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J&M 2012-08-21 3:18pm

Lauscha Super Nova
 
Has anyone had any luck using Super Nova from Lauscha? Any tips, pics or suggestions? Thanks.

Jack

Jenn L'Rhe 2012-08-21 3:43pm

Jack,
Check this thread. Supernova was the first Color of the Month glass.

http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...ight=supernova

Kay

Three Muses Glass 2012-08-21 4:04pm

The best luck I had all by itself was a hollow. I think the pic is long gone.
I use it as a base for other silver glass. Lay some down on the mandrel and then lay down some more in a reducing flame, layer some other silver glass on top or even silvered stringer. Silvered transparents are nice.

It works well as a base for silver glass twists too. I'll use Super Nova as a base and add stripes of other reducing silver glass. Depending on how you use it, you'll see some purple without the brown that most opaque purples get when reduced. I use quite a bit of it.

istandalone24/7 2012-08-21 4:05pm

the best luck i've had was to pull stringers and then apply in a reducing flame.

PaulaD 2012-08-21 9:46pm

Firelady has two tutorials on her website. I got good results adding rubino over silver and then encasing.

Paula

AKDesigns 2012-08-21 10:49pm

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Originally Posted by J&M (Post 4087581)
Has anyone had any luck using Super Nova from Lauscha? Any tips, pics or suggestions? Thanks.

Jack

Personally I wasn't a fan at all. I just used it up as a base for silver glass beads. LCOTMC....memories....

jhana 2012-08-22 12:31am

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Originally Posted by AKDesigns (Post 4087897)
Personally I wasn't a fan at all. I just used it up as a base for silver glass beads. LCOTMC....memories....

Oh Good Lord...:-#

J&M 2012-08-22 1:20am

Thanks for the replies and the link! It's much appreciated. Any more suggestions?

Jack

istandalone24/7 2012-08-22 5:24am

oh, shards. use it as a base for shards. i almost forgot.

i used supernova, with some DH luna2 and a little pandora. they came out great, just a little too thick but that was my fault.

PaulaD 2012-08-22 8:10am

I also saw a series of TAG 104 colors done on SuperNova and they were to die for...

Kalorlo 2012-08-22 9:05am

Storm it and use it over dark base colours (or itself).

AKDesigns 2012-08-22 11:21am

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Originally Posted by Kalorlo (Post 4088165)
Storm it and use it over dark base colours (or itself).

There ya go. I bet it's really pretty stormed. :)

Kalorlo 2012-08-22 11:58am

I had a photo somewhere...

(These are from a while ago)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5215/5...b9cd4656_m.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5298/5...1967100e_m.jpg

It storms to yellow-green-blue so if you use it over light colours it will look washed out and green, but dark colours will show it up.

I imploded stormed supernova in this one:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5224/5...486e94d7_m.jpg

AKDesigns 2012-08-22 12:30pm

Very cool!

chrissij 2012-08-22 3:05pm

Kevan made it sing. She's the only person I knew that could.

allicat 2012-08-22 4:48pm

1 Attachment(s)
Love it! Turns out it likes to be reduced BEFORE it goes on the mandrel or as decor (and you can reduce further afterwards as well):

PaulaD 2012-08-22 6:01pm

Pretty....

Locococo 2012-08-23 5:14am

Jack.......I got best results with thin layers of Super Nova.
You need a bit patience and a few more cycles of reduction.
Super Nova also likes to be encased.

This is Super Nova on Lauscha dark red encased with Lauscha clear.







Good luck!
Elke

istandalone24/7 2012-08-23 5:19am

WOW!!

Kalorlo 2012-08-23 8:00am

Those are lovely! I never got anything from reducing it normally, but it was quite a long time ago that I tried.

J&M 2012-08-23 11:43am

Beautiful beads Elke & Heather!!! Thank you everyone that replied!!! I just got my order from Paula, (THANK YOU), so now I'm off to the torch!!

Jack

dweezil 2012-08-23 11:58am

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Originally Posted by J&M (Post 4089201)
Beautiful beads Elke & Heather!!! Thank you everyone that replied!!! I just got my order from Paula, (THANK YOU), so now I'm off to the torch!!

Jack

Either we get to see pics or I come over and raid your finished stash!!

Dweezil :razz:

J&M 2012-08-23 12:08pm

You can have a rod if you like my dear. I won't even charge you!! :waving:

(They're about 10mm)

Jack

PaulaD 2012-08-24 6:04am

Please show us what you come up with Jack!!

Paula

J&M 2012-08-27 4:08pm



Here's what I came up with so far. I found it very tough to get a good reduction, even after many tries. You really have to reduce the hell out of it... just in the very back of the flame and even just outside of the reduction flame. It starts to come alive with the introduction of silver foil and/or another silver glass. I used Terranova frit in a few of these and foil in all of them. It DID start to show some lighter blue "wisps" and ambers through repeated strikes and reductions. I'll keep trying other variations and post results as soon as I can.

Jack

allicat 2012-08-31 8:19pm

3 Attachment(s)
Some other SuperNova beads (sorry bout the horrible pics):

Hades base, Supernova stringer, brass frit & clear encasing
Attachment 129277

Supernova over Rubino
Attachment 129278

Supernova stringer over Psyche, clear encasing
Attachment 129279

All the Supernova was reduced BEFORE it went on the bead (melted it in a reduction flame), then reduced again after placement. It also likes to be encased.

J&M 2012-09-02 3:33pm

Thanks for the help and those are beautiful beads!

Jack


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