Showing posts with label big hole beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label big hole beads. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Devardi blues

I mentioned buying an assortment of green glass rods from Devardi recently.  At the same time, I purchased an assortment of blue glass rods:







Most of them have a distinct turquoise hue.  I've been using them for larger hole beads, some for 2mm leather and some with big holes (greater than 4 mm):


It looks like these colors will expand my available colors in the turquoise range.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

New toys

I just bought new mandrels and some new glass from Franz Art Glass and Supplies:



On the bottom, new mandrels (3/16 in) for big hole beads, in the middle Effetre Nessi, a limited edition transparent blue-green glass and on top, Effetre Spanish Leather, a shade of terra cotta.

I'll be experimenting with these over the next few weeks and I'll share what I find out.