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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this wire working mandrel set in Michaels for a very reasonable price</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and I had a 40% off coupon</span>! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mandrels are made from heavy duty plastic and are round, oval, square and triangular shaped</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a handle that can used on any of the mandrels. What I like about this tool is that it is lightweight and easy to hold. What I don't like is that the plastic bends too much to stay secure in a vise. If you are making something that requires two hands, the mandrel wiggled around a bit too much. I was able to rest it on my work table and make it work. And I really liked having the oval, square and triangle shapes available!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to replicate the crackle effect I've seen on some gorgeous ceramic beads but of course with enamel! I had bought some crackle base a few years ago but never used it. Time to experiment! Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information on using it. I had the page from the Thompson enamel book but it was pretty technical information. I also was confused because you have to use liquid enamel over the crackle base but in some cases the liquid enamel was also called crackle enamel. I went ahead and cleaned my bead and sifted a coat of clear crackle base</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I fired the bead at 1470 degrees for three minutes. It came out looking like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next step is to apply the liquid enamel over the crackle base. I only have white in the liquid enamel. First you have to add water and mix it well (there are good directions on the package) and then dip the bead in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I fired the bead at 1470 degrees for 3 1/2 minutes. Viola! It crackled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wouldn't say this is exactly what I had in mind but it's not bad either. The liquid enamel fires to a less glossy finish than regular enamel. More experimenting to come!! If you are reading this and laughing at my bead, please feel free to comment, I would truly love some advice on using crackle enamel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, not exactly! I had a wonderful weekend spending time with my family but a warrior I was not. So I wanted to show you what I'm hoping to do some weekend in the future. Since my experiment enameling the iron filigree beads in my kiln had mixed results and the bead caps were a total disaster, I bought a Hot Head torch and a canister of MAPP gas. I already have the wonderful book Torch Fired Enameled Jewelry by Barbara Lewis so all I need to do is find the time where I can concentrate and experiment! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the earrings I made using my new enameled components and some small lamp worked beads from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blueseraphim?ref=pr_shop_more">blue seraphim.</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the colors and an instant gratification project!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-73538445148791408792012-09-17T17:54:00.000-07:002012-09-17T17:56:16.172-07:00Weekend Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made two different sizes and smoothed the corners with a file. I put a hole in the ends using this great punching tool. I will write a blog on this fantastic tool soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cleaned them good which was a real pain with all those ridges! I enameled them in my kiln using one coat of clear and one or two coats of opaque and transparents. I discovered that the thinner and lighter coats of enamel looked the best because the ridges showed up better and the look was more rustic and appealing. Pictures of some finished earrings soon to come!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, I'm not in the magazine but my work is!! I am absolutely thrilled and excited to have one of my enameled leaf clasps picked to be part of Stringing Magazine's Shopping Guide for 2012. Be still my heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how the pages look and my clasp is the green enameled leaf in the right top corner. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quality of the other
beads, clasps, and findings is top notch, well worth buying the
magazine. If you've never bought Stringing, it comes out 4 times a year
and is full of gorgeous jewelry design and instructions for making them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is he clasp! I have other styles and colors in my enameled clasp section of my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadSwedeSupplies?section_id=7202121">Etsy</a> shop.</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-86026394371148005032012-08-18T17:49:00.001-07:002012-08-18T17:49:59.183-07:00Making Messes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to finish enameling the filigree I blogged about earlier. I had these great roundelle shapes that I had already put on one coat of clear. I set my kiln temp at 1470 degrees and set about putting a layer of white</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I started on the transparent layers. What a disaster!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The enamel started pinging off while the beads were in the kiln. What didn't pop off melted onto the mandrel and cracked off when I tried to remove the beads. I threw them all in the trash. I'm not sure what went wrong. I previously had good luck with opaque enamel and I had the kiln set lower so maybe that had something to do with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Next I tried the bead caps. Better, but not great. Not what I envisioned at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I am going to try again with the temp set at 1460 degrees and see what happens. I hate to give up, so stay tuned! On a more successful note</span>, <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">these plain round beads came out great and I love the Autumn colors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to spend time in the afternoons reading on my patio but I spend a lot of time watching and admiring the birds that hang out in my husband's beautiful flower gardens. I couldn't resist taking a few pics of these visitors to the bath.</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-55930616981001754152012-08-13T18:41:00.001-07:002012-08-13T19:17:28.812-07:00Weekend Warrior<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love the look of Barbara Lewis's torch fired filigree beads. I bought her book with the hope of adding a new enameling skill. But, according to the book, I don't have the right kind of torch. I have an acetylene/air set up which burns "dirtier" and causes the colors to be less vibrant. I didn't feel I should invest in another torch when I really haven't learned how to use the one I've got so I decided to try kiln enameling them. I think it was a very successful experiment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I set the kiln at 1460 degress but I think the next time I will try it at 1470 degrees. I'm not used to the bumpy appearance. It's a little too rustic for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a first coat of clear which didn't seem to melt completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I used an opaque and a transparent. It was fun to just experiment</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the colors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The enamel didn't stick to this one very well and has a pitted look which I find unattractive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I snipped apart some of the beads and I plan on making bead caps or interesting components. Stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Many thanks to <a href="http://www.paintingwithfireartwear.com/">Barbara Lewis</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for her wonderful book and the inspiration!