cool owl eyes???

[shari-kim]

anyone have any advice for how to make cool owl eyes? i've seen them with I believe DH... and then poked holes - but mine dont look right so i must be missing a step here..... i tried storming, but that wasnt right either. i would love to make an owl for a friend that has the coolest eyes!!! Any help appreciated

[glassactcc]

I make mine with Terra, or you can use another silver glass. I put a small dot of black first and flatten it. Then over the top of that, not covering the whole black dot, I dot with my color of choice. Melt and flatten that down and then poke a hole in the middle. Reduce your silver glass and then put a relatively large blob of clear over the whole eye covering the black and the color. Melt down so it becomes part of the body. No undercuts.

That is how I do it.

[shari-kim]

thanks, i'll try that... for some reason my clear is all bubbly - do you know why - i often make poked dot beads and it doesnt happen,but for some reason with my owl eyes it is bubbling....

[shari-kim]

do you use intense black or regular?

[glassactcc]

The bubbling might be when you are applying the clear to your eye, the eye surface is too cool. That will cause bubbles to form. Warm up the eye a bit before adding the clear. Not too much though, you don't want the eye to move or run.

[malem]

also use little heat for the clear and be very patient. This helps to avoid bubbles

[glasser]

Can we see some pictures of thes owl eyes? Or point me. Pam

[Teena]

Cynthia, Wait....you don't use a murrini for the eye? Just dots of color?