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Old 2009-07-08, 8:25am
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i would like to make pendants that resembles old ivory does anyone have
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Old 2009-07-08, 9:04am
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I've had success in getting an ivory-like look with egyptian white sand and a very light silver fume over it.
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I know this is obvious but have you considered soft glass or is boro a necessity?
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Old 2009-07-08, 12:37pm
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i have worked a lot with ivory softglass but i am curious i see real
nice pieces in boro and i was wondering how this is acomplished?
but the Egyptian white sands and fuming sounds cool .
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Old 2009-07-09, 5:26am
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here's some pix for you
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white sands and fumed, which gives the nice yellowing. It's best when there are some dips in the glass, then you can burn off a little of the haze on the ridges and get a darker effect in the "valleys".

2. and 3.
this is white sand put with a little butterscotch (caramel will do the same job), first mixed up, then twisted (keep it in a sphere when twisting) and then switched axis to get a simile of the layered patterning you see in ivory. 3. is a closer detail of this. You can of course combine the fuming and butterscotch techniques.

4. Just thought I'd throw in my Kangaroo Tooth necklace (I named it that in Thailand, but it's a bit of a long story) to have a look at, too. It's more of a bone-like texture than the ivory, but if you're looking for natural looking effects in the same vein, this is small frit of butterscotch and the lines are (if I remember correctly) a mix of blue moon and exotic red powder. I made a whole bunch of those to go travelling with early last year and got amazing feedback. The fur is actual kangaroo fur.
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Thankyou so much for sharing this it helpes a lot
and i just love the Kangaroo Tooth
i am going to try this out tomorrow.
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no worries, can't wait to see what you come up with
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another cool ivory is bone white by GA not sure if it's still around or if it was a glasstique color
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you can mix silver straight into clear glass to get a good ivory look. http://www.glassartists.org/Img59396..._Bead1.JPG.asp
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There is also a white called jawbone that is a little like the Egyptian sand, but has a little more bone feel to it. I like the fuming idea. You might also try mixing extra light yellow, which is really just lightly silvered clear with your choice of white.

The kangaroo tooth is terrific Wickedglass.
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How about Momka's yellow pearl?
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Colormax made Ivory....one of my favorites....try posting a wanted ad in the garage sale?
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so many tips thank you now i have to find time to actualy do something with it.
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It seems like there is never enough time to do all the things we wanna do.
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No kidding! Love the Kangaroo Tooth - wicked cool...
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Here are some wolf tooth i have tried after the tips i have made one in ivory color and the other
like a fossil.

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