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Old 2007-01-14, 9:39pm
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I have a friend that loves everything irish and I'd like to make her some shamrock beads for her birthday coming up ... does anyone have a shamrock tutorial or any tips or ideas to share?
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Old 2007-01-14, 10:01pm
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3 green dots...over a stem.....heat as for a floral....instead of poking the center, pull the tip of the dot to the center and the outer aspect as if making a heart....shamrocks are little more than 3 green irish hearts!
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Old 2007-01-14, 10:11pm
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Sounds great, but I need pics. lol! I'm sort of "reading challenged" as I learn by seeing ... I guess I should've asked about pictures first.
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Old 2007-01-15, 2:35am
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Heres your basic shamrock



If i read the suggestion right - make 3 dots and rake\drag each of them inwards towards the centre (like you would do making hearts)

You know - I hadnt considered the shape as heartlike - and its so obvious when you look again (maybe its a man thing - like not seeing things in the kitchen)

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Old 2007-01-15, 8:26am
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I actually got a request for a Shamrock implosion pendant on Saturday. I'm going to try to make it tonight. I'll post pics of my result...


Oh, and I know where everything is in my kitchen, thank you very much!
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Old 2007-01-15, 3:12pm
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Duh! Makes perfect sense to me now. Would you do the same thing for a 4 leaf clover, just no stem? Just wondering how you tackle those if you've made them before.

I will try these this week and post results.
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Old 2007-01-15, 4:17pm
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4 leaf clover....I'd still use a stem (sort of semi-circle) and 4 dots.....

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Duh! Makes perfect sense to me now. Would you do the same thing for a 4 leaf clover, just no stem? Just wondering how you tackle those if you've made them before.

I will try these this week and post results.
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Could you put 4 dots and then rake them toward the middle to look like a heart, then add a stem?
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when you "build" the image - the stem is UNDER the leaves.....so it has to go down first....then the leaves added over the stem.....same as building any sort of flower.

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Old 2007-01-17, 11:00am
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Hi Christy!

I'd suggest the same things...4 green "hearts" on top of a stem. I can't wait to see what you make!
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hey girls I was wonderin could you do the same thing for an implosion 4leaf but put the stem down last , to try an make a 4leaf implosion pendant,, my sister wants one so I have to make it some how Ima keep searchin these tuts b4 i try it

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Old 2007-04-06, 8:52pm
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In my mind....it would work.....but then LOTS of things work in my mind!
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Old 2007-04-08, 10:36am
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I haven't had anything come out decent enough to photograph. I'll keep practicing though ...
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Heres your basic shamrock



If i read the suggestion right - make 3 dots and rake\drag each of them inwards towards the centre (like you would do making hearts)

You know - I hadnt considered the shape as heartlike - and its so obvious when you look again (maybe its

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This is great, but yesterday I had a request for a 3-D Shamrock as a pendent. Any ideas? Haven't attempted it yet, but I'm thinking of starting with a barrel towards the end of a mandrel for the stem, building up a gather on the very end and pressing it into a basic lentil shape and then clipping with scissors and pulling the cut ends back towards the center into a shamrock. Works in my mind...but as I've said, I haven't tried it yet so I'm open to all other tips and tricks that anyone here has made in 3D and that want to share?

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Sounds great, but I need pics. lol! I'm sort of "reading challenged" as I learn by seeing ... I guess I should've asked about pictures first.
Not sure if this will work, but just in case?
Instead of raking the dot, try pushing the glass against the top of the dot, but not touching the dot, towards the center of each leaf. Does that make sense?

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This is great, but yesterday I had a request for a 3-D Shamrock as a pendent. Any ideas? Haven't attempted it yet, but I'm thinking of starting with a barrel towards the end of a mandrel for the stem, building up a gather on the very end and pressing it into a basic lentil shape and then clipping with scissors and pulling the cut ends back towards the center into a shamrock. Works in my mind...but as I've said, I haven't tried it yet so I'm open to all other tips and tricks that anyone here has made in 3D and that want to share?

TIA,
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As you would make a 3D flower I would make the shamrock the same. Make a short green barrel and create a semi circle of green glass around the top. Build it out into a thin disc. Get your scissors out and cut your four or three leaves. Heat the end of each leaf and with a knife make a crease in the top. Heat out the chill and tool marks and gently draw a crease line down the centre of the leaf.

The other method would be to create a small round bead, then apply four dots. Squish flat and add glass to the outer edges. What you are doing is making a clover from a birds eye view. Just as you would a flower. Instead of raking out, you're pushing the ends in.
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I decided in the early hours this morning that I wanted to make one of these as a thank you to a 4Her. If I end up with anything I"ll try to post I was going to do them as suggested by Bloody Valentine.
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anyone have pictures or did anyone do a shamrock bead by itself instead of on another bead? I have a request also.
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I make a shamrock off mandrel pendant with four leaves. Melt blob of glass the size of the pendant that you want. Press on to flat surface to make disk with glass rod at 90 degree angle. Maria shape not lollipop. Flatten to size that suits. Cut into quarter segments. Use knife to make indention on middle of each leaf and shape the leaves. Punty on to edge of leaf. Remove glass rod from back of disk. Add glass bail to one of the leaf segments. Pop off punty and place in kiln. I live close to Savannah GA. These are a big hit around St Patty's Day.
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This is one of the first one's I made so sorry for the wonkiness. I've gotten better. Same technique as was mentioned above this post

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oh Awesome.. Thank you.

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Leah Nietz did a Twisted Shamrock Bead tutorial that was a giveaway with the March 2013 issue of The Soda Lime Times. I don't know if it's still available, but you might want to contact Diane Woodall at SLT, or Leah herself to see.

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Alli... contacted Diane and she was so great.. Unfortunately, the Twisted Shamrock is a start bead.(I think that is what you call it), not a shamrock in shape.. It is beautiful, but not what was hunting for. Thank you so much for mentioning it. Diane, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to dig it up for me to take a peek at.
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Default shamrocks and clovers

I tried them several different ways and the person choose the three dot method.

I ended up doing equal amounts of shamrocks and clovers and she was happy.
Thank you all for your help.

Oh.. The color combo she liked was transparent green with opaque green shamrocks and clovers she liked the contrast.

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Glad it all worked out and you have a happy customer

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Old 2013-09-23, 8:11am
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I like to use opaque green base dots (I think it is nile green) with transparent green over that (dark emerald usually), then use a knife to crease and pull the dots into the heart shape, giving them a more 3-dimensional look. I also make 'vine' cane with at least one line of intense black or dark brown, pulling it very thin. This gives a bit more dimension to the stem.

Here is a hollow bead ornament I made with shamrocks.
Good luck , and please post pictures!
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Oh Tina that is so pretty.. I will have to post some pictures of the ones I ended up making for my friend.. Not any where as beautiful as yours. She did not want the transparent over and I thought it was really nice?.. Oh well.. Will post soon.
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