cmon share your boro recipies for us newbies!!

[Leanne]

So any suggestions of some easy recipies??? I am just a newbie and have no idea about what to put with what. I am about to buy more glass from a supplier that sells northstar and ga so come on and share your info!!!
Leanne

[suzanne]

You might want to look here in the boro showthreads, there is a lot of information:)

[Leanne]

cmon guys PUHLEEEEESE!!!??? Pretty puleese with frit on top?

[Over the Moon]

Why don't you try www.technicalvideorental.com (http://www.technicalvideorental.com)
You can rent dvd's there...they've got a huge variety. I would recommend Doug Remschneider's (sp??!) Boro Bead Magic...he's got a lot of recipes in there that'll keep you quite busy!

[IF-Designs]

also The Boro Recipe Cookbook by Rocio Bearer and Loti Robbins is a GREAT place to start it has recipes annealing times all layed out for you plain and simple WITH pictures and its a fairly resonable price too.

http://www.lampworkingsupplies.com/proddetail.php?prod=borocook&cat=104&desc=The+Cookbook+of+Color+Borosilciate+Recipes.++ A+guide+to+using+Northstar+Glass+Color.-The+Cookbook+of+Color+Borosilciate+Recipes.++A+gui de+to+using+Northstar+Glass+Color.

[Leanne]

bbooo hooo hoo waaaaaa I'm in australia and technical video rental doesn't rent out to us. Something about being unable to recover their product with another countries laws if I don't return it. I don't wanna keep it I just wanna watch it!!!!
Thanks for the tip about lori robbins and rocios book I already have it. Thanks for you help guys!

[c rox]

Hi leanne,
I was looking for suggestions a few weeks ago about boro and nobody mentioned the above book that you say you have. Is it any good. I can't remember the name. I have the dvd by Doug Remschneider on Boro Bead Magic and it has been great. it has recipes and techniques annealing times and is clear and easy to follow. I saw it on ebay a few weeks ago. You might find it helpful!
Cher

[AVCKimberly]

You can get Lori's and Ron's book right on Lori's site at www.LoriRobbins.com. :D

Here is something that I have been wanting to try myself, but I haven't gotten around to it...Egyptian White Sand rolled in DAP Small Frit and encased in Rootbeer or Cinnamon. Work the EWS fairly cool, it tends to boil.

I also have been having a blast with the Momka Gypsy Queen frit.

[Karen Hardy]

Double Amber Purp base bead rolled in butterscotch frit and then encased.
Nummy!

[e. mort]

Hi Karen,

Do you flame strike after encasing, or do you let your kiln do the work? I am still flame striking most stuff, but that can get very tiring when it is encased.

[Karen Hardy]

Ah, Eric...a simple question with no simple answers.
Sometimes I flame strike, to get a deeper purply color.
Sometimes I say f-it, and just stick it in the kiln and end up with a more
ambery color.
Your best bet, if you want to wear the creative shoes, is make a WHOLE bunch
of beads with DAP the same way and count seconds in your head as you flame strike them. Example: Make your first couple of beads, and flame strike them for 5 seconds. Make your next couple of beads and flame strike them for 7 seconds. So on and so on - increase your flame striking by 2 second increments. The more beads you make and the more you vary your time, the more different shades you'll get.

Now, hopefully, when you take all these beads out of the kiln, you'll have the same style bead in graduated shades of purple - light to dark, for a really cool necklace.

You can do this with other colors too - but DAP is so strike-sensitive that it really is the best one to do this with (IMHO).
I was talking with some other boro makers today at the flamesurfers meeting, and I said (and he agreed) that if I just had 1 color to use I'd pick DAP because there are so many variations you can get from that glass it's practically unlimited.
Try it out and post your results!
...back to my wine...cheers!