I had a fun day at the torch yesterday. Hubby was at work and after I got my "must dos" out of the way I spent most of the day in there just making whatever I felt like making. I had no specific orders to fill so there was no pressure so I started off with Raku. I have used it a little before but had recently seen a demo on You Tube (by MercurysGlass - "how to make a Raku zebra bubbles bead") that got me interested in trying it again. I'm glad I did. My photos do not show all the wonderful colors in the beads and I have read more about Raku and think I may be able to get even more color out of it as I was not even doing any of the "tips and tricks" that other bead artists have shared.
The entire set that I made today. The first one is similar to the bead made in the You Tube demo - mind ended up looking quite different from hers but still is a very nice bead. All but the last one are made on black bases and have a stringer made of Raku and Intense black applied in some manner and then encased with clear. The last one is on a base of ELO and has a couple plops of frit on it before encasing - nothing special there.
In these close ups you can see more of the pretty blues and greens.
In the first (free) issue of Soda Lime Times they had a tutorial for Raked Dot Beads which looked kind of fun. So I made one their way and then made my own variations. I seem to be on this rainbow kick lately which you will notice in a few of these.
Okay Sally, this next batch is for you. I know you said you were thinking about have something made with beads of this color combo but without the encasement. I made a few for you to look at so you can decide if you still like them without the encasing. They do take on a totally different look and while the colors don't react as much as I thought they might, the white will not be as crisp on the blue when done this way.
Here are a couple cosmic storm beads - they are always fun to make!
A few more beads from the day:
These last two are total experiments and nothing more. My husband thought they were "really cool" but I didn't like them so much but since he did I thought I'd post them.
I made a few pieces of jewelry last week too and I didn't get them posted. The earrings are for me - to go with my commando necklace (oh I made myself a new commando bracelet too but forgot to photograph it - darn it!)
This bracelet will soon be for sale either at the salon or on my artfire site.
So that is 38 beads made in one day - not to shabby! Thanks for reading my bead blog!!!!!
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