set was created on a base layer of Effetre Dark Lavender transparent. 

The glass was layered with Double Helix Psyche fine frit and reduced.

Dots of Dark Lavender were added to capture the mother of pearl silver reduction in each round bead.

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Effetre  and Double Helix glasses are readily available from Nortel Glass in Toronto. 
Reach out to Jean or Jennifer at Nortel to add some of these glasses to your collection.

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Silver, Silver and More Silver!

Today I am showing you another style of Pendragonfyre beads using silver glass and 99% fine silver wire.

I find this method of capturing the reduction of the silver glass under the clear encasement allows the colors and mother of pearl shine to be magnified tremendously.

The first set is made with CiM - Creation Is Messy's Eel Grass as the base glass. This is a lovely transparent green that reminds me of nature.

I added a stripe of Double Helix Psyche silver glass in the middle and wrapped some 99% fine silver wire around it. Then I reduced and encased the bead to bring out the amazing blues, creams and purples. 

The silver wire melted and formed little drops and streams of silver under the thick layer of Zephyr clear glass. The spacer beads are pure Eel Grass.

The second set is made with CiM - Creation Is Messy's Burnt Sugar as the base glass. This is a warm transparent brown with a peachy tint.

I used the same technique as before, but with Double Helix Kalypso silver glass instead of Psyche. The result was stunning, with rich blues, creams and purples. 

The silver wire also created beautiful patterns under the clear glass encasement.

The spacers are pure Burnt Sugar.

As a final bead, I used the same glasses as above and created a hollow focal bead.

I am still practicing the technique of hollows. 

This one was created on a puffy mandrel and I am pleased with the result.

As always, I hope these beads inspire you to create something beautiful in your world!

Both CiM and Effetre glasses are available through Nortel in Toronto through their online shopping cart. I suggest ordering some very soon.

Til next time,

D.

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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 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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CiM - Creation Is Messy 2023 New Color - Walmea Misty Ltd Run

Today's post highlights another new 2023 CiM - Creation Is Messy color.

Waimea Misty Ltd Run is a teal misty opal. According to the CiM website, this color was an attempt to reproduce CiM Jade Palace into a misty/milky; the resulting color turned out very similar to 2022's Consuelo Misty/Milky. 

If you want to see my posts on these two glasses - check these out:
Jade Palace from August 2011
Consuelo Misty from May 2022

Sharing today, the first set are Goddess beads were created using Waimea Misty Ltd Run as the base glass.

Layered dots of CiM’s Birchwood, Barrier Reef and Black Currant were added. 

Double Helix Psyche Light was used to create the stormed portals captured under Zephyr encasements. 

Dots of Double Helix Psyche complete each bead. 

Spacers are pure Waimea Misty.

By using various glass combinations, it provides more variety in the beads within this set.

This focal bead was created with the remainder of the Waimea rod with streams of DH Psyche encased in Zephyr. 

The 2 spacers are pure Waimea Misty to show the true color of the glass.

I have checked availability of the new 2023 colors as In Stock on Nortel Glass' online shopping cart.
Reach out to Jean or Jennifer at Nortel to add some of these glasses to your new CiM - Creation Is Messy glass order!

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CiM - Creation Is Messy 2023 New Color - Winter Mint Misty Ltd Run

In my first post of color testing of the new CiM - Creation Is Messy 2023 release I wanted to share with you another beautiful green color named Winter Mint Misty Ltd Run.

This glass melted so smoothly and evenly allowing me to create some great beads combining it with other COE 104 glasses.

First up, simple round beads sprinkled with my own Pendragonfyre frit blend. 

 

 

The combination gives a romantic spring feel. 

 

 

The spacers are plain Winter Mint Misty to show the natural hue.

 

As I always like to pair new colors with some of my favourite Double Helix glasses, I created the following beads to layer glasses over the base of Winter Mint Misty and test encasing with my favourite Double Helix Zephyr.

 

This cube bead layered the green base glass with DH Psyche dot bubbles captured under DH Zephyr.

 

This round barrel focal bead features twisted dots of DH Psyche in the centre round encased in Zephyr with shoulders of Winter Mint Misty at each end.  

 

 

 There is a plain spacer at each end of the focal bead for color comparison.

 The silver glass did not fume the green glass and kept the green clean and fresh as spring.

All the new CiM colors for 2023 are available through Nortel in Toronto through their online shopping cart including Winter Mint Misty

 

I suggest ordering some very soon before it is gone.

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February Flashback - Double Helix Glassworks - The Glory of Silver Infused Colors!

I was very fortunate to have discovered Double Helix Glassworks early in my glass beadmaking career.

Over the years, I have used many of Jed's silver infused creations along with many test glasses that he offered.

I am still working through a couple of "garage sale boxes" that were offered in the past as I continue to experiment with color combinations.

The sets within this blog post as just a few of my favorites.

 

This set of encased round beads were created on a base of Double Helix silver glass, Psyche.
Each bead core was wrapped in 99% fine silver wire and reduced to create the intense variations in color. Each result was then captured under a thick encasement of Double Helix's clear Aether glass. Aether when heated just right transforms silver to a golden glow!

 

This unique set of beads were created with a combination of Effetre Clear glass and dewdrops of Double Helix silver glass, Terra 2.
The silver glass was added, struck and reduced to mother of pearl shine and then encased to create the colourful droplets of colour of the silver infused glass.
The result is gentle hues of amber, palest pinks and blues in each encased bubble.

 

This unique set of beads were created with a combination of Effetre Clear glass and dewdrops of Double Helix silver glass, Psyche.
The silver glass was added, struck and reduced to mother of pearl shine and then encased to create the colourful droplets of colour of the silver infused glass.
The result is gentle hues of purples, creams, greens and blues in each encased bubble.

 

This set of encased round beads were created on a base of Double Helix silver glass, Clio. Each bead core was wrapped in 99% fine silver wire and reduced to create the subtle variations in color. Each result was then captured under a thick encasement of Effetre clear glass. 

 

 

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