encasing???? need help!!

[ShawnLynn]

Ok,
im new to all this but i am doing better and the one thing i really am trying to get right is encasing. Now ive got a book that i go by but for some reason im just not getting it right....ugh!!! I was wondering if someone could just give me some advice maybe it would click, i would so appreciate it!!

Loves ~~Lynn :confused:

[barbarajoy]

Hi Lynn,
My encasing improved tenfold when someone mentioned using large really molten blobs of clear. Four or five globs around the bead. Oh, and the bead should be as firm as possible before swiping the clear on. It's a constant battle to remember to melt the clear down slowly. You should hear me yelling at myself, the dog runs, :shock: ha! Hope this helps in some small way. TTFN ~Barb

[adovbs]

Ok,
im new to all this but i am doing better and the one thing i really am trying to get right is encasing. Now ive got a book that i go by but for some reason im just not getting it right....ugh!!! I was wondering if someone could just give me some advice maybe it would click, i would so appreciate it!!

Loves ~~Lynn :confused:

What kinds of problems are you having, Lynn?

[kandice]

I like to edge the encasing towards the holes with my dental pick. That way the base doesn't bleed out. Also, I use the big glob method as mentioned above. :)

[suzanne]

What I do is very effective as well.

I make my base bead and decorate it .
Then I let the base bead cool quite a bit, and warm up my rod ( the one I will use to encase) in the mean time. Then I start encasing the base bead as if I where making a disc bead, only in this case I am working from left to right, just letting the encasing flow over the base bead. Make sure the layers of glass are overlapping eachother or else you will see your base bead bleeding into the surface. Also, make sure not to push or pull your glass rod onto your base bead, or you will distort the decoration. The glass should just flow like honey over your base bead.

THen when the bead is done ( it looks kind of like a beadhive) I start melting in the layer very slowly, starting at the point where I ended . ( from right to the left). This way you will force out most of the bubbles and you will end up with a nice thin layer of encasing .

Hope this works for you

Suzanne

[ShawnLynn]

Thanks so much for all the advice, i think im gettin it. I keep pulling the inside of the bead and getting it to close to the clear, that is the problem im having now. It looks like its mixed with the clear!!Im just working to close to the flame i guess!! Go figure.... Practice, practice, practice......

Anymore suggestions will be great, but they all helped so far!!



Loves~~Lynn :grin:

Im going to post in the gallery soon.....