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been an especially great summer for me! Not only am I on vacation for the summer, my adult children are living with us or near us and it's been wonderful to spend so much time with them. I get to stick my nose in their business and give them advice on every little thing. They're very grateful I'm sure. Now I am scrambling to make up for lost time at my kiln and fill my etsy shop to the brim. One of my clasps is going to be in</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the next issue of Stringing magazine in their Beads 2012 section and I'm hoping the exposure will bring me sales!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> These pics are of just some of the clasps (without the toggle bars) that I'm working on. This week will also see some kiln enameled filigree beads</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like the ones below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is a picture of my acetylene/air torch set up. Do you want to know how long I have had it? Almost a year. And do you want to know how many times I've used it? That would be once! And I only managed to fire it up, I didn't actually make, melt, or solder anything with it. I am terrified of it. I can use a kiln and I love my small butane torch but this thing scares me to death. So one of goals (I love to make goals) this summer was to figure it out even if I blew myself up trying. I found the <a href="http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/set-up-your-torch.htm">tutorial </a>I had bookmarked last summer. I love the sub-title, "Conquer Your Fears and Commit to Your Craft." It's so serious and dramatic and artistic sounding. So I studied it and the instructions which came with the torch (which, naturally, were a bit different) and I got the torch lit and I melted some copper. I even enameled some silver headpins. I figure if I use</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">it every day, I'll get used to using it and</span> I <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">can master soldering. I dream of putting some of my enamel work into bezels and taking my jewelry and supplies one step further.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I admit I haven't completely conquered my fears but I'm working on it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I went on a gorgeous, watery hike with two of my kids last week. The trail followed these cascades most of the way and at the top was this pristine alpine pond. So peaceful and untouched</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It certainly was a worthwhile</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">way to spend an afternoon!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-34211215727492949332012-07-10T19:20:00.000-07:002012-07-10T19:20:38.120-07:00Weekend Warrior (part 2)<h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes, finally! I finished my first batch of mixed metals necklaces. And I only got just a little aggravated. First I finished my pendants by adding a few stone beads or copper beads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And wire or jump ring bails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I put some charms and bead drops hanging from the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Also some sari silk ties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I then picked matching or coordinating leather cord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now came the aggravatin</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">g part. I bought these glue on cord clasps. Even though I was careful to get clasps larger than the cord diameter, I still had a hard time getting them to fit. Some of the cords are a tiny bit larger than others. The next time I buy clasps, I will make sure I include some larger ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The silver tone one is magnetic. I love the rustic look to the copper ones. I used a tiny bit of 2-part epoxy to glue the leather cords securely. It's called 5 minute epoxy and they're not kidding. By the time I wrestled the cord into the clasp, the epoxy was too hard to use and I had to mix up a new batch. But the finished necklaces came out great!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the problems with making merchandise to fill my <a href="http://www.beadswedesupplies.etsy.com/">ETSY supplies shop</a> is that it doesn't give me time to just play and create finished jewelry. I've been working on these pendants forever or it seems like forever! I finally got them riveted together and I'm pretty excited with how they look. I wanted to try something a bit more rustic. I used my disc cutter to cut different sized circles out of copper, brass, nickel silver, and patinated metals from <a href="http://www.lillypillydesigns.com/metal.html">LillyPilly Designs</a>. I hammered, stamped, and antiqued. I used pumice power, alcohol inks, and sealant. I riveted them together and added some wire wrapped copper. Then I wasn't sure what to do next. I had to stop myself from adding lots of beads and sparkle. Rustic, remember? So indulged my new love of leather and bought leather cords in many colors. I can go rustic but I can't give up color!</span><br />
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Leather and Enamels</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've always wanted to rivet my enameled components to leather to make bracelets. I thought the rough, rustic look of the leather would contrast nicely with my colorful, shiny enameled flowers. But I really can't afford to buy leather making tools and I certainly don't need another craft to focus on, so when I found these premade bracelet cuffs, I snapped some up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love the different colors and rustic textures.</span><br />
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The Mess</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It finally occurred to me why I</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">was having trouble being my usual warrior this past weekend. My studio was a HUGE mess. I couldn't do anything without moving a mountain of supplies and unfinished projects</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were beads, jars of enamel, and bits of metal everywhere. My bookcase is crammed with papers</span>, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">receipts, books, pages ripped out of magazines....... get the picture? There is no reason for being unorganized because I have a whole room for my studio. I was so embarrassed for myself that I took some pictures. I figured if I blogged about it I would have to clean it. So I spent my weekend being a cleaning warrior. I hate cleaning so I wasn't an enthusiastic warrior</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But, I made a good dent in it, enough to be able to finish some enameling projects. When my studio looks organized again I'll post the after pictures. </span><br />
