Ok, im new and have a ? about reduction frit etc....

[ShawnLynn]

Someone who remains anonymous, has sent me some frit and one of them is Raku, and some other frit like 'ocelot spot', others in all kinds of different colors. Most are from Val.
Now my ? is i dont know which is reduction and which ones to just blend in. Ive got the general bead making idea, now im trying this and im not sure what to do. Keep in mind ive only been at this for about 3 months.
I really have been wanting to work with Raku and im understandning that it is a 'burn it hot and cool it off' type of frit. So now what about all the other that she has sent me?? if its reduction frit, would it normally say it??


Thanks for any input!! :-D

Lynn

[DesertDreamer]

Ocelot spots goes both ways (I like that in a frit). You can apply it to neutral glass and you'll get a lovely splotchy-dotty effect just by melting it in. You can apply it to reactive colors and get....reactions. Or you can apply it and reduce it for interesting metallic spots. OR you can apply it over silver foil and really have fun, with or without reduction. It's my favorite frit to mess around with, hands down. Go play, you can't "break" it! :biggrin:

[DawnT]

Most of Val's frits are labeled (I believe) as to what kind of frit they are. They will say opaque or reduction or intense. If you go to Val's site she has a frit reference which can give you her comments on each of her frits and sometimes will give ideas on how to use them.

www.valcox.com

[ShawnLynn]

thanks you guys, if you have more comments please leave them!!


Lynn:-)

[ChaseDesigns]

Hi lynn,
If the title has the word "iris" in it then it is reduction also.

You can use reduction frits just like a regular color though. You do not have to reduce it, if you don't want to. Some of my favs are reduction, but I almost never reduce them.

[rightbrainbeads]

Hey Lynn,

Another thing you can do to see if it's reduction frit is take a rod of clear, get it molten, and then dip it in the frit. Melt the frit in and then make your flame propane rich and try to reduce it. If it doesn't get shiny, it's not reduction frit.

The *best* way to learn about each color is to play with it as if you knew nothing about it-- that's how you'll find out cool tricks that others may not have discovered. Mix colors, change the base glass, add silver or copper-- do it all!!

lynne