Lauscha Color#3

[barbbbeads]

I just got mine today, but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. Maybe tomorrow. But it looks like a pretty honey mustard. I like it so far in rod form. Anyone else out there that tried it out and want to share pictures?

[MaryBeth]

I received mine today also. Did you look at the DVD that came with it? There are pictures of the color there. I'll probably get a chance to work with it tomorrow. I must say this color is right up my alley8)

It looks like it will work up like opal yellow complete with the pink blush.

[Renee]

I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread!!! Darn it!!!

[beadworkstudio]

Ooooh, I love a good spoiler! Can't wait to get mine now!

[nagibeads]

gosh and I haven't even gotten an invoice yet............sounds like a gorgeous color though! Let us know how it reacts, please:grin: :grin: :grin:

[SuzyQ]

I got mine yesterday! I am so excited because I was not one of the first for the last two colors. Yipee! Off to melt it :)

[AKDesigns]

Having dropped out of the club after the first color I'll be curious to see how people feel about #3. I'd love to see pictures. The thing is MaryBeth says it looks just like opal yellow....we already have opal yellow....

[SuzyQ]

The rod doesn't look like opal yellow and it is much stiffer. I have one test bead in the kiln. But from the pictures on the cd I think I'm going to love this color.

[firelady]

So this time I made sure the tutorials were in a .pdf format, since not everyone could open Word files. Can you all open them? Please say "yes!"
(Also, we shipped maybe 3 boxes before the testers tutorials arrived....If you Don't have a CD, let me know and I'll email you the files....)

[chrissij]

Awwww man, I just found my request for payment and now I'm torn. I'm afraid I won't be terribly fond of a honey mustard type color, but I don't want to ixnay the Club...drat, drat, drat....what to do, what to do...

[MaryBeth]

I had no trouble opening the files. I love the name of the glass.

Chriss - the rods to me look more like a warm deep tan. The pictures on the files show the finished glass looking like a nice warm caramel color to a nicely blushed pink color. It will make lovely skin tones. There was no ochre/mustard involved in the pics of the finished beads.

Hopefully, I'll have some beads of my own to post by tomorrow.

[SuzyQ]

I opened my CD without any problems too!

[barbbbeads]

Oops! I forgot there was supposed to be a CD in the box. I hope my husband didn't throw the box out yet. Well, if he did, it will just be in the recycle bin, so I should be able to recover it. Gotta hurry home now and see!

[bead crazy]

I am bummed I still have not even got a invoice. I looked and looked
Lori

[taneres]

Awwww man, I just found my request for payment and now I'm torn. I'm afraid I won't be terribly fond of a honey mustard type color, but I don't want to ixnay the Club...drat, drat, drat....what to do, what to do...


So where'd you find it. I seem to have been overlooked this time. :(

[suzanne]

Marci did not invoice everyone yet because of the fact that she is taking time to make sure everyone in the club receives their invoice. Also, not all of this color has made it to the states yet, it's on it's way from Germany as we speak. You might want to check out the Lauscha general questions thread. Marci also has a blog started on her website , and updates there

[chrissij]

So where'd you find it. I seem to have been overlooked this time. :(

Found it when I went to my PayPal account; there was the invoice, waiting to be paid. I can't find the corresponding email.

[taneres]

Marci also has a blog started on her website , and updates there

Do you have a link....can't find it right now.

[suzanne]

quote:Since it is indeed against LE standards to operate a business from the forum, and since this club has enough business going on to fall into that category, I have been searching for a more efficient way to communicate club news....We've got the newsletters, but Renee & reeenie have both suggested that you all want more frequent updates than that....

And so, on that happy note, I've decided to try THE BLOG concept (again!) I work on iWeb, and the first version of that software had it's share of publishing problems...everytime I updated my blog, some other page would fall apart....so I gave up. However, the most recent update of the program has vastly improved this. So let's see how it works.

I have a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT that I just published. Let's see if this works for you. IF it does, I'll update the blog twice a week to keep you all informed about the joys of club business.

If it doesn't work, certainly I'll post the announcement here!!!!
Let's see what happens! Sometime soon you'll be able to get this all at www.firelady.com.

But for today,(and the link is endlessly long, so just click or copy & paste)
go to:
http://web.mac.com/marciedavis/iWeb/...9FEF67CFF.html

Gee, couldn't they have made it a little longer?

[chrissij]

The link didn't work for me...

[xtweeksx]

Fireladys link came up saying *domain for sale* and the other *we cant find the webpage your looking for*.

Jenx

[MaryBeth]

The link to the blog is coming up for me. Marcie posted it in the other thread:

http://web.mac.com/marciedavis/iWeb/Lauscha/Firelady%27s%20Blog/05257E06-8723-4609-9B3C-4219FEF67CFF.html

Just click on it.

I just clicked on this after I posted it and it works.

[xtweeksx]

The link to the blog is coming up for me. Marcie posted it in the other thread:

http://web.mac.com/marciedavis/iWeb/Lauscha/Firelady%27s%20Blog/05257E06-8723-4609-9B3C-4219FEF67CFF.html

Just click on it.

I just clicked on this after I posted it and it works.


Thank you... your links working fine!

Jenx

[Three Muses Glass]

No pictures yet? Will you post some if I pout?:pout:
:lol:

[MaryBeth]

No pictures yet? Will you post some if I pout?:pout:
:lol:

I'll post some after I make some:razz: Or - if you say "down the shore" again - it made me a little bit homesick (or actually nostalgic for the summers of my mispent youth on New Jersey beaches).

[Three Muses Glass]

Awwww, Mary Beth! Next time I go down the shore I'll pick you up some salt water taffy.:-)
Oh, missed that last.Maybe I'll take a pic of under the boardwalk too yeah? Wheeee!

[Crazy Woman]

Oh, shoot.... Boardwalk on the NJ beaches....even played a few days of hookie in high school.... just to head down south to the beach.... the boardwalk.... oh..... memories...

[dichromary]

I wanted to see how this new color compared to the other translucent Lauscha I have. So I made a butterfly bead for the Bead of Courage. The butterfly has color #3 (forgot the name), Lauscha pink, Lauscha buckhorn, and Lauscha Latte? from Jodel. The others are all #3.

[MaryBeth]

Awwww, Mary Beth! Next time I go down the shore I'll pick you up some salt water taffy.:-)
Oh, missed that last.Maybe I'll take a pic of under the boardwalk too yeah? Wheeee!

Under the boardwalk:badgrin: I'll never tell:evil: But I'll take you up on that salt water taffy!

[MaryBeth]

I wanted to see how this new color compared to the other translucent Lauscha I have. So I made a butterfly bead for the Bead of Courage. The butterfly has color #3 (forgot the name), Lauscha pink, Lauscha buckhorn, and Lauscha Latte? from Jodel. The others are all #3.



Those are gorgeous! I made a couple of beads then realized I still had the fricken fiber blanket on the bottom of my kiln from the last time I fired PMC - so I only made a couple I hate putting them on fiber blanket!

I'm hoping I get that kind of color!

[Three Muses Glass]

Thanks Mary! That color is just SO pretty! Yay, not mustard thank gawd! Can't wait to get some.

Wassup with you CO girls? Come back, we'll go have greasy pizza and zepoles made by goodlookin Italian men.\\:D/

[barbbbeads]

Nope...not honey mustard at all. Sorry for my misinterpretation. I was just looking at the glass rod, but tried it tonight and that color turns to what looks like maybe a dusty rose/blush color. I don't quite know how to explain the color, but they are in the kiln now, so we'll see in the morning how it turns out. Off to try it again, this time with blutonium accents in it!

[beadworkstudio]

Oh nice! I am so glad I decided to tough it out for a few more months. I knew Marcie would get the kinks worked out, and that color is right up my alley. I love Supernova, but this one... ooooooohhhh!

Thanks Marcie for trying the blog thing again! And great news about the exclusivity. Number three is gonna be a huge hit!

