|
2008-02-16, 9:46am
|
|
Who me?
|
|
Join Date: Jun 15, 2005
Location: Hagerstown, Indiana
Posts: 2,284
|
|
Tutorial - Delicate Little Flower Center
I've been doing these little flowers for a while - I forget now if I came up with it by accident or if I saw it somewhere but I thought I'd share.
I like the way the black looks like little creases in the flower petals. So here's how it is done.
The center is a plunged, cooled and snapped off stringer made from pea green with intense black stripes. - DO NOT encase - as the intense black cannot do it's magic if encased.
It works best on white petals so the intense black can spread into the petals.
I've used this for my green floral spacers in my strawberry sets. The tutorial for the strawberries is in the last issue of the Annealer magazine.
__________________
From the Perimeter of the Great Dismal Swamp
|
2008-02-16, 6:14pm
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 27, 2006
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 100
|
|
That is so much more natural looking-thank you.
__________________
Deronda
|
2008-02-16, 6:36pm
|
|
Anyone need some spacers?
|
|
Join Date: Oct 08, 2005
Location: Pennfield, MI
Posts: 3,060
|
|
Wow, that is a great look and so perfect for thoes tiny flowers. Thanks for sharing
__________________
Tracy To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 12:23am
|
|
Corgi Cult Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 10, 2006
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 3,723
|
|
What a great effect. Thanks Linda.
__________________
Kathy
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 2:31am
|
|
Knob Creek Glass
|
|
Join Date: Aug 12, 2005
Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 994
|
|
Looks great. Thank you for sharing!
|
2008-02-17, 8:22am
|
|
Anyone need some spacers?
|
|
Join Date: Oct 08, 2005
Location: Pennfield, MI
Posts: 3,060
|
|
Hard to believe you have had all these views and yet only 4 people saying thanks!
__________________
Tracy To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 8:39am
|
|
Who me?
|
|
Join Date: Jun 15, 2005
Location: Hagerstown, Indiana
Posts: 2,284
|
|
Yeah, that tendency is being discussed some place else too.
1. Either is a useless little bit of information
or
2. I am not the first person to come up with this and every body else already knows it
or
3. Folks are just too busy to reply.
or
4. Folks are just rude.
I prefer to think it's 1 or 2. Maybe I don't have any thing worth sharing.
__________________
From the Perimeter of the Great Dismal Swamp
|
2008-02-17, 8:44am
|
|
Fiddle-dee-dee!
|
|
Join Date: Jul 05, 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 486
|
|
Love it! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!
__________________
Kate Kelly
|
2008-02-17, 8:55am
|
|
mealerbeadz
|
|
Join Date: Aug 04, 2005
Location: Birmingham, AL, USA
Posts: 43
|
|
Beautiful effect, Linda! Very realistic look. I understand that you don't encase after plunging the center, but do you encase the base bead after melting in the vine cane? Also, do you use intense black for the vines, or regular black? I'm anxious to give this a try, also.
Allen
Birmingham, AL
|
2008-02-17, 10:12am
|
|
Crispy Critter
|
|
Join Date: Jun 05, 2005
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 3,300
|
|
I love the way those look; thanks so much for sharing your technique!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 10:46am
|
|
state-eternal change
|
|
Join Date: Sep 09, 2006
Location: Sunnyvale CA
Posts: 710
|
|
neat!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 11:07am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 20, 2006
Location: Swindon Wiltshire UK
Posts: 673
|
|
I appreciate you, Thanks for being so generous to share your technique. Your flowers look really realistic, which I love.
__________________
Ellie
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 4:48pm
|
|
Who me?
|
|
Join Date: Jun 15, 2005
Location: Hagerstown, Indiana
Posts: 2,284
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bubblebabeuk
I appreciate you, Thanks for being so generous to share your technique. Your flowers look really realistic, which I love.
|
Thank you Ellie.
Linda
__________________
From the Perimeter of the Great Dismal Swamp
|
2008-02-17, 4:54pm
|
|
Who me?
|
|
Join Date: Jun 15, 2005
Location: Hagerstown, Indiana
Posts: 2,284
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by amealer
Beautiful effect, Linda! Very realistic look. I understand that you don't encase after plunging the center, but do you encase the base bead after melting in the vine cane? Also, do you use intense black for the vines, or regular black? I'm anxious to give this a try, also.
Allen
Birmingham, AL
|
Hey Allen, I've been to Birmingham - my deceased aunt lived there and I spent Christmas there when I was 10. Actually my Dad grew up in Dublin - it's about 40 miles south of Montgomery near Ramer and Grady - tinee little villages.
