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Old 2018-05-26, 10:22am
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So, here it comes:

Melt a gather of clear glass and shape into a cylinder.
Apply 4 lines in your choice of colour.
A stiff glass like Triton or Gaia will work best.
If you like white and thin lines, light ivory works better than white glass.
I tried white but often it faded away until my bead was finished.
Melt in the 4 lines and twist and pull into a twisty.
If you twist strongly the lines will be narrower later on.
Keep the twisty warm on top of your kiln.
Make a small disc shape bead about 12 mm in diameter and 8 mm thickness.
My first shown bead has a base of Hyperion and a Triton twisty.
The 2nd one has a black base and Triton twisty.
Take your preheated twisty and gently push it onto your bead in one wrap.
Melt in slowly…..the twisty should now cover the whole bead.
Encase the whole bead with clear (if you used silver glass for your twisty reduce briefly before encasing).
Repeat the clear encasement at least 4 times and shape your bead into a cylinder while it's hot after every single encasement.
It's your choice to keep the bead cylindrical or squeeze into a lentil or add more clear for a round bead.
Just try out and play around with different colour combinations.
There are no bounds to the imagination and everyone can find the colour they need to realize their design ideas.
Feel free to ask further questions because I'm not sure if my babble will be understandable to everybody.

Have fun and show some of your results.

Elke

Last edited by Locococo; 2018-05-27 at 1:10am.
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