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Check out this cool video that explains why silver makes yellow and gold make ruby glass. Very interesting and easy to follow. It is chapter 5/6 from the show, but this is just the glass chapter. It also talks about how different sizes and shapes of silver particle make different colors of the rainbow. Now I understand the rainbow silver glasses that much more. COOL

New Love - Reichenbach Multicolor Dark

I have been playing with a new color (at least to me) Reichenbach Multicolor Dark. I finally have enough photos to share. I have been using 96 COE, I think it also comes as 104 COE. I'm having so much fun with it.

It is easy to comapre to Gaffer Chalcedony and Blue Chalcedony as it is also a striking glass that turns rainbow colors. Striking means that the colors change depending on the length of time in the flame. It is different than Chalcedony, but just as cool to use. See a picture with both colors below.

What I really like about this color is that it is very easy to strike and it gets a lot of blues and purples (purple being my favorite color). Seen here on Olive. Listed on Etsy here.

As you can see in this photo of a bead with Chalcedony in the center and Multicolor Dark on the ends, the Mulicolor does not get the crackling (where it looks broken up). I like this crackling and it is one of my favorite things about Chalcedony, but sometimes you don't want that.

This color turns green and then turquoise the more you work with it. These beads were worked a long time and the second one worked very hot for a long time and it is quite turquoise. I was surprised and pleased with the color. Both of these have Iris Orange (aka Raku) stringer designs.

NEW LISTINGS

I have had fun making large hole beads lately. I listed two today, one on ArtFire and one on Etsy.

Check out my Artfire and Etsy stores for thse beads and more. Thanks for looking.

Chalcedony Again

I'm still having lot of fun with this glass. I just wanted to show a set I made with Gaffer Black, Chalcedony and Clear.

Chalcedony - New Glass WOO HOO

I wanted to post a picture of the bead made of the glass mentioned below. This is Chalcedony, G109. It is very similar to Raku (R108), which I can not get to do anything for me. (I also can't get color with TerraNova, Khaos, or Luna2). I get tan and blah. Not with this one. I get reds, purples, pinks, oranges, blues and greens. This was the one with the best colors. Chalcedony on Black.