tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519786884702463302024-03-05T16:53:34.126+00:00Jo Bailey DesignsA blog to keep a record of my jewellery and business adventuresJo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-56860431366743336982010-08-18T13:07:00.001+01:002010-08-18T13:08:31.548+01:00Just playing with etsy minis<table style="text-align: center;"><tr><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=7718050&user_name=fhfteam&item_source=favorites&item_size=thumbnail&rows=3&columns=3" width="280" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=7718050&user_name=fhfteam&item_source=favorites&item_size=thumbnail&rows=3&columns=3" /></object></td></tr><tr><td><a style="text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#D35701; font-size:14px; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com" >Etsy</a><br/><a style="text-decoration: none; color:#D35701; font-size:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" href="http://www.etsy.com" >Buy Handmade</a><br/><a style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#0192B5; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.etsy.com/favorite_listings_public.php?user_id=7718050">fhfteam</a></td></tr></table>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-1873803807783863382010-04-01T15:02:00.004+01:002010-04-01T15:41:34.921+01:00Reichenbach Multicolour ExperimentsOk, so it turns out that which batch of multicolour you buy makes a HUGE difference to the working characteristics of this truly fabulous glass by reichenbach.<div><br /></div><div>Myself and some other people on <a href="http://www.frit-happens.co.uk/">Frit Happens</a> forum discovered this glass a little while ago and bought the EU multicolour mountain from Sean at <a href="http://www.off-mandrel.com/">Off-mandrel</a> and for a while all was hunkydory. I fell in love and m</div><div>ade this goddess available in my <a href="http://caraj316.etsy.com/">Etsy shop</a>.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4331580073_34f2bc6535_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">However, all was not well. After a while <a href="http://www.tuffnellglass.com/">Tuffnell Glas</a>s posted that they had some now in stock, so everyone rushed to buy; including Sabine of <a href="http://www.littlecastledesigns.co.uk/">Little Castle Designs</a> who makes the most fabulous rose ring toppers from the original batch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4317719505_49affc6f7d_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a while everyone realised that the second batch was much more awkward than the first, and because of the way the roses are made, Sabine couldn't get the fab colours out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I went over to hers with what was left of my original batch on saturday and had a play with the second batch to see if I could get anything out of it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the result.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4481780420_a1ab93e2b6_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 184px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4481780420_a1ab93e2b6_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The bottom three crystals on the left are the original batch included for comparison purposes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall I discovered that you have to heat it and get into shape and keep hot until you're ready to strike the colour. It goes green transparent whilst hot. If you overstrike it the only solution is to heat back to gloopy. Once ready for colour, you let it cool down as much as possible and then gently reheat until the desired colour appears.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The colours go from dark purple -> dark blue -> light blue -> greens -> green snot</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In Sabines kiln as well, it kiln struck slightly, so most colours have changed from how I put them in.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Going from top left, clockwise. The first lentil was heated, pressed while glowing, had the chill marks taken off and then allowed to cool down before being flashed in and out of a neutral flame to strike. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The encased one was dark purple before encasing, but struck greener whilst encasing with the heat from the clear. I discovered that you could reset the colour by making it gloopy, but this wasn't possible whilst encasing. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The spacers I made all on one mandrel, and they went transparent whilst forming and then after I'd made them I slowly moved the mandrel back the other way and they went purple. I put them in the kiln purple, but as you can see, they went more blue.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The undefined crystal shape was the one I made first and I'd got fed up with heating and pressing and striking, and I was reheating it again, ready to re-strike and got fed up and stuck it in the kiln. Interesting selection of colours though. It wasn't like that when it went in!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The big purple crystal shape, I pressed whilst fairly runny and reheated the outside to polish whilst still glowing in the centre. I let it cool down then stuck it in the kiln and it struck to this fab purple colour!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The two hearts, the top one I struck too hot, so it went this funny snot colour. The second I got better colours on but it changed in the kiln.