After I learned how to make a decent disc bead, I experimented with squaring them. The process involves making a disk bead and letting it cool. Heat one edge (not too much, tho) and lightly press the hot edge onto a flat graphite or brass surface. This will begin to flatten the edge. If after [...]
I found a note concerning this bead last night. The note reads ‘silver foil on ivory base, dark brown fused area is dark topaz, blue and green fused area is pale topaz (same glass as raised dots). I have to try this again. The lampwork spacers on either end are Avocado Green (Effetre (Moretti) 591210). [...]
EDP can be nice – sometimes!! This bicone bead has a White (Effetre (Moretti) 591204) base encased with Transparent Dark Aqua (Effetre (Moretti) 591036). I applied silver foil, silver wire, and some handmade stringers. After pushing the glass around with a stringer, I smoothed out the bumps and applied the raised dots. I used a [...]
This lampwork bead has a Effetre (Moretti) white base (591204). The top is encased with Effetre (Moretti) dark blue (591056) and the bottom is encased with a green which I have had for a few years and am not sure where/what it is, except that it’s COE 104. It’s very similar to Effetre (Moretti) grass [...]
This is another bead from last year. My plan was to create a pendant with small sterling silver sea shells and other ocean related charms dangling from the bottom, along with some Swarovski Crystal beads. I think I will be moving this to the top of my ToDo list. This lampwork bead was made with [...]
I spent some time at the torch yesterday casing and trying out some new color combos. I wrapped the base with silver foil and used several blues, greens and browns and intense black stringers before encasing it. I shaped this bead using a graphic paddle marver. Details – handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka [...]
Not sure about the base of this big hole bead, but I think the blue side is one of the early Rocio colors. Details – handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong properly kiln annealed bead measurement(s) (width x height x thickness) 24mm x 6.5mm x 5mm Inside diameter is 14mm mandrel size 1/2″ [...]
I’ve been having a bit of a lampwork hiatus this past year, but I am ready to get back to the torch and try some new things. Thanks to my friend Vonna Maslanka – justvonna for the encouragement. Some of the last beads I created were with Rocio glass. I made 3 of these glass [...]
