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2010-01-02, 8:44pm
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List of color reactions
Good Evening All!
During my first class on a torch we were shown a reaction where, if I remember correctly, using a specific blue and an ivory would cause a black line where they touched. I would like to know more of these color facts people know, but I have never seen them listed.
Another example: I have read that greens will spread more than other colors, so encased stringers will are more useful for greens.
In the near future I am going to be introducing some friends to lampworking. I would love to have a list of this information to share with them, color reactions and problems people learn through experience that would not be obvious (I want to avoid "But they are both from the same COE/Manufacturer, why did it make a black line/why did it explode/why did it grow wings and beat me with the mandrel"). I have read many on these forums, and can't think of any other examples myself.
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2010-01-02, 9:25pm
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Corina Tettinger's "Spotlight on Magic Color Reactions" is a great resource for this information. I bought it when I first started working soft glass and it has a wealth of information from many different artists compiled by Corina. Periodically I return to it for inspiration when I want to play with reactive colors other than silver glass.
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2010-01-02, 9:57pm
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2010-01-02, 11:18pm
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2010-01-03, 11:33am
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the blue and ivory react to each other because of the chemicals used to make the glass, different glass reacts to other glass because of the chemical. Off the top of my head it is 236 dk turquoise with ivory that will make a dark line around it. I haven't been on my torch in over 2 months due to moving. Pea green likes to spread out if I remember right. I bought the spotlight on magic color reactions and it helped a lot.
These reactions in glass can be used to your advantage to make detail and artistic designs in your beads, you will learn to love them. You need to get a notebook and take notes of what works for you and what doesn't and keep it with your torch. I am going to start doing that myself when I get my torch set back up. I won't have to worry about cats tearing it up now that it will be a cat free zone. LOL
Exploding glass, is different coe glass put together. A thermal crack is one running up and down the bead that goes the same direction as the mandrel.
Rubino spreads and burns if you get it too hot, but is a beautiful pink over white base
That is all off the top of my head I can think of another green but can't think of the name of it right now. LOL
hope that helps a little,
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2010-01-04, 9:40am
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Corinas Magic reaction book was the inspiration for the Reactive exchanges I hosted in the Patio section of this forum. A CD record of these exchanges (well the last two) is available, and thanks to the participants is a wonderful resource.
As new glass is introduced new reactions appear! It's a constantly growing field and gret fun!
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2010-01-04, 9:51am
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There was a thread on this page last week about this very topic. Do a search...I can't remember the name. The metals used to color your glass is what causes the color changes. 1+1 does not equal 2 in this case. It's not like paint, where when you mix yellow with blue it makes green. (not necessarily anyways). It's more like, when you mix copper and tin you get....hmmmm, what do you get, brass? Can't remember. Anyways, the colors change when the metals come into contact with one another. Experimenting and the above-named materials will help.
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2010-01-04, 1:41pm
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When you mix copper (a lot of blue and green glass colorant) with sulphur (a lot of ivory and beige colorants) you get a brown/black line ... It's the most basic standard reaction, but is one of many.
Bullseye has a great resource on it's website that lists the colors and reactants for their brand of glass. This can be reinterpreted for 104 glasses to some degree.
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2024-07-11, 11:00am
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Just a quick note to say that the link for Corina's Spotlight on Color Reactions no longer works. This new one does... https://frantzartglass.com/books/spo...ger-219155.asp
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