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you find this helpful, and feel free to email me with any questions at joannabailey AT me.com</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://http://www.frit-happens.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18950.0">Here</a> is the related Multicolour post on Frit Happens.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-13742434386684136792010-02-04T20:01:00.005+00:002010-02-04T20:18:54.024+00:00Josephine Wadman<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the forums I belong to is having spotlights on its professional members, and the current one is Josephine Wadman. I decided to write a long post about her as she is one of my regular suppliers. She makes fantastic beads!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP5k-YMLo8C05uEMY1l47J9lJTOK8rQso6EXs3gOnkLtLD2IRMZjshHYEYzY3HFaIPEYn-MBEAiE5clRFWEX9rH9kou6QuG1r9RLHC_xMMP1RnvtOYGjm2XH7DNSAFDAoHSrlFkGMTV8/s320/4268772874_4dd56e40b2_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434483126086894866" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just look at this amazing winter tree! She also makes fantastic sets of beads, some of which I have made up into bracelets, like this one!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZDdWlLurE_8YpUFklByIvlY6y6-rg-BJMuQfbtXkuDYmC5emq00HUW9BITDFtIYchVszGDNhWhIENOrXCkySmFSiPn9QNSNDGyRr27oUhL1xmCgos4a2OODLUGtb2mG8mlIAr_R_AIA/s320/Roses+for+You.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434484043814196226" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'd love it if you wanted to commission me to make something with any of her beads.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Visit her site here: <a href="http://www.jospehinewadmandesigns.com">www.josephinewadmandesigns.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-76114287938285818762010-01-29T19:02:00.003+00:002010-01-29T19:13:29.608+00:00Can Art Save us?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/images/core/rusking4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/images/core/rusking4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I find inspiration interesting. For example, I went to an exhibition today at Museum:Sheffield Millenium Galleries entited 'Can Art Save Us?' For some reason, I was expecting it to answer this question. (silly me!)<br /><br />It is an exhibition based on the <a href="http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/ruskinc.asp">collection of John Ruskin</a>, but the works weren't limited to his collection only. There were also modern and associated pieces based on the principles by which he built his collection.<div><br /></div><div>It's interesting to me that whilst I saw many fascinating pieces there, including a fantastic 10th century illustrated manuscript, the piece that I found the most inspiring is this very simple study of a peacock breast feather. I was always aware that I like simple things, but I also live looking at fantastic and detailed things by other people, yet my overall impression of the exhibition is centred on this small drawing.<br /><br />All I have to do now is work out how to interpret this into my own work!</div>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-80085400626653716932009-10-08T20:12:00.004+01:002009-10-09T10:09:07.906+01:00I had a fabby day (note for all mums I am not a neuron!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.me.com/ro/joannabailey/Galleries/100009/DSCF0002/web.jpg?ver=12550767400001"></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;">I went for my first lampworking lesson today with Lorna (pixiewillow) having not touched a torch before.<br /><br />We did loads and loads of things:<br />basic bead shaping<br />adding dots (raised and flat)<br />layering dots<br />making heart dots<br />poking bubbles<br />making stringer<br />adding stringer!<br />making twisties<br />using twisties<br />Adding frit<br />making barrel beads<br />raking lines into chevron-y shapes<br /><br />And I'm sure I've forgotten loads of other things.<br /><br />I really enjoyed it and am now in the process of oohing over equipment on that there interweb.<br />bottom ones are mine</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><img src="http://www.me.com/ro/joannabailey/Galleries/100009/DSCF0002/web.jpg?ver=12550767400001" border="0" alt="" style="text-align: center;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 167px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351978688470246330.post-22304054340055925612009-09-27T16:07:00.000+01:002009-09-27T16:07:27.781+01:00Welcome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLN6g1-U3vGTt6az5qWo-0smt9MgdE2zVbJzv63k-wAFAYyc8wRDF81-74RGoaTnDkjYdTUn5lk6o-JEzi9pi8UflCi-tXfJYHUe_J2WPMVf2jnKwzoogcSE4tCcSmIhteKbTiYk-qaw/s1600-h/Forars+Kaede+Copper+Close+up.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLN6g1-U3vGTt6az5qWo-0smt9MgdE2zVbJzv63k-wAFAYyc8wRDF81-74RGoaTnDkjYdTUn5lk6o-JEzi9pi8UflCi-tXfJYHUe_J2WPMVf2jnKwzoogcSE4tCcSmIhteKbTiYk-qaw/s320/Forars+Kaede+Copper+Close+up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386158964240458690" /></a><br />So here is my new blog. If you are looking for my website it is <a href="http://www.jobaileydesigns.co.uk/">here</a><div><br /></div><div>Here is a quick pic of my latest work. I'm definitely getting into this chain mail lark.</div><div><br /></div>Jo Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191202512679575265noreply@blogger.com0