tips on momka colors

[chrisann]

Hi I just recieved a small order of some of momkas glass and would appreciate some tips if anyone wants to share. These are the glasses that I got.
silver aqua
silver beach
silver dance
purple thunder
green envy
brown glitter
I also have a couple of sample pack things I got from when I was at glass stock. I played with a couple of the colors last night but was unsure how to work them ie what they like as far as flame chemistry etc. I was working some other NS stuff as well and did a kiln strike but didn't really appear to get anything from the momka colors. Here are the three I played with I restricted each pc to single color of momka with clear, the heart is over clear and then more clear dots on top. the other 2 are over egyptian white sands with clear frit on top. 1 is silver aqua (the smaller) the other is silver dance. Sorry thie pic isn't very good I shot pretty quick, not that my pics are ever vry good. thanks for any help
chris ann

[Mr. Smiley]

I don't work with Momka... but I did fix your picture a bit.

[dragon myst]

Nice beads !

[Venbead]

purple thunder is like double amber purple.
it's a very saturated color that is nice if you thin it out over clear first. It looks great made with a cane of purple thunder over clear and NS yellow over that and pulled out. makes a great bright pink/purple

silver dance makes for a really nice backing color on a pendant
(shown below)

brown glitter makes really pretty sparkly beads and a nice implosion color too
(shown below)

[Karen Hardy]

Here's what I remember (I kind of torch on a wing and a prayer - so if I'm
off on anything peeps, please correct me)

silver aqua - I like this one OVER things. Not much effect by itself, but I
get some great beads by pulling thin stringers of this and trailing it over a base bead.

purple thunder - I get some awesome effects by varying the flame annealing
(longer in one area - shorter in another). Also, I love how it looks if you dot
drops of clear or trail clear over some areas and leave others unencased.
This is one of my favorite colors!

green envy and brown glitter - both of these are WYSIWYG colors. They dont
change much, even when you thin them out. I love using them as detail stringers
when I make organic looking beads. The Green envy especially is incredibly sparkly
-and neither color can really be captured very well in photographs (the sparkle just
doesn't seem to show up ).

[chrisann]

Thanks Brent for the pic lightening LOL. Ok I printed out ya'lls replies and I will try some more tonight.
thanks
chris ann

[Karen Hardy]

D'OH - it's Green Dragon that I was thinking of, not Green Envy - I haven't played with the green envy yet.