About your questions - this bead has no encasing but it's entirely possible to encase before application of the flower dots.
Yes, the background vine stringer has intense black and is encased because green spreads if not encased.
The stamen cane (center of the flower) also has intense black lines but is NOT encased because that would prevent the lines from spreading into the white petals.
Linda
__________________
From the Perimeter of the Great Dismal Swamp
|
2008-02-17, 5:06pm
|
Mary Lockwood
|
|
Join Date: Jun 21, 2005
Location: Boonies
Posts: 5,831
|
|
Hi Linda!
Thanks for sharing, I like how wispy the intense black gets. That's a nice trick to know.
~~Mary
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-17, 8:52pm
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 07, 2006
Posts: 2,394
|
|
Linda,
I love your flowers and can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing!
|
2008-02-17, 10:48pm
|
aka Bastille Bleu
|
|
Join Date: Feb 03, 2008
Posts: 88
|
|
Linda,
Thanks for sharing your technique! For those of us who are somewhat new to bead making, tutorials such as yours are a valuable tool!
|
2008-02-18, 2:14am
|
|
Previously silverfaeriedesigns
|
|
Join Date: Aug 29, 2007
Location: Aurora, CO
Posts: 317
|
|
This is really neat. When I start doing florals I'll have to remember it!
Thank you for sharing!
__________________
~* Melissa
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ~ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ~ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Nortel Minor with oxycon and NG
|
2008-02-18, 2:30am
|
|
Senior Moment
|
|
Join Date: Jan 09, 2006
Location: Omaha. NE
Posts: 332
|
|
Thank you for the great info.
__________________
Dia Hilton
Mega Minor on concentrator
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-18, 6:14am
|
|
Calendar Girl
|
|
Join Date: Apr 15, 2007
Location: The "Hamptons", New York
Posts: 370
|
|
Lovely. Kind of like dogwoods. Thanks for posting!
|
2008-02-18, 7:24am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 05, 2005
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,846
|
|
Very cute, thanks for sharing.
|
2008-02-18, 8:09am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 03, 2006
Location: GA
Posts: 1,732
|
|
Thanks for sharing Linda. I'm writing this technique down now as I head out to the torch to give it a try.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
"People can be the wind beneath your wings or the anchor on your boat" John Maxwell
|
2008-02-18, 8:32am
|
|
Live and Let Live
|
|
Join Date: May 06, 2007
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 2,292
|
|
What a great effect and such a simple stringer to construct, I think even I could do this! Thanks for posting this!
__________________
Lisa ~~burning a Mega Minor on 2 M10's~~
This life is more than just a read-through. ~Anthony Kiedis
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-18, 9:22am
|
|
Gimme that silver glass!
|
|
Join Date: Oct 12, 2007
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 3,988
|
|
Thanks for sharing, I'll try it!
__________________
Anouk To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
MY NEW E-TUTORIAL: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-18, 9:36am
|
|
birdergirl ~o~
|
|
Join Date: May 17, 2006
Location: Unorganized Territory
Posts: 2,002
|
|
thank you Linda ~ a great tip, I love the wispy look ( as was already said) and a easy one to remember when I 'm on the torch!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
~raised by wolves~sleeps with foxes~cooks for crows~feeds the bears~scrabbles with squids~antisymmetrical~politically agnostic.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Torchering glass since spring '06~ gold cricket & oxycon!~
|
2008-02-18, 10:55am
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 19, 2006
Location: FLORIDA
Posts: 816
|
|
Thank you Linda for posting this! Will have to try this soon
MarieAnn
__________________
"Every child is an artist...The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up" Picasso
|
2008-02-19, 5:58pm
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 475
|
|
Sweet flowers, can't wait to torch so I can try this.
Thanks a bunch,
Alison
|
2008-02-19, 10:15pm
|
|
Burning Fingers!
|
|
Join Date: Dec 30, 2006
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 2,255
|
|
What a great tip - thanks for sharing!
__________________
Jane P
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. / To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
2008-02-20, 12:56am
|
Feuer,Flamme and Tattoo's
|
|
Join Date: Sep 11, 2005
Location: in the Liquid Sunshine State
Posts: 551
|
|
Let me thank you for posting the tut.
Katja
|
2008-02-20, 1:18am
|
|
<---RamboPatootieSuperbun
|
|
Join Date: Apr 27, 2007
Location: Sonoma County
Posts: 1,694
|
|
That is a neat effect! Thanks for sharing!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 5:54pm.
|