Encased Rose Bead, by Bousky

[bousky]

This tutorial was designed to be a one page, quick glance type of thing. It is available as a PDF file (http://home.earthlink.net/~marymichelles/RoseBeadTutorial.pdf). This will be easier to use when working, although the pictures below are bigger, and I had a bit more space to write.

Materials List:
Mandrel dipped in bead release
Base color of your choice
Vine cane
Clear glass stringer
Clear rod
Opaque White Stringer
Transparent Color Stringer
Stamen Cane
Marvering tool (I use a Stump Shaper)

HINTS:
1. Work with a small flame.
2. When adding transparent colored dots add them within the edges of the previous opaque dot.
3. When I say "melt in slightly", your goal is to melt only enough to smooth any sharp transitions. This is to avoid bubbles being trapped as you add clear.
4. When covering each layer of petals with glass, you just cover the petals completely and only. When you melt to round this helps with the spread of the petals.


Below making an embedded Rose Bead is broken into 24 steps.
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STEP 1: Place small footprint of glass on mandrel
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STEP 2: Marver glass footprint to a barrel shape, measuring about .25 to .375 inch wide.
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STEP 3: Add Vine Cane to barrel.
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STEP 4: Melt to round.
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STEP 5: Encase vine with clear.
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STEP 6: Melt to round.
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STEP 7: Add three groups of three opaque white dots for the first layer of petals for three seperate blossoms.
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STEP 8: Melt to round.
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STEP 9: Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Place dot within the opaque white. Melt to Round.
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STEP 10: Add clear glass on the top of each group of petals. Melting very slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 11: Add a second group of petals, on top of and in between each each of the first set of petals.
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STEPS 12 through 14: Repeat steps 8 through 10
8. Melt to Round. 9. Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Melt to round. 10. Add clear glass to the top of each group of petals, melting slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 15: Add a third group of petals, on top of and in between each of the second sets of petals.
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STEP 16 through 18: Repeat steps 8 through 10.
8. Melt to Round. 9. Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Melt to round. 10. Add clear glass to the top of each group of petals, melting slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 19: Spot heat and plunge the center of each grouping of petals with stringer or stamen cane.
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STEP 20: Melt a small amount of clear stringer and carefully fill the hole made by plunging. Melt in very slightly.
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STEP 21: Add clear glass covering the top of each blossom. Melt in slightly as you go. This is to avoid bubbles.
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STEP 22: Melt to round
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STEP 23: Carefully encase the entire bead. Melting slightly as you go.
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STEP 24: Melt to round.

The content of this tutorial, both photo's and text, is the property of Michelle Schomburg. No part of this tutorial is to be reprinted for other than personal use with out the written permission by Michelle Schomburg.

[chrissij]

Oh WOW...it's THREE dots...I'm not even gonna' tell you how I've been trying to do it...I'm too embarassed!!

Thank you for posting that!!!

[Bear Rampant Glass]

This tutorial looks great, Michelle! I can't wait to try it!

Jeannette

[Phoenix]

Wow - what a great tutorial- I am always amazed at the depth and precision of your work

[beadlvr]

Ooo, thank you so much for the tutorial, Michelle.

[lldesigns]

Awesome tut - thanks Michelle!!!

[BarbC]

Wow Michelle! I still marvel at your incredible work. I just love seeing how you work your magic! Now I have a fellow bousky lover in St L! We drool all over your beads!!!

[nagibeads]

WOW!!!
Thank you so much Michelle!!!!
Love your florals!!!:tigger: :tigger: :tigger:

[Heather/Ericaceae]

WONDERFUL tutorial, Michelle! The photographs are incredible and your beads are always stunning. I had always wondered what your encasing steps were - there are so many different ways to do it and your way is so precise and unique. What isn't covered by the steps is the masterful heat control necessary to melt everything smooth and encase neatly while maintaining that perfect shape. That takes PPP! You're a huge inspiration to me and to many other floral artists and future floral artists. :)

[Parrotise]

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: I think I love you!:kiss: :kiss: :kiss:

[Raven Wylder]

Great Tut!

[lainee733]

thanks for the tut, i've always been a big fan of your florals! the depth is so incredible!

[Lynn Burgess]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!! I have always wanted to ask you how you make your awesome flowers.

Lynn

[bousky]

Thank you and you are all welcome! Let me know how it goes.

[Catts]

A great tutorial Michelle & such a lot of work. Have always admired your beautiful florals... Kerry

[artwhim]

Wonderful tut Michelle! Your florals are so beautiful!

[Gail Kops]

Great tutorial and thank you so much for sharing! I want to try this soon. Most of my florals end up looking like melted M&M's....You make such beautiful flowers and it is so nice of you to share!

