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Old December 5th 04, 01:26 AM
Christina Peterson
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Default "Fabric" in glass

Look at this by Katie Green
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6085 383&rd=1

Can you imagine it in a metal that has color change from heat (as copper
will do, eg)?

Tina



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Old December 5th 04, 03:36 AM
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I'm madly in love with copper mesh in glass. But wow, I haven't seen any
true woven copper mesh available!!!! Way fun, way cool on Katie!

Most of the copper looks ugly ashy black when it's heated. It's only after
it cools that it miraculously turns that cherry red. It's a major "hold your
breath and pray" moment, putting that ugly black sh*t in the kiln.

KarenK


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Old December 5th 04, 04:27 AM
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i have a customer that wants me to duplicate the bracelet i gifted to
Manda --- but heated/treated to make it purple. **sigh** i'm STILL
working on it!

Copper makes me crazy, plain & simple! I lust for it in all forms. I'd love
to figure out how to do the heat-reactive colors that I've seen in "wall
sculptures." We found hammered copper sheet that I'm dying to use for a
backsplash (36 x 48" for $108). I just have to figure out how to cut/bend it
myself (for find a metal guy who will do it for us).

What it does IN glass is too cool.

KarenK


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Old December 5th 04, 07:35 AM
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Why don't you allow me to take some of those "mistakes" off your hands? I'm
sure I wouldn't mind the color, so long as I can "practice" some of my
beading techniques...

You don't mind, do you???

g

"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ"
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]Copper makes me crazy, plain & simple! I lust for it in all forms. I'd
love
]to figure out how to do the heat-reactive colors that I've seen in "wall
]sculptures."

well, i've learned a couple of 'hows' . . . . but it seems to be a
'what you get . . . you get'. i haven't found a reliably reproducible
way to get one particular color yet. that's why this one is driving
me so crazy. she's been waiting a long time.


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Old December 5th 04, 05:46 PM
Diana Curtis
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Oh, you know us beaders.. we can bead anything as long as it sits still long
enough.
Diana

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"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Mystified One"
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]Why don't you allow me to take some of those "mistakes" off your hands?

I'm
]sure I wouldn't mind the color, so long as I can "practice" some of my
]beading techniques...
]
]You don't mind, do you???

uhm -- how are you going to bead copper strips????? ones an inch and a
half wide????????????


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Old December 5th 04, 09:21 PM
Cheryl
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I didn't know copper turned such a
bright red color

yep - copper turns RED under enamel or glass....

Silver turns yellow- and almost looks like gold....

I don't know what might turn green --
maybe iron.. I've seen iron meshes in glass that were a blacky-green color....


Cheryl
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Old December 5th 04, 10:07 PM
Christina Peterson
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A friend in town made a leaf of woven strips of PMC mesh, added more detail
with a syringe, and then beaded it with pearls and crystals. Yup, if it
sits still long enough.....

Tina


"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
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Oh, you know us beaders.. we can bead anything as long as it sits still

long
enough.
Diana

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"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Mystified One"
:

]Why don't you allow me to take some of those "mistakes" off your hands?

I'm
]sure I wouldn't mind the color, so long as I can "practice" some of my
]beading techniques...
]
]You don't mind, do you???

uhm -- how are you going to bead copper strips????? ones an inch and a
half wide????????????


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@vicki [SnuggleWench]
(Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com
newest creations: http://www.vickijean.com/new.html
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Old December 6th 04, 02:34 AM
Mystified One
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Easy! Put a hole at the top and make wind chimes!


"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Mystified One"
:

]Why don't you allow me to take some of those "mistakes" off your hands?
I'm
]sure I wouldn't mind the color, so long as I can "practice" some of my
]beading techniques...
]
]You don't mind, do you???

uhm -- how are you going to bead copper strips????? ones an inch and a
half wide????????????


--
@vicki [SnuggleWench]
(Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com
newest creations: http://www.vickijean.com/new.html
yahooID: vjean95967
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Need dope? Grow your own - plant a man!



 




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