Pinkfish
06-28-2007, 09:23 PM
Mixing Glass for Custom Colors taught by Robin Foster.
September 29-30, 2007 $375
Call Dallas Craft Guild to Register 972-490-0303 M-F 9am-5pm.
This class is designed to give the beadmaker valuable knowledge in how chemical composition and light work together to make the glass the color that our eyes percieve, and how to manipulate those properties to our advantage. Like icing on the cake the way color is used on a well made bead can take it from merely "nice" to a tantalizing treat for the eyes.
Topics covered:
Coloring glass using metal foil or leaf
Which clear glasses are the best
How to get truly dazaling pinks and purples
mixing your own colors
casing techniques for color control
complex twisties
how striking really works
How to use EDP
cased stringer techniques
rainbows of colors from raku, R4 and DOUBLE HELIX
Class space is limited so sign up quickly
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September 29-30, 2007 $375
Call Dallas Craft Guild to Register 972-490-0303 M-F 9am-5pm.
This class is designed to give the beadmaker valuable knowledge in how chemical composition and light work together to make the glass the color that our eyes percieve, and how to manipulate those properties to our advantage. Like icing on the cake the way color is used on a well made bead can take it from merely "nice" to a tantalizing treat for the eyes.
Topics covered:
Coloring glass using metal foil or leaf
Which clear glasses are the best
How to get truly dazaling pinks and purples
mixing your own colors
casing techniques for color control
complex twisties
how striking really works
How to use EDP
cased stringer techniques
rainbows of colors from raku, R4 and DOUBLE HELIX
Class space is limited so sign up quickly
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