[swanseafarm]

Thank you, Michelle. Wonderful tut.
You are so skillful and artistic.
:love:

[barb]

Fantastic tutorial!

Barb

[LyndaJ]

THANK-YOU!!! I know what I'm trying this weekend!!

[jewelrybypatty]

Wow Michelle the tutorial is awesome, thanks for sharing your tips with us that is very generous of you. I love your pink and blue flowers on the bay, ok I love all of them but the that set is just spectacular!!!!!!

[josielv]

Michelle!!!!!!!! How awesome of you to share that with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[Tamara]

Thank you for the directions and great pictures to go with them! This is so helpful to a beginner like myself.

[Sharon Abood]

Thank you so much for sharing your art!

[chrisdd]

=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

[BeadingBabe]

THANK YOU
I have always admired your flower beads in the gallery, thank you so much for the great TUT
Kris

[Beadbug]

I am printing as I type. Thanks so much for sharing your way of making these florals. It is so helpful to have it all on a one page PDF that I can tape within site while torching.

I am off to the torch.

[Donna T.]

Wonderful tut!!! Rating it 5 stars!! You make it look so easy! I can't wait to try this. Thanks for sharing this with us :)

[anne225]

Thank you so much for sharing and being so generous:love: with your time and tut. I love your beads and style.

Anne

[mostlydetails]

Wow! Love your florals -- Thanks for sharing!

[Mantis]

I bought 2 of your beads on ebay. They are beautiful!! Now I am learning to make my own, have been working at it for about 6 months. Thanks so much for the tutorial. It is a first class tutorial!

[bousky]

Thanks Mantis! I am happy you like your beads!

Now, everyone.....let me see what you guys are doing! Is the tutorial working?

[nlinaz]

thank you for the nice tut!! I may attempt this, lol.
btw, you are my mom's favorite on ebay-she LOVES your work!!

[wojobeada]

My thanks, too. I've been making beads for years but always wondered how you do your beautiful florals with the showy stamens. You are so generous to share your technique.

[collectiblesbyrose]

I have wondered how you made your beautiful beads, now I know! You make it look so easy! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

[Margrieten]

What a wonderful tutorial. Many thanks!!!!

[beadlvr]

Thank you again this wonderful tutorial Michelle.

Here's my first one and I learned a lot from it. I'm used to working more with Bullseye and this was made with Moretti/Vetrofond because I wanted orange flowers and this is the Aranicio Perfecto. I forgot how soft 104 is :)

Next one I make I will use a smaller flame, work cooler (I think that's a scorch mark you see) and clear stringers, and smaller dots (I forgot you listed clear stringer and was going from memory) and I used the whole rod so I only got two layers of petals, but I like it :)

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Thanks again :)

[bousky]

Nice job Sherry!

[beadlvr]

Thank you :)

[mostlydetails]

Here's my first attempt, less than perfect so I've put it on the end of my watch clasp as a personal reminder that I want to work on this technique. I used Moretti clear stringer, which proved to be easy to use but too cloudy, so next time I'll try Lauscha.

[bousky]

Wonderful Liz! Let it get a little cooler before adding the clear, and turn down your torch just a tiny little bit.

[mostlydetails]

Thanks for the tip, Michelle! I figured I was melting the crap out of it on my Lynx with my impatience. My vine cane disappeared, too, so I'm thinking I need to work on a more barrel shaped footprint. Such a donut worker, LOL!

[Elizabug2u]

Beautiful!=D>
I just went to my first glass bead making class yesterday so this is beyond my comprehension! I just want to master a round bead! :lol:
You broke the steps down so nicely I can't wait to try it.

[volkanokaren]

Michelle,Michelle,Michelle thank you for sharing your gift.

Karen

[Kevan]

3 dots?

THANK YOU!!!!

[bousky]

You are welcome Karen.

Kevan, 3 dots is a good way to start and get use to the process. You are welcome.

[theglasszone]

YES.................This Thread should live FOREVER!!!! Keep it alive, please!!!! I've been trying to use this tut - not quite as successfully as I'd hoped. Working on a Hot Head, you don't have much ability to turn down or "fine point" the flame. I wish I lived near Yunita - she does wonderful Floral and Rose Beads on a HH!!!! She's given tips in the "Shaping Flower Petals" thread, but if I could just SEE her do it...wish I could get her to post a YouTube!!!! I still appreciate everyone's effort...

Thanks again!
DeAnne in CA

[Corey]

Yes this is a great tut! I finally was able to figure it out by reading this and I made one. Yay!! But I have to keep practicing and I will post a picture of my next one. Thank you Bousky!

