What to do with Rubino Oro

[HONEYBUNNY72_99]

I have 1 rod of Rubino Oro and I don't know what to do with itAre there any special reactions with other colors?
Pics please LOL!
Tina

[Kikki]

Do not, I repeat, do not put it on top of ivory!

That is seriously ugly, I promise. You don't have to try it, just trust me.

Make some flowers!

One thing that you have to be very careful to do is to work the rubino cool and not reduce it. You can very easily burn out the colour if you work it too hot.
Make a gather of white, encase in rubino, melt and pull a stringer. Now you can use that stringer to make spiral roses. Check out the current set I have on eBay to see an example. The glass I used is not Effetre so you won't get that intense pink colour but the technique is the same.
It's also very pretty on opal yellow and copper green.

[Phoenix]

You can use it over silver over cobalt for some great space effects as well

[Sue in Maine]

Ditto on working it cooler. Move it out further in your flame so it doesn't get too hot. You can boil the color right out of it. It is possible to strike it back in BUT NOT if you get it too hot.

If it turns clear on you, take it out of the flame. Let it cool and then bring it back slowly into the cooler far end of the flame.

Sometimes I do well with this color and other times I waste the glass.

Sue

[Emily]

Don't make beads out of solid rubino. It's too dark. If you want a bead with a rubino base, make a core out of clear and case it with rubino.

If you're going to make dots with rubino, heat a gather on the end of a rod and use another rod to mix it up well, then pull a stringer and use that to make the dots. The reason for this is that rubino rods are actually a core of clear covered with a layer of rubino, because the color of rubino is really, really dense. If you make dots straight from the rod, sometimes what you get is a dot that's part clear and part rubino.

Rubino over white or pale pink is pretty pretty pretty for flower petals.

Rubino reacts with silver to turn swampy green tones. If you're really good with your flame chemistry -- if you're Michael Barley, for instance -- you can get blues, sometimes, too. It's not to everybody's taste, but those who like it think it's very very cool.

Rubino is like the transparent striking red or yellow. If you overheat it, it will go cloudy instead of transparent.

Be careful not to reduce rubino. It goes gray.

I've heard people say that beads with rubino on the surface are sometimes sticky in the kiln, so you should be careful about letting them touch other beads.

Never make an ivory goddess with rubino nipples.

[HONEYBUNNY72_99]

So if I make a base that is copper green and dot it with rubino do I get pink dots or greenish blue ones?

LOL I remember the ivory goddess with rubino nipples

Keep the ideas coming guys!
Tina

[jana]

I like to use it for raised surface decoration on the Silver Plums...dots or scrolls.

[WeeMary]

Lightly reduce it for a gorgeous lustre!

[smiles4u]

Here's a set that came out of my kiln yesterday...it's rubino over dark pink.

Christy

[HONEYBUNNY72_99]

Those are beautiful Christy!

[smiles4u]

Thanks Tina!

[Pat]

This is rubino over opal yellow

[HONEYBUNNY72_99]

I think I may have to buy some more of this glass!
Lovely bead Pat.
Tina

[Ruth Nichols]

Are we talking about the old Rubino or the old Rubino? I have the ld Rubino and it seems to be pretty deeply (evenly) colored through out the entire rod looking at it from the end view. Possibly I have some that is a fluke?

[Peach Blossom Beads]

Originally Posted by KetchikanSculptor

Are we talking about the old Rubino or the old Rubino? I have the ld Rubino and it seems to be pretty deeply (evenly) colored through out the entire rod looking at it from the end view. Possibly I have some that is a fluke?

The old rubino is dark through the entire rod, but if you really look at the end, you should be able to see concentric circles. Look hard. If you don't, please post a pic. I must have 12 different batches (at least) from the darkest of the dark to watermelon, to clear. They always have them. Even if you look at the clear in the right light, you can tell it's rubino.

[GlassyLynn]

I love rubino, use it all the time. I have many batches, from dark to clear, they all seem to work up the same. Not burning it in the flame is important, but also, don't let it strike too long in the kiln either or it gets cloudy. An hour soak at the most, then ramp down. I save the rubino beads for last within each torching session so they're not in there too long at max. temp.

These are my avatar, rubino encased over white...

[WildBird]

So Emily,.. what color do you use for those nipples on a goddess?? LOL

WildBird

[Lisi]

Rubino on opal yellow, swirl it, rake it around a bit, then strike in the flame = yummy!

[HONEYBUNNY72_99]

These are all such great ideas and all the beads are gorgeous!I bought a couple more rods today at a local glass shopGonna play with some in a bit
Tina

[bubblebabeuk]

I bought some of this and have been trying to psych myself up to play some with it! I just can't bear the thought of wasting a speck of it thats kinda making me stall! and the fear its gonna go gray on me.........

[Melanie]

one of my favorite beads is a copper green base with masking dots of opal yellow/copper green and then accent raised dots of rubino. it's a really nice soft combo!

melanie

[sislonski]

HEre are a couple of beads that I've made with Rubino Oro.