Does anyone have a Ghost tutorial?

[Terri-S]

I'd love to make Ghost beadies for two little girls I know. Does anyone have a Ghost tut available?

Thanks!

[Sam_W]

Here's your quick and dirty ghost tutorial - note that this is my method, I'm sure there are tons of other methods out there.

Step 1 - Getcher Mandrel

You have to start with a mandrel. If you'd like to use the ghost for anything other than a stainless steel post decoration, you'll probably want some bead release on the mandrel.

http://www.samwitt.com/g_tut1.gif

Step 2 - Arms
Put a barrel of white (or transparent) glass on your mandrel as wide as you want your ghosts 'arms' to be.

http://www.samwitt.com/g_tut2.gif

Step 3 - Head

Put a nice round glob of glass right on top of the arms you made in step 2. Make sure you melt this into the arm barrel - you don't want any undercut. The head should merge seamlessly with the arms.

http://www.samwitt.com/g_tut3.gif

Step 4 - Torso

Get a big glob of glass below the arms, in line with the head. Fat ghosts need bigger globs than thin ghosts, but you'll also need a big glob if you intend to make a long, skinny ghost. As with the head, melt this glob into the arm barrel and make sure you don't have any seams.

http://www.samwitt.com/g_tut4.gif

Step 5 - Tail

Melt another, smaller glob onto the bottom of the torso. This will be the tail. Again, melt it in all the way, no seams, no undercuts.

http://www.samwitt.com/g_tut5.gif

Step 6 - Shape

Get your ghost hot, starting with the head. When the glass is a little molten at the very top, use the tip of the glass rod you used for the body to grab a little piece of the top of the head. Then pull it out and give it a little twist so your ghost has a head shaped like the top of a soft-serve ice cream cone.

As you go down the body, you'll want to let gravity pull the torso and tail down and away from the barrel arms a bit, tapering as you go. At the very bottom, twist the tail like you did the head. Voila, a ghost!

Now just decorate it with eyes and other fru-fru stuff, and you'll have a nice hallowe'en decoration. Like this:

http://members.sparedollar.com/artificer/Pumpkin_Ghosts_1.jpg

[Terri-S]

VERY Cute!!! Thanks so much Sam!

[Orchid40]

Cool ghost!! Great tutorial!!

Char

[Islandgirl]

If you want the hole to go the other way.... Use my heart tutorial (only white glass) until you get to the part where you are putting in knife marks... Now you
'play' with the bottom so it is wavy add two little black dots for eyes I don't put on a mouth arms sticking out at shoulder level are also optional, however without arms he looks a bit like a tooth with eyes! These make really cute beads for earings! Finished earrings photo on other computer, sorry!

www.fireballbeeds.com/hearts.html

Lynne :waving:

[Rose Leslie]

Here are my ghosts. They are done a little different but I like them. This is figuring out how to do them with just imagination. I do like the casper though.

[Moth]

I think there is a 'ghost in a jar' tutorial at Melinda's site...Cauldron Creations. I think it was Allison Turner's.

Then again, my memory could be whacked.

~~Mary

OK, I went and checked so I wouldn't look like an idiot.

Here is a link: ghost in a jar (http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111855&pagenumber=1)

[tamacotchi]

hi, have everyone a photo of the ghost?
greetings
carmen

[Elegance_1]

I can't see the pictures. :(

[BBB]

http://www.beadication.com/category_14/Tutorials.htm you can use the angel tutorial to make ghosts

[theglasszone]

Hum...I don't see any pics either :(

[tt4st]

Maybe he, or she, pulled the pics. The tute is from 2005 and under the name it says "out of the biz".