Ideas for a gold-colored bead

[evvybuns]

I need to make a big bead that is gold in color. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create this color?

Opal yellow might be a possibility, but I want to present my customer with more than one choice. If there's a recipe or a particular rod that someone knows about, I would love to know it!

[tracidawn78]

Aurae from Double Helix.

[TeRangiStudio]

I second the Aurae:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/JudithB/AuraeSplendor3.jpg

Or if your customer doesn't like the full-blown metallic shine, how about Iris Gold powder. Depending on your way to reduce, you can achieve a lighter, more transparent look or a darker golden-brown shimmer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/JudithB/GoldenHoney2.jpg

[cakelady]

Wow I love the color of the Icarus Beads Judith. Great job.

[Three Muses Glass]

Pixie dust comes in gold color. If you encase copper dichro with straw yellow, it's a fabulous deep gold. I have a pic somewhere...

[evvybuns]

Everybody, thank you so much for the suggestions. How convenient that Frantz has Aurae on sale right now!

Quite honestly, I had not read any of the threads concerning Aurae. Judith, you have created amazing beads with it.

While I'm waiting for some Aurae, I might encase medium topaz with pineapple sparkle to see what happens.

[Jinx Garza]

Aurae

http://jinxgarza.googlepages.com/90704d1.jpg

Jinx

[evvybuns]

Whoa!

[Elizabeth Beads]

Olympia Rain reduces to a lovely transparent pale golden yellow. The Aurae is definitely gold bling but essentially opaque when reduced.

[GinnyHampton]

Aurae on clear, reduced :)

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[Hayley]

If your customers want a more "antique gold" look, put Aurae over a darker transparent base:

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[SilverCreek Studio]

How do you get the gold from Aurae when the rod is a purpley color? Is this another type of aurae?

[Hayley]

Maysle - Aurae is a reducing silver glass. By exposing Aurae to a reduction flame, you can get different effects depending on the size of the reduction flame and how many times/long you reduce your bead.

We have a lot of information as well as tutorials on working with silver glass on our blog under the label Silver Glass 101 if you are interested:

http://envisionsf.blogspot.com/search/label/Silver%20glass%20101

[SilverCreek Studio]

Cool, thanks Hayley, I will have a look. Sounds interesting.

[sortaflower]

hmmm topaz over silver.... or I love glass diversions frit blends Sunglow & Light Iris gold...

[evvybuns]

Everybody, thank you so much for the ideas!

I played around with encasing the various Effetre topazes with pineapple sparkle. Those results weren't good. However, just for grins I encased pineapple sparkle with medium topaz and came up with something reasonably close to a gold, I think. However, I'll let my customer make the call.

I'll still order some Aurae for fun.

[PaulaD]

I have always had good luck with iris gold frit! Or light iris gold frit!
Paula

[ewdb]

another vote for iris gold powder - it's beautiful, shimmery and can give a wide range of colours when reduced.

...and it doesn't cost $100/lb. ;-)