"momkas Glass Testers - September 2006"
For all Testers of Momkas Glass - please post your photos
AND your recipes here. This month, September, we each received the following glass and glass products to test: GYPSY QUEEN ROD - A multi colored rod that appears to be striped with every color in the rainbow BROWN GLITTER ROD - A very dark brown rod that appears to have tiny sparkles GREEN DRAGON ROD - and olive/khaki very dark green rod GYPSY QUEEN FRIT - appears to be size M GYPSY QUEEN FRIT - appears to be size S GREEN DRAGON FRIT - appears to be size L BROWN GLITTER FRIT - appears to be size L Off to the dungeon. Stay tuned for pictures ! |
hmzgrumblepoutdamn...I haven't received it yet!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaarh I hate beeing on the Other Side.
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I missed out totally!!!
I wanna be a tester *wwwaaaaaaaa* *sulk* :-({|= |
okay I feel better now....but you have a mini....
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I only got one size of Gypsy Queen frit. No big deal though. I'm going to be making stuff with it tonight and tomorrow. Planning on trying it with as many techniques as I can - surface work, deep encasement, inside-out, etc.
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I'm green with envy! Can't wait to see what ya'll come up with.
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I worked with it all day today and a little bit yesterday. I didn't get the large Brown Glitter frit either, only fine.
So far so good....I will post picture Monday or Tuesday. |
I received Rods of
Gypsy Queen Brown Glitter Green Dragon and 1 bag of frit of each each Brown glitter and Green dragon were both on the small side for frit brown glitter was very fine, Green dragon was slightly bigger sugar size maybe larger and the gypsy queen I god was larger like probally size 2 frit mabe a lil bigger. I worked with all of it today with exception of the green and brown frit. I will photograph my results and share them tomorrow:) I think they came out pretty cool! |
Gypsy Queen rod over clear
Dragon green hollow camera is not picking up the depth of this glass, very nice, worked real smooth Brown glitter ends with Gypsy Queen frit (looks like small) over clear All the colors worked real nice with the exception of the brown glitter frit. I received almost a powder and it seemed to wash out I think the larger frit would hold up better for me. sorry about the pictures will try to get better ones later Dave |
I didn't realize that some people got different things (my bad).
Ah well, I'm just going to post what I got, and if people got different things, they can note it in their comments. I'm very excited with this. Usually when a new color comes out, I feel SOL about how to work it - but here are a whole bunch of expert glass addicts playing with the same colors at the same time! I just finished a massive work session with these new colors and it was a blast. There is something VERY liberating about limiting your pallette to only 3 colors + clear. For those of you following this thread - if you've ever gotten into a creative slump, this is a perfect way to break out! Personally, I think that I didn't manage to get anything special out of these colors - but boro is pretty tricky. I didn't strike them before I put them into the kiln, because I wanted to see the results kiln striking would have on them. The Brown Glitter seems to look a bit like adventurine as you're working it, but then the sparkles kind of fade away right before I put it in the kiln. I'm hoping it will come back when I open 'er up. Couldn't tell anything about the Green Dragon - I suspect it will look great on some of the carmely-colors, but since I could only use the clear with it we'll have to wait till the next torching session. As for the Gypsy Queen - jurys out on that too. The colors were very vibrant on the rod, but got a little murky as I was working it. Again, with boro, skys the limit. What goes in white can come out black, so you never know till the kiln is opened. T-about 6 hours and counting!!!! |
I played with Momka last night and today! Last night's results:
The above set was made from a cane of Glitter Brown, Magic Mirror, and Ex. Citrus Grapefruit striped over a clear rod, then used to make the bead and clear cased. I really like the way the colors blend. The Glitter Brown has plenty of sparkle under the clear and stretched out, and the rod melts like butter! It's kind of a greenish brown color, would go well with gemstones. Jewelry designers are gonna love it! I didn't think we were restricted to using just the test colors together, so I used some other Momka colors when making my beads. These beads were made with the rod of Gypsy Queen, twisted into latticino, and then clear cased. This is a really cool rod, the clear separation between the color stripes gives them definition and the beads look so intricate! I also made a giant winestopper bead with it but the picture didn't turn out. May post it later. Both color rods melted easily in a neutral to slightly oxidizing flame, no boiling or reducing, very easy to work with. They're a hit with me! Anita www.fireflybeads.com |
I havent gotten mine yet:???:
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Dave, that bead you made with the Glitter Brown ends and the Gypsy Queen frit in the middle is great! :D I hadn't quite figured out what to do with the GQ frit yet, it didn't look good on any of the colors I put it on last night (disappeared into them somewhat).