Is it here from Germany yet? Is it shipping? I paid my invoice, so I hope I'll get it soon.

[*Naos*]

Mmmmm, wonder how it will work with frit! and as petals...

[crystalflipz]

Gorgeous pix! Makes me want to go start the torch right now, but since the fan will wake everyone up, off to bed so I can get up early and torch. LOL
Carol

[WillfulOne]

Dichromary thank you for posting the pictures of your beads! I will be happily waiting on mine.

[chrissij]

I'm just so glad it's not honey mustard. I paid my invoice; now I'm waiting.

[Crazy Woman]

Hey, Rebecca ~ Where are you in NJ? I lived in River Edge until just after I graduated high school. So close to NYC and we NEVER locked a door!

Bet things have changed now, huh???

[kandice]

Pretty - it looks a little like Powder Pink.

[xtweeksx]

Looks a lovely colour.....

Jenx

[Three Muses Glass]

Hey, Rebecca ~ Where are you in NJ? I lived in River Edge until just after I graduated high school. So close to NYC and we NEVER locked a door!

Bet things have changed now, huh???

You got that right! I live a town over from New Brunswick. My boys call it Gunswick.:razz: 20 years ago, no I never locked a door. Now? I have 2 big dogs AND I lock even the windows at night.

And to keep the thread on topic.....I didn't get my glass today. LOL!

[Robyn]

Blutonium made its way to Israel today. Its kind of weird being enticed by #3 when we don't know what #2 is like yet! Since we didn't have our glass, I never checked the threads to see other's reactions to the Blutonium. I sure was surprised to see this thread including pics of the new color! I assume I missed out on the change in the club concept to keep a collective surprise until most people have received their rods. I'll need to check in more often...

[jknapp]

I love it, it goes from creamy caramel to pink depending on what flame you have it in.

[SuzyQ]

How are you getting the pinks? I made two beads today and didn't get pink. Wasn't sure if the slight blush I saw was pink and it wasn't.

[nagibeads]

I wanted to see how this new color compared to the other translucent Lauscha I have. So I made a butterfly bead for the Bead of Courage. The butterfly has color #3 (forgot the name), Lauscha pink, Lauscha buckhorn, and Lauscha Latte? from Jodel. The others are all #3.

WOW!
What a gorgeous color(cool butterfly too)!!!!Woohoo! I can't wait!!!
Thank you so much for posting pics!!!:koolaid:

[sislonski]

I love the peachy pink look. Can't wait to try it!!

[jknapp]

I think I used a reduction flame to get the pink. I will try again later.
Jill

[Cindy2]

How are you getting the pinks? I made two beads today and didn't get pink. Wasn't sure if the slight blush I saw was pink and it wasn't.

Suzy - you may have figured this out already but the longer you work the color, the pinker it becomes. All of my "carmello" beads came out a rich pinky salmon color.

Cindy

[SuzyQ]

Thanks girls. I was just making plain bead trying to get color before investing time in something complex. But now I know time is my friend. :)

[doesdoes]

What is the name of color #3? It sounds like a great color \\:D/

[barclayb]

What is the name of color #3? It sounds like a great color \\:D/

it's caramello

[GinnyHampton]

Looks yummy . . .. I got mine today so I know what I'll be doing tomorrow!!!!

[artwhim]

Mine was sitting on the kitchen counter all day today, and it looked just like uncooked spaghetti. A little thick, but the color was right.

[chrissij]

I'm anxiously awaiting mine. I suspect because I "found" my invoice when going to PayPal that I probably paid too late to get some of the first batch that came with Marcy (Marcie?). Ah well, anticipation is such a wonderful thing that someone (was it the Stones?) sang a song about it...

[Kikki]

More pictures please! :-)

[SarahBoser]

Wow! That color looks like a real winner.

[barclayb]

I'm anxiously awaiting mine. I suspect because I "found" my invoice when going to PayPal that I probably paid too late to get some of the first batch that came with Marcy (Marcie?). Ah well, anticipation is such a wonderful thing that someone (was it the Stones?) sang a song about it...

Carly Simon

[Crazy Woman]

Just got mine yesterday and love what I'm seeing here..... however, I'd have never purchased the glass just from looking at it (I know, don't judge a book by its cover!) DH said it looks like baby poo :rolleyes:

Can't wait to play with it tomorrow.

[Maryse]

DH said it looks like baby poo :rolleyes:

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Oh!:wave: My glass came yesterday and my DH said just the same when he saw the glass.
I made a nice barrel bead with lots of silver. Will post picture tomorrow.It looks great if you roll the bead in silver leaf and then add clear dots on top

[chrissij]

Carly Simon

Wow!!! Was I off or what!!?!?!?

[barclayb]

Wow!!! Was I off or what!!?!?!?

:) not so far off from Satisfaction...

[Gardengirl]

So thrilled all of you love the color - I knew you would the second I got it!! I've fallen in LOVE with it!!!
I can't stop making beads with it!!
The colors seem to come with different heats. Minimal heat seems to lead to a pinker color. I get it a lot when I don't work the glass in the flame too much, or if I make a sculptural thing that floats in and out of the outer part of the flame.
Striking it makes it turn to a completely opaque caramel - and reduction flame seems to bring out a caramelization in it, but doesn't change the color too much.
It's fantastic with silver and I love how it meshes well with so many colors!!
I think I"ll wait a bit before posting my other pictures of beads with this glass - just for the club's sake , (but then again, I guess you've all seen many of my pictures in the pdf....lol)
Oh I am SO SO in love with this glass!!!!!!
THANK YOU , MARCIE!!!!!
Have as much fun with it as I am!!!!!

[SunSpot]

Try it with copper green - Instead of getting a black outline, you get white. Cool effect and the colors look great together. It's sorta butterscotchy over dk ivory

[Carolyn M]

Can somebody please post some pictures? I want to see what I'm missing since I dropped out!

[nagibeads]

Here are some of my test beads of COTM#3...
the entire base of the first bead is caramello. The second pic is a bead made with half Lauscha Melon Pink(on the left side) and Half Caramello as a comparison.My computer is going through some video card issues so the values may be off but the color is a gorgeous caffe latte with blushes of pink--I LOVE LOVE LOVE this color!!!
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[artwhim]

This glass would be great for making seashells with the color variations. Great possibilities and works very smooth.

[Carolyn M]

Thanks Nagi, it looks pretty, sort of opal yellow like. However I LOVE that Melon pink. Off to try and get some!

[Gardengirl]

Here's one...

The "fountain" is made just of Caramello with silver and then slightly reduced.

I just got a new fun tool to play with and have ideas swirling (literally) around in my head... off to play with this glass and my new tool!! :)

[Gardengirl]

Just took a bead out of the kiln
It was a base of Effetre ivory with a stripe encasement of Caramello to cover the ivory.
There are spiderweb cracks all over it
Anyone else tried this and had problems with it? I've done the same thing over white and have had no problems so far. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has experienced this.

[carolanne]

Just took a bead out of the kiln
It was a base of Effetre ivory with a stripe encasement of Caramello to cover the ivory.
There are spiderweb cracks all over it
Anyone else tried this and had problems with it? I've done the same thing over white and have had no problems so far. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has experienced this.

I test all the Lauscha with Moretti and Effetre to ensure compatibility before it is shipped. I tested it with white, light and dark ivory, vetro intense black, rubino oro, mosaic green, and about 35 other common and not so commom Moretti and Vetrofond colours. Some of them were just strand tests.

(I have to, because I have a lot of Italian glass that I want to use up, right?)

I made ivory beads with big caramello dots melted in and there was no cracking. I made ivory beads with a caramello spiral stringer decoration. I made ivory beads with caramello dots melted in.

I garage and anneal at 980 degrees F. I have never had any incompatibility or thermal cracking. Can you post a picture?

