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 Rogue - an interesting streaky grey - streaked with browns. Not sure if this is a reaction, like a reduction, or a streakiness. Any way...

 CiM Firecracker.  A juicy and delicious new red. CiM describes Firecracker as an Opaque, but when diluted with clear, or only partiall...

Attention Lampworkers! Support Beads of Courage - at BeadFX - Sep 29 BeadFX is having a Beads of Courage Day. BeadFX is donating torch...

Foster Fire Bead Release. It's back. And it's good. Foster Fire has a bit of history behind it. When it first came on the sc...

No - I haven't abandoned my beloved Mid-Range Plus - but I do have a change to test drive the Bethlehem Alpha. Holy cr4p - this sucker...

Wow. CiM Moana - described as a " teal opal " by CiM. The sample beads are laying on my desk - catching my eye, over and...

Yum! CiM 304 Sunny Side Up is a deep, streaky yellow - like egg yolks! It is a rich, warm colour - and goes a little bit darker and orang...

Just trying to recreate a bead that I made a few years ago. As I remember it, it was: clear core ivory encase one end Sasha's Si...

 The more I use tools for stamping and pressing texture into glass - the more I like them. The very opposite, in fact, of my response to p...

 Some of us will stick anything on a bead. After all - if you don't try - how will you find the next wonderful thing? Metal Clays - ...

CiM 206 Macaw Ltd Run is a transparent orange, that needs to be struck to reach it's full colour potential.  This bead...

 CiM 303 - Lemon Drops - a transparent yellow - not as intense as Effetre's Electric Yellow, but also appears to not be inclined to de...

 Another Speckled Lustre from Double Helix - due to be released on their website today, along with the other test batches from the gat...

 Woohoo - another brand new colour to try out! This is a specked lustre from Double Helix - listed in their brochure as OP-507, and ava...