Techniques to "age" glass beads
Re: Question about techniques to "age" glass beads -- Luann Udell Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Timbuk-2 Post Reply
01/10/2017, 12:21:46

Again - not an expert.

I have seen tumbling in Cambay, Firozabad, Benares and Purdalpur, but that is not what you are after!

Putting color-colornats on a bead, then fire the beads in hope to achieve an effect?

Use a helmet, is what comes to mind first! The moment you "fire" your bead with a torch - mini or maxi - the bead will crack and fly in your face. A potentially dangerous task. The only way to avoid it would be to heat the bead up gradually (in a kiln), close to the point before it begins to lose it's shape - than the popping of the beads could be prevented.

None of this is really worth the effort, especially since you won't reach the desired aging effect anyway.



Modified by Timbuk-2 at Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 15:58:39

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