I am starting to think about doing all my beads on a base of clear to use less colour anyways by just applying a thin coating of colour, because I love Moretti white and can foresee a time when I have a lot less of it... :-)

Best,
Carol Anne

[Gardengirl]

Hi Carol Anne,
I'll get on taking the picture. It wasn't just a little Caramello like dots or swirl decorations.....when I've done that, I've had no problems. With this one, I made a large base ( one and a half rods) of ivory, then stripe encased it all the way around so there is no ivory showing. There's cracks all over the thing, although they're REALLY hard to see unless you're really looking. Not sure if I can get a decent picture of a crack, but I'll try.
I stringer compatibility tested it with clear, but I didn't do it with ivory...ah well. I kinda liked that bead ....

[Crazy Woman]

Just some test beads. The Caramello looks tan in the flame, but I only seem to get pink... I kinda like it :-)

[Robyn]

What torch are you using?

[Crazy Woman]

Hi, Robyn ~ I'm on a Phantom but using the center fire (Lynx)

[Gardengirl]

I get tons of pink too. You have to keep striking it to get it to go to the caramel color.
I love the pink color too, though!
Very pretty bead. I see you used copper green - I played with that too for the white line, but I found out that if you keep striking it, a really small red line outlines the white that outlines the copper green.
I'll get a picture of it and hopefully the red line will show up. Anyone else get that yet?

I tried etching this glass last night.....looks delicious!! :)

[Crazy Woman]

Thanks! Just a tester before making bigger beads.

Did you reduce so that you got the red line outside the white? Or was it just thru striking?

Next question ~ My bead looks caramel in color always in the flame and when I 'inspect' So, how do I know when I have pink or caramel????

I did get a little of the caramel in this one.

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[Gardengirl]

Oohh... I got the red line too. Mine just appeared because of striking, I think. It is a dot bead so it was cooled, then heated, then cooled, etc..... not sure when the red line showed up..

I posted a little bit ago about compatibility and my beads cracking. Well, it's official.... every bead that I made a large base of white or ivory (effetre) and encased in Caramello has cracked. Long, spiderweb type cracks all over the beads. I only was able to get one to show up in pictures, so I'm posting it. I've also encased caramello with rubino and so far have had no problems with that.... go figure.
The beads were all made with stripe encasing down the length of the beads after the core had been formed. I know I kept the bead hot enough - I would warm it to glowing frequently while working with it.
I'd love to know if any of you have had anything like this happen yet?

Crazy woman - that bead is GORGEOUS!!!

[MaryBeth]

Kristen - what temps are you annealing at?

Lauscha really like the higher end of the temperature range. I haven't tried the combinations you have yet though.

Also, check your ramp down rate.

I anneal at 980 and ramp down at 50 degrees per hour until 600 degrees then I let my kiln shut off as it is fire brick. This schedule has resolved so many cracking problems for me with lots of different glass - Czech glass, silver, Lauscha with Moretti.

[SuzyQ]

So pretty! I love the fountain and now I have to try it with copper green. Thanks for sharing.

[Gardengirl]

Hi Mary Beth!!
I'm annealing at 950 and have no idea how to adjust my kiln temp. I made a similar bead this afternoon out a solid rod of caramello so if it's the thermal crack thing, I'll know I guess!
My ramp down rate is ridiculously slow - the whole cycle lasts for about 9 to 10 hours.
I'll let you know when I pull the others out tomorrow!! Thanks for the advice :)
SuzyQ - thanks. Yeah, go try it with CG - pretty cool reaction! Thanks for who gave that tip!!

[*Naos*]

Can you believe I have FORGOTTEN to play with this? I'm such a boob! Thanks for bumping this up, Kristen! I'll have to remind myself to play with it tomorrow...looks like a cool alternative to Opal Yellow... :)

[carolanne]

Hi Mary Beth!!
I'm annealing at 950 and have no idea how to adjust my kiln temp. I made a similar bead this afternoon out a solid rod of caramello so if it's the thermal crack thing, I'll know I guess!
My ramp down rate is ridiculously slow - the whole cycle lasts for about 9 to 10 hours.
I'll let you know when I pull the others out tomorrow!! Thanks for the advice :)
SuzyQ - thanks. Yeah, go try it with CG - pretty cool reaction! Thanks for who gave that tip!!

=P~ O:) no problem! Lauscha glass is kind of a bit of an obsession for me... (divorced husband, sold house, moved to Lauscha, bought tiny little grey slate house with not one 90% angle in it and my bed was too big for the staircase, ditto the master bedroom, so anyways, I sleep in the living room...Yeah, that qualifies as obsession...)

That red line is awesome! Thank YOU for showing us that! 950 is too cool to garage or anneal Moretti and Lauscha. I garage and anneal at 980. I put fibre blanket in the bottom of my kiln for those "Oops, the rubino is too soft still to go in the kiln" moments. Then I hold at 980 for another hour or more depending on the thickness of what I have made. Then I ramp down 200 degrees per hour or less depending on what I made, to 750 degrees.(edited to say that it's actually effectively much slower than this because it's a gignormous kiln packed with thick firebrick and it holds the heat for a very long time...) Then I hold at 750 for 2 hours, and then ramp down slowly to room temperature. It's paranoid, but I have never had a bead crack and I mix Lauscha and Moretti like they are water colour paints.

It's a pity about the crack because that is a very lovely bead...

:-) Okay, so now, try dots of rubino on your Caramello and then reduce lightly. The rubino doesn't go that awful grey poo colour - it's too cool not to share this. It goes a rich lustrous golden caramel metallic shiny colour. It's incredible...! I have too many darned beads to even know where to start photographing and some of them are merely tests so I didn't bother to pay attention to what I was making, just what I was making it with... :-)

It's so nice to see what you all are doing with my favourite glass! (It's nice to read in English too...) I forget English words now and again, and it's really freaking me out...

Best,
Carol Anne

[PaulaD]

Hey Carol Anne,

Thanks for posting the Annealing Schedule! And for sharing your experience with Lauscha glass! I wish I had some Carmello right now. It looks yummy!
Please don't forget to stop in here and chat with us in English!!

Paula

[firelady]

In case you want to know where all the Caramello is
at this moment, click here: http://web.mac.com/marciedavis/iWeb/Lauscha/Firelady%27s%20Blog/Firelady%27s%20Blog.html

[Gardengirl]

OOOHHH....I've played with Caramello and Rubino, but didn't reduce it....it was pretty as it was - layed on top in patterns and melted in, but - guess my schedule is changing tonight to TORCHING!!!!!! :)

I made another big a** bead out of one whole rod of Caramello with more writing on it.
So far....no cracks and it's looking good.
I also wanted to mention that making fountains and such, I've encased it in transparents and even rubino with no problems - no cracks at all.
Hmm... I'm perplexed. I just love the glass SO SO much (just like you , Carol Anne :) ) that I want to find something to layer underneath it to save some because I'm going through it like water!!
My kiln is digital and I have one program for soft glass, and one for boro. I'll see if hubby is up for re-programming to set a higher soak temp this weekend. I'll let you know if the other one cracks - if it does, then it's absolutely thermal!

I LOVE that you moved to Lauscha for your passion.... I wouldn't care where I slept , as long as there was a place for me to sleep, eat, and torch that was warm, I'd be happy too!!!

Amber - glad you found this so you'd get to play with it too! I think it's right up your alley and it looks fabulous etched and with silver! Have fun!!

[carolanne]

OOOHHH....I've played with Caramello and Rubino, but didn't reduce it....it was pretty as it was - layed on top in patterns and melted in, but - guess my schedule is changing tonight to TORCHING!!!!!! :)

I made another big a** bead out of one whole rod of Caramello with more writing on it.
So far....no cracks and it's looking good.
I also wanted to mention that making fountains and such, I've encased it in transparents and even rubino with no problems - no cracks at all.
Hmm... I'm perplexed. I just love the glass SO SO much (just like you , Carol Anne :) ) that I want to find something to layer underneath it to save some because I'm going through it like water!!
My kiln is digital and I have one program for soft glass, and one for boro. I'll see if hubby is up for re-programming to set a higher soak temp this weekend. I'll let you know if the other one cracks - if it does, then it's absolutely thermal!

