Lampwork Frit Experiments

I just bought my first bag of reduction frit from Nortel. This stuff is awesome! I really like all the colours the glass can turn, from purple to turquoise to orange. I only reduced the frit on the last bead for a metallic effect and was very relieved that the colours turned out too. It is fascinating how the base colour also has a huge effect on how the colours turn out on the reduction frit and how well the frit spreads on the base colour. 

Tourmaline Wrapped Ring

On my recent trip to Paris, I stumbled across a gem store by the Louvre.  My French is horrible but I managed to ask to see the tourmaline stones. I picked this green, untreated bar and thought it would be perfect for a ring. The ring is wrapped in silver plated wire with an asymmetrical design. 

Lampwork Bracelet II

My skills of making flowers has greatly improved (I think)! I put dots of white underneath the coloured petals. My mother picked the colours for these beads, the purple and blue is perfectly contrasted with each other. 

Lampwork Bracelet

I have been practicing the art of making flowers in lampwork. I used mostly clear and opal colours for these beads, even a little bit of aqua glitter intertwined with the base colour. I wish I would have given the petals more definition by putting a layer of white before the colour petals. Just a great excuse to do more lampworking! ~SOLD~