Metallic Looking Stringer.....what is it?

[samarambula]

I've seen some beads on ebay lately that have beautiful stringer with a metaillic almost mirror like quality. How is this achieved? Is it frit? Is it silver? Any ideas....I'm dying to know.

Thanks,
Sam

[lenora]

My guess, without seeing the picture, is Moretti silver dark plum. I think it's #288. It looks silver metallic.
Lenora

[PaulaD]

Or one of the reduction stringers. Such as Iris Gold Chunk pulled into stringer...
Paula

[Traci]

It's reduction stringer. You make the stringer and reduce it in a propane rich flame. Brings the lead out hence the metallic look.

[Baird Beads]

There are lots of reduction frits/glasses. Bullseye has some and so does moretti. The Bullseye gold is my absolute favorite. Just a little swish of the bead through a reduction flame (propane rich) and the metallic sheen pops to the surface.

[samarambula]

Aha! You guys are so good to me. It was killing me. I'm a newbie and it really doesn't take much to stump me with this stuff.

[ElizabethCreations]

Here's a bead that I made with Iris Gold stringer and reduced.

[Sue H-K]

Hey Sam...here are some I did too with Val's mercury frit pulled into stringer and then reduced too. I haven't tried the bullseye lusters yet, but they look beautiful and I hear they are really forgiving and easy to work with too.

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[Rebekah]

Pretty! I roll clear in iris gold and pull it like that. Don't like chunks all that much.

[CorriDawn]

moved to where you should get more answers