I LOVE that you moved to Lauscha for your passion.... I wouldn't care where I slept , as long as there was a place for me to sleep, eat, and torch that was warm, I'd be happy too!!!

Amber - glad you found this so you'd get to play with it too! I think it's right up your alley and it looks fabulous etched and with silver! Have fun!!

Okey dokey Garden Girl! - before you use any more Caramello, how big a bead do you want to make? I mean, I have an endless supply of clear and I have a little caramello so I could make a honker with Lauscha clear and then encase it in caramello. How big to you want it? There is really cool stuff going on at the hutte tomorrow with a guest artist making a really big mold to blow a sculpture into so I am totally torching tomorrow! I was going to take the day off to do laundry, but I am doing a big wash tonight and hanging it up in front of the fire so that I have dry socks!

The rubino on the caramello will knock your socks off - simple dots are just so beautiful. Swiggley stringers ditto. Melt it in and then a little whoosh in a reducing flame and wow. Also, you can bring it back with a oxidizing flame and re-reduce it. That is what I really like about the new colours. That is the kind of flexibility that we were really aiming for...

:-) Big smile,
Carol Anne

[glassworks]

hey carolanne - did ya say you would run out of white? - honey, i got about a ton of white coming and i'll ship ya some!!!

i even have the ivories etc all on their way, so send me your wish list now!!! i'll send you mine, and you and ulla can do the hunt for me!!..

great info on all these colours btw - and we will call you to help with your english fraulein!!..

\\:D/

[Gardengirl]

Well, I guess I make them anywhere from 1" to 3" long and 1" to 1 1/2" wide or so. My beads have really jumped in size since I got my Pihrana. I'll have to take a picture of them in my hand.
I was going to try to use Lauscha clear as a base since I have some. Maybe it will work out better!
Thanks for letting me know about the guest artist! That sounds really interestng. *Stupid question - is the hutte a subforum here or something? I don't spend a terrible amount of time online, so I don't know where all these cool glass things are.
Rubino and caramello - can't wait to try it!!!!! :)

[artwhim]

Kristen, I made a bead last week with Lausha clear as the core and then encased in Carmello. They seemed to like each other. I shaped the bead after encasing which caused various thicknesses in the encasing. This caused the bead to have variations of pink to carmel - almost streaky looking. It was a neat effect. A thicker encasing should give a more consistent color.

[DenetianGlass]

One I can answer :-)

The hutte is the short name for Farbglasshutte, the Lauscha glass factory where Carol Anne works. Here's a link with pictures http://www.farbglashuette.de/home_e.html

I was lucky enough to be able to visit Carol Anne last September (Hi Carol Anne :waving: ), and spend a couple of days on the torch there. Thankfully her German was better than mine to answer questions from the school kids when tours came thru. She was a fantastic host - and Lauscha is a neat little glass town! It's so cool that we have our own tester right at the factory, and that she's made her dream a reality. Couldn't happen to a nicer person!
*Stupid question - is the hutte a subforum here or something? I don't spend a terrible amount of time online, so I don't know where all these cool glass things are.

[carolanne]

Denise answers your hutte question for you in the previous post. Denise had the pleasure of speaking German to me BEFORE I moved to Lauscha, when I didn't speak German above asking for a christmas ornament in a different colour. I am so embarrassed about my German before, but it gets better and better every day, and I understand almost everything people say now. It's hard for people to get used to me learning it fast. Today at the hutte a pair of colleagues were chatting and saying something cute about me thinking I had no idea what they were saying... Then I dropped the bomb by making a little comment at the end. They really laughed! We have a lot of fun working together, we share a lot of laughter and jokes, and I couldn't ask for better people to hang out with every day.

And I made a big giant whopping bead today per your wishes! It is 5/8ths of an inch thick and 1 and a half inches across. I did the base in clear and then put a thin coating of caramello on. I painted from top to bottom in stripes and then put a ring around each end. Then I mashed and decorated with Blutonium stringer. I should have done one side in Blutonium and one side in Moretti Rubino Oro, so you could see, but I didn't.

I will pick up the bead tomorrow morning and come home and start taking pictures! I made huge hollows this past few days and want to take pics of them too!

Big smile and a big wave to Denise (and hubby). I can't wait for you guys to come back... That was a magical couple of days! But Lauscha is full of magic as you know first hand now. You don't have to take my word for it...

I have to get more rechargable batteries for my camera - Karnival is coming up and I got invited to Women's karnival - it's great because men are forbidden to come unless they dress like women! So, they do, but in Lauscha, they leave the full beard and moustache on and for instance, just stick a blond wig on top... I have seen so many photos from previous years - I just cannot wait. I have to have 3 different costumes for the 3 evenings that I am going... One of the lampworkers at the hutte is the third person in charge of karnival so he told me the best evenings to go. My neighbour is the number 1 chief of Karnival, so he told me to come to him if the tickets were sold out and not to worry because I can go whenever I want to, sold out or not! He has the nicest family too.

That's the same neighbour who sent me my supper in July. I was out in front of my house, cutting and digging the weeds out of the cobblestones in the early evening. Far away, at the bottom of my mountain, a family was starting to enjoy a small roast pig... (sorry, I used to be vegetarian, but the meat is just too good here. Hormones are forbidden and there are unbreakable and unbroken laws about what you can feed animals...)

It was a lively and happy party, and it smelled really good.

The Karnival chief calls up - "Shut up"! He was trying to translate this German phrase "Pass auf" that means, "Hey look"! His son quickly explained to him what he had said. I was already laughing. They invited me down for dinner and said that I was working as hard as my neighbour Helga. I said, I would be proud to be compared to Helga because she is a proper German housewife (her house is so beautiful inside and out, not because it is fancy, but because she loves it - she's 69 and retired, though she still goes into her glass studio and makes beautiful glass animals...She has a reputation for being a very hard worker.)

Anyway, they laughed. I was still in North American mode - afraid to accept an invitation from someone I didn't know. A few minutes later, one of the family walked up the mountain (yes, it's really a mountain) with dinner for me. I couldn't believe it. I put my dinner down on my little retaining wall and ran in the house, got the one beer I had bought at the grocery store out of the fridge and ran outside. I emptied my weeds in the big container and turned my steel bucket upside down on the "sidewalk". I sat down and raised my hand and toasted my neighbours' health. They even sang to me. I still cannot believe that I live here. My neighbours and all the neighbours in all the neighbourhoods are so wonderful. It really is a magical place.

But next time they invite me, I will let them save the shoe leather and put down my tools and walk down the mountain... Maybe after running inside to make a salad or something to take along...

xoxo, Carol Anne


Well, I guess I make them anywhere from 1" to 3" long and 1" to 1 1/2" wide or so. My beads have really jumped in size since I got my Pihrana. I'll have to take a picture of them in my hand.
I was going to try to use Lauscha clear as a base since I have some. Maybe it will work out better!
Thanks for letting me know about the guest artist! That sounds really interestng. *Stupid question - is the hutte a subforum here or something? I don't spend a terrible amount of time online, so I don't know where all these cool glass things are.
Rubino and caramello - can't wait to try it!!!!! :)

[carolanne]

Hey Carol Anne,

Thanks for posting the Annealing Schedule! And for sharing your experience with Lauscha glass! I wish I had some Carmello right now. It looks yummy!
Please don't forget to stop in here and chat with us in English!!

Paula

Thank you Paula! I hope you come visit me in Lauscha one day! :-) I can tell you when the weather is especially nice - all you have to do is ask!

