SE9 - Ninth Silver Color How To eBook

SE9 - Ninth Silver Color How To eBook

The long awaited SE9 PDF is finally available! Our sincere apology for being so delinquent in bringing you this version. Hayley's one-year stint as the Director of Communications and Marketing on the volunteer board of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) as well as the Editor in Chief of its printed magazine, Glass Bead Evolution, really put a wrench in our schedule. Fortunately, this is all in the past and we are now back on track! We hope to continue bringing you informative ebooks and other exciting opportunities in the world of COE104 silver glass! :)

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This booklet is a compilation of exchange beads submitted for SE9 – Ninth Silver Color How To and Exchange - on lampworketc forum. With 45 pages, there are over 110 beads with description. Each bead is accompanied by the recipes of glasses used and some have detailed step by step description of how the bead was made (the level of detail is based on how much information the original beadmaker shared.)

Other content includes a list of silver glass by manufacturers and notation of the glass being striking or reducing, and index of each silver glass used in the booklet for easy reference, and a basic step-by-step (illustrated with photos) instruction on how to strike and how to reduce silver glass.Silver glassmakers featured: ASK, BellaDona, Double Helix, Effetre, Lauscha, Precision 104, Reichenbach, StrikingColor, TAG 104, and Kugler.

This pdf version of SE9, at 10.4 mb, is for viewing on your computer. You may also print one (1) copy of this using your printer at home. No authorization will be given with this version to print at a service bureau such as Kinko's. Please make sure you have high-speed internet connection. Instant download is available here! 

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S E 9 - pdf version

This pdf version of SE9 - Ninth Silver Color How To e-Book, at 10.4 mb, is for viewing on your computer. You may also print one (1) copy of this using your printer at home. No authorization will be given with this version to print at a service bureau such as Kinko's. Please make sure you have high-speed internet connection. 

Instant download is available for $17.00 on our online store! 

 Please note that this item cannot be returned.

S E 9 - printed book version

The print-on-demand spiral bound, book format of SE 9 - Ninth Silver Color How To e-Book is available at lulu.com for $39.00 plus shipping. Click here to purchase.

S E 9 - CD version

Available upon request. Please inquire.

New Photographic Set Up

At the 2013 ISGB conference, the Gathering, in Rochester, New York, presenter/instructor Doug Baldwin had his light boxes set up in the classroom area for students to use. Many took advantage of this opportunity to snap pictures of their work from class and post on social media such as Facebook. I saw first hand how compact Doug's system was and it didn't take long for me to purchase two light boxes.

For those of you who are familiar with my work know the challenges I face. All the bling and clear encasement create reflections and hot spots. 

I was very pleased with this image until I photographed the same bead again with Doug's system. 

This was taken from the top shooting down just like the above image. The daylight bulbs help bring out the actual bead colors better than the tungsten ones I used before. With less glare, you can actually see the depth allowing the dichroic to show through as deeply encased in the core of the piece.

This one was photographed from the front allowing the light behind the bead to show through. The result is a more true-to-life representation of the bead.

I struggled continually with hot spots on photographing my heavily encased work. As you can see from this image how distracting they are.

With Doug's system, again the colors are more true to life and there is no glare! 

Update 1: Just wanted to add another image - taken with my iPhone 4s with Doug's system. It's not as nice as the above images but considering it's from a phone, it's actually not too bad! 

Update 2: Still playing with this new system - learning how to capture the iridescence in my photography. I think this is definitely an improvement!

Double Helix Test Batches – Rochester Gathering 2013

Quick pictures of these awesome test batches Double Helix is bringing to the Rochester Gathering. Make sure you get there when Technical Vendors open at 10am on Thursday 15 July! :)

Now that my 2012 glass season is coming to an end with only one venue - Bay Area Bead Extravaganza - to go in November and just finish my last teaching gig at The Gathering Place studio in Naperville, Illinois, earlier this month. I finally have an opportunity to post some of the Ornate Series Beads. Thank you for making these so popular! :)

First let's start with the scale of these - from ginormous to wee! Most of them fall somewhere between these two extreme sizes!

A better picture of the beads:

Here are a few of the "normal" size ones - about 1-1.25" in diameter:

Some of the Ornate Series beads are still available. They range in price from $95 to $185. If you are interested, please contact us via our website:

http://shop.envisionsf.com/contact 

 Thank you!

MORE Double Helix Test Batches from the Bellevue Gathering

Had the opportunity to play with more test batches from Double Helix! Opaque Speckled Lusters, encased in either Aether or Zephyr.

 OP-507 (dark purple rods)

OP-509 (pale off-white rods)

OP-511 (dark indigo blue rods) – the end on the left is Okeanos, one of two of the Double Helix Pre-Releases!

Boreas - the second one of the two Pre-Releases!

Double Helix Test Batches at the 2012 Gathering

Here are test beads on some of the Double Helix test batches available next week at the ISGB Gathering at Bellevue, Washington! :)


CH441 - very transparent striking and reducing glass with beautiful golden and hints of peach hues

IL436 - gorgeous blues and greens

LL491 - soft shimmering yellows when encased

NO486 - similar to Notos but more transparent

TL478 - heavy reduction before encasement yields amazing results

 Last but not least, hand pulled and machine pulled fast-striking Terra!

Portable Lights

I use these battery operated portable LED lights for out-of-town shows as well as when I teach. Many have asked about where to purchase them so here it is! Click here