A friend of a friend went to a gem & mineral show over the weekend, and showed my friend what she'd bought. In the pile were some carved "sitting cat" beads done in fiber-optic, about 10mm high. Of course, her friend doesn't remember the NAME of the dealer from whom she got them... anybody recall having seen these lately, and where I might look to find some? They must be relatively new, or *I* would have seen them before now.
Celine
They are chinese imports. I was just at a site over the weekend that had them.
They aren't all that new. I have one on a necklace I made a couple of years ago, and I had had it for quite awhile before using it. I have no idea where I got it, though; I know I've looked for them, in other colors (mine is orange), but haven't found any yet. Kaytee "Simplexities" on
Celine
]Okay, I looked (and thanks, this looks like a good supplier and I now have them ]bookmarked!), but where did you find fiber-optic cat *beads*? I found carvings ]and pendants, but no beads. Are they listed somewhere non-intuitive?
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Um... not what I was looking for. These are round beads, not *cat* beads. Round fiber-optic beads are all over the place.
Celine
Celine,
I found them in MANY colors!
Fiber optic CAT beads!
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]Um... not what I was looking for. These are round beads, not *cat* beads. Round ]fiber-optic beads are all over the place.
okay - sorry - guess i misinterpreted. i thought that was what you were looking for.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Linda2" :
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----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
AFAIK *all* fiber-optic stuff is dyed -- but the dye is part of the matrix, not the stuff that comes off on you. In its raw state it's sort of no-color whitish grey.
Celine
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]AFAIK *all* fiber-optic stuff is dyed -- but the dye is part of the matrix, not ]the stuff that comes off on you. In its raw state it's sort of no-color whitish ]grey.
ah - thanks, Celine!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
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