I find the higher garaging and annealing temperature removes any little trace of stress from the glass - I was fooling around doing a bowling demonstration for one of my buddies at the hutte who had to make a sculpture of a bowler and I used my hollows that had just come out of the kiln to bowl with - he was flabbergasted that they would not break on the tinted and sealed concrete floor... It's that good an annealing schedule... ;-)

[carolanne]

hey carolanne - did ya say you would run out of white? - honey, i got about a ton of white coming and i'll ship ya some!!!

i even have the ivories etc all on their way, so send me your wish list now!!! i'll send you mine, and you and ulla can do the hunt for me!!..

great info on all these colours btw - and we will call you to help with your english fraulein!!..

\\:D/

Thank goodness for Skype! Thank you guys for calling me and chatting in English. I mean, it's GREAT to be learning German by being here, but I get freaked out when I forget English words...

Ulla and I have enough of both of those colours you mentioned to me so you can have any amount that you want. I'll log into Skype and look out for you guys...

I ran out of something else... but found a half a rod in my "special" toolbox. I found my tiny bundle of caramello rod ends today too, which was good, but have no idea where i put a different color that I wanted to do a tutorial for. Maybe I used it all... That happens, unfortunately...

Ulla was just charmed by both of you! She would do just about anything for the pair of you! Of course, it helps that your sweetheart speaks excellent German! That always makes Ulla happy. She was asking me to translate English song lyrics today, with the resulting verdict, "english song lyrics are just as bad as german ones..." Let's just say that we had some very bad examples playing on the radio... and NO! my translations weren't bad... Then we listened to John Denver, which is surprisingly good torching music and I had to explain why I knew all the words to every song. I could not translate "8 Track Tape player in my Mom's Plymouth Scamp" though... it's cool Ulla doesn't mind when I sing along! She hums along too and then I translate a little more. It was just such a great day today - snow falling outside, good music, good company, good glass and good work. I swear everyone in Lauscha is musical! Denise will agree...!

[PaulaD]

Oh my God! Karnival??? You mean Lauscha is a party town too?? Woo-Hoo.
Wow Carol Anne Lauscha really does dound magical!
I'd love to visit some day. But unfortunately it 's really tough for me to take time off from work. Any time off at all!! Ugh.
Sure wish I had some Carmello! I didn't join COM because I like to see the colors first.
Paula

[carolanne]

Oh my God! Karnival??? You mean Lauscha is a party town too?? Woo-Hoo.
Wow Carol Anne Lauscha really does dound magical!
I'd love to visit some day. But unfortunately it 's really tough for me to take time off from work. Any time off at all!! Ugh.
Sure wish I had some Carmello! I didn't join COM because I like to see the colors first.
Paula

The Germans have a reputation for being a serious people... Yeah, serious about having fun! Karnival is the best way to chase away the winter blahs! We get a week vacation from my German language course so I will sew my costumes during that time.

I like to see the colours first too... So I moved to Lauscha! Bwah ha ha ha... *duck* ;-)

[Crazy Woman]

*Quack*!!! Carolane.... I so don't blame you for moving to Lauscha!!! Just how cool is that.... Love the fact that you post and let us know about the new colors.... Thanks!!!

[Lizabeads]

Whaaa I want mine too !!!

[carolanne]

*Quack*!!! Carolane.... I so don't blame you for moving to Lauscha!!! Just how cool is that.... Love the fact that you post and let us know about the new colors.... Thanks!!!

Thank you too for your thanks! - I feel so bad for not contributing for so long because I have to do this mandatory language course for immigrants. They just started doing it in January 2004. But it is a very good idea, because there are people in my course who have lived here for up to 15 years, and they couldn't speak a word at the beginning... I was just getting to the point in dealing with my international relocation where I was ready to try to be a contributing member of bead making society, and bam! the German course that they had been postponing for months, finally started. Yeah, the month before Christmas...

I couldn't help coming here, and when I got the invitation moments after my house sold, well, it was clear where my road was leading. I do miss English a lot though. It has flared up in the last month or so. There is something to do with the different psychological stages of being an ex-patriot. (That used to be called home sickness... but I for sure would have home sickness if I wasn't here in my tiny grey slate house - it's a process I guess. Transitions are big things. Dogs say, "Anything can happen - Wheeeee". And Cats say, "Change is bad, change is bad, change is bad..." I think this transition is all about balancing my inner dog and cat... >^..^< ~@.o~

[PaulaD]

Carol Anne,
It's wonderful to see you here! Now every one knows they have a cyber "friend" to visit should they ever end up in Germany!!!
:grin:
Paula

[MelissaQ]

I just received my Caramello today but it's too cold and windy to torch unforturnately. So maybe in the next couple of days. I haven't even used Bluetonium yet and I can't really get anything out of Supernova but I can't wait to try this color! All sorts of ideas are popping into my head - this has rekindled my excitement in the COM club!!

[beadworkstudio]

I just posted these in the show & tell, but I'll repost here. Made with Carmello, Moretti Sage, and Ivory. I didn't do anything special, but I work the daylights out of the glass to shape them like this. I also tend to get the glass very hot. They go into the kiln more caramel color, but come out like this. I love this glass!

http://beadworkstudio.com/Beadwork/carmello1.png

http://beadworkstudio.com/Beadwork/carmello2.png

[CO_Phantom]

Oooh.....Sheila those are pretty! I hope I can get the same out of my glass (when I ever get my torch set up...bah!)

Okay, I just got mine today, with Supernova and Blutonium (I joined the club because of this thread...) But, I only got a CD on Caramello. Did everyone else get a CD for tips on Blutonium and Supernova? And if so....could someone email me the info?

-Amy

[Reenie]

Got mine today Can't wait to play now!!!!
Irene

[Lizabeads]

Got mine today tooooo !!!

[*Naos*]

Here's my first bead with Caramello - I just love the Toasty Brown it turns when cooked really well with silver...

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL248/1116383/15005243/226503235.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL248/1116383/15005243/226503228.jpg

[Lizabeads]

That is cool Amber. It kinda looks like a headless pig !! What did you name it or have in mind?

EDITED: Changed my mind how about a bear?

[barclayb]

Carol Anne - I love your posts. It's so interesting to hear the tales from the workbench. And how brave and wonderful of you to move to Lauscha! Good luck with the inner dog and cat balancing (and what a great analogy). The older I get, the more cat I am. We lived in Paris this spring for just 2 months, and it was a really hard adjustment (language, culture), and I was yearning to hear English, too. We had TV and we got quite a few really bad American TV shows (esp. Lifetime movies with Melissa Gilbert), but they'd all been dubbed into French. I'd even taken French but still couldn't understand much of what I heard and am very impressed with how you're learning German, and not even just one kind of German, wow. I hope to meet you someday in Lauscha.

[carolanne]

Carol Anne - I love your posts. It's so interesting to hear the tales from the workbench. And how brave and wonderful of you to move to Lauscha! Good luck with the inner dog and cat balancing (and what a great analogy). The older I get, the more cat I am. We lived in Paris this spring for just 2 months, and it was a really hard adjustment (language, culture), and I was yearning to hear English, too. We had TV and we got quite a few really bad American TV shows (esp. Lifetime movies with Melissa Gilbert), but they'd all been dubbed into French. I'd even taken French but still couldn't understand much of what I heard and am very impressed with how you're learning German, and not even just one kind of German, wow. I hope to meet you someday in Lauscha.

Wow! (pay no attention to all the questions I asked you in my pm!) I think that the dubbing is really hard for me to deal with - in Canada, when you see a foreign film, it has subtitles. Period.

I would even enjoy seeing an episode of "Little House"! Sheesh! (When did "Little House" jump the shark?)

I am getting to be more and more cat too, but 8 months ago, I chose a dog's life and moved halfway around the world to a place where I didn't speak the language and only knew people from coming here once a year for vacation...

A friend always jokes about my 2 little Cornish Rex cats and how they should be more dog in their approach to dealing with capital 'C' Change. So, I just grafted the idea onto what seems to be happening in my life at the moment.

