I melted stuff and made beads today!

I'm glad you're having fun, Barbara. Please don't be embarrassed about showing your stuff, it's so much fun to see people evolve in their work. Making beads is addicting, and beadweaving, and buying beads, and stringing beads, and touching beads....

Enjoy!

Regina

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Barbara Forbes-Lyons" :

]enamel bead making kit

that actually sounded like something someone like me could do. almost.

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(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Regina" :

]Making beads is addicting, and beadweaving, and buying beads, and stringing ]beads, and touching beads....

seconded!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Cool, what fun!

Vicki,

It will take practice to get good at it, but the initial technique is pretty easy. Check it out at :

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Barbara Forbes-Lyons" :

]It will take practice to get good at it, but the initial technique is pretty ]easy. Check it out at :

i did. but i misunderstood how it was done. **pout** oh, well - i can just keep buying!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Here's a brief description:

Cut a piece of copper tubing to length and heat it. Roll it in finely powdered enamel (acts as a flux) - melt it. Repeat 1-2 more times. Then start adding larger pieces of enamel and melt it in. Add colors and swirl, shape, etc. Cool for several hours in warm vermiculite.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Barbara Forbes-Lyons" :

]Cut a piece of copper tubing to length and heat it. Roll it in finely ]powdered enamel (acts as a flux) - melt it. Repeat 1-2 more times. Then ]start adding larger pieces of enamel and melt it in. Add colors and swirl, ]shape, etc. Cool for several hours in warm vermiculite.

thanks, Barbara. somehow, i got it in my head all wrong. it's the working with the torch i'm not ready for. i had an image in my head that was ALL wrong!

maybe someday.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Can't wait to see what you do! I saw Pam at a bead show one time, and the enamel stuff looked really fun. If I weren't into lampwork already, I'm sure I'd have wanted to do it!