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I'm losing track of what I've blogged and what I haven't. I've been so crazy busy that - well - somethings are starting to g...

Clear glass. The holy grail of lampworking: absolutely perfectly sparklingly clear glass. Clear like a mountain stream. Clear like breath of...

CiM 605 Thistledown - what a lovely name! This is a soft, subtle pink, as light and airy as the name implies. From the left, two self-colo...

Yep - I'm definitely losing track. CiM Tandoori, again , but the good news it - consistent results! Slow, controllable strike means ...

CiM Damson - purple as in Damson plums. This is a very red-purple when thin, and practically black when not. Here - two sel...

Gooseberry - reminds me of the Peacock Green Moonstone that was one of the first CiM colours that I fell in love with. (The other was Halong...

Ok, I'm totally losing track of all these transparent striking reds. This is a slow-to-strike transparent red.  This bead went in...

Hey - we've all seen these nifty tools with their fabulous, oh so perfect handles. Sure, it's a cool tool, but the flames r...

I know I have talked about CiM Blue Suede Shoes before - comparing it to Effetre Lapis. It is such a drop dead gorgeous colour - how can I...

Vineyard - a dark, translucent purple. A dark reddish, plummy purple. CiM says it is an opal, but mostly it reads as an opaque. ...

 Ink Blot from CiM - as noted by other reviewers on CiM's site - the rod appears to be a very dark purple, like Effetre's Ink Blue....

When I test colours - I borrow a trick from the studio in order to keep track of the colours. In the studio - because we have multiple stude...

Well - it happens to everyone eventually. Either the kiln, or the operator, fails and ooops - the temperature goes too high and you ruin a k...

After I posted about the new Effetre Silver glasses - someone posted in the comments that they understood that the point of these new glasse...