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Kikki 2007-03-15 12:05pm

Any Reichenbach fans out there?
 
I have just bought loads of Reichenbach cane and realised I maybe should have asked for advice before....
Are there any colours that are almost impossible to work with? Like way to intense so it's a PITA to get the colour to show.

Any colours more prone to boiling than others?
I have noticed that the R54 black boils and pits quite easily...

Any must haves? My favourites so far are R5 (the gold ruby extra) and the R163 (champange). Any others (with pictures pretty please!)?

squid 2007-03-15 12:27pm

I know that Pierces Designs (Debbie) uses a lot of Reichenbach - you can see a lot of info on colors by looking for posts from her. I know there is this one color called enamel white that she hates :)

Kikki 2007-03-15 12:54pm

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Originally Posted by squid (Post 1062518)
I know there is this one color called enamel white that she hates :)

I have like 2 lb of that! LOL

Debbie? Yoohoo?

squid 2007-03-15 12:56pm

well, there was another person that absolutely loves it - but I don't remember who it was :)

Kikki 2007-03-15 12:59pm

That white is like artist oil paint. Very stiff and thick.
I find it boils quite easily but I like my opaques to be really opaque. Especially the white.

squid 2007-03-15 1:02pm

I think it was the boiling that Debbie didn't like.

squid 2007-03-15 1:03pm

By the way, I have family in Stockholm and Trosa :)

Kikki 2007-03-15 2:13pm

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Originally Posted by squid (Post 1062601)
By the way, I have family in Stockholm and Trosa :)


Cool! When are you coming over to visit? :grin: Stockholm and Trosa is on the other side, I'm on the west coast, but Stockholm is only a 6 hour drive away. I guess that's close for Americans!

jaccarney 2007-03-15 2:40pm

i love the enamel white, it's one of my favs of Reich colors!! it bleeds soooo cool with the rich grey (one of my other favs). the extra light tobacco is my other fav and i use a bunch of it.... hehehe yep, my other fav is iris dark brown opaque... i've got a bunch of reich and it all works perfectly with my uroboros... 'course i'm a newbie and i'm sure there are combos that i've yet to try and problems that my be encountered in the furture- but for now, i'm lovin all of my reich colors!

rosemarie23 2007-03-15 2:57pm

Isn't that funny? I quit trying to use the enamel white, because I kept ruining it. And the only time I tried the extra light tobacco, it had tons of pitting, so I didn't try it again.

I have been slowly working my way through a bunch of colors. For the transparents, I have been using them to encase the clear and pulling less intense cane. I've heard of others mixing them with clear. I can tell you that these intense colors are perfect for twisted cane, precisely because of how intense they are.

GlassyLynn 2007-03-15 3:28pm

These are from a recent set bought by one of my wonderful customers. This is the bright pink, which I LOVE! It will devitrify a tad, but if you reheat it, that will go away. The other color is light tobacco, which reduces a lot for me, but I like the shading and varying tones. I love the colors that are available.



Hayley 2007-03-15 3:30pm

I have just started using some Reichenbach colors - love the Iris Dark Brown with Iris Amber Green. Yellowish Aurora and Salmon Pink are beautiful. I was told that Enamel White holds its whiteness even used as hairlines just like Intense Black but have never tried it. Just ordered a bunch of different colors from Olympic Color - can't wait to play!

Hayley 2007-03-15 3:31pm

Deborah Lynn - we posted at the same time! Wow those are gorgeous!

pierces*designs 2007-03-15 5:34pm

Hey Kiki!

Take a look at my gallery. All those beads are Reich.

http://www.piercesdesigns.com/gallery.php

squid 2007-03-15 7:45pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kikki (Post 1062744)
Cool! When are you coming over to visit? :grin: Stockholm and Trosa is on the other side, I'm on the west coast, but Stockholm is only a 6 hour drive away. I guess that's close for Americans!

It's been 7 years since I was there last - I miss it SO much. I am hoping to make it over next summer :)

Kikki 2007-03-15 11:40pm

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Originally Posted by pierces*designs (Post 1063117)
Hey Kiki!

Take a look at my gallery. All those beads are Reich.

http://www.piercesdesigns.com/gallery.php

Drool, drool!

