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Monday, December 29, 2008
Moretti 006 Super Clear
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Moretti Super Clear. The very phrase is enough to get one all excited! And ai caramba - sight down the unmelted rod to check the true colou...
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Vetro 917: Streaky Amber (Odd Lot)
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Apparently - this was one of the first "Odd Lots" to come from Vetro - Odd Lots being limited production runs in marketing speak -...
Vetro 956: Pink Dark Pastel (Odd Lot)
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The rods of this odd lot come as a pale mauve - leading you to think that the name is misleading. But, in fact, it does go pink, a nice, sof...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
CiM 656 - Black Current Unique
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This is labeled Black Currant Unique - the "unique" identifying an "odd-lot" batch or single run colour. Usually - ther...
CiM 563: Pulsar
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Pulsar - Blue Pulsar - a very deep, intense, rich aqua. Really, a lovely colour. Is it more intense than the Moretti or Vetro Dark aquas - d...
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Nyx: Reheated
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Woohoo - lookie - it worked. The instructions for Nyx say that it will kiln strike, and repeated cycles in the kiln will intensify the colou...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
CiM 864: Charcoal
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You're going to want to label this - otherwise - you're going to get it mixed in with your black. Not that, if you are making solid,...
CiM 667: Poi
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Poi, named, I'm presuming, for the taro-root preparation , and not the Polynesian juggling. ( Wikipedia - Poi ) ;-) A slightly streaky p...
CiM 562 - Ming
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You say "Ming" - and I tend to think of a pale green - but apparently - that's just me. Audi has been using "Ming Blue...
CiM 765 Chai
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Resembling nothing quite so much as unshaped Barbie limbs - this new light coffee or extremely-milky-tea coloured CiM Chai looks promising a...
Vetro 932 Fish Pink is Salmon Grey
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You know, it's sad. I keep holding out hope that I will somehow find a way to coax a pretty colour out of this glass - something that li...
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Vetro 236 - Equivalent to Moretti 236?
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Yep - Vetro 236 is equivalent to the Moretti/Effetre 236 - Dark Turquoise. It reacts with Ivory to produce those lovely, dark lines, exactly...
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Double Helix - Aether - the joke's on me.
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Damn - I could NOT get this glass to do anything - I struck it, I reduced it, I tried it on black - nada. Nothing. Zip-ola. So I emailed Gra...
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