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June 26, 2007
Good news, bad news..
The goodness must be balanced by the badness...as is the ying and yang of the world...Black and white...Up and down...In and out...we need balance...and that is the mantra that I must tell myself to keep me continuing with the glass known as 'Terra'...
You've probably seen the gorgeous beads that Kim Neely has been posting of late...I too have a small quantity of Terra, and after re-discovering it on my worktable after the studio relocation, I thought 'sure, I should give that a try at the torch'...and yesterday was that day...
The good news is that I have the glass in hand - its hard to get, constantly out of stock (as is the case right now, when I tried to order more last night)...the bad news is that I have a very few sticks, they are extremely thin and I can burn thru them very quickly...so I really really need more stock to waste...The good news is I managed to get strike some awesomely pretty colors at the torch...blues, greens, purples, really pretty...the bad news - the beads coming out of the kiln are all (still pretty to me) in olives, rusts, dark metallic blue...pretty, but not exactly the colors I had when going IN to the kiln...I either left them into the kiln too long, or too hot...more work is needed to determine...
The good news is that I'm gonna string these up, and I'll enjoy them...the bad news is they aren't pretty enough to sell...
Changing gears, I pulled out some new cane I bought from Val Cox and made some practice beads with it...apparently it is highly metallic, as when I tried to reduce the blue stringer, the entire bead reduced all at once...but the practice beads that aren't reduced look pretty good...
And finally, I remade the Lauscha beads (that cracked) using Moretti and they held up perfectly...I've got a bracelet planned for them...
Playing around at the torch can be costly in both time and money!
Posted by Donner at June 26, 2007 08:31 AM
Comments
I just love your beads. I hope you show us the terra beads. I thought I was going to try a beginning class in lampwork beads but I've decided to put it on the back burner for a while and enjoy seeing all the beads you and others are making. Yours are exceptionally pretty!
Posted by: sandy at June 26, 2007 04:37 PM
I love the terra glass and came across Kim Neely's last auction by accident and was blown away. However,searches on the net couldn't locate what it was and who had it.I see it is scarce but when it is available - where could one get some?As I don't go on the forums I hadn't heard about the difficulties - how about telling us all about it in your blog? Look forward to seeing your pictures. [btw.if I lived in the States, I'd home your stray kitty~keep my Ollie company!]
Posted by: Maureen at June 27, 2007 07:38 AM