Good Morning everyone,
So here is the first 'help' post for our little blog. This past weekend I went down to Calgary and went to the Oasis show. The show wasn't nearly as good as last year, but I still managed to find a few good deals. There were alot of glass bead makers there, so it was nice to see everyone's creations.
Anyways after the show I went to check out Tiffany House glass studio. It is a really cute little store that is built in a little Victorian style home on the edge of Kensington. Their glass studio set up was really nice, and the lady that gave me the tour was super friendly. They even have a little lunch room for us hardcore beaders. I recommend checking it out next time you're in Calgary.
Anyways onto the questions. At Tiffany House I purchased some Shampoo Glass, the color is Mother of Pearl. The samples were so pretty, it really did look like mother of pearl. The lady didn't know too much about it accept that it is 104COE and came from Arrow Springs.
Anyone out there use if before? Any tips or tricks too it?
When I googled it I didn't find too much. So ladies, if you know anything about the glass please share. Thank you.
1 comment:
Great to see you at the show! Actually, I liked this year's show more than last year's (probably because most of it was in one room so I could run around and look when it was quiet).
I have some shampoo glass and love it. Don't use it to make a solid bead, you don't get the full effect and it's just wasting it. Pull the shampoo glass into a fat stringer (2 or 3 mm). Make your base bead out of a similar colour and dot the stringer on. You want to put the dots very close together (don't worry about making them the same size or perfect) so when you melt the dots down, they totally cover your base glass. Phil Neary discovered this trick years ago when we bought some white shampoo glass and we were trying to figure it out. By the way, did this store have white shampoo glass by any chance?
Fran
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