The task of processing so many big life changes all at once is really, really big. But I think that I can do it.

If I weren't living in such a friendly place with so many wonderful people around me, it would probably be a different experience.

But it means a great deal to have people to communicate with in my motherlanguage (as they say over here!). Thanks for pm'ing me - that was a very nice surprise!

And it's also nice to see what people are doing with their new colours! Keep it coming! And for people who still have some of each of the colours, try decorating your caramello with the other two as stringers and then reduce... also with rubino oro and or Lauschalady's transparent gold pinks...

Big smile,
Carol Anne

[Magicfire]

I think the difference in the stiffness of the 2 glasses is just too great. The ivory is one of the softest Moretti colors, and the Lauscha is very stiff. I had this problem years ago when I made base beads of ivory with Moretti tiger stripes, encased in Lauscha clear and transparent peach. They cracked like crazy until I put down a base of the Lauscha first. I know they weren't thermal cracks, because I also garage at 980 in a firebrick kiln. The stiff transparent on top of the super-soft opaque is the problem.

Although you are not using a transparent on top, I think the difference in viscosity causes it to crack even though they are both 104. Using another Lauscha glass as the base should solve your problem.

Just my 2 cents!
-Patti

Hi Mary Beth!!
I'm annealing at 950 and have no idea how to adjust my kiln temp. I made a similar bead this afternoon out a solid rod of caramello so if it's the thermal crack thing, I'll know I guess!
My ramp down rate is ridiculously slow - the whole cycle lasts for about 9 to 10 hours.
I'll let you know when I pull the others out tomorrow!! Thanks for the advice :)
SuzyQ - thanks. Yeah, go try it with CG - pretty cool reaction! Thanks for who gave that tip!!

[Magicfire]

Carolanne, you crack me up! I went off to Germany too in the early 80's--I was supposed to stay 4 months and I stayed for 14, then went back a year later for another year. I did eventually have to come home, though. Silly me, I had fallen in love with a guy back home and came home to get married. It was hard to tear myself away.

I know what you mean about the place being magical! I lived in Heidelberg and went to the University there, and traveled all over Germany and Austria. There were so many beautiful places...unfortunately I knew nothing of glass then, and Lauscha was behind the iron curtain. A pity! I went to Venice twice and there was so much that I could have done there, if I had had a clue. I didn't even know that lampworking existed then.

One thing I loved about Germany was how welcoming the people are; my German roomates treated me like a member of the family. They helped me so much with my German, too (I had studied German for several years before I came, but it took a few weeks to get up to speed on the spoken part. I noticed the American students who lived with other english speakers never did become really fluent.)

Another thing I loved was how history was around every corner.

I loved hiking on the trails on the mountain behind my apartment complex. I was hiking there one day when I found the remains of a village that had been destroyed during the 30 years war, just hidden there in the middle of the forest (there was a plaque or I wouldn't have had a clue what it was...someone had restored the well, and the rest were just the remains of foundations). That was so awesome! One year I got to celebrate Christmas eve midnight mass in a beautiful, medieval chapel that was built in the 1100s and covered on the inside with carvings from that period. Wow.

I loved Karnival, and the Christkindlmarkt---nothing like a hot gluehwein at the Christmas market with snow falling!

I'd love to go to Lauscha sometime, but am really tied down now...

I remember the homesickness. I used to crave things like marshmellows and macaroni and cheese that they didn't have there. If you come back you will have culture shock too. Works both ways! I remember when I came back after 14 months the sun seemed way too bright, and everything seemed so dirty and sometimes downright ugly compared to Germany.

BTW, got my caramello the other day...thanks all for the pictures! I can't wait to try it with silver and rubino!

-Patti

[PaulaD]

I think next year we should all pile into Carol Anne's house for Karnival!
I could sure go for a party!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
You are all making me want to get on an airplane again! (Which I haven't done all that well since 911 was in my backyard and my company had 60 floors in tower #2!)
Boy between glass and a party??? Any single middle age guys over there?? :waving:

Paula

[carolanne]

Carolanne, you crack me up! I went off to Germany too in the early 80's--I was supposed to stay 4 months and I stayed for 14, then went back a year later for another year. I did eventually have to come home, though. Silly me, I had fallen in love with a guy back home and came home to get married. It was hard to tear myself away.

I know what you mean about the place being magical! I lived in Heidelberg and went to the University there, and traveled all over Germany and Austria. There were so many beautiful places...unfortunately I knew nothing of glass then, and Lauscha was behind the iron curtain. A pity! I went to Venice twice and there was so much that I could have done there, if I had had a clue. I didn't even know that lampworking existed then.

One thing I loved about Germany was how welcoming the people are; my German roomates treated me like a member of the family. They helped me so much with my German, too (I had studied German for several years before I came, but it took a few weeks to get up to speed on the spoken part. I noticed the American students who lived with other english speakers never did become really fluent.)

Another thing I loved was how history was around every corner.

I loved hiking on the trails on the mountain behind my apartment complex. I was hiking there one day when I found the remains of a village that had been destroyed during the 30 years war, just hidden there in the middle of the forest (there was a plaque or I wouldn't have had a clue what it was...someone had restored the well, and the rest were just the remains of foundations). That was so awesome! One year I got to celebrate Christmas eve midnight mass in a beautiful, medieval chapel that was built in the 1100s and covered on the inside with carvings from that period. Wow.

I loved Karnival, and the Christkindlmarkt---nothing like a hot gluehwein at the Christmas market with snow falling!

I'd love to go to Lauscha sometime, but am really tied down now...

I remember the homesickness. I used to crave things like marshmellows and macaroni and cheese that they didn't have there. If you come back you will have culture shock too. Works both ways! I remember when I came back after 14 months the sun seemed way too bright, and everything seemed so dirty and sometimes downright ugly compared to Germany.

BTW, got my caramello the other day...thanks all for the pictures! I can't wait to try it with silver and rubino!

-Patti

WOW! Thank you. I sometimes think I have trouble explaining to people how it is here - I think it will sound hokey or unbelieveable - having someone I don't know yet back me up is awesome. You hit the nail on the head. I have had all those same feelings about how lovely it is here.

I have visited a lot of old cities too during my earlier vacations and it just takes your breath away sometimes to walk up the hardest granite stairs that are 1000 years old, but worn down so there's a curve in them, from centuries of people walking up and down them before you...

That said, there is also the freaky craving for President's Choice white cheddar macaroni and cheese dinner. Something I would not even think of eating more than maybe once a year in Canada but yeah, CRAVE now...

I am not planning to go back to North America, so lucky me - I hopefully only have to go through one culture shock... But it's weird thinking about not going back, but that is what I planned before I even left... I shipped my whole household over here. (that's 21 place settings of Fiesta Ware among other junk...)

Caramello has silver in it already so you might find it lets your silver stay more silver - I am not sure - I fell so in love with what it does with Rubino, that I never bothered to break out the foil...

Big smile,
Carol Anne - this is Red Riding Hood territory and this is the historical toy making region of Germany, so it really is so magically beautiful everywhere you turn. My little house is a house with many little corners - not one of them is 90 degrees. (Okay, the ceilings are perfectly 90 degrees where the freaky walls meet them...) I cannot imagine the mathematics involved in building my house - all compound angles and weird corners - but it's very charming.

[carolanne]

I think the difference in the stiffness of the 2 glasses is just too great. The ivory is one of the softest Moretti colors, and the Lauscha is very stiff. I had this problem years ago when I made base beads of ivory with Moretti tiger stripes, encased in Lauscha clear and transparent peach. They cracked like crazy until I put down a base of the Lauscha first. I know they weren't thermal cracks, because I also garage at 980 in a firebrick kiln. The stiff transparent on top of the super-soft opaque is the problem.

Although you are not using a transparent on top, I think the difference in viscosity causes it to crack even though they are both 104. Using another Lauscha glass as the base should solve your problem.

