Creating a Water Spirit Bead tutorial
 

At last, I am very happy to announce that my Tutorial, "Creating a Water Spirit Bead" is published. This tutorial is debuting on Etsy on Monday, the 13th of February.

I hope that you enjoy the techniques showcased in this tutorial. I will be very interested in seeing your results with the use of it.

Please enjoy!




David

Having trouble with the purchase, it says it won't ship to the US.

Me too!

He needs to change the shipping to 'everywhere', it's limited to Canada right now.

I sent him a convo in Etsy.

Thanks, Jan! He changed it - I got one - hope you did too:-D

Sorry about the confusion, everyone!

I think it should go smoothly now!

David

Yay! Thank you :D

List more please!

What Lisa said [-o<

Jenny

Very nice tutorial! I'm hoping to get some time to try this soon!

Jenny and Lisa, I listed more this morning, good luck!:wave:

Thank you Mary Beth, I hope that you have fun with it!\\:D/
David

David, I just purchased the last tutorial in your etsy shop. You need to add more!

Thank you, David for a great tutorial. Your beads are just stunning!

Thank you Lisa, I posted more for last night, but it must have been placed in 'inactive listings'.:roll: There are more available this morning though.:-)

Thank you Dagmar!

David

The tutorial looks fantastic! I can hardly wait to use it!!

Lisa, you will have fun with it, I promise!:smile:

David

Hi david!
How exciting you made a tutorial !! I have purchased 3 of your wonderful beads in the past.
I wanted to ask, This is just soft glass right?

Hello Teena, yes, we have met in the past.:wave: I am fond of your recent sets.
The tutorial uses soft glass!

David

My first Spirit Bead is in the kiln. It was such a fun process and my fingers are crossed that it will look good in the morning!

Wow, good for you, Lisa! I can't wait to see it!

I await news from other folks that kindly purchased my 'Water Spirit" tutorial as well! Please post your results!

One of mine for encouragement,


Her name is 'Telphusa'



David

:waving::waving::waving:
Thank you David, your tutorial is awesome,
Martha Maria

I hope this is the right thread to show our Water Spirit beads?
Thanks David I love this tutorial.
I didn't make the shards as I'm not good at making them. :-(
This is De's rose murrinis.

Teena - It's beautiful!!

Lovely Teena, maybe I can help you with the shards:waving:

Thank you Martha Maria!

David

Here's a set based on the Tutorial. I usually only make sets...
This tutorial has given me lots of ideas and inspiration!
Thanks David!

Hello Teena:

Beautiful set, it is so pretty!

I am happy to hear that the tutorial is of use to you, I was hoping that the techniques would be useful for other projects as well=D>

David

I am wondering how these beads look on a 'solid' background, when light cannot pass through them (as typical when worn). Any photos available to illustrate this?

Lisa, I have never made one like this, so cannot report on it. I specialize on making beads with transparent colours, because I like the interaction between the layers of colour and the depth that results with this method. I think that it could be an interesting experiment though, you could skip some of the steps and try it!:idea:

David

David, no... I don't mean that the bead would be made any differently. I mean how does one of these beads look when it's being worn against the body (light entering but not exiting), as opposed to being photographed in a light box?

Yes, I would like to see it photographed on a solid background too. Any chance of you providing a picture like that?

Patsy

Here is a bead I made based on the tutorial. I didn't use the right DH glass for the mystery rings, but I love the bead anyway.

Oh Lisa, I love it!

Lisa and Patsy, I'm sorry I do not have any photos like that, I will see what I can do...

Thank you for posting! Lisa F. Your bead is lovely! I like the way that it is a Lisa bead, it definitely has your touch!

David

That's gorgeous Lisa!

Thank you!

Very pretty Lisa!

Lisa and Patsy, I have taken two photos, the top one is against a black background, with the bottom one against a white background. Ideally this should be done outside, but it is raining, so this is the best I can do at the moment.

Here are the results. Sorry about the reflection on the upper one. The camera settings were not changed for each photo, just the background. The bead is the one I made for the tutorial.




David

Thanks David

Thank you.

Lisa, if you don't mind - what glass did you use instead of the one mentioned in the tut? You got great windows into it. I am out of the proper glass, the one mentioned, and have been experimenting with other reduction glasses (DH) - 2 of my local suppliers are out of the proper one. We do have about 6 or 7 other DH reduction glasses.

Thanks

and BTW your bead is STUNNING!

David this is a wonderful tutorial and the bead that I made came out really great! My picture taking abilities does leave a lot of room for improvement so I have not taken a picture! I can not wait to experiment with other glasses to see what happens Thank you again for some wonderful information
Debi

Hello Debi:

I am so happy that you like the tutorial; I would love to see your bead=D>

I would really encourage anyone who tried the tutorial to post their results as well!

David

OK: For those that showed an interest in a modified technique.
As promised, here are some beads that I made yesterday. Both sides of two beads.




Kalypso



Aurae

I don't mind the first one, but the second one is not my cuppa tea!

David

I think they are BOTH GORGEOUS!!!

You are most kind, Lisa! Thank you!

David

I really like that aqua one David!

Thank you Jane, it is my fave of the two also! I just wanted to show the different effects, since some folks were wondering...

David

I love them. I am amazed that the Kalypso reads Aqua.

Thank you Carmen. Yes, it held it's color well, I thought.

David