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Forum: Customer Service Kiosk 2012-07-12, 1:47pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,278
Posted By meitali
Thanks! Link saved for future reference, and your...

Thanks! Link saved for future reference, and your current price is great too!
Do you sell Thompson enamels?..




Indeed, both are already on their way! I ordered, paid, went to take a shower...
Forum: Customer Service Kiosk 2012-07-11, 3:55pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4,278
Posted By meitali
Thanks! Of the three you mentioned I had...

Thanks!

Of the three you mentioned I had only tried Arrow Springs- just heard back, they don't carry carnelian anymore :(

I also called the local supplier here, and they don't carry it anymore...
Forum: Customer Service Kiosk 2012-07-11, 1:36am
Replies: 8
Views: 4,278
Posted By meitali
Are you the vendor I'm looking for?.. :)

Hi!

I need to order some glass...

Looking for a vendor who-

* Sells Effetre carnelian 536
* Sells Thompson enamel (I need green 9320)
* Accepts PayPal
* Will ship via First Class or...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-10-19, 3:11pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,735
Posted By meitali
thank you both for the input! i just thought...

thank you both for the input!

i just thought of 2 things- first, is that another reason i personally prefer shorter mandrels and tubes, is that it's easier to tilt them with the glass side up,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-10-19, 1:49am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,735
Posted By meitali
blowing tubes- which size is preferred?

about a month ago, right before i came back from the US, i sold here the tubes i had left from the classes i taught. there were people who still expressed interest in them after i was sold out, so i...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-09-09, 7:34pm
Replies: 9
Views: 3,302
Posted By meitali
in my experience, working it over ivory or...

in my experience, working it over ivory or burning it will get it to become grey.

i get plum (almost opaque) if i anneal the beads that have rubino at a slightly higher temperature than usual,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-06-11, 6:25am
Replies: 11
Views: 4,680
Posted By meitali
ok, some of the things i wanted to suggest have...

ok, some of the things i wanted to suggest have already been mentionned, especially the width of the tool you are using to poke the flower (you can use a mandrel! :) only thing is that you have to do...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-03-04, 12:19am
Replies: 15
Views: 6,764
Posted By meitali
are the batches of psyche consistent? i'm down to...

are the batches of psyche consistent? i'm down to a 1" piece of psyche that i bought at the gathering, i want to order some more but i'm so afraid to find out it's different and get dissapointed, i...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-30, 1:55pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,214
Posted By meitali
judi, why do you leave your oxycon running for...

judi, why do you leave your oxycon running for 15-20 mins before you light the torch? :-k

i've used an oxycon for about a year and a half, and never did it (never heard about this), and never had...
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-19, 5:09am
Replies: 31
Views: 21,023
Posted By meitali
i have 2 ring mandrels, one was a gift, the other...

i have 2 ring mandrels, one was a gift, the other one (i'm wearing a ring made with it right now) cost me $22 :)
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-18, 1:06am
Replies: 31
Views: 21,023
Posted By meitali
you can replace the tongs or tweezers with a...

you can replace the tongs or tweezers with a glass punty and it's even easier because you don't have to make an effort to hold them closed, just hold the punty like any other glass rod :)
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-17, 5:26am
Replies: 31
Views: 21,023
Posted By meitali
daria, it all depends on what you're doing at the...

daria, it all depends on what you're doing at the moment that caused the ring to break.

i've only broken one ring, but wow, was that a STOOPID moment that caused it...

it wasn't annealed yet...
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-16, 5:08pm
Replies: 14
Views: 7,548
Posted By meitali
that's true, and sometimes we need to remember we...

that's true, and sometimes we need to remember we might loose them simply when we show them a bead made with ivory glass (or most of opaques actually, not to mention etched opaques!!!) and insist...
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-16, 2:46am
Replies: 14
Views: 7,548
Posted By meitali
thanks karen for posting this! actually one with...

thanks karen for posting this! actually one with pictures!!! :D
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-15, 11:46am
Replies: 14
Views: 7,548
Posted By meitali
To view links or images in this forum your post...

To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

that's one, i don't know about the other one.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-15, 4:11am
Replies: 51
Views: 10,062
Posted By meitali
once when i was a kid, we went to visit some...

once when i was a kid, we went to visit some friends of the family, and after lunch all us kids were bored...

we started mixing coke and sprite, then we added ice cream... and at some point we...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-15, 4:09am
Replies: 51
Views: 10,062
Posted By meitali
those people who claim to never have had...

those people who claim to never have had breakage... they just managed to sell the beads fast enough for them to break some place else.

i wouldn't want any of my beads to break on my customer's...
Forum: Tutorials 2007-12-15, 2:06am
Replies: 14
Views: 7,548
Posted By meitali
there's even easier than optic molds! :-) ...

there's even easier than optic molds! :-)

pick a rod of glass for your "base" color- that's what the "triangles" will be.

pick another color for the stripes.

now you have several options,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-01, 12:54pm
Replies: 13
Views: 3,009
Posted By meitali
btw- i don't heat my vermiculite. and if...

btw- i don't heat my vermiculite.

and if you make pressed beads- make sure not to take too long before you stick them in the pot or they might break along the hole, since that's where they're...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-01, 12:53pm
Replies: 13
Views: 3,009
Posted By meitali
well- that's a good opportunity to practice flame...

well- that's a good opportunity to practice flame annealing so that things don't crack in the vermiculite!

as long as you don't make big and/or sculptural stuff, you shoudln't have any problems....
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-11-30, 11:54am
Replies: 16
Views: 4,230
Posted By meitali
but i wanted random patches of copper, or at...

but i wanted random patches of copper, or at least the red i get when i use copper mesh... :pout:
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-11-30, 8:35am
Replies: 16
Views: 4,230
Posted By meitali
so what can you do with copper leaf? :)

so what can you do with copper leaf?

:)
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-11-17, 10:47am
Replies: 21
Views: 5,664
Posted By meitali
i have a pack of original terra that i bought at...

i have a pack of original terra that i bought at the gathering, and it's still completely untouched.

i know some people have had a hard time with it, but when i see the stuff that kim neely came...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-10-27, 7:08am
Replies: 13
Views: 3,549
Posted By meitali
anastasia, how big is that marble and what colors...

anastasia, how big is that marble and what colors did you use?

i batch anneal everything i do (long story), both soft glass and boro, and i never had any problem with it. i made some boro hearts...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-10-26, 11:25am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,394
Posted By meitali
what? so you're saying there will be yet ANOTHER...

what? so you're saying there will be yet ANOTHER brand of bead release for me to try? c'mon ppl, the space on my shelf is limited!!! :-?


:lol:

i went back to BOM because i went back to soft...
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