Third batch of beads

DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: Third batch of beads

OK this is what popped out of the oven this morning. I haven't varnished them but I probably will. I might also put foil on the edges of the flat beads and try decorating the black rounded tab beads (still can't make a decent lentil!) with some foil and anything else I can think of.

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Need to practice trying to make lentils. Any tools out there that help measuring the amount of clay so you get same volume beads? Daisy

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fkb · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

there are a number of tools you couuld use eg marxit,ruler or a tool that comes with bead rollers however easiest is to roll a sheet of clay through pasta machine then use a cutter to cut circles -each will contain same amount of clay and can then be made in identical sized beads. for making lentils try using a small metal/acrylic square -it takes practice.dont forgot to let lentils really rest before piercing-hope that helps

DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

fkb wrote:

there are a number of tools you couuld use eg marxit,ruler or a tool that comes with bead rollers however easiest is to roll a sheet of clay through pasta machine then use a cutter to cut circles -each will contain same amount of clay and can then be made in identical sized beads. for making lentils try using a small metal/acrylic square -it takes practice.dont forgot to let lentils really rest before piercing-hope that helps

Thanks fkb - I'm not sure where to get a pasta machine I'm conditioning by hand and then cutting circles. I'm using a sheet of glass - maybe it is too big a piece. Great tip about letting it rest! I'll got have a looksie.

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LoopyLou · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

You can get pasta machines all over, hun. Argos, kitchen supplies, supermarkets......

I use a cutter to measure my clay, like fkb said. The Polymer Clay Pit has a nice range of cutters (so does our Emma).

Loving your beads, hun. Mr. Green

The blends on the flat ones are great. Clap

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mizgeorge · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:53 am Post subject:

Aldi and Lidl (and the other discount supermarkets) often have pasta machines at real bargain prices.

Fab beadies missus!

george Daisy

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silvermaid · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:36 pm Post subject:

I love those shiny beadies, I thought the swirly ones in your necklace were glass not polymer.
Are they hard to make?
I really think I ought to get some fimo and have a go, they look fab.

I picked up a pasta machine in a local charity shop a while ago for £4.50, always worth a look when you're in town. I also got a 16" string of MOP hearts and a 7 strand bracelet of 4mm black faceted glass the other day for £2.25.

Melanie Rainbow

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tanok · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject:

omg i love the blue ones, the colours are really something else, keep going keep going these are amazing for beginner beads

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DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks Lorraine and george! I'll keep an eye out for a pasta machine. There is a fab little bundle of stuff on ebay at the moment including a pasta machine and a clay extruder - very tempted! Rainbow

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DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject:

silvermaid wrote:

I love those shiny beadies, I thought the swirly ones in your necklace were glass not polymer.
Are they hard to make?
I really think I ought to get some fimo and have a go, they look fab.

I picked up a pasta machine in a local charity shop a while ago for £4.50, always worth a look when you're in town. I also got a 16" string of MOP hearts and a 7 strand bracelet of 4mm black faceted glass the other day for £2.25.

Melanie Rainbow

Which swirly beads in which necklace. The white/silver and the black/blue main beads are polymer clay. Not too difficult to do rough as I've done them. Basically create the bead but leave it a bit thicker than you want and then put on a texture mat and sandwich it between the textured side. Use a roller to make even impression (that was the theory and it mostly worked ok).

I'll check Tiverton but not sure there are many people round these parts with pasta machines - worth a look though. Rainbow

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DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:

tanok wrote:

omg i love the blue ones, the colours are really something else, keep going keep going these are amazing for beginner beads

thanks tan Heart

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Carrie Potter · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

Beautiful beads and beautiful colours - lovely! Daisy

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silvermaid · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

I though the swirly beads were the same ones in your tablets necklace you posted the other day but have just gone back and re-read the post to see that they are dicro glass.
The new beads look so much like them though.

Melanie

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DevonGlassLass · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks Caroline! got these already into necklaces and a pair of earrings. I like foil and texture - just need to work on my finishing for beads and shapes!

Melanie - yes they are dichroic wrap beads. The foils do look very much like uncapped dichro though. Rainbow

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LoopyLou · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject:

Here's one, hun. Pasta machine, that is Very Happy

. Good price too but I don't know about postage, I didn't look.

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Cherie · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

I love the stuff you are making pet.

Tesco have pasta machines for about £15 Aldi is much cheaper though they don't carry them all the time. I have just ordered an extruder and some cutters from America. It really irritates me how much more we have to pay in this country for our craft stuff. Sorry to rant but I do usually buy in Britain even though it does often mean paying more.