This post is revisiting CiM's Siren Limited Run.
This is a transparent green that I had tested in a previous blog post.
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This time I used Siren as a base glass for testing a rod of mystery silver glass sent out by Double Helix in their 2016 Garage Sale box.
I used it in twists and swirls over CiM's Siren and then added droplets of handmade silvered ivory stringer. The two glasses allowed the silvered ivory to be float and be suspended once the whole bead was encased with Double Helix's Zephyr non-reactive clear glass.
Various levels of reduction and the mix of blue and green hues seemed to glow from inside each unique bead.
These two big hole beads are beautiful suspended on the silver chain!
Blues and Greens - CiM - Creation Is Messy offers many hues of limited runs and the color palette is wide across the spectrum from olive greens to teal greens, from grey blues to deep indigos.
This season only two blues was introduced, CiM's Poolside teal transparent and CiM’s Tardis Ltd Run.
Tardis is an opal blue that I paired with a basic frit and formed it into cubes.
It is a muted blue base and flowed beautifully as a great background for Valerie Cox’s Sunflower Fields artisan frit.
There were 5 true greens in this season’s offerings. I first tested Chrysalis and Siren Ltd Runs. Click here for the post.
I have another to share with you below.
This is CiM’s Juniper Ltd Run. It is a dense opaque green that I tried in different ways.
I tried it with Double Helix silver infused Triton and melted it in a hot flame and allowed it to flow and stream. I was testing to see if when worked hot and then encased with CiM Siren transparent green and formed in a heart.
I also tried CiM's Juniper Ltd Run paired with other CiM colors, Tardis, Bone and rare Indigo within a multi-layered spotted bead.
CiM’s Bone Ltd Run is new and melts as a nice non-reactive ivory that spread evenly.
CiM’s Indigo Ltd Run, now sold out, is a dense dark transparent blue and stood out on the bead’s shoulders.
I found Tardis, being an opal, seemed to become washed out as it spread over the centre of the bead.
Finally, the last bead (left side) was a base of Juniper and portals of Double Helix stormed Triton layered over drops of CiM Indigo and capped with clear glass portals.
Til next time,
D.
A quick post to show these new limited run colors paired with Double Helix silver infused Aurae shards.
The centre bead was created on a base of CiM's Siren Ltd Run, a green transparent with a slight teal hue.
The two beads on left and right are CiM Enchanted Ltd Run bases, a transparent purple that seems to color shift between a purple and blue violet under different lighting sources.
Til next time,
D.
In the latest selection of new CiM - Creation is Messy colors, two new greens are introduced and at first glance I knew I needed to combine them in a set.
I paired these two limited run colors with twists of silver ivory stringer and hand pressed them into free formed flat tab beads.
Chrysalis Ltd Run is described as an opal green that works out almost to an opaque. It was smooth to work with with no stockiness.
Siren Ltd Run is a nice green transparent however it needs to be worked very cool to prevent bubbling.
I am blaming this on the beadmaker rather than the glass as I did work the glass as I cooled and reheated the glass in forming the beads.
In this set, the bubbles adds to the “sea-side” look in these beads.
Til next time,
D.