Just my 2 cents!
-Patti

Thank you Patti. And Kristen - I have done the strand tests over and over. It appears to be a viscosity issue and is not a COE issue. The hotter annealing is a good thing anyways if you are a mixer like me!

What I did yesterday is I made a bead of clear. I noted the thickness of the clear from the mandrel out to the outer radius. I then encased it with the same thickness of Caramello. I will have to see tomorrow afternoon when I get to the hutte - I have German and then I give my little English club lesson and then I go to the hutte.

That said, there must be a reason that hardly anyone does the "coating clear with colour to save money" thing in the soft glass world. I have some vetro and am going to try the same test with a vetro clear and another vetro colour.

It just freaks me out because I have used Moretti and Lauscha together since the beginning of bead making for me. I have layered stuff over and over and never had a crack. Caramello is so creamy and smooth - the strand test (okay, million strand tests...) was great. I have no idea why I also got the same crack as Kristen - I think I did not heat it up enough before putting it in the kiln.

Please note: As a base bead with lavish decoration of any other colour there is ZERO problem with cracking - just the problem of encasing a huge clear or neutral bead with a thin coating of Caramello to save money/save Caramello.

Slightly puzzled smile,
Carol Anne

[carolanne]

I think next year we should all pile into Carol Anne's house for Karnival!
I could sure go for a party!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
You are all making me want to get on an airplane again! (Which I haven't done all that well since 911 was in my backyard and my company had 60 floors in tower #2!)
Boy between glass and a party??? Any single middle age guys over there?? :waving:

Paula

Actually, there is this really nice guy who I didn't know was single. I thought he was a nice older gentleman with a wife and kids and maybe grandkids, so I always give him a little shoulder hug and a kiss on the cheek when I come into the best Schnitzel restaurant... Well, duh, last Friday he drove his mother to the doctor's office across the street from the hutte and stopped in to say hello. I squealed with joy and ran out from behind my torch to give him a little hug and then we chatted, him, Ulla and I.

So, he leaves and Ulla is like, there's another potential husband you could have had... And I am like, HUH? And she's like, yeah, he has never been married. OH GOD. I was so embarrassed. So, every couple of weeks when I gave him his friendly little kiss on the cheek and his buddies all hooted and teased him, it wasn't because they were teasing him he was going to get in 'trouble' with his wife for an innocent smooch on the cheek. It was because he's freaking SINGLE.

I felt like such a dipstick! He is such a NICE man - at first he always spoke slowly to me and explained what the other guys were talking about. Then as my German got better and better he made jokes with me and explained more complex conversations. Then one time as we sat at the regulars' table, he caught me laughing at a naughty joke. He said, hey young one, you understand everything you hear now, don't you. And I was like, yeah, pretty much, which is nice because before I had no idea. And he said, that's really nice. It makes me happy for you. It's nice for us too because now we don't have to talk so freaking slow anymore. Big devilish Lauscha smile and that Lauscha wink! (not to mention that he called me young one! :lol: )

Well groomed, very good natured, nice disposition, kind to his mother, nice moustache, good haircut, turtlenecks and nice trousers on his day off and he's an electrician or something. I think he is 47? I would say that he is definitely handsome. His t-shirts in summer are always beautifully white!

Should I start a dating service?

When you get vacation, please come visit. It was hard for me to get on a plane too. I worked at a brokerage when it happened and had 6 bosses in the air in and out of NYC that morning. 6 frantic spouses calling me for flight numbers, the big screens on the trading floor making the whole place silent. Traders quiet? Impossible... I completely forget what I was doing when Princess Diana died, but I will never forget that morning as long as I am coherent.

Normally my sister went through Penn Station every day - that day, she got a ride over to Long Island and she saw the plane hit the second tower. Because of the phones being out, we didn't know until the next day. Thank God the other prof was bored and lonely that morning and caught her walking down to the commuter train station... Thankfully, she now lives on Long Island...

[LAJ]

Thankfully, she now lives on Long Island...


Where on Long Island? I live in Plainview in Nassau County!

[carolanne]

Where on Long Island? I live in Plainview in Nassau County!

She lives 10 minutes from Hoffstra University. She used to live in Yonkers, but after Sept 11, she started looking for a place to rent on the Island...

Know anyone who has a resonably priced apartment for rent? The house where she rents a flat is up for sale...

:-) When I visited her in Westchester County, I went to the city everytime but never went to the Island! I was in the car when a friend drove out there to pick her up one time - it was so pretty, I thought I was in Maine...:lol:

She always came home during vacation and stayed with my parents, so I haven't even seen her latest apartment.

Big smile,
Carol Anne

[LAJ]

She lives 10 minutes from Hoffstra University. She used to live in Yonkers, but after Sept 11, she started looking for a place to rent on the Island...

Know anyone who has a resonably priced apartment for rent? The house where she rents a flat is up for sale...

:-) When I visited her in Westchester County, I went to the city everytime but never went to the Island! I was in the car when a friend drove out there to pick her up one time - it was so pretty, I thought I was in Maine...:lol:

She always came home during vacation and stayed with my parents, so I haven't even seen her latest apartment.

Big smile,
Carol Anne

wow, I'm maybe 15-20 minutes from Hofstra! It is pretty here. I love the fact that you're an hour train ride from Manhattan & about 20 minutes to the beach. Is your sister also a lampwork artist? I don't know of any apartments myself, but I'll keep an eye out for her & let you know if I hear of one.

[barclayb]

Carol Anne - Wow, your house sounds totally charming! I love quirky angles. (our house is all rectangles)

BTW I don't do the "'coating clear with colour to save money' thing" because I'm too lazy to.

[carolanne]

Carol Anne - Wow, your house sounds totally charming! I love quirky angles. (our house is all rectangles)

BTW I don't do the "'coating clear with colour to save money' thing" because I'm too lazy to.

;-) I don't do it either... But I wanted to try for people who wanted to conserve their caramello...

It is a very charming house - very cute. But those angles can make furniture arranging a little interesting!

[carolanne]

wow, I'm maybe 15-20 minutes from Hofstra! It is pretty here. I love the fact that you're an hour train ride from Manhattan & about 20 minutes to the beach. Is your sister also a lampwork artist? I don't know of any apartments myself, but I'll keep an eye out for her & let you know if I hear of one.

She's a teacher of vocal music! She doesn't have a torch for landlords to worry about, but she does have a cat! (she doesn't sing at home either...) Can you imagine what her commute from Yonkers was like? Bleh... She loves living out there too. Thanks for keeping your eyes open!

[Crazy Woman]

Your house sounds so charming. I'd love to see some photos if you would like to share.

I've always told my hubby that if we ever built a house, it would have to be 'interesting' not just squares and rectangles.

[Reenie]

With all the pinks in this color, has anyone thought of making a goddess with it? I'd love to see! I haven't tried making goddess yet so that's why I'm not volunteering lol
Maybe I'll be brave and try soon:-) I did make a heart but don't have pics just yet..
Thanks everyone for showing your results. It is a cool color!!!
Irene

[SunSpot]

I made a Goddess, but she's already sold. Almost all the beads I made with it have sold. People love this color.

[scouncil]

I haven't gotten mine yet. You don't think all the packages have been shipped out, do you? I hope mine isn't lost. I paid some time ago..... Susan

[sarah_hornik]

I got my Caramello (the name always makes me hungry) this week and I really like it! It has a nice smooth texture and it's a lot of fun to play with.

And I discovered (I think) a cool reaction, wanted to share: wrap silver leaf over Caramello base, burnish, burn off, and decorate with Moretti amber stringer - you get blue! Who would've thought. That's how I got the blue streaks in these 2 focals - no blue glass involved!

http://www.glassbysarah.com/le/littlemisssunshine.jpg

http://www.glassbysarah.com/le/ageofaquarius.jpg

So far it only works with stringer though - I tried encasing with a rod of amber and it just stayed amber. I need to do some more exploring.

