I tried my striking glass last night and put it directly into the kiln, hot. The rubino oro kept it's beautiful transparency, the opaline rose stayed a bit darker, but one of them turned a different color. I SWEAR I used the same rod for all of them, maybe I let it cool too much before putting it away in the kiln. Who knows. I can use it somewhere. I wanted badly to make dark ivory curdle or "crackle". I wasn't incredibly successful, now I have just a plain set of ivory dotted lentil beads that I think I will etch. These beads are all still on the mandrels, pic's of them later. I put a whole bunch of new beads finally up on Etsy. What a chore! Lapis Blue Lentil Set This set is such a pretty blue. This pic will likely look lighter than the real thing. I tried everything I could to capture the likeness of the deep royal blue of this set. The color is a medium lapis/lapiz blue which in certain light is almost a purple because of the red undertones (that seem to have
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