Is there a trick to this?
In particular, I was playing around with a lovely clear yellow bullseye rod, and I came out with a beautiful red grapefruity coloured bead.
I tried to recreate this... and had some difficulty.
First one I think I may have overworked--it was very dark when it went into the kiln... like black or something.
2nd one I took my time, and when I got the perfect bead shape, the colour was CLEAR. I waited a second until it cooled, thinking maybe it'd change in the process, but it didn't. I put it back in the flame, and THEN started to see the red...in splotches...
*huff*
How did I get it perfect the first time around accidentally??
I didn't realize there was a trick to striking...
