What Am I Doing Wrong??

[laurellanestudios]

Triangle beads...you know the ones...place dots on both shoulders (staggered) and melt. The dots SHOULD distort into triangles.

No matter what I do, my dots do not distort nearly enough.

I thought this was a fairly simple bead to make. Grrrr...

Any suggestions? Colors that work exceptionally well with this technique?

(Yes, I have Corina's book, read and re-read it, followed the step-by-step instructions and still no luck.)

Thanks for your help.

[xtweeksx]

Im no expert but maybe try larger dots of glass? Sounds like you dont have enough?

Hope that helps

Jenny

[Tonia]

I usd to have that problem. Then I made my dots obscenely huge and it worked perfectly... :-P

[Moth]

Yep, bigger dots. OR more dots. If you are doing four to a side, and have a problem making huge dots..then go five dots to a side and see if that helps.

[misfit]

I had the same problem. tried more dots, tried bigger dots. Turned out I needed HUGE dots. I had thought I had big dots and was sure there was a big issue I just wasn't grasping... went to 6 dots and 3 times larger than I'd ever made them before and voila it worked!! tried it with fewwer dots but ones as large as I could force myself to use and it worked again!! Seems that the nice small delicate dots I like so much just don't do this. ;) also seems that super thin stringer I like for dot work isn't great for these either. ;) good luck.

A.

[KT-OldSchoolGlass]

It also helps to have your dots more raised before you melt them in.

[Cosmo]

Melt them down, and if they don't look right, keep adding more glass to the centers of the dots. It takes a lot more glass than you think it would take.

[laurellanestudios]

Thanks for the input. I do tend to make everything on the small side. I'll try to fatten up my dots and see what happens.

Appreciate all the advice!

[Toni L.]

Whew! I'm glad someone asked about this because mine look like globs - I'm gonna try tonight! Thanks!
Toni

[Kikki]

Make the transparant dots with a full size rod instead of a stringer. It helps with getting them big enough.
Encasing the bead also helps to pull out the triangles.

[robinbrown]

Check this thread out....
My good Friend Penny gave me some great directions...
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4068&highlight=triangle+beads

If all else fails,, buy the press. :lol: