Simple Spacers - Practicing The Technique of Consistency

From time to time, I enjoy sitting down at the torch and spending time making spacers.
It is important sometimes to completely clear the mind and focus on making groups of spacers to test my consistency in "putting glass to mandrel". Along with experimenting with new glasses, practice is important in glass bead making skills. Check out some examples I am sharing with you in this post.
The measurement of each set is noted below as measuring each bead hole to hole on 1/16mm mandrels.

CiM's Niagara Misty is a new color for 2023. It is described as a slightly bluish teal misty opal. Such a beautiful color and the glass melted smoothly in each bead. 

 

 

It was the last of a rod of my test glass, so only 5 rounds in this set of spacers ranging from 6.8mm to 7.9mm.

 

 

CiM Sangre is a dense and saturated bright striking transparent red that melts beautifully and strikes consistently.

 

This set of 21 round spacers has beads that range in size from 6.2mm to 9mm.

 

 CiM Howlite Ltd Run is an opaque ivory with pale blue streamers. For those familiar with the CiM color palette, this glass is a combination of CiM Buttermilk formula with CiM Midnight blue streamers. 

 

 

The striations are very subtle in the finished bead in this set of 11 rounds ranging from 7.4mm to 8.8mm.

 

 

Finally, CiM Elegance Ltd Run, a true bubble gum pink that opacifies as you work it. This was a color introduced in the 2022 release. The rod itself was transparent so it was a surprise to open the kiln to find opaque beads the first time I tested it. Click here how I control tested it.

 

I personally like the bubble gum result in these 9 round spacers. They are bright and cheerful for any "pretty in pink" jewelry design. These measure 6.3mm to 7.8mm.

 

As always, I suggest you reach out to Nortel to place you glass orders. They carry an extensive selection of CiM glass as well as Double Helix, Riley Dichro and glass frit.

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February Flashback - Goddess Series Glass Combinations -Walk down Memory Lane!

In this post I am revisiting some of the goddess bead sets that I have created over the years.

The first couple CiM glasses used for the bases of these sets are showing as Sold Out on the CiM Website but I see that all the CiM glasses are showing 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 colors for 2023.

This set of 13 goddess series beads were created on a base of CiM's Desert Pink with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory glasses. Double Helix silver infused glasses, Aurae and rare KA-357 glow under each clear glass portal.
This set also includes 6 spacer beads of transparent Effetre Rosata Extralux.
Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful portal beads!

 

On a base of CiM's Raindrop, portals were created using layers of Dark Ivory, drops of Double Helix's luster silver glass, Ossa creates the watery portals. Each portal was encased in clear glass and dots of Double Helix rare test glass, HE379 were added to bring out the shine of each highlight dot.

 

 

This mini set of 8 goddess series beads were created on a base of CiM Mojito with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory & CiM Hades glasses.
Double Helix test silver infused glasses, OK-380 created
storms under each clear glass portal.
This set also includes 4 spacer beads of CiM Mojito.
Highlights of DH Aurae silver glass create the bling for this beautiful stormy beads!

This set of 13 goddess series beads was created on a base of CiM's Sangre red glass.
Each goddess bead was then layered with dots of Effetre Dark Ivory and CiM's Hades black. Double Helix silver glass, Psyche Light was added and its storms were captured under each clear glass portal dots.
The Sangre Red base glass has been fumed to a deep dark maroon and the Double Helix Aurae completes the highlight droplets on each bead.

 
This set of 9 goddess series beads were created on a base of CiM Pulsar glass with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory & Double Helix ES-404 silver catalyst glass. Trautman Art Glass silver infused Zeus creates the swirls in each storm portal. Highlights of Double Helix OK-381R silver glass create the bling for this beautiful storm portal beads! Four CiM Pulsar spacers complete this set.

This set of 7 goddess series beads was created on a base of CiM Phoenix opaque glass. Each goddess bead was then layered with dots of Effetre Dark Ivory, CiM's Hades black,
DH silver infused glasses RE-391 catalyst and Kronos. The combination of the glasses create the multi-hued portals captured under each clear glass dot. Double Helix Aurae Light completes the metallic highlight droplets on each bead.

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