Bullseye Opq. Primary Colors.... How to make them look organic??

[blackcatbeads]

OK.. I just got the Stocking order from Bullseye and I loath Opaque Red, Yellow, Orange and Bright Neon Green... I dont want to waste the glass.. so what can I do to make it take on an organic feel without being ... well.. Bright? heh

[Lara]

I don't know about making them organic, but the orange is the best orange pumpkin color! Watch out, it turns a bit grey in the flame, work it far out in the flame.

Perhaps some silvered french vanilla will tone them down and help them look "organic."

Lara

[blackcatbeads]

umm... Maybe I will just trade them.. heh I dont even use the red, yellow and oranges in Moretti either. In both Transparent and Opaque.


Dose the French Vanilla silver like moretti ivory???

[WhiskerWood]

In the Spotlight on Silver booklet there is a recipe for Reptile beads using BE...

I made these following the recipe...

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You might be able to do the same type of bead with different base colors...
I haven't tried it but it may work...

[Lisi]

Hi Nicole! :wave:

Here's some I made with the opaque spring green as a base, and the frits were a mix I made up of transparent forest green #1, transparent olive green #0, and a khaki color (olive brown #1). I looooove this mix over this green and Effetre pea green!

Here's an old pic, but I made some new ones the other night with a gravity swirl. I'll post the picture of those later! :)

http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/Hunibeeds128/DSCN5051.JPG

[Lara]

I have made SIS with the fench vanilla, it doesn't silver as well as ivory but it ia passable. OH OH OH I forgot, yellow silvers in BE.

Lara

[SassyCassie]

Hmmmm Nicole....seems we have opposite problems! I don't "do organic" and gravitate to the brights. I'll take an inventory some time this week of the colors I have that are gathering dust (Moretti, Lauscha, Vetro, and BE)...maybe we can work a trade-sie because I LOVE the bright lime BE!!!! :)

Cass

[Teague]

I love the brights too! you can mix the green with other greens to make a nice cane. I like mixing the bright green with one of the sparklies, makes for a nice vine. You could encase the orange/red with something to tone it down? maybe amber? Or you could just send them to me, as I absolutely love the brightest of bright colors.

Teague

[blackcatbeads]

Got any more of that frit mix?? :D

[Lisi]

Got any more of that frit mix?? :D

Hehe, I'll send you some with your beads! :)

[blackcatbeads]

Woo woo :) Alrighty then!

[Lisi]

Here's the ones made with Effetre pea green and that same frit mix. I like these with the gravity swirl, but I can't wait to get my hands on more of the BE spring green for this frit. Plus, I have a new idea: A splash here and there of the sparkly aventurine green over the other stuff! I did this with a large lentil shaped bead, but I can't find that one to take a picture of it. :(