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2013-05-13, 2:40pm
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Turquoise bead
A coworker with wife asked her if I could make a turquoise bracelet. I do not have a clue on how to get that look. I was thinking of some sis over transparent blue, any other ideas would be appreciated.
Bob
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2013-05-13, 2:47pm
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A combination of light and dark pastel turquoise looks pretty good.
If you mix the glass before making the bead, try adding a little black or even ivory to get some dark matrix.
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2013-05-13, 3:02pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steiconi
A combination of light and dark pastel turquoise looks pretty good.
If you mix the glass before making the bead, try adding a little black or even ivory to get some dark matrix.
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Thanks , I'll look around for those colors.
Bob
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2013-05-13, 3:22pm
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I also use opaque turquoise. If you add a tiny bit of intense black (pulled to a hair sized stringer) and heat the heck out of it so it breaks up and moves across the glass, then etch the bead. It fools a lot of people into thinking it's genuine turquoise stone.
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2013-05-13, 3:55pm
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Thanks Suzanne.
Bob
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2013-05-13, 6:16pm
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Yep, the IB or any reactive black like Gunmetal or Hades pulled hair-thin will do the job wonderfully on either the DSB or Turquoises.
Depending on the shade, etching's not always necessary, either.
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2013-05-13, 8:03pm
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Turq. some copper green, some opaque blue. Make your bead out of the turq, stripe randomly with the copper green and then add dots of the blue.
Heat, heat, roll, twist, mix.
Roll in one sheet of copper leaf, burnish in, heat it thoroughly.
Then use a frog (the pin kind that you use for flowers) and stick the bead on it several times while hot to make dents.
Looks just like a turquoise stone when you are finished.
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2013-05-14, 2:35am
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Can't help you with the technique, but here are some beads the Czechs made to look like turquoise in the first half of the 20th century.
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