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Shooting underwater was getting to be a pain. Cat fur & dust was magically attracted to the dish of water, & I found myself having to replace the water every few beads, which really slowed down the whole process.So here's my latest setup. The heavy duty paper is taped to both the table & a heavy backrest, so it forms a curve for a nice continuous background. There's a couple of lights clipped to

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I've been making these with the intention of using wire wrapping & jump rings to make them into chains. Making jewelry components out of boro is fun because I can just set each down on the table as I finish, no need to be all worried about these little guys cracking. They still get annealed of course, its just nice to be able to see them all together as I make them.These are made with Caramel

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I've been using some of those murrine in my ocean (& other) beads lately. There's a photo in an earlier post of these starburst murrini. They get poked in the center as they're melted in, to bring the stripes together in a starburst pattern. These warm tones (yellow, orange & red) don't seem to like to be exposed to silver.Flower murrine. These ones aren't poked, & I melt them in slowly & flatten

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These were done with a transparent base bead (I think I used red for one & green for the other, it really doesn't seem to matter what color), rolled in Reactive Cloud frit, then silver foil. Then black caps & stringer decor. I've been having fun with these reactions!

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This morning I've been admiring the admiring the work of Ayako Hattori. Her murrine flowers are amazing. Such precise detail & symmetry. Her beads are classic tonbo-dama, perfectly executed with the soft leaded glass.Browsing her gallery is inspiring. I want to try (really simplified) versions of these flowers in Bullseye.Don't miss these marbles, either. This chick is good!

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The last time I was making murrini cane, I stumbled upon an easy way to make a pretty nice flower cane.I was experimenting with murrini more complicated than my beloved pinwheels. I started with a base color, encased with something contrasting, encased it with something else, etc. Then I wanted pinwheel-esque stripes on the final layer.Normally I create grooves for my stripes by stuffing my glob

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For some reason working with the combination of Bullseye glass & silver seems so adventurous & uncharted. Unlike the more widely used 104 coe glass, Bullseye's reactions with silver isn't very well documented. At least not that I'm aware of. It feels like a playful experiment working with these materials, with no rules & just a few vague guides.It all started for me when Bullseye came out with

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Yesterday was a Bullseye day for me. Lately I've been having fun with BE + silver, as well as getting murrini application down. I love making cane, but getting the little slices melted flat on my beads without smearing has been a journey.I've finally come to the conclusion that, besides skill & patience & practice & etc, a few things are really helpful with the pinwheel murrinni:Use Stiff Black

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After playing with camera settings all day, I think I have it...Ingredients:BeadsCraft Ott lightWhite milk glass casserole dish half filled with clean waterTowelsTripodCameraCamera Settings:P modeCustom white point shot on white sketchbook paperISO: autoSuper Macro (hold down flower button until the icon has an "s" on it)Timer at 2 secondsBump up the lightness - 2/3 for most things, 1 for

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