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September 28, 2006
- Torching while tired is not a good idea
- The secret to ivory crackle is vetrofond ivory
- One shipment of glass can have four versions of the same color
- Torching while tired is not a good idea
- The secret to ivory crackle is vetrofond ivory
- One shipment of glass can have four versions of the same color
September 27, 2006
- When listing “Buy it Nows” always leave up some straight auction beads to avoid an empty ebay
- Going to shows is a lot of second guessing in a short amount of time
- Cracked beads make me sad
- A night of only beads I like is thrilling
- I love pale amber over deep red
September 25, 2006
- Striking orange sinks into periwinkle - not pretty
- There are never enough poppers
- Do not let yourself run out of silver leaf- suddenly that’s all I want to use
- There are many variations on opal yellow -each has it’s own fans
September 22, 2006
- Tiny little chest burns look like really ugly zits
September 21, 2006
- Raku/clear/raku/clear is hecka cool
- Use thin red copper green for the best florals
- It’s a rush to buy new glass
- Neck burns hurt
- Swirly glass makes a great vessel
- Boro can go REALLY slow
- Bad boro can become a pendant
- Implosions are fun, but I want more heat to do many more of them
September 20, 2006
- Raku over a mix of dark red and brown takes longer to “pop”
- Remember to not mix reducing colors and silvered glass if you don’t’ want the reducing colors to reduce
- Sometimes, a press would be nice to keep things even
- I need more silver leaf
- I need to use more silver foil
- Vetro colors behave differently- I need to play with more of those
September 19, 2006
- Light cobalt well to show that it is transparent
- Mica flakes may be encasable with a swirl after to “attach” them inside the bead
- I typo when I’m tired
- Copper red and dark brown red play well together
- When I want to name a bead “bloodshed” it’s time to put down the mouse
- I typo when I’m not tired
September 18, 2006
- Don’t poke flowers willy nilly or you may be cross-pollinating the wrong ones
- Don’t let burning glass hit your chest
- Don’t’ try to explain to someone how you managed to burn both your elbow and chest during a quiet night at home
- Some beads have more of me in them than others
September 15, 2006
- Dark red-brown spreads on opal yellow -don’t overheat the florals because otherwise the color looks good
- Just a bit of striking yellow over dark-red brown gives a nice depth to florals
- Unstruck opal yellow is frusterating after having no issues
- Red copper green can wash out - or not strike- whatever it is it can have not so colorful areas in a floral
- Use crisp edges on vine cane or lay a petal over the end
- When breaking off a stringer- hold the bead over or to the side of the stringer-not beneath