[Carolyn M]

OMG, I've been trying with five dots and ending up with a huge mess. Thanks so much for this awesome tut!

[HarrachGlass]

Michelle, I just read this thread. Thank you for this tut, and all of the pictures that go along with it. I'm self taught and learned everything online so what you did is greatly appreciated.

Now I have a question. When you add all of the petal dots and melt them in, the bead is no longer round. So, do you just keep heating until the bead is round? Or do you leave it with the bumps from the melted in petals? Or do you add more (extra) clear glass in the area in-between the places where the petals are???

Hopefully that makes sense. When I try to make my beads round after adding a lot of stuff in some areas, the petals get all messed up and distorted.

[bousky]

I Melt to round. Although some people don't since it can be time consuming. Sometimes I add a little glass after melting to round if the bead is uneven.

I hope that makes sense!

[josielv]

Michelle, what a great tutorial, thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love your beads!!!!!!

[bousky]

You are all welcome!

[Deborah Lynne]

WOW Michelle! Thank you, this is a wonderful tut! Thank you for sharing.

-Debbie

[Janetlee]

Michelle,
Thank you for taking the time to do the tut, along with the photos.
Its a wonderful tut. Thanks for sharing.
Janet

[bousky]

you are welcome Debbie & Janet.

[SilverRiverJewelry]

That was clear enough for me to understand and I just started 6 days ago. I will be giving this a try soon. Thank you!

[Jenfire]

Love it that this thread still lives!
Jen

[asimeral]

Michelle, What a fabulous little tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

I tried to get the .pdf file, but it is no longer where you have your original link. Do you still have it online? Or would you mind sending it to me? dancingmoonshadows@yahoo.com

I really enjoyed reading this, and I want to try your method!

Thx again!

[Pyro Beads]

Thank you so much! That is wonderful!!

[Mitosis Glass]

I was wading through the tuts, trying to find something specific, and I stumbled on this awesome thread! THANKS Michelle, if you're still reading this!

[bousky]

You are welcome Angie!

[Rudy]

Holy cow! Thank you so much for the lesson in bead making and for sharing your spirit of generosity! You are a true teacher!

[Dreamscapes Studio]

WOW - you make it look sooooo easy! I have always admired your beautiful flowers ... and always thought that flowers would be the death of me.

That is so very kind and generous of you to share that will everyone.

[beauxartz]

Thanks, Michelle. So generous and so awesome. :-D

[Rose Leslie]

They are beautiful. I have been trying for about a week or less. That is a trial and error.
WOW is all I can say if it ever works.

[wimsey]

You get such marvelous depth in your florals. I am going to persist again in trying to get that depth after reading this. I have tried before and not been as successful as I would like, but I'm now inspired to try again!

Thank you for the inspiration.
Beth

[bousky]

Good luck with your endeavors, everyone! I need to get back in my studio. I have been suffering a glass blockage. It has lasted longer than any of the others.

[Sue H-K]

Oh WOW...it's THREE dots...I'm not even gonna' tell you how I've been trying to do it...I'm too embarassed!!

Thank you for posting that!!!

Me too! Awesome tutorial Michelle! I can't wait to try it out!

[bousky]

Start with three, master that, then add more. Have fun with it.

[theglasszone]

Still trying to get ONE SINGLE FLORAL right! :lol: I just couldn't help but taunt myself...went peeking into your Etsy. The beauty of this set made my heart race: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=8436921

De

[theglasszone]

...and MORE yum! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=26717394

I'd love to know the colors of your vine cane in this one...(?)

De

[mewsicmama]

What absolutely stunning work. I printed out your tutorial so I can add it to my list of things I want to eventually try. Have fallen in love with florals and you have one tri-colored BHB that makes me want to get a biagi/pandora or whatever bracelet and start making a bracelet for me.

Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in sharing this with all of us!

Hugs,

Shari in La Mirada

[bousky]

Thank you. Seeing the red and turquoise set makes me want to fire up my torch. Maybe I will later today! It has been a while.

[Beadanna]

Shari did the PDF link work for you? It's not opening for me.

Michelle your beads are just beautiful and you are a sweetheart to share this.

[Fine Folly Glassworks]

SO kind of you to make this up and post it. I sure thank you and will be much benefited by it!

[Barbie Doll]

Woowoo! Many thanks for the fabulous tutorial! After making a zillion of these, I still can’t make a pretty one. I am hoping your tutorial will help me finally make a beautiful flower. Your florals are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks so very much for sharing with us!

[bousky]

You are welcome.

