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2008-05-02, 9:27am
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Sliced Bead
Can anyone explain to me how you slice the sides of a bead. Do you use a glass grinder? I have seen beads that are rather large. Where you make a barrel bead in opaques, then encase heavily, then make a design with opaques again, then some how the sides are sliced off so you can see the inside layers.
I hope I explained where someone can understand.
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2008-05-02, 9:32am
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you grind/sand the spot down to create the window. http://www.yglass.com/grinders.html
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2008-05-02, 10:44am
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Man, I totally need to get a better monitor (or better eyes).
I thought this post said "sliced bread".
Then I thought, "if she needs instructions for slicing bread, maybe
she shouldn't be playing with fire... .
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2008-05-02, 11:09am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen Hardy
Man, I totally need to get a better monitor (or better eyes).
I thought this post said "sliced bread".
Then I thought, "if she needs instructions for slicing bread, maybe
she shouldn't be playing with fire... .
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I thought that too....LOL....guess it's time to get the RX changed!!
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2008-05-02, 2:16pm
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Quote:
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I thought that too....LOL....guess it's time to get the RX changed!!
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Me Too!
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2008-05-02, 2:34pm
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HAHAHAHA!!!! Ahhh ...sliced bread toooooo funny,
Karen
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2008-05-02, 3:03pm
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Ha! I thought it said 'sliced bread', too.
The bead is called a 'geode' - named after the stone with a crystal-filled cavity inside.
If you have access to a lapidary saw, that would make things much easier & faster. Guess a tile saw would work, too, but would probably eat more of your bead since the blade it thicker.
Good luck!
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2008-05-02, 3:11pm
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Isn't it funny how we fill in letters?! I thought it said "Sliced Beaf" and beef was misspelled.
That still doesn't beat my thinking CPaP was CRaP. It gave a whole new meaning to the entire post!
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2008-05-02, 5:21pm
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I read sliced bread also. Says something. I was sent this-
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit
a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed
Typoglycemia.
Oh well, fun but better get back to beading.
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2008-05-02, 6:09pm
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I saw bead...
Maybe you are all hungry?
I wish I could make one of those beads, they are amazing!
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2008-05-02, 6:30pm
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I thought it said sliced bread as well. I had to pop in to see what the post was about
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2008-05-02, 7:08pm
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I thought it was for making a bead that looked like a slice of bread.
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2008-05-02, 8:48pm
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I saw bread too--wondered what it was about--
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2008-05-02, 8:55pm
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I saw sliced bread as well and I just had my Rx changed!!
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2008-05-02, 9:40pm
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I also read sliced bread and was curious to see what it had to do with beads!
Have a good weekend.
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2008-05-03, 7:41am
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Back to the original question...,
In order to slice a bread oops I mean bead;
I took a from Andrea G-S where we learned to do it on a lap.
After making your bead, you choose where to grind, and start out with a very coarse grit, and keep changing out to a finer and finer disk (using appropriate burnishing compounds).
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2008-05-03, 7:52am
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I would love to see some pics of a finished ground bead and pictures in the process of grinding the bead. Sliced bread is fun but I dont need to see pics of that!! lol
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2008-05-03, 2:09pm
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I haven't posted pix for awhile
I have some pictures.
The first couple are from andrea's class, the one with the flowers I did at home.
**Note, dummy me, I after building so carefully from the inside out, I then forgot to encase it with an opaque color. Soooooooooooo, I instead etched it and then hit it with the lap.
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2008-05-03, 2:19pm
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Poor Examples
I have to tell you all that I am not thrilled with these beads. The one with the flowers is better, but the first ones you see still need a lot more polishing.
I have so many projects going that lap working has been on the back burner until summer, when I can take it outside where the mess will be easier to handle.
However, that said..., it is really fun!
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2008-05-04, 1:33pm
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Thanks!
Thanks so much for answering me. That is the bead I was talking about Lori. Sorry I just got back my father in law passed.
It is a little comical that everyone saw Bread. I do have to admit when I first typed it and sumbitted it I did type bread. I quickly changed it, so who knows who read it but it was only like a minute before I change it.
Thanks,
Patti
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2008-05-04, 5:15pm
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I read bread too! Thank you bev- loved your post. Fantastic beads!!! Are they boro?
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2008-05-04, 6:40pm
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Jeri Warhafitig has great info on doing what she calls a "Geode bead" which is what this thread calls a sliced bead in her new book, "Glass Bead Workshop". Jeri is an LE'r, a great bead artist and a wonderful teacher. The book also has a section on how to use a lap grinder. It has lots of other amazing techniques in it as well. I highly recommend the book. You can get it from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Bead-Wor...9951470&sr=8-1
or directly from Jeri if you want it autographed:
http://www.jeribeads.com/
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2008-05-07, 7:30pm
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With all of this bread talk I wanna make a sliced bread bead. Maybe a sandwich bead.
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2008-05-08, 7:05am
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Marjo, Jeri's in China but on her behalf we appreciate the kind words about the book.
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2008-05-08, 7:23am
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"sliced bread' here too and instant hunger!!!
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2008-05-08, 8:05am
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I get how to "slice" the bead but can someone explain to me how to polish the glass afterwards, please? I sometimes go overboard with the dreamel and would like to know how to polish the glass back to a shine!
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2008-05-08, 4:55pm
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Marjo, Jeri's in China but on her behalf we appreciate the kind words about the book.
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You are so welcome, Neil. I am savoring the book. I read it a little at a time so I can process all the info!
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