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Old 2010-06-07, 7:54am
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Originally Posted by M'lis View Post
De - many thanks for this tutorial. I was recently asked to make three sets of memorial beads for a friend and this helped immensely.

I did come across one problem and this is how I solved it. I had problems with two of the beads - one cracked (thermal) and one got stuck on the mandral so badly that it broke during my attempts to get it off. I could not simply throw the broken beads in the garbage, so I reheated all the bits and pieces in the kiln and dunked them in cold water for instant frit. I drained the frit through a coffee filter, let it dry and put it in a pretty little bag to return to my friend along with the completed beads.

I'd appreciate any other suggestions that anyone may have to deal with this problem.
Hi M'lis~

Sorry you found yourself with this little dilemma; I've not had it happen (yet!) but I suppose there are many things you could do to insure that you used the broken beads in a manner that made you and/or your customer happy...and I applaud you for not simply tossing them. That would definitely make ME feel a bit uncomfortable too. Here's some ideas that just popped into my head:

* Create a "vessel" and put the frit into it. Be sure it had a little handle that would allow you to string it onto a chain and wear it as a pendant; seal it with a small cork or glass "plug" which could be epoxied into place for a permanent seal. Even add some CZ's to give it a bit of sparkle and intrigue.


* Use the frit to make a stringer, and add this back into a bead. Look at the gorgeous beads Elise made...and she includes instructions and everything to make the frit stringers in this thread: http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...89#post3062489

* You could also use the cremains frit like you would any other frit, creating another base bead and rolling it in topically.

Hope these suggestions help a bit, and I hope if you too feel comfortable doing so, you'll show us how things turned out.

Thanks for doing such a nice thing for your friend.

Hugs,
De
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