[Teague]

Wow that's cool Sarah!

Teague

[Crazy Woman]

Way cool beads, Sarah! Thanks so much for sharing that discovery! Don't ya just love it when the unexpected happens :smile:

[*Naos*]

Check out this funky color I got with Caramello...looks almost like Carnelian to me...it's the cube on top...

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL248/1116383/9616840/228566134.jpg

[Crazy Woman]

Ohhh..... I like! I only get pink, pink, pink.... not a nice coral color. Okay, pink is nice too.

[*Naos*]

Leslie, this is the first time I've gotten anything close to pink. I usually get a dark caramel. LOL

[Renee]

Sarah, thanks for the tip; and, I love that style of bead you've been doing!!!

[carolanne]

Wow. Beautiful work guys and a lovely as yet undiscovered reaction.

Thank you for sharing! Just phenomenal!

Big smile,
Carol Anne

[barclayb]

I made a goddess with the caramello several days ago. It's a rosier color than the photo seems to want to show.

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[Reenie]

Just as I thought. A perfect color for flesh!!! Very cool beads everyone I'm on like a different journey at the moment and haven't even torched all week but I just gotta make some time and play with this!!!
Sarah I love what you got by using the silver....it's sooo much darker to
And Amber, if anyone could get funky colors out of anything...it'd have to be you!!! Love those cubes:)
Irene

[firelady]

You guys are inspiring me. Sarah, you're incredible. I hope you'll all participate in the Caramello contest...(theme: Love, Figure it Out) Deadline, March 5th. Your collective creativity is a beautiful thing!!! Makes it all worthwhile!!!
:)
M.

[GinaJ]

I made a batch of florals, all encased in Vetrofond. The bead with Caramello as the base was the only one that cracked. I always put my beads red hot into the kiln... anyone else have a problem when they encase Caramello with clear?

[Gardengirl]

Amber - GORGEOUS color you got out of the Caramello! I couldn't believe it when I read that was the color you used. Isn't it just delicious etched???
Beautiful set :)
Barclayb - love the goddess! You got more pinks out of it than I did.
Here's my little test Athena that I made last month....
Not my best by far, but I always make a goddess when I'm trying out any new glass so I can see how it works and how it looks all by itself, plus they're my favorite beads to make, my comfort beads...
Love the beads everyone is putting up!! It's really showing how versatile this glass really is - I think that's why it's captured my heart SO much!

[carolanne]

I made a batch of florals, all encased in Vetrofond. The bead with Caramello as the base was the only one that cracked. I always put my beads red hot into the kiln... anyone else have a problem when they encase Caramello with clear?

I'm sorry your bead broke...

I encased Caramello with clear Lauscha successfully - kind of a big knobby one that I have since lost somewhere by hiding it from the cats, or from the cats hiding it from me...

What didn't work was a thin coating of Caramello over top of Lauscha clear to try to conserve Caramello. Kristen and I tried, but no luck. We both made very large beads and both had sad surprises with long hairline cracks. This is the only problem I have had, and since I normally don't paint colour over clear to save glass, it doesn't affect my daily work.

Beautiful Goddess, by the way, Kristen... I always make Goddess Vessels, and have a nice Caramello one to show... gotta take a picture... But I really like how she became a pendant in your hands.

:-) Thanks for sharing...
Carol Anne

[Gardengirl]

Thanks Carol Anne!
Good to hear that you encased it with Lauscha clear successfully! That's great news!

[carolanne]

Thanks Carol Anne!
Good to hear that you encased it with Lauscha clear successfully! That's great news!

;-)

"Physics is yr frend" - that one is just screaming out to be on a jumping cat picture... but yeah, round beads carmello encased with clear were not a problem...

:-)
Carol Anne

[jrandrup]

I've just found this thread. I love Caramello, too. I love the way it feels in the fire. The very first beads I made were spree shaped. Every one I encased in moretti clear cracked. I haven't yet tried Lauscha clear, but I'm glad to hear it's done well.

I love the reaction between Caramello and Moretti Lt. Ivory!

[firelady]

There's more Caramello leaving Lauscha today. We just keep running out! I had some that turned an absolutely yummy raspberry color when annealed high at 980F for just a few minutes. Careful, though....it softens at 986....!!

PS. Joy...your Suellen Fowler DVD prize for the Blutonium contest was shipped today. (finally!)

[barclayb]

Cool reaction, Joy!

[jrandrup]

Here's a goddess I made with Caramello and Double Helix reduction frits. I think the darker color was a reaction between the silver DH glass and Caramello.

The second picture is now my most favorite pendant.

[dichromary]

OK, I am inspired to make a Caramello goddess today. Here is my shell bead (my 2nd attempt) with bit of raku frit.60451

[dragon myst]

it is beautiful !:love:

[jrandrup]

Dichromary, I love that shade of pink! Is that Raku frit?Beautiful!

[dichromary]

Thank you. I like raku on the caramello but was too chicken to use it on the goddess.

Looks like you have to heat the glass evenly to get uniform colors. You can see on the back the color stays caramel yellow in spots.6057660579

[carolanne]

OK, I am inspired to make a Caramello goddess today. Here is my shell bead (my 2nd attempt) with bit of raku frit.60451


Wow!

It is lovely with Raku. What beautiful effects. :-) Thanks for sharing...

The yellow on your goddess is the colour I get when I lightly reduce... not sure it that is what is happening for you too...

Big smile,
Carol Anne

[carolanne]

Here's a goddess I made with Caramello and Double Helix reduction frits. I think the darker color was a reaction between the silver DH glass and Caramello.

The second picture is now my most favorite pendant.

They are both lovely. Yum! :-)

[carolanne]

Your house sounds so charming. I'd love to see some photos if you would like to share.

I've always told my hubby that if we ever built a house, it would have to be 'interesting' not just squares and rectangles.

I emailed it to you! :-)

Still have to look up your architectural style! :-)

[barclayb]

Ooo, can I see house photos too? Do you have any Lauscha photos posted somewhere? Is it snowing there now?

I like the effect of the mixture of colors in the caramello. The ASK colors do that, too. To me, it adds interest.

[carolanne]

Ooo, can I see house photos too? Do you have any Lauscha photos posted somewhere? Is it snowing there now?

I like the effect of the mixture of colors in the caramello. The ASK colors do that, too. To me, it adds interest.

Hey!

I will email you the house pic... in the meantime, there are landscape pictures on both my sites - one links to the other site, and also a LOT of new pictures up from Carneval...

under www.lauschaglassvacations.com and then at the bottom of the sidebar, 1 Carneval, 2 Carneval, etc...

It was so much fun. I won a costume prize 3 out of 4 nights and the Carneval President gave me a Medal...

Thank you for asking...

We have no snow for some reason this year - we had little bits here and there, but nothing like last year. Last year, the neighbours said it covered my front door... Sheesh.

Big smile,
Carol Anne

[bclogan]

So, the big question is..... How do you tease out that pink....??????

[Crazy Woman]

I'm on a phantom ~ using lynx..... and I only get PINK!

My guess would be lots of oxy... but I really don't know :-) I have two test beads on page two of this thread. The first one is really pink and the second has just a little hint of the caramel color. All of the other beads I have done so far are pink as well..... glad I like PINK!

[barclayb]

Thanks, Carol Anne! Love the photos. I see why Lauscha charmed you.

[sislonski]

Oh heres that darn thread. I was looking for it yesterday but couldn't find it. Sorry I posted in the other thread.

Anyhow, here is my first use with carmello. I actually love the way it looks. Even encased (in this set) there were a few beads that had some pink in them. But blue against it, or in this case Kronos, looks fabulous, in my opinion.

thanks for sharing the amber technique sarah, I'm going to have to try that.

I did get a little pink in the heart as well. But i have to admit I'm not sure how I got the pink.

[dragon myst]

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