This is what happens when silver foil is applied to goldstone. I like to pull stringers and make beads from goldstone chunks because the color is more intense. I made these beads using a clear base encased with goldstone stringers then wrapped in silver foil. Details – handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong [...]
After I made these little cylinders, I kept them in a box on my work table. One day after they had been on my desk for a few weeks, I accidentally knocked over another box and a collection of Japanese Seed beads fell in beside the Raku cylinders. At first I was annoyed because I [...]
These earrings can be made with two or more different color discs. If you don’t have two different colors, you can etch one disc of each pair for an interesting contrast. Here I have used Transparent Medium Blue (591054). I find that when I close the large jump rings, if I close them a little [...]
I used Effetre (Moretti) Opaque Pea Green (591212) and Opaque Medium Lemon Yellow (591408) to make these little flat square lampwork beads. Details – handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong properly kiln annealed bead measurement(s) (width x length) 8mm x 3mm – 8mm 3.5mm mandrel size 1/16″ glass used Effetre (Moretti) other items [...]
I made these extra small lampwork beads on extra small mandrels. Those itty bitty mandrels that will disintegrate in the fire if held in the flame too long and often bend when beads are removed. In order for them to last longer, I try to make the beads close to the end and then cut [...]
