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  • #988375
    BeadTowne
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        A new project has been announced in the WetCanvas! project system!

        Title: Murrini Cane Exchange
        Project Leader: BeadTowne
        Relative Difficulty: Irrelevant
        Type Restrictions: Glass
        Medium: Any Medium
        Subject: Not Applicable
        Days open for signups: Always
        Maximum participants allowed: Unlimited

        Description:

        Are you addicted to making murrini or are you interesting in trying out something new? Either way, this exchange is for you. We love our international friends so hoping you will join in the fun!

        Here’s how it works:

        1. Experiment, Play, Create some canes of murrini. It can be as simple or as complex as you like.

        2. When you are happy with your murrini, you can send in a little baggie of slices or a rod (2 inches perhaps?) Label each baggie with your name and WC screen name. It would be nice to write down which colors you used should you remember. IMPORTANT: Label each baggie with the COE you used.

        3. PM me for my address when you are ready for mailing.

        4. Send a self-addressed, stamped padded envelope (or whatever shipping method you choose) or just send $2.00 and an address label and I will take care of packaging.

        5. I need to receive all murrini by April Fool’s Day, April 1, 2010. 6. Sit back and wait for your exchange murrini to arrive.

        Additional Information:

        For more information on the project: Click here!

        Remember, in order to help keep the discussions on projects organized, you should post your questions, suggestions, and comments on submitted work here in this thread. By doing this, we allow other non-project efforts to not get “pushed down” by a swarm of project-related threads.

        #1131631
        BeadTowne
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            Going to try to add a little clarification.

            You can stick to making one type of murrini per bag or make a few/several types and do a mix and match.

            How many pieces should be in a baggie if you choose to slice them? You guys can help me with that decision once we get going.

            I figured once people started experimenting we can tweak this exchange to best meet our needs/wants/desires.

            Oh, and I hope that you will post pictures once you receive your exchange murrini. Maybe we can start a thread in the show and tell area.

            Here are some links to tuts, please add any you find.

            Corina’s Simple Cane
            De’s Star Murrini
            Roses Post 12 gives a quick how to.
            YouTube Murrini
            Spiral Murrini
            Hearts I’ve made a bunch of these.
            Glastins’ Feather

            Pages of Tuts[/URL]

            #1131606
            Dream Fire
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                Don’t forget to list the COE we all work in so many COE’s
                Sam

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                #1131632
                BeadTowne
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                    Sam, Thanks for that reminder. Going to add that to the project info.

                    #1131776
                    ddbeader
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                        I”m in… this will be fun! Can’t wait to get to it!!:clap: :clap: Diane

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                        #1131826
                        demcc
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                            I’m NOT in ……yet. This one sounds interesting.
                            Murrini making is one area that I am challenged at-as in illiterate
                            So i know what all you are thinking (stop your typing, get off your computer and go PPP)

                            Duane

                            #1131633
                            BeadTowne
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                                Yay Diane!

                                Duane, It’s not as hard as it seems. Well, some of it is harder than it seems. I’m no help. Hope you are at the torch doing some PPP.

                                One thing I learned from taking the class with Melanie Moertel is to melt everything smooth before adding additional layers. I’ve been fortunate (spoiled) to have cane making with Corina and murrini making with Sarah Hornik and Melanie.

                                #1131634
                                BeadTowne
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                                    A Youtube on pulling a bull’s eye murrini. A bit long, I fast forwarded parts and the sound isn’t great, but not bad. You can do a couple bull’s eye type patterns and then use stringer to make stripes for the last round to make it a starburst of sorts.

                                    I have a great Japanese book on making murrini. Need to find it next weekend.

                                    #1131905
                                    baddogglass
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                                        I’m in!

                                        Thanks for organizing this, Maggie! And thanks for adding the tutorial list. Using stamps as optic molds, as in the heart one … brilliant!

                                        Come on Duane, let’s give it a try. I don’t know what I’m doing either!

                                        Ingrid

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                                        #1131749
                                        LouiseI
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                                            This sounds verrrrrry interesting! I have to think if I am in, I know work is going to start getting busy and don’t want to commit to something just yet. ;)


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                                            #1131715
                                            rosebud101
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                                                Maggie, I think I’d like to try this one! Thanks for organizing this!

                                                #1131777
                                                ddbeader
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                                                    I’ll be torching today.. so will give it a try. Its ok Duane.. I don’t know what i’m doing either. :lol: but what a great opertunity to learn something new. :clap: with lots of PPP in the process. :D

                                                    Thank Maggie for organizing this! :thumbsup:
                                                    so heading off to look at the tuts.. and hopefully will have some success today.. :D

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                                                    #1131587

                                                    OK, I’m in! Signed up! Yay! Can’t wait for this! One of my things with murrini is after I make a blue million of the same one, I get bored with it and move on. I have a lot of unused murrini!

                                                    Is it OK to send more than one, or can what I send be a mix? I have done many already that I could share, but I want to try to spiral one. Boy, when I read over the instructions for that – talk about a DUH moment! I had NO idea how that was done and now it seems so simple. Hahaha…

                                                    Thanks for all the great links, Maggie, and thanks for doing this exchange!

                                                    Hugs,

                                                    Debby

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                                                    #1131635
                                                    BeadTowne
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                                                        Glad there is so much enthusiasm for this exchange. It’s been in the back of my mind for over a year.

                                                        Debby, I figured once we got going, we would work out the details. I think sending more than one or a mix is just fine. I’m not around my torch yet and have a lot of murrini on my work table, some of those may end up being used, but I am looking forward to experimenting next weekend.

                                                        #1131827
                                                        demcc
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                                                            I made some already. I won’t tell you about the ones I liked, but I’ll tell you a little about the one thats fugly….it was supposed to be a bullseye murrini. I was using effetre dk red, dk lapis blue, white, petroleum grn and psychedelic dichro stix from Howaco. Ummm..yuck. I can’t see the dichro…oh well. I’m still going to make more…lets see if my next idea works..if it does, everyone will love it

                                                            Duane

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