Hi Amy,
I know this thread is several years old, but I'm hoping you'll take the time to help another inquiring mind...
Although I've made disk beads, I've never tried to stripe them. My striped beads are started on a donut. Anyway, my question is, how THICK is your initial disk? 4mm or more? I spent this afternoon trying to make this bead and I'm seriously frustrated. Not YOUR fault, something I'm "missing" to be sure!
My other question is this, when I melt my first row of dots in, should they be to the edges of the disk? And when moving 'slightly out to the right', do they all start at the same point from then on, just making smaller with each layer? UGH... I hope you answer this, I think these are just gorgeous!
Thanks so much for your infinite patience!
Amy[/quote]
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Originally Posted by amy trescott
When I say a "disk" bead, I mean like the bead below that has an arrow pointing to it. And, place the dots around the disk exactly like they are in the pic. Slowly melt them in, relatively trying to keep the disk shape (it'll make it easier to get the stripes if you keep the shape rather "disk-ish". 
Have fun,
Amy |