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Free Tutorials
2010-12-22, 7:58am
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FREE Silver Spirals Tutorial
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danielle
This is a great tutorial, and I've had fun...
This is a great tutorial, and I've had fun playing with it. Thank you!
Forum:
Free Tutorials
2010-12-22, 7:04am
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Silver and gold fuming basics
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57,321
Posted By
danielle
Oh, sweet, thanks! Though if I'm understanding...
Oh, sweet, thanks! Though if I'm understanding the instructions right, you need to melt a dent into the rod, and my hothead will never get hot enough to let me do that. Is anyone selling pre-dented...
Forum:
Free Tutorials
2010-12-21, 5:14pm
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Silver and gold fuming basics
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57,321
Posted By
danielle
Okay, this is totally awesome. Two questions: ...
Okay, this is totally awesome. Two questions:
1. Can you fume with a hothead? (Siiigh...)
2. Where can one get the quartz rod set-up for fuming nowadays?
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-12-12, 7:17am
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Poll:
Done on a HH, vote and ST
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17,068
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danielle
All my beads are made with bullseye on a hothead...
All my beads are made with bullseye on a hothead with those yellow 1# cannisters of mapp/mapp pro (I can only find the pro nowadays, it seems). So, plenty of examples of how that works out for me in...
Forum:
Free Tutorials
2010-12-08, 10:11am
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FREE Silver Spirals Tutorial
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16,080
Posted By
danielle
Oh, very neat, thank you!
Oh, very neat, thank you!
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-12-07, 11:35am
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encasing bullseye - with what?
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2,722
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danielle
Nthing the pale tints. I default to crystal clear...
Nthing the pale tints. I default to crystal clear (I'm too impatient to melt down the thicker Schott rods on my teensy hothead, generally), but the tints simply never get scummy or weird.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-10-31, 7:33am
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6
Disguising chipped ends in finished pieces
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2,365
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danielle
Disguising chipped ends in finished pieces
I have a few recent beads that turned out beautiful, but chipped a tiny bit near the bead hole on one end when coming off my old, sadly fairly bent 1/16" mandrels before going into the kiln for batch...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-10-20, 5:05am
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106
Poll:
Shorts...What do you do with them?
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37,572
Posted By
danielle
I use rubber-handled alligator clips I got at...
I use rubber-handled alligator clips I got at home depot and modded a bit with my pliers as short holders. The very tiny <1" long shorts that remain after that go into a jar, and eventually get used...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-07, 4:22pm
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25
salt??
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6,068
Posted By
danielle
I'm just going to bump this thread since we're...
I'm just going to bump this thread since we're talking about salt in beads in the gallery. I tried it, was super careful to use good ventilation and a P100 mask and just grab a tiny tiny bit off the...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-07, 3:40pm
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40
Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
Thanks! I just love the depth of color you can...
Thanks! I just love the depth of color you can get with lustre stringer over reactive bases. It looks like some of the 104 silver glasses to me. Fun to play with!
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-04, 3:14pm
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40
Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
I got some wonderful effects by drawing blue...
I got some wonderful effects by drawing blue lustre stringer on top of nougat, reducing, and encasing with schott clear. (Also on this bead: strata, and dots of silvered strata stringer.)
...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-09, 5:54pm
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159
Bullseye Purchase
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55,999
Posted By
danielle
Incidentally, where's the best place to order new...
Incidentally, where's the best place to order new BE odd lots nowadays if you want less than a full pound of each? I used to order from Breezy, and I feel pretty lost now that she's shut down.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-06, 1:37pm
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40
Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
I think that's hard with the hothead because it...
I think that's hard with the hothead because it just takes so long for my clear to heat up enough to encase without flashing the bead while heating the clear. Maybe I'll try pre-heating the clear rod...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-06, 5:19am
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Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
Sadie - That hadn't occurred to me, interesting!...
Sadie - That hadn't occurred to me, interesting! Thank you. I'll give it a try (with encasing some lustre for science) and report back.
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-05, 7:14pm
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40
Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
I just tried to encase struck amber lustre on a...
I just tried to encase struck amber lustre on a hothead, and it ended up super boring. To strike lustre glasses I have to use a leather glove to cover the intake holes on my torch, and I have to stop...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-04, 6:59am
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Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
Not my work, but I just have to link this thread...
Not my work, but I just have to link this thread to this spectacular and inspiring disk that Avery made out of copper green lustre...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-01, 9:39pm
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40
Bullseye luster glasses - gallery and tips
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14,410
Posted By
danielle
Wow. This is fantastically useful and inspiring....
Wow. This is fantastically useful and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing!
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-31, 8:58am
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8
Handmade headpins
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4,619
Posted By
danielle
On further experimentation, I think the stainless...
On further experimentation, I think the stainless steel ones are least likely to survive the bubbles uncracked. I plan to test a bigger batch on nickel silver next.
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-31, 5:37am
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4
annealing test
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2,760
Posted By
danielle
Hooray Justin! I also just got a new kiln,...
Hooray Justin!
I also just got a new kiln, and ran my first test batch anneal yesterday without blowing up the apartment or killing anyone. I'm proud of both of us!
Mine is old and hacked up...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-29, 9:29am
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1
New Huppert kiln help?
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1,658
Posted By
danielle
New Huppert kiln help?
So, I finally have a kiln. It was found for me by a friend, who hacked a wacky bead door onto it for me. I just drove to Boston and back (from NYC) in one night to pick it. Life is awesome.
I...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-28, 1:21pm
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8
Handmade headpins
Views:
4,619
Posted By
danielle
I use 20g stainless steel wire to make glass...
I use 20g stainless steel wire to make glass headpins. I've actually used sterling silver, too, but you have to be quick about it and get it into the glass before it melts down too much. Nickel...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-26, 5:42am
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7
beez wax
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2,199
Posted By
danielle
Keep bees! I have a new hive as of this summer,...
Keep bees! I have a new hive as of this summer, and I love that I can just take wax straight from my bees to lube up my jeweler's saw and other tools.
(Or just about any craft store, yep. My local...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-25, 9:13am
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Making bubble balls
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21,412
Posted By
danielle
I think that sounds right. A single layer of...
I think that sounds right. A single layer of encasement can get you great trapped tiny bubbles, but this nuance seems to make a big difference! Thanks for sharing!
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-17, 2:57pm
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12
Can disk beads ever survive vermiculite/annealing bubbles?
Views:
5,702
Posted By
danielle
Yeah, I know annealing bubbles don't really...
Yeah, I know annealing bubbles don't really anneal. Stupid name. But they do seem to help avoid cracking better than vermiculite, at least.
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-07-16, 9:00am
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12
Can disk beads ever survive vermiculite/annealing bubbles?
Views:
5,702
Posted By
danielle
Thanks, all! Looks like I may just be trying to...
Thanks, all! Looks like I may just be trying to make my disks too big for the bubbles. I'll try some smaller disks for now and see how that goes, maybe try to work my way up again after that. And...
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