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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-12-27, 10:20am
Replies: 16
Views: 5,110
Posted By Maqea
Felicia - I did not say anything about where I...

Felicia - I did not say anything about where I was from at first because I wanted to know about your first choise first and not adjusted to me beeing from europe. =)
Second I am not shure about all...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-12-25, 2:36pm
Replies: 16
Views: 5,110
Posted By Maqea
Thank you all! I will consider Glasshive though I...

Thank you all! I will consider Glasshive though I think it will be very expensive since they are not found in Europe. I believe the tax and the freightcost will probably be as much as the kiln...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-12-25, 3:20am
Replies: 16
Views: 5,110
Posted By Maqea
Choosing Kiln

Hi!
I got a pleasant problem. Hubby gave me a bead annealing kiln as a christmasgift. Now I have to choose the kiln and I would like your advice. Tell me anything you think I should think about when...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-24, 11:04pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,337
Posted By Maqea
Wow! So many sandy colors. I must have been blind...

Wow! So many sandy colors. I must have been blind when I was looking through all those glass sellers pages the last weeks. How could I miss them? LOL

Thank you so much for your help. I will try...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-24, 7:06am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,337
Posted By Maqea
Looking for sandcolor

Hi everyone! :wave:

Im looking for a good sandcolor for my beads. A bit beigeslightlygreyish sort of color. Dark ivory is too light and all the browns I trayed have been too dark or too...brown. ...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-28, 12:04am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,702
Posted By Maqea
Thank you so much Nina! I use hair thin...

Thank you so much Nina!

I use hair thin stringers of IB and make one turn with it arond the bead in the center. I will give your way a try to se if I can get the IB to be even thinner.

It...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-26, 11:58pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,702
Posted By Maqea
I have been working hard at my torch making about...

I have been working hard at my torch making about 15 beads to try to figure this out. :)
Of those 15 beads I managed to get two of them in the right direction, the two drops in the middle. One bead...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-24, 8:13am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,702
Posted By Maqea
Looking for a tutorial

Hi!
I have fallen in love with Nina Eagles beads and I would like to learn how her lovely organic beads are made. Anyone that can point me in the right direction for a tutorial or someplace I can...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-28, 6:31am
Replies: 14
Views: 6,473
Posted By Maqea
130891 Bead 1: I made the highest flame I...

130891

Bead 1: I made the highest flame I could and worked far away from the torch. I burned it badly. Clearly not the way to go.

Bead 2: Made the bead in medium flame and then wafted in barely...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-25, 10:29pm
Replies: 14
Views: 6,473
Posted By Maqea
I MADE IT!!! Yay! I made the bead in as tiny...

I MADE IT!!! Yay!
I made the bead in as tiny flame as I could get without the torch died. I got the least reduction that way. Then I pushed my aluminumfoil hotheadcollar halfway up, barely covering...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-24, 11:38pm
Replies: 14
Views: 6,473
Posted By Maqea
Thank you for your answers. I have a few things...

Thank you for your answers. I have a few things to try now. I believe I have reduced it too much. I seal the holes of the hothead entierly so ther is very little oxygen in the flame.
I will try
1...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-23, 11:36am
Replies: 14
Views: 6,473
Posted By Maqea
How to get Aurae pink?

Hi!
I have seen such beautiful beads made with aurae and they where this yummy gold pink shimering color. I have also seen beads made with shards of aurae with this golden pink too and I love them....
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-23, 10:50am
Replies: 19
Views: 7,360
Posted By Maqea
Oh, thats very sweet of you but I believe the...

Oh, thats very sweet of you but I believe the shiping can be high. From Sweden to USA it is from 4 dollars and up depending on weight. The other way around I have no idea what it would cost.

I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-20, 10:50pm
Replies: 19
Views: 7,360
Posted By Maqea
I have been searching for green adventurine to...

I have been searching for green adventurine to buy. Does anyone have any ideas where to get it? Preferably in Europe but overseas is OK too.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-20, 11:25am
Replies: 19
Views: 7,360
Posted By Maqea
Thank you! I did not know if it was the green...

Thank you!
I did not know if it was the green goldstone or the raku. Now I know. :)
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-20, 10:01am
Replies: 19
Views: 7,360
Posted By Maqea
What is the green stuff?

I found this beautiful bead on the Etsy store FlameOnGlass and I wonder what the green on the bead is? Here is a link directly to the bead.
...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-08-07, 4:19am
Replies: 34
Views: 8,830
Posted By Maqea
I like Yellow striker etched. Especially with...

I like Yellow striker etched. Especially with some "sugar" frit on. It looks so much like lemon sweets.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-07-13, 11:09am
Replies: 68
Views: 13,053
Posted By Maqea
I started with a samplepack of Effete to learn...

I started with a samplepack of Effete to learn the basics. My next purchase I had some reducing DH in. I heard/read that striking is harder on a HH so I have waited with that.

There are some...
Forum: Free Tutorials 2011-07-10, 12:30am
Replies: 10
Views: 6,545
Posted By Maqea
Yay!!! =D> Off to the torch right away...

Yay!!! =D>
Off to the torch right away...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-05-12, 7:48am
Replies: 20
Views: 4,907
Posted By Maqea
As the dyslexic swede I am I did not read Nipper...

As the dyslexic swede I am I did not read Nipper but something else *blush* and wondered what on earth what was up to now. lol
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-05-12, 3:25am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,077
Posted By Maqea
I found it!!! =) The page I was looking for is...

I found it!!! =)
The page I was looking for is in the book Beads of Glass by Cindy Jenkins.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-05-06, 7:01am
Replies: 24
Views: 4,816
Posted By Maqea
Pink and orange. I did not like them before and...

Pink and orange. I did not like them before and specially not together. Now I think they are great both single and together with each other and together with yellow and red too.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-04-07, 6:34am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,233
Posted By Maqea
What a lovely blog Kandice! Exactly what I was...

What a lovely blog Kandice! Exactly what I was looking for. The comparison page especially. If you feel up to it some day in the future I am a girl that would be very happy for more pages like that...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-04-07, 12:16am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,233
Posted By Maqea
Its good to know the rods dont go bad over time....

Its good to know the rods dont go bad over time. lol

It helps to think like that when choosing colors but I do not have enough money to buy glass to collect dust. I do have a samlepack Effertre...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-04-07, 12:05am
Replies: 23
Views: 5,220
Posted By Maqea
When I got my Hothead I also bought a samlepack...

When I got my Hothead I also bought a samlepack from Effertre. It is kind of the next step I'm aiming for now.

I'm a girl who likes to do a bit of research before I buy anything since money is...
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