Powder Pink: how to use it?

[Troll Lover]

I've got some powder pink and I'm not sure what to do with it... I used it as a stringer and as a base and I've seen it turns out quite pale if you heat it, but when you strike/reduce it, it turns darker again. No reactions with opal yellow (I really hoped for that), but maybe someone can tell me some nice secrets or show me cool colour combo's?

Thanks!

[WeeMary]

It's lovely with silvered ivory!

[beadgoodies]

Silver Pink isn't very reactive from my experience with it. I like to use frit with it or use it with Effetre's Intense Black. I also use it to make twisties too -- as a base under pale transparent purple or pink. hmmmm. Yup, that's about it. I've seen other posts about Silver Pink and some people have made some really nice beads with this color!

Candy

[chrissij]

I seem to recall it reacting with opal yellow...hmmm...long ago, when I first started playing with glass, I made a set with powdered pink, opal yellow, and copper green.

All I use it for now is the base for flower petals. I love it with rubino...it makes kind of a dusty rose color.

[Troll Lover]

Silver Pink isn't very reactive from my experience with it. I like to use frit with it or use it with Effetre's Intense Black. I also use it to make twisties too -- as a base under pale transparent purple or pink. hmmmm. Yup, that's about it. I've seen other posts about Silver Pink and some people have made some really nice beads with this color!

Candy

Thanks :), but are you talking about silver pink or powder pink?

[Troll Lover]

I seem to recall it reacting with opal yellow...hmmm...long ago, when I first started playing with glass, I made a set with powdered pink, opal yellow, and copper green.

All I use it for now is the base for flower petals. I love it with rubino...it makes kind of a dusty rose color.

I will try again, maybe I didn't cook it long enough :D.

[beadgoodies]

Thanks :), but are you talking about silver pink or powder pink?

Silver Pink

Powder Pink is slightly more reactive than Silver Pink from my experience. It will outline itself (similar to opaque light violet, but not nearly as dramatic).

97605

And sometimes, it will leave a small outline of silver. I could never figure out under what circumstances it did that, but I do see it sometimes! Not the best pic, but it's all I could find.

97607

Silver Pink...eh, it doesn't do much. At least for me!

Candy

[Lisi]

It looks great with turquoise, and will get that reaction line like turquoise gets with the ivories. Like a terracotta tan color. Great for the "veining" to make beads looks like real turquoise, although I've never tried to do that yet.

You have to let the bead cool some and then put it back in the tip of your flame to gently strike the color back. :) Here's a few I made the other day with some powder pink stringer swirls. I didn't get as much of the terracotta this time, probably because I didn't lay the stringer down thicker. So there's more of the brown reaction lines than the color I was after.

[Troll Lover]

Wow, very nice! I'm gonna try that tonight! Thanks!