Thursday, 4 March 2010

'Crystal'

Lampwork Glass BeadsAfter a couple of days of intensive Cupcake beadmaking I unwound by making these simple clear beads. You can't get much more un-complex than some spacers and a couple of hearts but sometimes unfussy, plain beads are good. Good to make, good to look at and good to create jewellery with.
Posted by Laura Sparling at 19:58
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10 comments:

  1. SueBeads4 March 2010 at 20:15

    Those are some gorgeous beads!

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  2. EB Bead and Metal Works, LLC4 March 2010 at 20:36

    Love the beads! So sparkly and pretty!

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  3. Pearl and Pebble4 March 2010 at 22:04

    Oh how funny, I was just thinking "clear" the other day! Beautiful!!

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  4. Sue Doran5 March 2010 at 08:58

    They're lovely, Laura! I guess you got some more Vetrofond eventually then! I got an order a couple of days ago, when I went to put the old Vetrofond clear with the new, the new stuff is much "whiter" if you know what I mean making the old stock look "dirty". I wonder if they've reformulated it and that's why there was none available for so long. The beads made with the new stock look the same to my eye though. I also ordered some CIM clear, it's a little more expensive but when you compare their rods with Vetrofond, they are almost totally free of surface blemishes and look extremely clean. I am hoping CIM clear glass won't crack on me when I'm encasing CIM colours (I had a real problem with that last year as I think I mentioned at the time when you did your encasing tutorial).

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  5. Sue Doran5 March 2010 at 09:00

    PS These would make gorgous wedding jewellery :-)

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  6. Laura Sparling5 March 2010 at 09:09

    Sue - nope. This isn't Vetrofond or CiM. This is Precsion 104 Diamond Clear. (Sounds like that M&S ad!)

    I've tried the CiM clear but it needs to be worked very cool or it will go foggy.

    Laura x

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  7. Sue Doran5 March 2010 at 09:15

    Interesting, thanks. :-) Are you sticking with the Precision clear from now on?

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  8. Unknown5 March 2010 at 09:20

    Pure and perfect!

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  9. Mel P5 March 2010 at 11:45

    These are so beautiful Laura, I loev clear and white beads thay are so lovely to work with. These would be beautiful with clear and crackled rock crystal. Have a fab weekend xxxx

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  10. Caroline B5 March 2010 at 16:01

    I love clear glass beads, so much potential to work with. These are no exception!

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