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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-10-14, 1:11am
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Homemade tools
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Love, love, LOVE this idea!!!:love::love::love: ...
Love, love, LOVE this idea!!!:love::love::love:
Although I get lots of slugs and wasps that love cardboard and paper!!!!
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-10-13, 7:26am
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Homemade tools
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beadysam
I store my glass in plumbing pipe, white for 104,...
I store my glass in plumbing pipe, white for 104, black for boro. Also I have bits and bobs of silver glass and 96coe kicking around and for that I use Pringles tubes, or the new Doritos stackers...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-04-19, 11:11am
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Homemade tools
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Some of the reusable straws made of metal - not...
Some of the reusable straws made of metal - not bamboo - work well for circles, eyes etc. I don't know if anyone is into pimple popping? You can get a nice set of 5 tools with various things on each...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2020-07-11, 8:05am
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What is one technique you wish you knew how to do?
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beadysam
Just buy ALL the glass, that's what the rest of...
Just buy ALL the glass, that's what the rest of us try to do lol!
But seriously, dark ivory and silver are two essentials as far as I am concerned. However, 'organic' and 'earthy' are pretty...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2020-02-21, 1:11am
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8
Seiber/sieber 'agate'. Anyone know anything about it?
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beadysam
Oh dear, that's just what I was planning.:-k ! ...
Oh dear, that's just what I was planning.:-k !
I have got super overkill ventilation that is on an adjustable switch. On low for general stuff but when I turn it up for powder, metal etc its...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2020-02-19, 9:06pm
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Seiber/sieber 'agate'. Anyone know anything about it?
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Seiber/sieber 'agate'. Anyone know anything about it?
Hi all,
I have lived at my address in Wales for about 20 years. Its a small village part way up a 'mountain' (big hill really), with no local industry that I am aware of except historical coal...
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Free Tutorials
2019-10-19, 12:53am
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Making a fish murrini
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59,131
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beadysam
Agreed! It was a fab tute given freely. I...
Agreed! It was a fab tute given freely. I presumed that the authors photobucket account had, for some reason, 'expired' the photos. I cant remember if it was PB or Flickr that had (still has...
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Free Tutorials
2019-10-18, 11:51am
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Making a fish murrini
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beadysam
Unfortunately this forum is so quiet these days...
Unfortunately this forum is so quiet these days lots of tutes have either disappeared like this one, or in some cases removed so the author can add a few more piccys and make a `paid for' tutorial! ...
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Free Tutorials
2019-05-16, 2:54pm
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Lampwork on enameled copper tutorials
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23,498
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beadysam
Yep Me Too. Thanks for sharing the tutes. x
Yep Me Too.
Thanks for sharing the tutes. x
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2018-02-19, 12:53am
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Paragon Caldera and 'Annealing' Collar. Not Annealing.
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12,082
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beadysam
Wow! What dreadful customer service - and over a...
Wow! What dreadful customer service - and over a kiln that is not fit for purpose too!. They should be refunding you the cost of the kiln, cost of firings, cost of glass ( scrap or not, it is still...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2014-08-12, 2:44pm
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Prolonging the life of a ceramic fiber blanket
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3,606
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beadysam
I've used fibre blanket, and still do for short...
I've used fibre blanket, and still do for short sessions at the torch where its too costly to run a kiln for a handful of beads - I batch them later. I cover mine with turkey foil - the tough stuff...
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Free Tutorials
2013-07-02, 8:17am
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Froggies
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20,640
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beadysam
Don't forget this great FREE tute people, get...
Don't forget this great FREE tute people, get your frogs on show!
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Tutorials
2013-06-26, 1:19pm
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17
Stringer Tuts
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8,068
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beadysam
PPP - sorry! Pull stringers of a nice stiff...
PPP - sorry! Pull stringers of a nice stiff colour, pull different thicknesses and lengths. Make a simple base bead in the same colour, a simple round bead or a squished bead for more surface area....
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Tutorials
2013-06-26, 1:07pm
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23
Swirly frit beads
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13,938
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beadysam
Personally I make a small core of clear, then dip...
Personally I make a small core of clear, then dip clear in frit and melt it in to the gather. Add wraps of fritty glass over clear core, stretching the glass out into ribbons rather than blobbing it...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-10-25, 3:18pm
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32
Problems with Foster Fire Smooth & Tuff
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beadysam
I never had a proble with FF and would leave...
I never had a proble with FF and would leave mandrels for months. May latest bottle is flaking off like the OP's, maybe its a batch thing...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-10-08, 1:48pm
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10
does Raku colour fade when etched?
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beadysam
Try making something small with raku that you are...
Try making something small with raku that you are not bothered about then etch that to see if you like it.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-10-04, 2:55pm
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Nice fushia color in 104?
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2,474
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beadysam
Ditto
Ditto
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Free Boro Tutorials
2010-09-29, 10:42am
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154
Boro Color Combinations/Recipes
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122,316
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beadysam
Sweety, you don't need any help - your beads are...
Sweety, you don't need any help - your beads are gorgeous!
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-22, 3:19pm
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Raku chunks
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2,435
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beadysam
R108 Iris Orange (or Raku Jitterbug as Val Cox...
R108 Iris Orange (or Raku Jitterbug as Val Cox named it a few years ago) is made by Reichenbach, Chalcedony is made by Gaffer Glass in NZ.
Most people can get more colour out of the lower coe...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-21, 2:54pm
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Lausha Clear...Compatible?????
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beadysam
I was encasing everything with Lauscha clear...
I was encasing everything with Lauscha clear (except silver glass). I was recently having a tidy of all my beads and checked a few with the polarizing filters - all the Lauscha clear encased ones...
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Beads of Courage
2010-09-15, 1:24pm
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4
big container of beads
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3,359
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beadysam
Are wonkys any good? I'm OCD about my ends but I...
Are wonkys any good? I'm OCD about my ends but I do have a fair few wonkies thats are clean and annealed, not too fugly but not sellable. I keep meaning to make them into keychains or something but...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-14, 10:20am
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the color purple
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4,816
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beadysam
Z99 Z851 and Z850 are all lovely - but...
Z99 Z851 and Z850 are all lovely - but unfortunately are in short supply these days!
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-09-13, 4:02pm
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the color purple
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4,816
Posted By
beadysam
I'd go for Reich's Lilac. Its a brilliant colour...
I'd go for Reich's Lilac. Its a brilliant colour that stays the way it looks in the rod - purple.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-19, 11:50am
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12
European Lampworkers
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3,775
Posted By
beadysam
I would completely agree that there is a European...
I would completely agree that there is a European look going on. I've mentioned it to my hubby a few times over the past 18months. However, I wouldn't include the UK with that generalisation. The...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2010-08-03, 10:01am
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27
Reichenbach Glass
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11,058
Posted By
beadysam
Pink Lady Pearl Pink Pearl Violet Pearl...
Pink Lady
Pearl Pink
Pearl Violet
Pearl Beige
Mystic Coral - actually any of the mystics are great
Antique clear - thats the green one not the gold sparkly one. The grean one etches beautifully...
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