Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New Bright Orange & Other Beads and Earrings Too!

Okay back to the old style blog post - pictures AND details.  I have wanted to try making some bright orange beads with touches of purple.  These are my 3 experiments and I am most happy with the first one I'm showing here.  The second bead is nice too and the 3rd one --- well, it just wouldn't come off the mandrel so as I was mutilating it, I chipped it quite a bit. It wasn't my favorite of the bunch but it sure is ugly now!  Let me know your likes and dislikes on these new orange and purple beads if you like. 
Base is 791957 Orange Punch with EDP applied and raked.
Side 2 of 1st bead.

 2nd Bead:
Base of 591424 Red Carrot Special with EDP dotted and raked.
Side 2 of second bead.
 This is the bead that is stuck on the mandrel and chipped up.  But it's still useful to me in my notes for color choices - or maybe what not to pick in this case as I'm not sure if I even like the base color for this application.
CIM Lipstick Unique 511140-3 with EDP stringer left raised.
I have a customer who requested a large cosmic swirl bead with a large hole.  So I made a couple for her to choose from.  They have different base blacks which creates a different affect with the silver foil and the first one is encased and the second one I did not encase and I left the swirls raised to show a bit of texture which I really like on this style bead.
CIM Tuxedo base, silver foil, dots of ivory, CDC, periwinkle, CIM blue, transparent glass: pulsar, CIM purple, teal lt., lt, emerald green. All clear encased.
Different side of cosmic swirl #1.
Base is Effetre black, foil, ivory, lt. turq., periwinkle, teal, pulsar, purple, green swirled and left raised. 
Cosmic swirl 2 - different view.
These next beads all have twisties made of OY and EDP and are made on either a base of CG or Lt. Turquoise.


And now for a few pair of earrings.  They are all light transparent glass of various color with different types of silvered glass swirled on top that have been reduced to a fun shiny finish. 


Last up today is a bracelet that I made in honor of my long time family friend, "The Turquoise Lady."
I had a pair of matching earrings (long dangle style similar to the first set pictured in the earrings) but they sold before I got a photo taken. 
I'm caught up now with my bead photos but I do have more beads and jewelry to make so I will be sharing some more photos soon!

Christmas tree is up (thanks to my wonderful daughter) and all the rest of the holiday decor too!  Just a few more things on my to do list and I'll be back at the torch - seems like I've been away too many days in a row.  The weather is turning cold and we are supposed to get our first snow tonight.  Another good reason to warm up by the torch and kiln.

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Chris
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Just Pictures of Beads Today

I usually log all my information for my own records about the glass I used but I'm just trying to keep up at this point.  I'll keep my notes handy for the future but just for today you get photos of beads without all my boring technical information - lucky you!














All of these beads were made after I read a new tutorial called Gem's In Bloom by Jacqueline Parkes.  They all have at least one silvered glass in them.  My technique shows I'm at the very early stages of learning how to manipulate the glass but I think they are still pretty cool for a first go at it!  It was an excellent tutorial and I would recommend it to any glass bead maker who is very comfortable with all the basics of lampworking.

That's all for now.  Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog today!
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Some New Beads For The Second Challenge in SE9

More shiny beads for the silvered glass challenge.  This month it's dots and stringers with use of silvered glass.  You all know I LOVE dots so I was happy to make some for this challenge.  And the good thing is, I need a big push to work on my stringer control too but as you will notice I did not make any stringer beads.  I'll try next time I'm at the torch.

I'll start off with one of my favorite style beads to make.  I call these Crown Beads.
Black base, white dots covered with pulsar, raised dots of triton - struck to a shiny finish.
Zebra bead with a dot of psyche - reduced and capped with clear.
Black base rolled in foil, dots of psyche capped with clear.
These dots look different depending on the lighting and background colors - cool effects for sure!
Green mini-crown bead is made with a black base, white dots covered with lt. emerald green on center dots.  Raised dots are reduced gaia.

You will need to excuse all the multiple photos of this bead.  It looks different from every angle and I couldn't decide which ones to delete. All sides have different combinations of dot layering so take a close look.
Black base, opal yellow, lt. and dk. turquoise and french blue dots topped off with triton.
This bead is actually one I want to ask the silvered glass artists questions about.
It's capped triton but the colors didn't do what I expected them to do under the clear bubble.
Black base, french blue dots topped with opal yellow and finished with raised reduced dots of triton.
Black base, opal yellow, french blue, lt. turquoise dots finished off with reduced triton.
Black base, opal yellow, french blue, lt. turq dots topped with reduced triton.
Coral special base with dots of opal yellow, triton, opal yellow, and raised triton.  All reduced. 
I hate it when silvered glass fumes the white glass in a bead like this.  I was hoping it would fume all the white and then I would like it but - - - live and learn.
Black and white masked bead with reduced triton.
This is one of my personal favorites of the day.  Black base, opal yellow dots with smaller raised french blue dots and finished with reduced triton center raised dots.
This is another favorite of mine.  This is a good example of all the white fuming. 
Black base, white dots covered with pulsar and triton - reduced.
Black base with a mix in dot layering of opal yellow, french blue, lt. and dk. turquoise with triton left raised and reduced on top of it all.
Black base with dots of bubblegum pink, lt. silvered plum topped with aurae.  The aurae fumed the pink too much for my liking.
Wow talk about a lot of photos in a post!  I'm still not finished.  I have a customer who made a special request for dog bones and paw prints.  I'm not very good at sculptural beads so each bone took me about 30 minutes.  I'm sure I could make them faster if I worked at sculptural beads more often.  She has not seen them yet so I don't know if she likes them.  I just sent her an e-mail with the photos today.  Let me know if you like them or if you have suggestions - I'm open to all the help I can get from the sculptural artists out there!





Thanks for stopping by to read my blog!  Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving this Thursday!!!
Chris
Contact me: chrissandersonbeads@gmail.com
Follow my life of Lampworking: http://beadsbychrissanderson.blogspot.com
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Finished Jewelry sold on site at: SALVATORE CAPELLI SALON 114 W. South Boundary Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 - In the Country Charm Shoppes.
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