Friday 17 April 2020

CiM Testing: Ra

Handmade lampwork glass beads by Laura Sparling made with CiM Ra

Ra is a silver-rich pastel lemon yellow. It’s like a slightly brighter, tad more saturated version of CiM Baked Alaska.

I didn’t strike the glass in any way; I just used it as I would any other opaque glass. I pulled it into stringer and applied it as dots to a base of CiM Flax and the dots retained their crisp edges with no bleeding or feathering.

Handmade lampwork glass beads by Laura Sparling made with CiM Ra

When you heat Ra it loses its colour and looks to be off-white but as it cools the yellow returns. Baked Alaska behaves this way too.

Handmade lampwork glass beads by Laura Sparling made with CiM Ra

I found Ra to be fuss-free with no shocking.

The beads were photographed indoors in natural daylight.