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GLASS NOTES
Color: Vetrofond Banana Odd Lot - a smooth, mellow yellow with a reactive center that creates beautiful, gentle striations when wound as a disk. It reminds me of a ripe banana peel.
Rod Size: my lot was 6mm rods
How the glass feels to me: The rods melted similarly to other opaques...fairly quickly and required quicker work since it melted easier. I found this glass a little more sensitive to thermal shock. If I was too quick to warm the rod, I could feel it crackle through the rod. If I didn't slow down, 1-inch chunks would pop off. (I would reclaim these as a bead by carefully perching the little chunk of glass on top of the mandrel and melting it into a bead.) I found this glass required additional time for warming in the flame. When I was working on refining a bead's shape, I would keep the wafting through the top part of the flame to keep it warm. However, once the glass was comfortably warm, it worked similarly to other opaques.
Hi, Jenn! I hope you are having a good vacation! I should have commented sooner because I visit your Artfire store a lot and drool over the jewelry in it! My favorites are the Urban Kiwi set, the Victoria Harbor Shimmer necklace and the Cotton Candy set. If I HAD to pick a favorite, I would say the Urban Kiwi set...if we weren't saving for our trip, that necklace and those earrings would already have been mine!
ReplyDeleteI love your jewelry. I think you are turning out some beautiful beads and I love the new wire techniques you've learned. Makes for some gorgeous stuff!
No question at all. It would have to be your URBAN PRIMROSE LARIAT. I fell in love with the necklace when I saw it featured on a blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks bunches for playing and the feedback! It means a lot to me to keep plugging along. :-)
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