Sunday Spacer Roundup - CiM - Creation Messy, Moretti and Effetre Glasses

I love making spacers. They are like little beads of zen that calm my mind and challenge my skills. 

Sometimes I just grab a random rod of glass and see what happens when I melt it on a mandrel. 

Other times I try to match the colors of the rainbow or the seasons. 

Here are some of the spacers I made recently and what I learned from them.

The first set is made with CiM Aquamarine Ice Misty Ltd Run, a gorgeous blue misty opal that reminds me of the ocean. 

It was easy to work with and gave me a nice even color. 

The second set is made with CiM Winter Mint Ltd Run, another misty opal that has a fresh green hue. 

It was a bit stiffer than the Aquamarine Ice, but still melted well. 

The next three sets are made with Italian glasses:

The first one is still labelled as Moretti, so you know it has been around for a very long time.

 

Named Tongue Pink# 258, it looked like a dull ivory/white rod, but when I heated it up, it turned into a lovely ivory with pink streaks. 

I got this glass from Jean at Nortel to test, although it is not on their site, they have lots so reach out to her if you want to order.

Effetre Pea Green 212 is a lovely bright pastel that is a fundamental glass for most lamp artists used in florals and natural designs.

Finally, the true test of making spacers! Effetre Striking Red Transparent 076. 

As you can see, striking this glass can vary in tone and hue consistency... but it makes a lovely base for other glasses as you may have seen in my recent post using Lumiere Lusters.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my spacers and maybe got inspired to make some of your own. 

Reach out to Jean or Jennifer at Nortel to order some of these glasses in stock now!

Until then, happy torching!

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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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