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Originally Posted by Sheila D.
Cool idea! I roll mine in frit before shaping, I like the way it spreads with the extra heating. I use a metal measuring cup (Ikea) and dump a whole bunch of frit in it, make the bead toward the end of the mandrel and when it's good and hot, roll in the frit. Heat slowly to make sure the frit doesn't stick to the mandrel on the ends, then shape.
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Sheila, I always end up with frit that looks stretched like when I work like that and... I tend to run out of frit. I prefer to work with small amounts of it anyway as it's really easy to contaminate your frit. The bead in the tut was to contain cremains... and I got too many ashes in on my first pass. When I went to pick up frit... ashes in the frit! I had to toss it!
Many of the teachers I've studied with THROW OUT their frit at the end of a session (me?? I'm way too cheap!) and having had a bead shatter over my frit plate and bead release breaking off... I can get their logic.