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First Day of Spring!</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To celebrate the first day of Spring, I went strawberry picking. I get one whole flat of pick your own berries as a benefit of my farm CSA. Yum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-68448685926393592802012-06-19T19:40:00.001-07:002012-06-19T19:40:42.662-07:00Tuesday's Tutorial<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Making Balled Headpins</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I sell a lot of hand made balled headpins in my shop. You could probably get them cheaper at Michaels, but by making them yourself (or buying them from my shop!) you get gorgeous shiny pins in the gauge you pick. First you need some argentium or regular sterling wire in 20, 22, or 24 gauge. The 20 gauge is heavier and may not be good for small hole beads but it's rich and professional looking. The 24 gauge is good for smaller holed beads or wrapped links and loops. The 24 gauge is good for pearls. Argentium sterling resists tarnishing and is great to work with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My torch was purchased at Home Depot, was inexpensive and works great</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">for melting silver. It doesn't get hot enough to melt copper. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To make a 1 1/4 inch headpin cut 1 3/4 in of 20 ga wire. Light your torch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Hold the wire in the pliers. Put the end of the wire in the flame. The best spot is just outside of the dark blue inner flame. You can tell when the silver starts to melt by the orange flame shooting behind it. If you look at the picture below closely, I managed to capture this exactly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The wire will melt into a ball. I found that the slower you can lift the wire out of the flame, the nicer the ball looks. The smaller gauge wires will ball up quickly. If you leave the wire in the flame too long, the ball will just fall off. The wire will get dark and unattractive looking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I clean my headpins with PennyBrite and then put them in my tumbler. I love my Lortone tumbler! It's a great tool for making your metals strong and shiny, I use mine all the time. If you don't have a tumbler, clean the headpins, polish them with silver polish or cloth and hammer them with a rubber mallet to work harden them. If you want paddle shaped headpins, just hammer the balls flat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> See how pretty?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-12189044224194612122012-06-18T17:36:00.000-07:002012-06-18T17:36:32.793-07:00Weekend Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Because my day job at an elementary school is done for the summer, I didn't feel the need to spend the weekend in my studio churning out enameled pieces to keep my etsy supplies shop full. I was in complete summer relaxing mode and my warrior activities involved cooking, cleaning, and eating. I also did a lot of sitting on my patio admiring my hanging planters of flowers and watching the birds. It was wonderful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Father's Day was especially nice because it was the first time in years all three of our kids were <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">able to be there at the same time. My daughter made the cake which promptly</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">melted. I couldn't resist getting a few pics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-59764026034655648752012-06-06T13:12:00.002-07:002012-06-06T13:13:25.540-07:00(almost) Wordless Wednesday<h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These (below) are called Peaches and Cream. I think it's the ideal name, don't you?</span><br />
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<br />Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-58908597266981680142012-06-04T18:53:00.001-07:002012-06-04T18:54:31.240-07:00Tuesday's Tutorial<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Transparents Over Opaques</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I haven't done much layering of transparent colors over opaque colors. Instead, I buy new colors</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to add to my enamel palette. I really need to experiment more! So I did a small experiment to share with you. I used three opaque colors on these toggle clasp blanks.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">buttercup yellow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">foxglove purple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">clover pink</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I sifted a heavy coat of a different color transparent over each and this is what came out of my kiln. A successful experiment!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#119 Soyer green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">periwinkle blue</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love the speckled look to these and the transparent layer gives the enameled surface some depth. </span></div>
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</h3>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-65875441038557607762012-06-03T18:02:00.000-07:002012-06-03T18:02:53.141-07:00Weekend Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was very grateful to spend the weekend working on custom orders but I did take the opportunity</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to experiment a bit with this bead.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I wanted to add a darker blue to this bead which was already enameled with transparent medium and light blue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I used too much fixative and it caused interesting patterns when I sifted on the dark blue so I added more drops on top of the power and let it dry. I fired the bead a bit longer than usual so the dark blue would be nice and flat and shiny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I love the abstract and painterly quality of the enamel. I will definitely try this technique again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> My weekend was filled with lots of colorful melted glass!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And some twisted and melted wire, too!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848782175459810910.post-79801443480037932912012-05-26T18:05:00.000-07:002012-05-26T18:05:30.264-07:00Weekend Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm making good use of my disc cutter and kiln today! After cutting and drilling all these blanks I'm ready to fire up my kiln. These toggle clasps are my best sellers and they're fun to make. I think I will do some experimenting with transparent colors over different base colors</span>.<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I'll keep you posted!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.com0