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2011-11-04, 10:43am
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Glass Alchemy Paparazzi???
Hi, im a brand new newbie, this is my first post.
I was just at mountain glass website shopping for GA colored rods & i noticed a color called paparazzi, there was no picture or description on the color. Does anyone know what this color looks like or have any pictures of the color?
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2011-11-04, 11:00am
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it is sparkly green.
I am not too into it. But it is a purty sparkly green.
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2011-11-04, 11:44am
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Give Mr. Smiley a PM. He is doing fabulous work with this color. In his pieces it almost looks like a goldish sparkle. I am dying to get some torch time to try it myself.
Here is a pic of a marble I bought from him. The sparkle is much stronger in person. It almost looks like dicro when it is moving in the light. He has more pictures on his facebook page as well.
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2011-11-04, 11:51am
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I love it! It is a green rod but I've found it turns gold looking with everything I've used it with so far.
ETA-I took a couple of quick pics. One is paparazzi under Mai Tai over china white. The piece is a fail but the sparkle looks good. And some beads with some red/pink IDK glass but the sparkles are papa.
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2011-11-05, 9:06am
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How is that a fail? Looks great to me
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2011-11-05, 9:37am
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Wow, I like that color from what I'm seeing. I can't wait to get failures like that. LOL
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2011-11-07, 4:19pm
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I've been checking around and am wondering who has the best deal on Paparazzi? Would like to get a pound or so.
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2011-11-07, 5:55pm
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Holy cow, Rebecca! Those are ALL gorgeous.
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2011-11-07, 8:52pm
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Thanks you guys. It was a color study but there was something else in my head than what came out IRL. Not the colors I expected. Guess I should get over myself. lol
PJ, I don't know. I haven't seen a GA sale recently. I got this from MGA.
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2011-11-08, 12:51am
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How is that a fail? Looks great to me
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2011-11-09, 7:12am
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It's my favorite sparkle right now... the flec size is perfect! So much bling... nice dispersion... it plays really well with silver colors... a little goes a long way... i use just a touch of sparkle in my pieces to give them that little sumpin sumpin extra... make the light dance, don't over do the sparkle and it won't block what's going on behind it...
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2011-11-09, 7:22am
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Quote:
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Thanks you guys. It was a color study but there was something else in my head than what came out IRL. Not the colors I expected.
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Even when the glass doesn't do what you want it to do, don't call it a failure. Call it an unanticipated outcome and be open to seeing it for what it IS rather than what you expected it to be. I think we (I) get so caught up in the craftsmanship of what we're doing sometimes that we forget the art. I'm repeatedly reminded of this when people consistently look at my pieces and inevitably choose the one which most disappointed me when it was made.
Or as my girlfriend says: "Someone will love it"
And I'm talking about janky lopsided haze-riddled implosions, not pieces like your beautiful "fail".
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2011-11-09, 1:25pm
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Chris,
Funny aint it?
BTW - I found some Paparazzi but MG only had a quarter pound left so I got it and backordered some more. Nobody else had any. I hope GA gets on the ball and batches some up soon. Maybe I should light a fire under GA's bums! Hey Henry.....!!
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2011-11-09, 1:55pm
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Quote:
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Chris,
Funny aint it?
BTW - I found some Paparazzi but MG only had a quarter pound left so I got it and backordered some more. Nobody else had any. I hope GA gets on the ball and batches some up soon. Maybe I should light a fire under GA's bums! Hey Henry.....!!
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I showed up just after you Last night they had some....today all gone.
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2011-11-09, 7:06pm
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Yikes, well I guess I shouldnt talk about the 1 1/2 lbs I got on the 7th....
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2011-11-09, 11:48pm
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Maybe we all ought to get on Henry's case to make more and soon, if not yesterday!
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2011-11-11, 12:22pm
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GA had a photo up of it on FB this morning
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2011-11-11, 1:23pm
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GA had a photo up of it on FB this morning
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I like Bec's better.
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2011-11-11, 1:28pm
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If anyone wants to split some up I'd like a piece. I don't need much. They said they will have more next week.
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2011-11-13, 6:41am
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Any problems with checking or needing to anneal differently since it's green?
I wish there was a color like this that was sparkly silver!
I would be all over that.
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2011-11-22, 10:32am
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How does it compare to Mighty Moss?
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2011-11-22, 11:54am
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I liked the sample stick of this color from AGI, but have yet to try more.
I've been using a TAG sparkle, too. I'm not sure whether it's Leprechaun or Mighty Moss, but the TAG has more of a variation in sparkle size, and larger sparkle particles, as well as a slightly more blue hue. The Paparazzi is a pure emerald green. They're about the same level of opacity.
Then, there's the non-apparent differences, in particular whether the color checks in deep encasement or extended soaking. It takes experience with the color and time to find that out.
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2011-11-22, 1:58pm
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I managed to score a 1/4# and so far I've not had any problems with it inside but I've only done a couple pendents with it over white and under DAP. It didn't seem to have as much sparkle as I would like so I'll try some more.
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2011-11-22, 2:19pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cheng076
I managed to score a 1/4# and so far I've not had any problems with it inside but I've only done a couple pendents with it over white and under DAP. It didn't seem to have as much sparkle as I would like so I'll try some more.
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All of the pictures I have seen so far suggest it is on the light side of sparkle. Could be nice if it is subtle.
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2011-11-22, 3:44pm
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How does it compare to Mighty Moss?
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I have not got my hands on any of the Paparazzi, but I did get some of the Mighty Moss- Jade version exp# 100209 out of my mystery box and it has more sparkles than any other color that I have seen. Is this one available for purchase or was it a one off?
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2011-11-28, 3:33pm
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Thanks, Jeff - that was an older batch, and it was not encaseable. And it's now completely gone. The newer batches are not as jade of a green - but you can encase and implode them without checking.
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2011-11-28, 9:22pm
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"adds sparkly implodable green to wish list"
Thanks Jenny, that sounds like pretty exciting stuff!
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2011-11-29, 3:34am
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It's not at all on the lift side of sparkliness. It is on the light side of saturation, though. Colors like unobtanium are extremely sparkly, but also very highly saturated - they're opaque, and you can mix Unobtanium down with clear 10-20 times and it's still very sparkly. The lower saturation mainly serves to make it less opaque, not less sparkly.
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2011-11-29, 7:27am
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Could someone explain how you use it?
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2011-12-01, 9:58pm
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Ok Debbie
I see no one has answer you question yet and I am know expert but, I was luck enough to get a 1/4 pound of paparazzi, so here is my two cent on how to use paparazzi. As we all know you can use it for anything but as the post before you talked about it dose thin out in implosions or vortexes and as you seen further up the page it looked good over the serendipity. and that goes with what I have found so I will be using mine as a sculptural green or as a over coat color for it outstanding sparkle with a green tint.
Hope that helps
Mike
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