Wavey Bead Tutorial

[rckeyes]

Samma,
Were those your first? They look great!

[samandsha]

Rob - Thanks...not my first boro, but my first wavy beads. Your tute just made them look so fun, I couldn't resist.
Samma

[Deb]

Rob, thank you for the great tutorial! I finally broke out the boro sample pack that has been collecting dust on my shelf. Here are my very first boro beads. I think I'm hooked!



Edit to add: I've had several people pm me asking what colors I used in the wave beads. I used a twistie made with a clear core and 2 stripes of caramel luster and 2 stripes of blue moon

[lripster]

Whoo Hoo, Deb and Samma!! Those are great!!

[Deb]

Thanks Lisa. I'm off to make more boro twisties!

[rckeyes]

Deb,
Those look magnificent. I sometimes find that making the twisting is just as much fun as making the beads!

[Reenie]

Will this work the same with 104 coe glass? Or are we going to just get mush?

[rckeyes]

Irene,
When you get to the point where you melt everything down Just go slow and be patient. It should work just fine.

[Deb]

Thank you Rob! I can see that I'm going to need a lot more clear. I noticed that there are several manufacturers. Can anyone recommend one? Thanks!

[rckeyes]

Deb, I use schott artistic and i get mine from Generations Glass. U can get a mess of
6mm rod for next to nothing. Kristian from Generations glass will even cut the 4 foot sections in half for shipping.

http://www.generationsglass.com/

[Deb]

Thanks Rob! I'll check it out.

[Karen Hardy]

Originally Posted by rckeyes

Deb, I use schott artistic and i get mine from Generations Glass. U can get a mess of
6mm rod for next to nothing. Kristian from Generations glass will even cut the 4 foot sections in half for shipping.

http://www.generationsglass.com/

I didn't see anything on their site - but do you know if they
are still offering a discount for WC and LE members?
I know they did in the past (like, last year - past).
I want to get me some of that Schott Artistic!

[Deb]

Originally Posted by Karen Hardy

I didn't see anything on their site - but do you know if they
are still offering a discount for WC and LE members?
I know they did in the past (like, last year - past).
I want to get me some of that Schott Artistic!

A discount would be great! Does anyone know if they still offer one?

[Deb]

Karen, check this out!
http://generationsglass.com/BoardMembers.html

[Kevan]

I tried this with Black Pearl tonight. It worked great. Thanks so much for sharing it!!

[tammydownunder]

This was a fun bead to make. Too bad I did it in such ugly colors

Thanks for a great tut!

[LouiseI]

Rob thank you for your clear tutorial!
I've been trying these with soft glass and now know that I'm probably melting things in too quickly - your pictures are excellent for showing the process!!

Here's one of mine I did with soft glass, it's a bit of a variation as I only put the twisty around the outside of the disk. And it was made before your tut, so now I can go back and revisit the idea - thank YOU

[cherie]

I love the twistie method, Im going to try this once I get a chance to torch.

Thanks for the excellent tutorial!

[Deb]

Rob, I'm addicted! Here are a few more.

[Karen Hardy]

Originally Posted by Deb

Karen, check this out!
http://generationsglass.com/BoardMembers.html

Sweet! I just placed an order with them (I got me some of that GA Turquoise
and blue passion...omg, this would rock with blue passion {slobber}.

You guys are terrible for my wallet .

[rckeyes]

Tammy - Great first try.
Louise - I kinda like that look, I may try just the twisty on the top.
Deb - Ooooohh, yummy looking. What did you use for the pink ones. I think the color combinations are endless with boro as you never know what you`ll get when you twist 2 or 3 colors together.

Nice Job everyone

[Karen Hardy]

Oh, Deb - these are smokin hot!
Share the colors????? Pretty please????

Originally Posted by Deb

Rob, I'm addicted! Here are a few more.

[Deb]

Like all boro, they do look better in the sun. Here's what I used for these three.

Pink - Twistie with clear core, 2 swipes of NS Bubblegum, 2 swipes of Am. Beauty (Momka, I think), 2 swipes of NS Mystery Adventurine, 2 swipes of Caribbean Coral (I think that was the name, the label was hard to read, from Momka)

Blue - Twistie with clear core, 2 swipes of something labeled UN (NS unobtanium ?), 2 swipes of Peacock Chameleon, 2 swipes of NS Irrid, 2 swipes of NS Blue Caramel

Dark - Twistie made only of Momka Silver Dance

[Kevan]

I made these with Precision 104 Black Pearl



And this is Double Helix Ivory Luster

[rckeyes]

Kevan, Wow the black pearl looks awesome!!!

[Deb]

Originally Posted by Kevan

I made these with Precision 104 Black Pearl



And this is Double Helix Ivory Luster

Yummers!

[barbbbeads]

Nice tut! Thanks so much. Two extra days off this week, so I'm hittin' the torch and trying some.

[Calypso]

¡Great tutorial! Thank you

Ana María

[Beadbug]

I can't wait to try this thanks so much for posting the tut.

[Fru Babsan]

This I have to try!
Thankyou for an excellent tut.