[j2canoe]

Thank you again Michelle! It was a big milestone for me to be able to make an encased floral! - and I like your style the very best of all of the ones I have seen. I would like to share one of my "Bousky Roses" made on a HH......

[beybey]

Michelle,

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I really appreciate it.

Candace

[nmsaddlebum]

Michelle,
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity! I have been working on florals, so I can't wait to try some of your techniques.

Kate

[bousky]

Nice job Joan!

[essiemessy]

Oh yeah!
Thank you.
I've been trying to do this for ages, and it's always been wrong.
Now I know why.
:-)

[Lizzydee]

thank you!

[bousky]

You are both welcome.

[ellabeads]

Thanks for bumping this Di, and thanks for writing this tut, Michelle. It's wonderful!!

[Mitosis Glass]

Still trying to get ONE SINGLE FLORAL right! :lol: I just couldn't help but taunt myself...went peeking into your Etsy. The beauty of this set made my heart race: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=8436921

De

I still think about that set! I saw it when I was fairly new to Etsy and fell in love with it. It's nice to see it again!

[Sadie Mae]

Nice, generous, concise.........thanks overflow!!
Smiles, Sheri

[G.L.McBead]

Thank You.

[bousky]

you are all welcome!

[Lizzydee]

Thank you for sharing!

[madelyn1]

Found this wonderful tutorial - Thanks for sharing, Michelle!
______________
Shirley

[Lisi]

Thanks for bringing it out of hiding! Michelle's floral beads are timeless. She's one of the best! :)

[Dragonfly Queen]

This is awesome. thank you for sharing.

[Mina]

Is this still available?

[AudreyDe]

This tutorial was designed to be a one page, quick glance type of thing. It is available as a PDF file (http://home.earthlink.net/~marymichelles/RoseBeadTutorial.pdf). This will be easier to use when working, although the pictures below are bigger, and I had a bit more space to write.

Materials List:
Mandrel dipped in bead release
Base color of your choice
Vine cane
Clear glass stringer
Clear rod
Opaque White Stringer
Transparent Color Stringer
Stamen Cane
Marvering tool (I use a Stump Shaper)

HINTS:
1. Work with a small flame.
2. When adding transparent colored dots add them within the edges of the previous opaque dot.
3. When I say "melt in slightly", your goal is to melt only enough to smooth any sharp transitions. This is to avoid bubbles being trapped as you add clear.
4. When covering each layer of petals with glass, you just cover the petals completely and only. When you melt to round this helps with the spread of the petals.


Below making an embedded Rose Bead is broken into 24 steps.
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STEP 1: Place small footprint of glass on mandrel
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STEP 2: Marver glass footprint to a barrel shape, measuring about .25 to .375 inch wide.
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STEP 3: Add Vine Cane to barrel.
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STEP 4: Melt to round.
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STEP 5: Encase vine with clear.
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STEP 6: Melt to round.
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STEP 7: Add three groups of three opaque white dots for the first layer of petals for three seperate blossoms.
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STEP 8: Melt to round.
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STEP 9: Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Place dot within the opaque white. Melt to Round.
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STEP 10: Add clear glass on the top of each group of petals. Melting very slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 11: Add a second group of petals, on top of and in between each each of the first set of petals.
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STEPS 12 through 14: Repeat steps 8 through 10
8. Melt to Round. 9. Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Melt to round. 10. Add clear glass to the top of each group of petals, melting slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 15: Add a third group of petals, on top of and in between each of the second sets of petals.
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STEP 16 through 18: Repeat steps 8 through 10.
8. Melt to Round. 9. Add dots of transparent color to each petal. Melt to round. 10. Add clear glass to the top of each group of petals, melting slightly to avoid bubbles. Melt to round.
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STEP 19: Spot heat and plunge the center of each grouping of petals with stringer or stamen cane.
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STEP 20: Melt a small amount of clear stringer and carefully fill the hole made by plunging. Melt in very slightly.
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STEP 21: Add clear glass covering the top of each blossom. Melt in slightly as you go. This is to avoid bubbles.
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STEP 22: Melt to round
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STEP 23: Carefully encase the entire bead. Melting slightly as you go.
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STEP 24: Melt to round.

The content of this tutorial, both photo's and text, is the property of Michelle Schomburg. No part of this tutorial is to be reprinted for other than personal use with out the written permission by Michelle Schomburg.

Thank you for your time in sending this tutorial which is wonderful|
Ingrideh (AudreyDe)

[Mina]

thank you Audrey

[Eileen]

I have somehow avoided encased florals until now, but I think I will try it at least once using this method!

[shawnette]

Bump

[Speedslug]

And yet another excellent find Shawnette.



Thanks for bumping this.