Beads again

Today I went searching online for new techniques and found this page showing a neat technique for making stripes. Apologies for the bizarre non-glass related images on that site, I don't know what they were thinking. Anyway, most of my work today was experimenting with that technique. First in black on red, then yellow on black on red, which was cool when it worked but was hit and miss, then green on purple, which I wasn't satisfied with as the clear seemed to bleach the purple, then my dark purple on white.

I then experimented with Directions for a combed, raised design which was somewhat frustrating. I was unable to get the wavy line effect in step three, which was what I was really trying to achieve. The first bead I combed, the second my torch ran outta gas, the third I combed again and was rather pleased with the result. Then I tried a simple spotted bead, and after this, things went all to hell and I made a lot more glass blobs due to broken bead release than I did actual beads. At which point I figured it was time to call it a day and experiment with the camera instead.

What follows are images of today's beads taken outside with natural light and then inside on my trusty blue fabric. I still think the indoor light works better for me.

( beads behind the cut )