Oh, I wish that VIT had been a better employer so that you could come over here every now and than...

OK, Debbie. Any special tips? Which colours did you use for the purple peacock set?

Kikki 2007-03-15 11:41pm

Yummy!
Bright pink you say, do you know the number?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlassyLynn (Post 1062848)
These are from a recent set bought by one of my wonderful customers. This is the bright pink, which I LOVE! It will devitrify a tad, but if you reheat it, that will go away. The other color is light tobacco, which reduces a lot for me, but I like the shading and varying tones. I love the colors that are available.




pierces*designs 2007-03-16 5:15am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kikki (Post 1063685)
Drool, drool!

Oh, I wish that VIT had been a better employer so that you could come over here every now and than...

OK, Debbie. Any special tips? Which colours did you use for the purple peacock set?

It is http://www.glasscolor.com/products/d...D=111&pID=1256

Opaline Pink??!?! LOL It is as far from pink as you get!

One big tip I can offer is if you get pitting, reheat it until it is white hot. That will get rid of the pitting.

Phoenix 2007-03-16 6:17am

Enamel white- try it with silver for fun reactions and coloring

Dark Iris brown is underrated- even the devit is cool with that color - worked without devit it's so rich and has waves of great color

Scarlet Brown - I just love this color

Sorry- dark iris brown is the only one I know I have a pic of now


This is enamel white in powder with silver


squid 2007-03-16 7:51am

I use a TON of R-106 which some people call dark raku. Here are some beads I made with R-106 powdered frit.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...i/DSCN0844.jpg

it does similar things from cane also (pardon the crappy bead - this is just to show color):

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...i/DSCN0867.jpg

squid 2007-03-16 7:54am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phoenix (Post 1063889)
Enamel white- try it with silver for fun reactions and coloring

Dark Iris brown is underrated- even the devit is cool with that color - worked without devit it's so rich and has waves of great color

Scarlet Brown - I just love this color

Sorry- dark iris brown is the only one I know I have a pic of now


This is enamel white in powder with silver


That enamel white looks a LOT like Val's "silver lake" frit - I wonder if they are the same.

Phoenix 2007-03-16 9:04am

Quote:

Originally Posted by squid (Post 1064088)
That enamel white looks a LOT like Val's "silver lake" frit - I wonder if they are the same.


Could be- I realized just now that I am using Gaffer enamel white- not Reich in that bead in case you wnat to split hairs :-) I haven't used Reich enamel white powder- I suspect it's the same though

GlassyLynn 2007-03-16 9:15am

Kiki, on my invoice from OCR, it's called "opal bright pink", R-66C.

Thanks for the kind words.

mtarara 2007-03-16 2:36pm

Hey, a big THANK YOU to all of you who showed your gorgeous beads!!
I'm just getting started with 96coe glass and this has been very inspiring!!!
Mary T.

lldesigns 2007-03-16 3:02pm

I love R-139-C Strawberry Transparent! What a yummy color!




jknappcampbell 2007-03-16 4:52pm

I just bought a bunch of the colors and the reactive colors. Their reactive colors are awesome! Also, heliotrope and a few of the really dark transparents you will need to mix with their clear so that you can see and appreciate the color. I love it. It's a little stiffer than the moretti and easy to work with for sculptural stuff. I'm going to order more before their sale goes away. I also love the lead crystal clear--- it has it's own sparkle.
Jill

VivianLampwork 2007-03-16 9:09pm

Beautiful beads!!! I love this glass & use it all the time.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...rakufocal2.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...bertrounds.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...oletrounds.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...urrytyedye.jpg

Kikki 2007-03-17 3:28am

Thank you everyone for your tips and pictures!

Here is one set that I showed in the S&T the other day. The base bead is champagne with roses made of R5 gold ruby extra over enamel white and leaves of R8904 (sea green?) over enamel white.


squid 2007-03-17 2:08pm

beautiful beads!

killerbeedz1 2007-03-20 9:12pm

I've used their transparents for quite sometime and love them. However, they are very intense. The opaques and transparents have a wide range of variety. I don't see these colors in any other line of glass out there. Their opaque bright pink is tdf! The best pink in glass that I've seen.


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