Anita www.fireflybeads.com |
Thanks Anita
I think it will be nice to use them with other colors other than clear. I know several have said they could use it with diff. colors but I still have the original email printed out and it said clear only. I think it gives a more valid base test anyway and if you like the colors then experiment away later. Dave |
I just checked back on the original thread. Here's the info I copied off there (it DOES appear that it is ok to use it with other MOMKAS'S glass besides clear, someone else besides me should verify this, as I'd like to be certain):
Here are the Rules: You must do your pieces with only Momka’s Glass (and clear if you like). This will help us rule out problems that might be triggered by other glass. The private email I got from Momka only says congrats and such. No instructions. Did anybody else receive any info besides that??? |
Dave, my print out says "You must do your pieces with only Momka's Glass (and clear if you like). This will help us rule out problems that might be triggered by other glass."
So that's what I'm a-gonna do... :D Anita www.fireflybeads.com |
I am sorry I rechecked to and it appears it is ok to use with other Momka glass plus clear, Now I can really play.
Dave |
LOL, Karen, you were posting when I was. :D
No, there was no other communication about this topic after the application. I can't imagine not being able to use other Momka's colors with the test colors--the small Green Dragon and medium Brown Glitter frit wouldn't show up on any of the rod colors in the current test group. Anita www.fireflybeads.com |
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Beautiful stuff so far...I, like Suzanne, haven't yet received my goodies...can't wait to play!
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I do have one rod of the gipsy queen here, wich I won in a boro contest so I think I'll be making some beads with it today... at least that way I can pretend to be testing already:D;)
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Yummy!Those beads are awsome Anita! :)
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I just got done making 10 beads with the three rods and the frit. I had a BLAST!!! Who knows if they'll turn out but I had so much fun anyways. It was nice just to be able to experiment and not feeling the pressure of having to "perform". KWIM
They are in the kiln now and I will post the pics either later tonight or early tomorrow. Natural gas...don't fail me now, lol :) Have a great day everyone! |
Krissa I can't wait to see what you made!!!
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Okay, here are my tester beads. I am pretty happy with the way they turned out. I think my favorite is the Gypsy Queen frit. I am in love with that stuff!!!
This bead is Green Dragon, clear frit and encased Bead is Momka's Silver Aqua base, rolled in Green Dragon frit melted in, clear frit melted in and encased Bead is twisted Gypsy Queen rod wrapped on, melted in and encased with clear Bead is Brown Glitter base, rolled in frit and encased in clear Bead is Gypsy Queen rod as base, rolled in frit and encased in clear Bead is Momka's Silver Aqua base, Green Dragon Frit melted in and encased in clear Bead is Almond Nugget base, Gypsy Queen frit melted in, clear frit melted in and encased (this is my favorite) :) Bead is Momka's Silver Aqua base, Gypsy Queen frit melted in, clear frit melted in and encased in clear Bead is Momka's Silver Aqua base, Brown Glitter frit melted in, clear frit melted in and encased Bead is Gypsy Queen, with clear ruffle Group shot I had a BLAST making these beads. I can't wait to play again. Have fun everyone :) |
hi guys played again with the testing glass today and used the color only and clear..
first i did 2 sea horses both with the gypsy queen rod, one i encased in clear and the other i smeared on back of a clear blank and pulled my sea horse out. then i made a sea horse out of the green dragon rod and a sea horse made out of the brown glitter only. Then finally i made a lil marble with gypsy queen rod and encased with clear.. here's the pics!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...bowshorse2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/2rainsh2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...kdrkgrnhr2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/brwnhrs2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lilmarble2.jpg |
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Thank you Krissa for all the clear pictures and variety of 'testers'! Awesome job! |
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WOW, that seahorse is STUNNING :jawdrop: |
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