Heart Bead Press Query

[penny5658]

Hi
I was looking on ebay and came across a person selling bead presses in UK. her seller name is rosenresli3. Has any one used her heart press? If some one has do you have pictures? I am curious to see if they make a decent shaped heart. Thanks
Penny :waving:

[doityourselfdiva]

I bought one off of ebay. Not sure of the sellers name now, but I do know that the heart press came to me from Germany. I LOVE IT! It does not have any type of a guide for it, so you just have to watch how you use it and try and square up the bottom and top pieces. No instructions were provided, so you have to play with it to know how much glass to use, and what shape to get it into. Everytime I've used it I do have to marver the sides and the indent between the bumps on the top of the heart.

With some of the drawbacks there are too it like no directions, no base, i'd still buy it. If it is the same one as the one I have, there are two sizes of hearts. They both look great, and work the same. I use 1/16 mandrels as I found any other sizes are too big for the notches in the press.

This is a really crappy photo of the recent set I did. I'm still trying to figure out lighting, backgrounds etc. The base is made of trans. light blue. Flower petals are white, pink, blue twistie cane, EDP dots. The two smaller hearts on this bracelet are on the same press, and the picture shows a little more definition to the top "bumps" of the heart. Again, sorry for the crappy photo.

Brandy

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[penny5658]

Hello :-D
I think it is the same press,person. There are two different sizes available.
I can make heart beads with out a press but I liked the shape the press makes.
That bracelet is gorgeous! You are very talented! I am still new to this artform but as everyone seems to say in the lampworking world " Practise, Practise, Practise! And that's what I'm doing. thanks for your reply :).
Bye for now
Penny :wave: