tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33384987445037491322023-12-12T02:49:02.150-08:00ColoraddictionKandice Seeber's reviews, tests and discussions of glass colors used in lampwork bead making, plus discussions of color in fashion, arts, crafts and jewelry in general.Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-69287329510254747542018-12-03T15:42:00.000-08:002018-12-03T15:42:12.406-08:00Glass Testing: CiM 630 Your Majesty, 628 Wisteria and 488 Peppermint Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Okay, everyone - I know it's been like 7 billion years since I have last posted a glass test, but here I am! <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a> sent out a really large batch of new colors this time, too.<br />
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First off, not all the colors in the package are completely new; CiM has remade or reformulated a bunch of colors, and created two new sub-sections of glass they are calling Misty Opals and Sparkles. Misty Opals are a bit like the old Moonstone shades, in that they are somewhat more translucent than regular Opals. The Sparkles are transparent colors mixed with goldstone. I'll get to those in a later post.<br />
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Now, I personally do not have a ton of experience with opals in general, so my testing of these (and there are a lot of them) will be somewhat limited to my own skill-set and style. I may not test every one - mostly because there are, like, 8 different shades of green opal, and I imagine they are all pretty similar. But I will try to get to as many was I can.<br />
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Almost all of the colors sent with this batch are Limited Runs, so assume the colors are not part of their main color line unless otherwise indicated. This is because CiM is not certain they can remake a lot of their new colors, and when they try to remake a color that doesn't have an established recipe and production, it's often just different enough to warrant its own name and number. <br />
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For this first session, I tested three colors - one opaque, one transparent and one of the Misty Opals.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGU-woKiBxK4Z5HxbsKuvZFyiLmdusmAQGt_PiHy6WQ8KFDQ-SSBE2_mbbj_tkZLkhe-jwYVxY87cTF6IQaBk0dDumtFHjVFdO_AkG66RNh2b1tPu9cBA1toIlLwrKiI0ViemqSOm8EE/s1600/cimpeppermintcream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1418" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGU-woKiBxK4Z5HxbsKuvZFyiLmdusmAQGt_PiHy6WQ8KFDQ-SSBE2_mbbj_tkZLkhe-jwYVxY87cTF6IQaBk0dDumtFHjVFdO_AkG66RNh2b1tPu9cBA1toIlLwrKiI0ViemqSOm8EE/s200/cimpeppermintcream.jpg" width="188" /></a>The opaque is an off-white shade with just the teeniest hint of a greenish cast, and it's called Peppermint Cream. One major thing to begin with is that the rods of this color I was given were extremely shocky. Now, I am not sure if this is just a problem with these first rods, or if they have a whole batch like that. But I ended up wasting a lot of what I had just trying to get a flame environment right enough to melt a few gathers and pull stringers. I ended up having to heat the ends of the rods in the kiln for a bit before melting. The shockiness returned after the rod cooled, so I had to do this several times. This frustrates me to no end! These days, pale opaque rods are more often than not really shocky. Hopefully they can fix this, because if it can't be fixed, I won't be buying this color, even though it is very pretty. I have let Kathy of CiM know about this and hope for a response soon.<br />
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Beyond the shockiness, Peppermint Cream is a nice, opaque neutral color that I mostly just used as a base. I wasn't able to encase it for stringer because the rod kept shattering, but I was able to make some spacers and a couple of beads with it. Once it is hot, it has a nice consistency and stays opaque. I did notice some specks of what might be dirt or something in the petal I pulled, which may account for the shocky nature. You can see this if you look closely at the picture above.<br />
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I don't have much else to say about Peppermint Cream - but if they end up reformulating it to remove the fragility, I will gladly test it again. I'd like to have this shade in my arsenal - it's nice to have a cooler off-white color as a base.<br />
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Next, we have Your Majesty, a medium transparent plum/purple. It seems to be a lighter version of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=14" target="_blank">Simply Berry</a>, CiM's dark amethyst shade. I would say that even though Your Majesty has less of a brownish cast than its Effetre cousins, it is still much more plum than purple. I do like that it's not too dark - this will make it a nice color to layer with light purple and blue opaques.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0Nk02aUZDP4Ulf49GSdO3s1Ymdv61T5Po064i5FrxbR_QNgw3ultTWi27fOzYn29K1Lu4GcnjX8x2-zwMkOROkXjDxYPLoKtzkR2rGBxstrWCCrtVzn7EYTSMLIFAwDjfSGcQIBq8BE/s1600/cimyourmajestysp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1590" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0Nk02aUZDP4Ulf49GSdO3s1Ymdv61T5Po064i5FrxbR_QNgw3ultTWi27fOzYn29K1Lu4GcnjX8x2-zwMkOROkXjDxYPLoKtzkR2rGBxstrWCCrtVzn7EYTSMLIFAwDjfSGcQIBq8BE/s200/cimyourmajestysp.jpg" width="200" /></a>In the beads below, I layered it on top of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=47" target="_blank">Evil Queen</a>, and it worked nicely. I can't say this is the most exciting purple in the world, but it's better than some of the alternatives. I would love it if CiM could recreate the <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=176" target="_blank">Simply Berry Unique</a> one-off that was similar to this, but much less plum and more orchid in color.<br />
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Your Majesty was a tiny bit stiffer than usual, but not enough to keep it from layering well. It didn't have any reactive properties, and didn't spread, bleed or scum. It's got great clarity as well. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Ij1ggXN5UdvTCD6ISPvNwNVgrdk1sUICAaufvRIjb7KteTjgqdDiPc4V5IcTFS-r6nXO-vuBFk-h_jv4qq_NkiuqRkBRsRykp846K19GpeaYbh070rcVeeEU0ZyT1LWOxzejaxysrQ/s1600/cimwisteria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1383" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Ij1ggXN5UdvTCD6ISPvNwNVgrdk1sUICAaufvRIjb7KteTjgqdDiPc4V5IcTFS-r6nXO-vuBFk-h_jv4qq_NkiuqRkBRsRykp846K19GpeaYbh070rcVeeEU0ZyT1LWOxzejaxysrQ/s200/cimwisteria.jpg" width="200" /></a>Last, we have Wisteria, a Misty Opaque that is a remake of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=46" target="_blank">Crocus</a> that is supposed to have more translucency after annealing. I would say it does succeed in that regard, lending an almost pinkish cast to the glowy lavender shade that is Crocus, because more light is getting though.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mL-lyli6iJqr9Xm5bMdSVT6mlDNz6El6WizBARq3cT31OIL1AENYypAhvw5J8QWp26y-PUST0BE6f5clBAK89umNNEygVzzSow42kYp9zHkRrbvI8jra3-B38mPXtii_oUDqWf-0fm4/s1600/cimwisteriasp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1600" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mL-lyli6iJqr9Xm5bMdSVT6mlDNz6El6WizBARq3cT31OIL1AENYypAhvw5J8QWp26y-PUST0BE6f5clBAK89umNNEygVzzSow42kYp9zHkRrbvI8jra3-B38mPXtii_oUDqWf-0fm4/s200/cimwisteriasp.jpg" width="200" /></a>This glass was not too stiff, and melted nicely. I was able to use it as encased stringer - I layered it on top of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=403" target="_blank">Rapunzel</a> (CiM's opaque pale lavender) and pulled a stringer that worked well for scrolling. It held up well when used that way - which is a nice change from the usually persnickety opals, which tended to pop off and crack when used as encased stringer for scrollwork.<br />
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In the beads below, I used it as my transparent when layering, and Rapunzel as the opaque. As you can see, these lighter purples faded into the background behind the darker plum. It's just visible enough to lighten the plum dots and ads a little dimension. I think Misty Opals would probably be better used as a base, or as raised decoration, rather than as layered dots. <br />
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Wisteria, like almost every other lavender glass on the planet, is a color shifter; it goes bluer under fluorescent lighting, and fades out under some of the new energy efficient bulbs. Under my Reveal bulbs, it stays true glowy lavender with a pinkish cast.<br />
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Again, I don't tend to work with opals, so I don't have a lot more to say, except it is very pretty! Here are a couple of beads with all three colors (along with Evil Queen and clear).<br />
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I have not included links to colors in this post because they are not up on CiM's website yet. When they go up, I will edit them in. More colors to come soon!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9NfTUBjwXaLlVbz8kY8_1SLkIO-HcPgB_A7dxxSOo7p3l5SSxz3ongLftgDe9PSc6vfRdLoqVU5GpUL3EEDQK-8j4CU9rzBeAGS9iOczjTGW8sFhr9ivTaKwNbni4BED02lP_L9de8Q/s1600/cimsacrebleu.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1286" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9NfTUBjwXaLlVbz8kY8_1SLkIO-HcPgB_A7dxxSOo7p3l5SSxz3ongLftgDe9PSc6vfRdLoqVU5GpUL3EEDQK-8j4CU9rzBeAGS9iOczjTGW8sFhr9ivTaKwNbni4BED02lP_L9de8Q/s200/cimsacrebleu.png" width="200" /></a>Hey, everyone! Today's new color test is of Creation is Messy's latest blue - a transparent bright cobalt called <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=416" target="_blank">Sacre Bleu</a>. This vivid shade is actually a very easy glass to work with, if a bit tough to capture in a picture. It's very intense - even more so than <a href="http://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/blue-intense-5-6mm-transparent-effetre-glass-rod-591057.asp" target="_blank">Effetre Intense Blue</a> or CiM's other cobalt blues called <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=274" target="_blank">Neon Blue</a> and <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=313" target="_blank">Royal</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L18wds_bVQdToeDm2CFXFJJ8aDKvHclHMV1iU8rlAJoqpwWeuDIdgDbDmelQutyICrCDowLVqYTtmjXh6ozB8yJnw4-qfInFkJB75niYFdxM8PWnJc8kdX529yM9OgbgpHG1XoEV4tU/s1600/cimsacrebleusp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="1146" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L18wds_bVQdToeDm2CFXFJJ8aDKvHclHMV1iU8rlAJoqpwWeuDIdgDbDmelQutyICrCDowLVqYTtmjXh6ozB8yJnw4-qfInFkJB75niYFdxM8PWnJc8kdX529yM9OgbgpHG1XoEV4tU/s200/cimsacrebleusp.png" width="200" /></a>Sacre Bleu is probably closest to Royal, in my opinion, but if you put all four rod colors together, you might have a hard time telling the difference. It's a bit lighter and less intense than Effetre's long-standing basic <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rods-stringers/blue-cobalt-2-3mm-transparent-effetre-glass-rod-591060-02.asp" target="_blank">Cobalt</a> glass. <br />
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Sacre Bleu was very easy to use - only slightly stiff, but melts smoothly and evenly. It layers extremely well, with no feathering, bleeding, spreading, pitting, etc. I also didn't have any problems with the rods shocking.<br />
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I had fun layering this gorgeous blue on top of <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/periwinkle-5-6mm-pastel-effetre-glass-rod-591220.asp" target="_blank">Effetre Periwinkle</a>, thus lightening it up a bit while keeping the lovely saturation of color. Layering was easy, since Periwinkle is not as stiff as it's CiM counterpart <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=55" target="_blank">Grumpy Bear</a>. But you can probably use that in place of Periwinkle and not see much difference.<br />
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Sacre Bleu is an easy glass to use and love, but it is a bit hard to photograph. Like all cobalt shades, this one shows up lighter and less intense in pictures, and it takes some photo-editing to get it even close to the vivid deep shade of blue it is in real life. This is as close as I could get!<br />
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Here's a set of big hole beads I made with these colors, paired up with some saturated purples for an intense, summery effect. <br />
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These beads are now available in my newly re-opened <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KandiceSeeberBeads?ref=profile_shopname" target="_blank">Etsy store</a>!<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-29623266532506142612018-03-11T14:22:00.000-07:002018-03-11T14:22:54.682-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 912 Lilac and 557 Serenity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Happy weekend, everyone! Next on the docket we have two new <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/preview.aspx" target="_blank">CiM</a> colors that I really loved.<br />
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If it sounds like I'm picky - well, I am. Pinks and purples are tough cookies in the glass world!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwDLyKzjWBEDCJHId5N4QvO2ZtV6976_J5DIKUlDW2lPrxNnZLlyp-GN-C4qb96DxHjBrvKtiTUDOKVV7S_Osd2au00O4JaEosyOjJw4iIii1cFLwcXY_GLIjo_J9yWtB9nM45XGLi0k/s1600/vimlilacsp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1307" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwDLyKzjWBEDCJHId5N4QvO2ZtV6976_J5DIKUlDW2lPrxNnZLlyp-GN-C4qb96DxHjBrvKtiTUDOKVV7S_Osd2au00O4JaEosyOjJw4iIii1cFLwcXY_GLIjo_J9yWtB9nM45XGLi0k/s200/vimlilacsp.png" width="200" /></a>Lilac is very, very pale - almost icy - and not really pink or lavender, but somewhere in between. However, it makes up for those things by being quite opaque and just a dream to melt. It's not as stiff as more opal glass, and doesn't lost it's opacity when layered. That means you can put darker transparent colors over it and it won't wash out or go see-through. When encasing it in clear, it does go lighter, as you might expect. <br />
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So for me, Lilac is a perfect color to layer with things like <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/gold-pink-rubino-oro-4-7mm-special-effetre-glass-rod-591456.asp" target="_blank">Rubino</a>, <a href="https://doublehelixglassworks.com/product/rhea/" target="_blank">Double Helix Rhea</a> (as seen here), transparent <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/violet-dark-5-6mm-transparent-effetre-glass-rod-591039.asp" target="_blank">Dark Violet</a> and other saturated pinks and purples. Lilac holds its cool, icy tone well, shifting the reddish fuchsia in the Rhea to a colder hot pink fuchsia - perfect!<br />
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Lilac melts really nicely - I didn't have any shocking, which is a relief, since lots of glass seems shocky these days. There also wasn't any pitting or spreading or bleeding - just nice, smooth, opaque, pale color. The viscosity is pretty nice - not too soupy or too stiff.<br />
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Tiny little purple striations appeared in the pulled sampler of this color, but no striations appeared in the spacers or in the beads where the color is left bare. I imagine that using this color for sculptural work will lead to some striations.<br />
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(Below: Lilac is covered in Rhea on these beads - you can see that it holds its opacity well, even in the encased stringer.) <br />
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Next we have <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=422" target="_blank">Serenity</a> - a medium transparent teal. Now, CiM has done a lot of batches of transparent glass in the blue-green spectrum. Like, a lot. But I'm not mad at that. I love the variety of color. This particular shade sits right in the middle - it's bluer than both <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=311" target="_blank">Aegean</a> and <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=400" target="_blank">Poolside</a>, and greener than <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=308" target="_blank">Zoe</a>, <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=51" target="_blank">Pulsar</a>, <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=310" target="_blank">Blue-yah!</a> and <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=309" target="_blank">Birthstone</a>. It's medium in saturation, making it a lovely color to layer - my favorite thing to do!<br />
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There's not much to say about the workability of Serenity - I experienced no bubbles or scum (a nice departure from most transparent blues and greens), no shocking, no spreading or bleeding and no pitting. It's not too stiff, and doesn't seem to react to much - it's just your basic, easy glass.<br />
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In these beads, I layered it on top of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=52" target="_blank">Fremen</a>, which is a light sky blue. I thought the outcome would be lighter, but I was pleasantly surprised at the lovely, vibrant shade of turquoise-teal that I got.<br />
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Serenity fits right into its own spot in the kind of crowded palette of blue-greens, but for me - the more the merrier, because I adore these colors!<br />
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**One note on the photography - the lighter the color, the tougher it was to photograph, and Lilac was one of those colors that my camera just hated. Also, Serenity appears slightly washed out to me on camera - but all blue-greens do to me. They never, ever look the same in real life as they do on the screen - even in anyone else's pics. What I see is always more brilliant and multi-dimensional in real life than in a picture. My husband and I both think I can see these colors differently than other people, so I try to get the pics to be as close to what I think everyone else sees as I can. It's possible that I am a tetrachromat, but who really knows. Please do let me know if my pics ever seem way off - thanks!<br />
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(Below: Serenity is layered over Fremen, yielding a gorgeous turquoise)<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-59605712310694454922018-03-09T06:32:00.000-08:002018-03-11T07:09:28.205-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 554 Cotswold Blue and 465 Oobleck<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE43o3Y8PN4EE8eCZJKq_G33O4juwtOmpnx5_V7-FuawXmFBQLnuARvLvFUIdUVUF1b-xlyad-9NDBeKWJWTtxZpTLqbYNRLazW7dAfA72TDavd9GFxqlJTUWBEKPLpMqwGxbCtVAalg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Aaaand we're back! It's been, yes, <i>months </i>since the last blog post, but I am finally back with the new batch of glass color from <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a>. I got the sampler rods several weeks ago, but it's taken me some time to get testing this go-around due to some illness and medical issues. The good news is I have lots to tell you about <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/preview.aspx" target="_blank">the new colors</a>.<br />
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It's a somewhat smaller batch this year so far, but these new shades have a lot of potential. All of the new colors are <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/FAQs.aspx#messyltdruns" target="_blank">limited runs</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0GaIithh7-PW6hk3AnB0r4SNQdeGD4a6slVDakG0mKlagrI8RUbe7XM_3576NHPOmDpr9VLQ2eO3KMH2kp8rrURyZ1le7oZzG4sXOUSmu_RrWfh5OLY2XsHHpM9oyYQ9VlijvDlWnz4/s1600/cimoobleck.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1055" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0GaIithh7-PW6hk3AnB0r4SNQdeGD4a6slVDakG0mKlagrI8RUbe7XM_3576NHPOmDpr9VLQ2eO3KMH2kp8rrURyZ1le7oZzG4sXOUSmu_RrWfh5OLY2XsHHpM9oyYQ9VlijvDlWnz4/s200/cimoobleck.png" width="193" /></a>First I'm going to start with <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=420" target="_blank">Oobleck</a>, which CiM calls a neon green. I agree with the description - this color is a very vivid opaque yellow-green, kind of a chartreuse color. Oobleck is the perfect name for this fun shade that puts me in the mind of the slime from the children's book.<br />
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Oobleck is very opaque - not at all opal like other neon colors in the CiM line. This makes it pretty easy to layer. In fact, unlike any other bright green, Oobleck does not spread, bleed, separate or even create striations much. I had no issues with shocking, bubbling or pitting, either. Surprisingly, Oobleck works up like a dream. I say this only because the closest color I can come up with to Oobleck is <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/green-pea-5-6mm-pastel-effetre-glass-rod-591212.asp" target="_blank">Effetre Pea Green</a>, which is pretty reactive, spreads, bleeds, separates, pits, etc. Pea Green is slightly more green and not quite as saturated as Oobleck.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL6xVuJySaTnudIVi4DWV4Jm5mBD_EnvBmtImOKSpXg_NweLIhHM36qmb1lqIIMGNMs0yA7pgXPgA8w_lc4U_E1d8SZxQCu5oQArghaL5gbBsDZoreLNOWUkCDRk02UJiePtgZ-vf-8Q/s1600/cimcotswoldbluesp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1186" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL6xVuJySaTnudIVi4DWV4Jm5mBD_EnvBmtImOKSpXg_NweLIhHM36qmb1lqIIMGNMs0yA7pgXPgA8w_lc4U_E1d8SZxQCu5oQArghaL5gbBsDZoreLNOWUkCDRk02UJiePtgZ-vf-8Q/s200/cimcotswoldbluesp.png" width="200" /></a>While it does melt nicely without too much shocking, I got a lot of striations with this color. It separates a lot, even when encased. The larger the bead, the more striations under the encasing I saw. Left un-encased, there were lots of striation marks and lines as well. This can have design potential for some, but for me it's not as desirable. What I did like about it was that it went well with <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=412" target="_blank">Siren</a> - the pale teal green I reviewed last year. Cotswold also didn't bleed or spread a lot, which was nice. I had no problems encasing it. This means it will likely be a really nice color to use underneath bright transparent teal shades to deepen the color.<br />
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The beads below showcase Cotswold Blue with lime and aqua shades.<br />
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Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-1135235790166878482017-10-04T17:07:00.000-07:002017-10-04T17:08:48.539-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 553 Poolside, 315 Buttermilk and Monarch 216<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSshxZ2wKB5gWlcdDaXxieJdhJCpKQlHU6t70CBzPMNsTgvr7IgILLglsclthMSddXv5iBs1TjIsZqIWcoVg2YfZoAo3DS9YcOC65DwoHroTrvg9W7EJa5IPJkqgb03CY0dDARg-NALk/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSshxZ2wKB5gWlcdDaXxieJdhJCpKQlHU6t70CBzPMNsTgvr7IgILLglsclthMSddXv5iBs1TjIsZqIWcoVg2YfZoAo3DS9YcOC65DwoHroTrvg9W7EJa5IPJkqgb03CY0dDARg-NALk/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Three more <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">CiM</a> colors to chat about today! I used these three together, for a nice autumn contrast.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6iBeVk_3jGZNY4zHkZ52diXM6cnk6Fxz90UTLZCeelkhQXJ6EfXmWiONn3NsFMD3UEBuXsKVxdhit01CVogRXh61jsbXzQv7kSv64pA2AVjvvnV8esFnn-3v2YSiJ3yySsnGPXD0OQc/s1600/cimbuttermilk.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="300" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6iBeVk_3jGZNY4zHkZ52diXM6cnk6Fxz90UTLZCeelkhQXJ6EfXmWiONn3NsFMD3UEBuXsKVxdhit01CVogRXh61jsbXzQv7kSv64pA2AVjvvnV8esFnn-3v2YSiJ3yySsnGPXD0OQc/s200/cimbuttermilk.png" width="200" /></a>First up we have a pale, creamy opaque color called <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=404" target="_blank">Buttermilk</a>. This color is <br />
so pale you might almost mistake it for white until you put it next to white. Then you can see the creamy yellow undertones. It's kind of like an eggshell with just a tiny hint of yellow if you strike it right.<br />
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Buttermilk might technically be a striking color - I did notice that it would blush slightly yellow when I pulled the sample petal, but honestly, that goes away when working the glass with other colors. I think it might streak a little when used as a sculptural base, but that's it as far as striking goes.<br />
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I like Buttermilk as a base for amber shades, but I probably will stick with the cooler/less yellow cream colors for layering browns and creams. Also, this color is too light to substitute for <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/yellow-opal-3-7mmm-pastel-effetre-glass-rod-591266.asp" target="_blank">Opal Yellow</a> or <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=375" target="_blank">Painted Hills</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg_nW4i6PvEk273NPTrAAQxIA9Hz98ri0nernN2T2DENEPiX8N97JTVSU0enKR0lBGyAd4YfwJD6HB3B8mBsn15FDrIiiqL1HT9D5JVlRGGFK-LTwYWJW93uC3bHphQpxMdOOI16O_mQ/s1600/cimmonarch.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1395" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg_nW4i6PvEk273NPTrAAQxIA9Hz98ri0nernN2T2DENEPiX8N97JTVSU0enKR0lBGyAd4YfwJD6HB3B8mBsn15FDrIiiqL1HT9D5JVlRGGFK-LTwYWJW93uC3bHphQpxMdOOI16O_mQ/s200/cimmonarch.png" width="186" /></a>Next we have <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=407" target="_blank">Monarch</a> - a lovely striking yellow/orange opaque. Monarch is a striking color that goes a bit more yellow when worked - depending on whether it's encased or left as a base. In the rod, it's decidedly more orange and bright, but as you work it it transforms into a more subtle shade of orangy yellow. I just love how it brightened the amber I used with it.<br />
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Monarch is a really easy glass - no shocking, nice consistency.<br />
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What I did notice was that I got a reaction when layering Monarch with Buttermilk and some transparent ambers (<a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=337" target="_blank">Indian Summer</a> and <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/topaz-medium-5-6mm-transparent-effetre-glass-rod-591014.asp" target="_blank">Medium Topaz Effetre</a>). I am unsure which color is responsible for the devit lines I got surrounding the melted in petals on some of these beads. I decided they were pretty, though.<br />
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When I encased Monarch it had no spreading issues, so I think any spreading would be more due to whatever transparent glass might react with it. This might be worth exploring a little further.<br />
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Poolside is a gorgeous shade that is lighter, greener and more vivid than the rest of the teals in the 104 palette. I think it goes perfectly on top of <a href="https://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=368" target="_blank">Quetzal</a>, as it matches the tonality really well.<br />
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The following beads were made with all three new colors, plus Quetzal, Indian Summer, Medium Topaz and <a href="https://doublehelixglassworks.com/product/helios-14-lb/" target="_blank">Double Helix Helios</a>.<br />
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Rapunzel is a sweet shade that is just a little bit more pink and a touch brighter than the other opaque lavender CiM has called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=32" target="_blank">Heffalump</a>. I would also say that Rapunzel is a touch more dense - meaning it's more opaque and tends to hold it's color without going as "ghostly" as the Heffalump does. We're not approaching the translucence of an opal color yet, but any lavender I have ever worked with is less dense than, say, the chalkiness of the pale opaque greens like <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Dirty Martini</a>. However, Rapunzel is the densest of any opaque lavender I have worked with. That makes it really wonderful for layering with transparent purples and pinks!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right - Crocus, Effetre Lavender, Rapunzel</td></tr>
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The consistency of this glass when melting is really nice. No pitting, shocking, or scumming. It also encases quite well without too much bleeding or feathering - and keeps its color under encasing pretty well.<br />
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I did notice that when you put a metallic glass on top of Rapunzel and reduce, the lavender reduces a little as well, and you can see a hint of pinkish-greyish haze on the lavender in some places. You can see this in some of the beads below.<br />
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Like other lavender shades, Rapunzel will color shift under different kinds of light. Instead of going more bluish like Heffalump and <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/lavender-4-7mm-pastel-effetre-glass-rod-591221.asp" target="_blank">Effetre Lavender</a>, Rapunzel actually washes out a little more on the pink side. In sunlight, the lavender is more pronounced.<br />
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I am really happy CiM came out with a more dense lavender - I'll be buying a bunch of this when it comes out - hopefully it's not too terribly expensive!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMndHNM1B2D8bj9h-fcMYRxtk4b3cVkxD7PQQWEVK8N_TCCJC-45AoT3a5mShkjeOOeAjRIYnfkJVMGhll60XGtKPgf5IHKVDFG9vJX-iWrfwofqN8fdirobZNHypuocM2_n-PmFstciY/s1600/cimenchanted.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="400" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMndHNM1B2D8bj9h-fcMYRxtk4b3cVkxD7PQQWEVK8N_TCCJC-45AoT3a5mShkjeOOeAjRIYnfkJVMGhll60XGtKPgf5IHKVDFG9vJX-iWrfwofqN8fdirobZNHypuocM2_n-PmFstciY/s200/cimenchanted.png" width="200" /></a>Next we have the transparent lavender shade <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=402" target="_blank">Enchanted</a> - another in a long line of very similar shades of lavender! I think for the most part that CiM tries melting the same lavender over and over, and they just get varied levels of saturation and color shifting properties, so they have to use different names for all the variations. That's cool with me - I love every one of them!<br />
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For the most part, Enchanted behaves very similarly when melted as its counterparts. A nice viscosity, not much in the way of scumming or bubbling, no shocking, and layers very well. Not too stiff, either, which is very nice!<br />
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Enchanted sits pretty much in the middle when it comes to saturation. Here's a pic of the lavenders I have on hand, under reveal bulbs that show true color. (Some of these are discontinued colors, fyi.)You can see that Enchanted is about the same saturation as the colors around it, but just a tiny touch pinker. <br />
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When it comes to color shifting, there are some differences. Enchanted stays on the purplish side when under fluorescent bulbs. You can see in this pic here (kind of crude but it does the trick) that several of the shades shift to a pale blue while others stay lavender-ish but kind of wash out. This is where you might want to consider what colors you are pairing the lavender with to decide whether you want a blue color shift or not. When in sunlight however, the vivid lavender comes out to play.<br />
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Here are some beads I made with Enchanted and Rapunzel, along with Dark Violet, Koala and Mockingbird.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-62931892969150999762017-08-24T01:51:00.000-07:002017-09-15T09:12:04.533-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 462 Chrysalis and 463 Siren<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSshxZ2wKB5gWlcdDaXxieJdhJCpKQlHU6t70CBzPMNsTgvr7IgILLglsclthMSddXv5iBs1TjIsZqIWcoVg2YfZoAo3DS9YcOC65DwoHroTrvg9W7EJa5IPJkqgb03CY0dDARg-NALk/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSshxZ2wKB5gWlcdDaXxieJdhJCpKQlHU6t70CBzPMNsTgvr7IgILLglsclthMSddXv5iBs1TjIsZqIWcoVg2YfZoAo3DS9YcOC65DwoHroTrvg9W7EJa5IPJkqgb03CY0dDARg-NALk/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>This post starts off the new batch of colors from <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a> for the fall - yey!<br />
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On to the first two colors! These two colors seemed to match, so I tested them together.<br />
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First up is <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=406" target="_blank">Chrysalis</a> - which CiM says they formulated as an opaque version of <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=36" target="_blank">Kryptonite</a> - one of their popular opal colors. The color itself is a pastel minty blue/green. I would say first off that they were only a little bit successful making this an opaque color. Chrysalis can appear more opaque in some circumstances - and this ends up being a tricky thing to do - but a lot of the time it qualifies to me as a dense opal.<br />
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Chrysalis does have a nice consistency when melting, though - not too soupy and not too stiff. It behaves like an opal while being worked - going hazy-clear when melted and staying that way for a good amount of time while it cools. When making spacers I was able to get it to go opaque quite easily, but when pulling it into a petal there were spots of opaque and spots of translucence. Because of this color's paleness, this was hard to capture in a photograph.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48hjbH8JrL4A7CTRZFxd45ddDvw4Q3FRobp9fVLmaBJde_0Eugf-CrlUZTv1JfNUALj-u4B1XsuUz_6qY8LbiInesS2a75WOUjyJ4nuUPrbqaZFnq3G_DxxnFNKJ9pjzFVdjvVDK9CFo/s1600/cimchrysalissp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="400" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48hjbH8JrL4A7CTRZFxd45ddDvw4Q3FRobp9fVLmaBJde_0Eugf-CrlUZTv1JfNUALj-u4B1XsuUz_6qY8LbiInesS2a75WOUjyJ4nuUPrbqaZFnq3G_DxxnFNKJ9pjzFVdjvVDK9CFo/s320/cimchrysalissp.png" width="320" /></a>I did notice that when layering this color, it did stay somewhat opaque when thickly encased and cooled slowly. However, Chrysalis does have a tendency to bleed and feather to various degrees, depending on what you melt it on top of and how thickly you've covered it.<br />
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While working with this color, I couldn't find much consistency in how often it would go opaque or stay translucent - it felt kind of random to me. But I imagine that working with it for awhile would enable me to discover a pattern.<br />
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The color itself is quite lovely - of a similar tone as Kryptonite. I would love it if Chrysalis was as dense and opaque as <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Dirty Martini</a>! As it is, I probably won't use this again, because it was so hard to layer.<br />
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Next, we have <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=412" target="_blank">Siren</a> - a transparent shade that was to be a remake of the color <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=262" target="_blank">Aloe Juice</a> - and for me it's a dead ringer! This is exciting, because Aloe Juice was one of my favorites, and I was sad when they ran out.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETpvI-3TzzHiwBWnc0IQLQWveBnwZcPmcT-JEEDfcJVWRRwkOGtQfbHQCU4t8D6EubQLgk3DOP9Jh01iN22FMAAhaC4KtfcSjv56Sffo_NG3mIQlaUzghYJXDurLUITZfxqqYXtVfXaM/s1600/cimsirensp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="400" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETpvI-3TzzHiwBWnc0IQLQWveBnwZcPmcT-JEEDfcJVWRRwkOGtQfbHQCU4t8D6EubQLgk3DOP9Jh01iN22FMAAhaC4KtfcSjv56Sffo_NG3mIQlaUzghYJXDurLUITZfxqqYXtVfXaM/s200/cimsirensp.png" width="200" /></a>Siren is a gorgeous shade of light green with just a hint of teal. I would call it pale teal green. It pretty much has the same simple characteristics as Aloe Juice, which I reviewed here. It's got great consistency, doesn't bubble or scum or shock, is a nice viscosity, and layers very well.<br />
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Siren is just a bit bluer than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=87" target="_blank">Appletini</a> and slightly greener than any of the teal shades. It's a great addition to the palette, as there is no similar shade other than the sold-out Aloe Juice.<br />
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Here are some beads made with Chrysalis and Siren, along with black, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=366" target="_blank">Aloha</a>, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=277" target="_blank">Trade Winds</a> and the metallic Electra. More colors to come!<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-13588774788239559482017-07-31T18:00:00.000-07:002017-07-31T18:00:31.473-07:00Getting a Lot of Spam Comments, and Other NewsHey everyone - just a quick post to let people know I am turning on the "moderation-all" for comments on this blog. This means that all comments must be approved by me before they are posted. This is because almost all the comments I am getting these days are spam. If that changes, I will turn off moderation again.<br />
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Yes, I know I haven't written in awhile - this summer has been hectic! I've been sick a few times, and haven't had much time to test colors or write blog posts. Luckily I am doing better now, so I am hoping to have some more posts for you soon.<br />
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CiM usually comes out with new colors in the fall, so I look forward to new glass to try out and share with you soon. In the meantime, there are several colors I have played with but haven't written about yet, so you might see those relatively soon.<br />
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Have a great summer, all!Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-73923139942324602232017-04-08T03:00:00.000-07:002017-04-08T03:00:56.635-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 551 Prussian Blue & 442 Prairie Grass Ltd. Runs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New colors today! I have one brand new color in this post and one that was in the batch from last year that I hadn't had a chance to test until now.<br />
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When you encase or layer Prussian Blue, the blue tones become brighter and the greens all but disappear. This color makes an excellent layering glass if you want some rich midnight, navy or cobalt blues.<br />
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Because this is a silver glass, it's not as smooth in consistency (it's slightly bumpy when pulled into stringer), and is slightly stiff, but seems to be able to take a good amount of heat. When left plain, Prussian Blue has lots of striations and streaks - some blue, some grey-green. But that goes away when you encase it.<br />
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I had no shocking issues with this color, and it didn't bleed or spread when encased or layered. Using it with a medium or light transparent blue will give you a gorgeous rich midnight blue.<br />
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Next we have <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=363" target="_blank">Prairie Grass</a>, a light opaque spring green that came out late last year. This pretty shade is really close to <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=22" target="_blank">Elphaba</a> - just a little bit lighter and a little bit more yellow (but not much!). I would say that both these colors can be used as a substitute for each-other.<br />
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Like most opaque greens, Prairie Grass lightens up a lot when encased in clear, and goes a little more yellowish. I loved using this color with just a bit of Effetre Light Emerald - makes a cheerful spring green.<br />
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The beads below were made with Prussian Blue and Prairie Grass, paired with Effetre Light Emerald and Effetre Light Blue.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-95095574982776532017-03-24T04:16:00.000-07:002017-03-24T04:16:23.706-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 824 Pachyderm Ltd. Run<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9PGKOEcR7w-b7zU5m8Fqwllm8mG1IEcivxEsGSynJIOpOi-HscLIi9ncMs1a5XSPoQlUw5w3rwfY-P4SQYGUA-7PcgoBrARlvAjIGZF6cgEiqRpZY9Vg88DQ6h5JmmsDEFYylVjBGw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9PGKOEcR7w-b7zU5m8Fqwllm8mG1IEcivxEsGSynJIOpOi-HscLIi9ncMs1a5XSPoQlUw5w3rwfY-P4SQYGUA-7PcgoBrARlvAjIGZF6cgEiqRpZY9Vg88DQ6h5JmmsDEFYylVjBGw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzCiLaf2sItyso9lQZ_z6UyWnEAcZGn1v8CO_ga-_i5YThNO_80QlkrsfBEEgn20ewwBCaeQ1CQkCJHBUZM5TBBfDcE2pjOhoRlBi68ydDxoHrvjOIY2IlDfETyMJc7V1FAHkI5YK_6M/s1600/cimpachyderm.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzCiLaf2sItyso9lQZ_z6UyWnEAcZGn1v8CO_ga-_i5YThNO_80QlkrsfBEEgn20ewwBCaeQ1CQkCJHBUZM5TBBfDcE2pjOhoRlBi68ydDxoHrvjOIY2IlDfETyMJc7V1FAHkI5YK_6M/s200/cimpachyderm.png" width="200" /></a>One more color for today - a soft shade of grey-ish tan called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=382" target="_blank">Pachyderm</a>. As a rod, this glass looks like a medium grey. When melted it lightens and warms up into a sort of fawn grey - not completely brown and not completely grey. The CiM page says Pachyderm contains a lot of silver, but I didn't notice that when I used it, since I didn't test it with any other silver glass.<br />
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I had no problems with shocking, pitting, spreading or bleeding. It does get somewhat streaky as you melt it in.<br />
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I paired Pachyderm with Eventide (a light neutral grey) to keep it from going too brown. It makes pretty encased stringer, but you can see where the Pachyderm tends to strike in some spots lighter than others, so the color is kind of spotty. Which can be lovely when used in organic and nature-based designs. I think this color would be fantastic as a sculptural glass for animals and skin tones as well as anything food-related. <br />
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In the beads below, Pachyderm and Eventide are used alongside pinks and a little black for contrast. The beige quality of Pachyderm really shows up well next to black.<br />
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More colors to come soon! <br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-33358724411446676912017-03-24T03:03:00.000-07:002017-03-24T04:16:40.575-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 456 Eel Grass and 455 Troll Limited Runs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SsaY5qbFXnsS__IXYQ2bwyG7dK2qMivMdhvI4GaFV_c0ImdihzI9pb0LtQB2jrVuErE7afU_P7dsSV83_sIAJKgdEyeup-MjDE27LFfe33iq-0VMZZYY8RvYGfhIhUMS8f100BgucTw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SsaY5qbFXnsS__IXYQ2bwyG7dK2qMivMdhvI4GaFV_c0ImdihzI9pb0LtQB2jrVuErE7afU_P7dsSV83_sIAJKgdEyeup-MjDE27LFfe33iq-0VMZZYY8RvYGfhIhUMS8f100BgucTw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>A few new colors to blog about today!<br />
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The first two are muted green shades - one transparent and one opaque, and they pair perfectly together!<br />
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First up is the opaque, called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=388" target="_blank">Troll</a>. This is a medium green that is a little grey-ish in tone, without the yellow undertones that would make it more of an olive. There's no other color like it in the 104 coe palette that I know of, which makes me happy.<br />
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I found this glass to be not too stiff and not too soupy, and easy to layer with. It doesn't overtake other colors when layered, and has no issues with pitting or discoloration. There's quite a bit of grey in it, making it a bit like <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Dirty Martini</a>, only much darker. It's a pretty shade alone, but really sings when paired with Eel Grass, which I will talk about next.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiK5X92yAHx8ljdEdYK2tG8FygcStwNLOQupvfeopc3N-i6rygOxS9pRE_h6W1HlJkmwwywosCw29MJQzmqcjd9oFiv22OXoE6aBS_BWV85ZwX2viT-AVichZOKREx5-BCv4EMKScl0A/s1600/cimeelgrass.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiK5X92yAHx8ljdEdYK2tG8FygcStwNLOQupvfeopc3N-i6rygOxS9pRE_h6W1HlJkmwwywosCw29MJQzmqcjd9oFiv22OXoE6aBS_BWV85ZwX2viT-AVichZOKREx5-BCv4EMKScl0A/s200/cimeelgrass.png" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=389" target="_blank">Eel Grass</a> is a light but muted forest green shade that is just lovely. I am excited about this green because it is really understated and quite removed from the bright, grassy greens available.<br />
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There's a bit of grey in this shade as well, and like it's partner above, there aren't any yellow tones to push it into the olive green area. This makes it unique in the 104 palette.<br />
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Eel Grass, (which is an interesting name - I had to look it up!) has great consistency. It is just ever-so-slightly stiff. I had some small amounts of scumming when heated too quickly, but was able to gently burn that off. Stringer will scum up if you heat it too fast, so be careful of that.<br />
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The beads below were made with the Eel Grass and Troll, along with black, clear and purple, with some metallic accents. You can see here how well these colors layered together and stood out on the black, and with the purple. <br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-31526714900226346972017-03-05T18:41:00.000-08:002017-03-24T03:05:31.055-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 823 Koala, CiM Aegean Limited Runs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SsaY5qbFXnsS__IXYQ2bwyG7dK2qMivMdhvI4GaFV_c0ImdihzI9pb0LtQB2jrVuErE7afU_P7dsSV83_sIAJKgdEyeup-MjDE27LFfe33iq-0VMZZYY8RvYGfhIhUMS8f100BgucTw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SsaY5qbFXnsS__IXYQ2bwyG7dK2qMivMdhvI4GaFV_c0ImdihzI9pb0LtQB2jrVuErE7afU_P7dsSV83_sIAJKgdEyeup-MjDE27LFfe33iq-0VMZZYY8RvYGfhIhUMS8f100BgucTw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Next in line today we have two colors - a brand new one called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=381" target="_blank">Koala</a>, and one that came out last year (I think), called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=311" target="_blank">Aegean</a>. Both are limited runs. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJBDcCr86s7Dmu8oBD1tM5sL3XuXhEG20zcGxB7Lo5fThTrUcf5ita-hbBgxHl7jj2yFWR4QcDO_Dk0wi6fCtf4DycysnV-UCch-pBL3NdGLds4N3fofMkUBKqN-2NPqEN0OyVIAEEfg/s1600/cimkoala.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJBDcCr86s7Dmu8oBD1tM5sL3XuXhEG20zcGxB7Lo5fThTrUcf5ita-hbBgxHl7jj2yFWR4QcDO_Dk0wi6fCtf4DycysnV-UCch-pBL3NdGLds4N3fofMkUBKqN-2NPqEN0OyVIAEEfg/s200/cimkoala.png" width="192" /></a>So when I got the new batch of glass last month, I thought for sure there were too many gray shades. However, when I actually melted each rod, most of the opaque gray rods struck to different shades of brown, green and golden. <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=381" target="_blank">Koala</a> was the one opaque that actually stayed gray to my eye!<br />
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I had no issues with shocking or pitting with this glass, and it wasn't too stiff or too soft. I also had no issues with this glass bleeding under encasement or spreading out when melted in. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuPzXELoq_OKoFJ1c2k_ukjtGTcwOhGWgshFWxtVe_qxszYM4xYZWbE5e0YARPuiTm__OI72QYmbJZQwexSD7dYJMTVJKUYvjX0A_-vHxfeG6eeFU-hHYSFwgZw8t65f7mZMaLjigCrA/s1600/cimkoalasp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuPzXELoq_OKoFJ1c2k_ukjtGTcwOhGWgshFWxtVe_qxszYM4xYZWbE5e0YARPuiTm__OI72QYmbJZQwexSD7dYJMTVJKUYvjX0A_-vHxfeG6eeFU-hHYSFwgZw8t65f7mZMaLjigCrA/s200/cimkoalasp.png" width="200" /></a>Koala is a lovely true medium neutral grey - not too blue and not too brown. It's lighter and cooler than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=60" target="_blank">Adamantium</a>. In rod form, it actually does have a bluish cast, but that goes away when melted, for the most part. As a plain spacer, it retains much of its shade, but when encased in clear Koala lightens up quite a bit, as you can see here with the spacers I made. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcgKVQ3A-Ph-fkh8pOSHbfo-1BS4ePI73CnJoKI9omnbE3FklehSKkkPZcSNpqB6Q1L1LukkjYKe0Y-5qIdP6tnH3bau8Ik4vt7KWTg98QxZ1_TGCS-e4Fx2zFjkLqEIxxWyKBwxlwaQ/s1600/peacock7a.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcgKVQ3A-Ph-fkh8pOSHbfo-1BS4ePI73CnJoKI9omnbE3FklehSKkkPZcSNpqB6Q1L1LukkjYKe0Y-5qIdP6tnH3bau8Ik4vt7KWTg98QxZ1_TGCS-e4Fx2zFjkLqEIxxWyKBwxlwaQ/s200/peacock7a.png" width="192" /></a>When left alone as a base, Koala only streaks and separates a tiny bit - really nice for a layering color. After you layer it, the streaks pretty much go away completely. I liked the way it looked with the pale transparent color <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=376" target="_blank">Bashful</a> - it adds just a touch of warmth to Koala. It's a perfect neutral to add some interest to bright and/or dark color combinations.<br />
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In the same set of beads, I used <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=311" target="_blank">Aegean</a>, a gorgeous medium teal. Since this is a color I hadn't yet blogged about I decided to test it, even though it came out a year or more ago. I was glad I did!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuWfEUJmHq9ykz2NMHovq5RRD5BRCv2NFRccBpFFa-Vdq_L4qW8bqFqQ_Ehw82YDJLU10MPqo8fRdl40gFX3qFn-N5KSTyqJ12EiWkLDsrI3PWnrIX2dVO79kDpU7y5_FC5KZFmnqO1A/s1600/cimaegean.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuWfEUJmHq9ykz2NMHovq5RRD5BRCv2NFRccBpFFa-Vdq_L4qW8bqFqQ_Ehw82YDJLU10MPqo8fRdl40gFX3qFn-N5KSTyqJ12EiWkLDsrI3PWnrIX2dVO79kDpU7y5_FC5KZFmnqO1A/s200/cimaegean.png" width="200" /></a>I love colors that sit between blue and green - and this one straddles those colors perfectly. It's not green or blue. Aegean reminds me a bit of Effetre Light Teal - if perhaps a touch darker and a tiny bit bluer. It's so much more well-behaved, though! Not much in the way of scumming or bubbling, and it isn't too stiff, which makes it nice for layering.<br />
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Speaking of layering, I did so with Aegean and <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=368" target="_blank">Quetzal</a>, the new turquoise I blogged about earlier. I think those two make a brilliant pair. Aegean and Quetzal make really lovely encased stringer and gorgeous flower petals, both raised and melted in. Together they make a vibrant medium teal that has a lot of depth and clarity.<br />
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The beads below are made with Quetzal, Aegean, Koala, Bashful, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=21" target="_blank">Lapis</a>, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=301" target="_blank">Trapeze</a>, and Effetre Ink Blue Violet, along with Zephyr clear and DH Triton for the metallic.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-23355967042194443942017-03-05T16:02:00.000-08:002017-03-24T03:07:17.510-07:00Glass Testing: CiM 425 Mint Chip and CiM 452 Peat Moss Limited Runs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0voJSTj3v3TZXNLu7mrtfFtNYLT9RIAu33s7lqTrJp5zfmOAWKsqzdYSFZjofFev5DboWcFjoU19NcSIgFTHuDdjYxWJQJ1rmYkYqdXeJg1D2l_3ugTtS6vrBU0qWlw3n-PPDQk2hbsE/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0voJSTj3v3TZXNLu7mrtfFtNYLT9RIAu33s7lqTrJp5zfmOAWKsqzdYSFZjofFev5DboWcFjoU19NcSIgFTHuDdjYxWJQJ1rmYkYqdXeJg1D2l_3ugTtS6vrBU0qWlw3n-PPDQk2hbsE/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Today I am blogging about my tests on a brand new <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/" target="_blank">CiM</a> color and also on a CiM color that came out about a year ago (I think). I liked how these two colors layered with eachother, so I decided to do them together. Both are limited runs, as usual, so if you like them, get them soon!<br />
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First up is the older color (although still new enough to be in stock) <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=268" target="_blank">Mint Chip</a>. Boy does CiM <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palette.aspx?id=6" target="_blank">like to make green</a>! That's okay with me, because Effetre opaque greens are harder to work with, so I love a variety of nice, stable greens to choose from.<br />
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Mint Chip is a lovely shade of pale spring green that is less greyish than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Dirty Martini</a>, less bluish than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=283" target="_blank">It Ain't Easy Being</a>, less yellowish than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=338" target="_blank">Primavera</a>, and slightly less vivid than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=137" target="_blank">Cardamom</a>. Here's a pic I took awhile back comparing some of the pale CiM green opaques.<br />
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This lovely shade of green is a joy to work with. No problems at all, and I have made several sets with it. It's not too soft, melts smoothly and doesn't shock (yey!!) I didn't notice any streaking, and it had no problems with bleeding and spreading when encased or layered. It's does lighten up a lot when encased in clear, which is why I primarily use this color to layer with medium and dark transparent greens. Using it with anything super light will wash the color out, so keep that in mind if you're going to make, say, flower petals that are melted in.<br />
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Mint Chip does stay all the way opaque, so in that way it reminds me of Dirty Martini - nice and dense, even though it is very light. Also keep in mind that when this color is hot, it goes grey. It goes back to minty green when it cools off, so don't worry!<br />
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In my latest test, I used Mint Chip with the brand new medium transparent called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=383" target="_blank">Peat Moss</a>. It's really hard to classify this color - which is something I love, actually. I adore colors that sit between the norms - they excite me. Peat Moss is like a khaki mixed with olive - a pretty medium shade of green that has orange-y undertones. Layering it with Mint Chip brings out the green a bit more, making it more olive in tone.<br />
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You can see in the beads pictured below that Peat Moss appears much darker by itself than it does when layered with the Mint Chip. If you want a more vivid shade, I would recommend using a darker opaque to layer it with. This might be fun to use with <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=342" target="_blank">Ogre</a> or <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=361" target="_blank">Dragon</a>, since those two have the weird brown streaks that pop up.<br />
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Peat Moss is one of those shades that I think people are either going to love or hate - depending on how adventurous they are with color. I love how it looks by itself, personally. It's fun!<br />
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Beads below are made with Peat Moss, Mint Chip, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=84" target="_blank">Adobe</a> and <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=323" target="_blank">Sakura</a>, with DH Zephyr Clear. More tests to come! <br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-28377569194810994442017-02-28T13:24:00.000-08:002017-02-28T13:24:29.610-08:00Some Words on Lampwork Glass Quality and PricesI am currently working on the new CiM test batch, and should have a blog post or two done this week. In the meantime, I want to talk a bit about something that has bugged me for years. This year will be my 15th year of lampwork beadmaking. Not to be cliche or anything, but time sure has flown by!<br />
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Over the course of the last 10 years or so, I have noticed a steady decline in the quality of some of the 104 coe glass I have worked with, particularly with Effetre. I'm not putting Effetre down - I still love their glass. They easily have the most variety in color and, for the most part, the best prices. That's changing, though.<br />
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One thing I have been experiencing over the last decade or so is the increase in the air bubbles that run lengthwise through an Effetre glass rod - especially in the handmade opaque colors like Dark Pink, Opal Yellow, Copper Green, Sage and Avocado. Air holes like this cause shocking (and the eventual shattering), but they also make the glass impossible to use for making encased stringer. This might not be such a major deal if the prices for these glass colors wasn't so high. When I pay a higher price for handmade glass, I don't expect it to be practically unusable. Especially since the quality of the handmade rods used to be really nice, around a decade ago. Granted, Effetre does have machine made glass that is somewhat less expensive, but the machine made versions of those colors just are not the same shades. Machine made Sage is a lot less rich and brown than the handmade version.<br />
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Speaking of Sage, the last time I bought the handmade version of it, all of the beads I made with it cracked - something I have never dealt with before with that color.<br />
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This brings me to the issue of different batches of the same color name. Effetre is not the only glass company that has issues with this - all of them do. And they aren't all that consistent with labeling when it comes to a difference in a color batch. For instance, I use CiM Adamantium and CiM Lapis regularly. They both used to be darker in color. CiM is usually really good about changing the name of a color if it comes out different, but once in awhile they don't. Effetre almost never lets us know when the batch is off on some colors like Rubino Oro or Silver Pink. But they have so many different shades of Coral and Dark Pink that it borders on ridiculous. And we have not seen the original shades of either color in years and years.<br />
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Shocking was never a problem for me a decade ago - now I am careful with every opaque rod I put in the flame, no matter what brand it is, because easily 50% of them shock a little, and I have way more problems with a total shattering rod than I ever used to have. Shattering rods are a complete waste of my time and money - and when it's an expensive color, I want to scream when it happens. 10 years ago, I barely knew what shocking was. Now it seems like everyone talks about it as a common occurrence.<br />
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The one company that seems to almost never have quality issues is Double Helix. Since they have decided to make their version of Rubino (called Rhea) a regular color, I am switching to it, no matter how much more expensive (and it really is expensive), because it is just so much better. Hopefully they will eventually make a version close to the Vetrofond version that I miss so very much. I'd pay really good money for that. DH glass is such good quality that I pay easily 4-5 times more for their clear glass - I will never go back to the scummy, bubbly, crappy monstrosity that is Effetre clear, no matter how much people try to convince me that it is an okay clear. It's not. Not for what I like anyway - which is optical clarity and neutrality.<br />
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Speaking of scumming and bubbling - I've noticed that has increased as well over the years in lighter transparent colors - especially blues and pinks. CiM's colors that bubble will respond to more heat and the bubbles will evaporate away most of the time - especially with their aquas and even their newer clear (which is the only one I would ever consider using in place of DH Zephyr if I ever can't get any). Effetre's transparents however will not respond that way - the more you heat them, the more they bubble. I have to be ultra -gentle with their pinks for sure.<br />
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For these reasons, I have more and more been replacing my Effetre colors with CiM colors when I find an equivalent. CiM's glass almost never has air bubbles running the length of the glass, and their rods tend to have more consistency in color than Effetre - with a few exceptions. CiM can be somewhat more expensive, unless it's on sale (which at Frantz it often is), but the quality is worth it. I do use Effetre still - some colors are just not found anywhere else (Dark Pink, Ink Blue Violet, Grass Green). It just irks me when a color I love (Opal Yellow!!!) has declined so much in quality but still costs a lot.<br />
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I guess, such are the trials and tribulations of being a perfectionist when it comes to glass. I don't think the Italian glassmakers really pay much attention to beadmakers, and never have (from what I've been told). They have much bigger markets to pay attention to. So the quality of the glass they send to Frantz is not high on their priority list. We get what they give us, period.<br />
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I am happy that companies like CiM and Double Helix do pay attention to us and are concerned with giving us the highest quality glass they can. So, silver linings. :) Rant over - thanks for reading if you got this far! Comments and discussion are encouraged. :)Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-58259507856815657022017-02-13T06:41:00.000-08:002017-02-13T06:41:32.366-08:00Glass Testing: CiM 527 Anchor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQK-w6o8S4p3jPysAa6XRBIKZYhOMysaKO8g-FzJAPDKbRRy547F1S77sAVbCqKeoENw-mspCu6pFLpJWjK7AS1S3aZFVLnjYmJCtL2EJgogtelih7VKclxachJh2vBh2iP2iMmZ_Okw/s1600/cimanchor.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQK-w6o8S4p3jPysAa6XRBIKZYhOMysaKO8g-FzJAPDKbRRy547F1S77sAVbCqKeoENw-mspCu6pFLpJWjK7AS1S3aZFVLnjYmJCtL2EJgogtelih7VKclxachJh2vBh2iP2iMmZ_Okw/s200/cimanchor.png" width="185" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9PGKOEcR7w-b7zU5m8Fqwllm8mG1IEcivxEsGSynJIOpOi-HscLIi9ncMs1a5XSPoQlUw5w3rwfY-P4SQYGUA-7PcgoBrARlvAjIGZF6cgEiqRpZY9Vg88DQ6h5JmmsDEFYylVjBGw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb9PGKOEcR7w-b7zU5m8Fqwllm8mG1IEcivxEsGSynJIOpOi-HscLIi9ncMs1a5XSPoQlUw5w3rwfY-P4SQYGUA-7PcgoBrARlvAjIGZF6cgEiqRpZY9Vg88DQ6h5JmmsDEFYylVjBGw/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>A brand new batch of <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">CiM</a> glass colors arrived at my door the other day...and as excited as I am about those pretty things, I still have some blogging to do about colors I got before the holidays.<br />
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This is one of those colors - too pretty to pass over for the new ones! <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=312" target="_blank">Anchor</a> is a really dark but very saturated teal blue - slightly darker and a bit more blue than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=11" target="_blank">Leaky Pen</a>, a color I tend to compare all teals with these days.<br />
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Anchor is so dark in fact, that it look black in rod form and in plain spacers. It's even pretty dark when encased in clear. So to lighten it up a bit, I paired it with <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/effetre-rod-regular-size/periwinkle-5-6mm-pastel-effetre-glass-rod-591220.asp" target="_blank">Effetre Periwinkle</a>, a light cornflower blue that is my go-to for layering with super dark blue colors. This pair makes a really nice layering team - especially in melted-in designs, and as encased stringer.<br />
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Other than that, Anchor is a lovely color - the glass itself works nicely without much bubbling or scumming, and has no shocking issues that I can see. Thin layers work best, to keep it from being too dark. It really sings when melted in and encased under a thin layer of clear.<br />
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These beads were made with Vet. Black, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=17" target="_blank">CiM Hades</a>, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=343" target="_blank">Moccasin</a>, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=315" target="_blank">Chateau</a>, Anchor and Effetre Periwinkle. The clear is <a href="https://doublehelixglassworks.com/product/zephyr-1-lb/" target="_blank">DH Zephyr</a>, and the metallic is <a href="https://doublehelixglassworks.com/product/helios-14-lb/" target="_blank">DH Helios</a>.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-58643316343150001462016-12-06T17:15:00.001-08:002016-12-06T17:15:10.999-08:00Glass Testing: CiM 822 Mockingbird Ltd. Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mockingbird is a lovely grey that reminds me a lot of <a href="http://coloraddictionblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/cim-glass-testing-803-twilight-ltd-run.html" target="_blank">CiM Twilight</a>, but slightly on the bluer side and just a hair lighter. There aren't a lot of cooler greys in the 104 palette, so this is a nice edition.<br />
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The rods look a little more blue than what the glass actually comes out as after being annealed. CiM also reports that Mockingbird is a color shifter, but the difference under fluorescent lights vs. daylight bulbs is very, very slight.<br />
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One nice thing about Mockingbird is that it's not as stiff as Twilight was, so layering it is pretty easy. And it's a nice, clean color without a lot of pitting or scumming - an added bonus. I also didn't have any shocking problems, or any bleeding or spreading of color. Working this glass was pretty effortless. <br />
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In the beads shown below, the bases are Mockingbird layered over <a href="http://coloraddictionblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/cim-glass-testing-874-adamantium.html" target="_blank">Adamantium</a>, then encased in clear. This cools the Adamantium a little, resulting in a nice charcoal grey color, which I just love.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-27896809593859594302016-10-31T11:54:00.003-07:002016-10-31T11:54:25.787-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 544 Aloha and 444 Pixie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFNBcnmv3w15PXpAUk49S7EoWCGtsssDNTrKCOFTJBJBD-91bI-_pXrOrrC2BD_DWavNctL7iUumMrDsHQ1WijiPkqO5BCuX7lBCPPnuQk5AGHogaCWtw14JpvOhQ0ztzg0bkJl5rnpg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFNBcnmv3w15PXpAUk49S7EoWCGtsssDNTrKCOFTJBJBD-91bI-_pXrOrrC2BD_DWavNctL7iUumMrDsHQ1WijiPkqO5BCuX7lBCPPnuQk5AGHogaCWtw14JpvOhQ0ztzg0bkJl5rnpg/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>Two more lovely <a href="http://creationismessy.com/" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a> colors reviewed today!<br />
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This has so far been the most fun batch of new CiM color I've tested. All these lovely blues and greens have been relatively easy and are just so pretty. I know I've gushed over CiM colors a lot lately - believe me, if I get a color I am not fond of, you guys will know!<br />
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Both of these are of course limited runs, so get them asap if you love them.<br />
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First off, we have <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=366" target="_blank">Aloha</a> - a really nice bright opaque aqua/turquoise. While <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=368" target="_blank">Quetzal</a> (see post from two days ago) was slightly on the green side of <a href="http://frantzartglass.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=F7DFAF0023264F33827E66AB6B20659B" target="_blank">Effetre's turquoise</a>, Aloha is slightly on the blue side and a bit brighter. It's also a shade darker than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=52" target="_blank">CiM Fremen</a>, and a bit bluer than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=53" target="_blank">Smurfy</a>. It's not really an exact match of any other color that I am aware of, so it's a wonderful addition to the palette.<br />
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What I really love about Aloha is that it's not as reactive the <a href="http://frantzartglass.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=EBD1C3F3906A4FBAA66C46313CDD441D" target="_blank">Effetre turquoises</a>. There's no silvery patina on the finished beads, and there's not a lot of striation - just a smooth, consistent bright aqua. <br />
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Aloha makes a nice layering companion with any of the transparent aquas CiM has - In the beads below, I layered it with <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=308" target="_blank">Zoe</a>.<br />
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Aloha melts easily and smooth - not stiff at all. I didn't have any shocking issues, and the glass doesn't bubble, scum, bleed or spread. <br />
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Pixie is a perfect layering match with <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=262" target="_blank">CiM Aloe Juice</a>, which sadly I can't find anywhere anymore. But you can also use <a href="http://frantzartglass.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=5A263C4852DA4BE394242DD50C5D8B40" target="_blank">Effetre Light Teal</a> or <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=87" target="_blank">CiM Appletini</a> if you want a color to layer on top of Pixie.<br />
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Pixie worked up pretty much like Aloha - no problems so far. Pixie striated a little bit more, which showed through the layering, but not enough to be annoying.<br />
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I love that CiM is filling holes in the 104 color palette - I just hope these don't sell out too fast!<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-57895361694014210862016-10-29T08:23:00.000-07:002016-10-29T08:23:49.165-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 540 Class M Planet Ltd. Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In rod form, this color looks like a muddy blue. But what you get when melting this glass is not much like the rod color. <br />
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that way until I tried to strike the glass. The longer you work this
color, the bluer it tends to get. It will go back green as you strike,
until you start layering or encasing it. This large bead was a base of
blue with clear stringer melted in, then encased again in clear. Some
color striations appeared, but stayed mostly blue.<br />
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Melting this glass is pretty easy. It does have a lot of silver in it, so it's not as smooth and buttery as most opaques, but can take some good heat. Encasing it with clear and pulling stringer gave me a soft lapis blue color that I quite like. However, because this color as a lot of silver, your stringer can be lumpy if not hot enough when pulling. <br />
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It doesn't tend to bleed, but can spread a little bit when melting it in as decoration, but not enough to make me mad. :) For the most part, as I worked the glass in the beads below, Class M Planet stayed a pretty lapis blue, sometimes fading to a teal-ish color here and there. But in the kiln, most of it went back to blue. This is especially true when heavily encased. The green shows up more when the color is "naked" and raised. I preferred the blue, so that's mostly how I used it.<br />
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Even though Class M Planet is a glass that contains a lot of silver, I
didn't get any reaction when using a reduction flame. The metallic
effects on the beads below were done with <a href="http://www.doublehelixglassworks.com/elektra.aspx" target="_blank">DH Elektra</a>.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-50715664412601347742016-10-28T08:10:00.000-07:002016-10-28T08:10:56.953-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 541 Denim and CiM 625 Bashful<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0voJSTj3v3TZXNLu7mrtfFtNYLT9RIAu33s7lqTrJp5zfmOAWKsqzdYSFZjofFev5DboWcFjoU19NcSIgFTHuDdjYxWJQJ1rmYkYqdXeJg1D2l_3ugTtS6vrBU0qWlw3n-PPDQk2hbsE/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0voJSTj3v3TZXNLu7mrtfFtNYLT9RIAu33s7lqTrJp5zfmOAWKsqzdYSFZjofFev5DboWcFjoU19NcSIgFTHuDdjYxWJQJ1rmYkYqdXeJg1D2l_3ugTtS6vrBU0qWlw3n-PPDQk2hbsE/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>So, I had planned on blogging about a completely different color scheme a couple of weeks ago. Then, my computer's new solid state hard drive took a complete dive and I lost all the pics and notes about the new <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a> color I had tested the week before. Soooo, I'll have to redo that one!<br />
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In the meantime, I have a bunch of other colors ready to blog about - and here are the first two. Both are limited runs (as are all in the latest batch), and both are relatively neutral colors. These days, my mood is darker, so I am in the mood to make dark beads! :) <br />
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For me, this color is too dark to work on it's own as a base, so layering it thinly on top of opaques or clear is the way to go. It made gorgeous encased stringer with the Blue Steel!<br />
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Denim is definitely a winner in my book. There's no other color like it that I know of, and it fits right in to a neutral palette.<br />
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At any rate, this is a lovely tint that I thought looked really great layered on top of the paler cream colors that CiM has - in this case, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=276" target="_blank">Antique Lace</a> or <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=5" target="_blank">Butter Pecan</a>. The result is a neutral off-white or ecru that doesn't have the yellowish cast to it that cream usually does.<br />
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Encasing stringer with Bashful over Antique Lace yielded a very pale color that was kind of an eggshell - almost white but not quite. Lovely on top of black, and paired with the Denim. This is a wonderful color if you're looking for light cream without the yellow cast, but don't want to go into the light brown range.<br />
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CiM went a little nuts with the blues and greens this time - there are a ton of new shades that are great additions to the 104 palette that we don't usually see.<br />
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The longer you work it, the more color you can get.<br />
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Next up are two teal shades called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=368" target="_blank">Quetzal</a> and <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=379" target="_blank">Barrier Reef</a>. I used these two together because they complement eachother really nicely.<br />
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Quetzal is an opaque medium blue-green that sits somewhere between turquoise and teal to my eye.<br />
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Encase Quetzal with Barrier Reef and pull into stringer and you have a magnificent deep rich teal that I just love!<br />
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Quetzal is very well behaved for a turquoise - it doesn't pit, doesn't striate nearly as much as a lot of greenish opaques, and is a lovely consistency. It also doesn't go silvery like the Effetre turquoises. It will lighten a bit when encased, but still stays a lovely color. There's no shocking with this one either. It will bleed a little out the sides when making stripes if you're not careful to cover the edges well. <br />
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Barrier Reef is slightly stiff and very, very dark. It also turns really green in the flame, so don't let that surprise you - it goes back to teal when cool. Use it in thin layers to bring up the color - especially when using it as a base. Layer it thinly over a lighter opaque and then encase with clear. I had no problems with bleeding, scumming or shocking.<br />
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In the beads shown here, the three new CiM colors are used with CiM <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=337" target="_blank">Indian Summer</a>, which is layered with the Painted Hills for a range of colors from light rosy amber to deep rusty amber.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lovely shade of teal is made by layering Barrier Reef over Quetzal, then putting a small amount of clear on top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">scrolls of encased stringer make lovely teal striations under the pale flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted Hills can create lines of tiny bubbles when layered and melted in on top of clear, so watch for that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barrier Reef over Quetzal makes a wonderful dark teal stringer. Indian Summer over Painted Hills yields a soft rosy amber.</td></tr>
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-11505432294402512802016-04-20T11:46:00.001-07:002016-04-20T11:46:58.823-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 725 Toto Ltd. Run and 721 Ceylon Ltd. Run<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvrScuPCIKIjoGx4ikkxiytff8V9fIyfZat4NCAt6_EZhSKyIt2CzhLupp9ESuEg2nM00rGYYbZc1Ieerr_S-hZMksZK0DwZbJ7wTKCsTlLHymO5WUAGzqrUH4h-jb2kfbNpup8JxBDo/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvrScuPCIKIjoGx4ikkxiytff8V9fIyfZat4NCAt6_EZhSKyIt2CzhLupp9ESuEg2nM00rGYYbZc1Ieerr_S-hZMksZK0DwZbJ7wTKCsTlLHymO5WUAGzqrUH4h-jb2kfbNpup8JxBDo/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>We're looking at some lovely shades of <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">CiM</a> brown today - one that is a bit familiar and one that is a brand new shade in the 104 coe color palette. The two colors work really well layered together.<br />
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Both colors are limited runs - in fact, most every color I've tested recently has been a limited run. CiM doesn't seem to be adding any new color to their existing line permanently. My guess is because it has been hard for them to duplicate their newer colors exactly, and they seem to be really concerned with the accuracy of their hues. I'm not complaining, though - I like consistency, and I love trying colors that are just slightly different.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIbt0GXywLO0dwX10cJeFWoSpeTOFS4SF99XFHUsmep2fg6lDn0OBsvsybkLIJHWKSbLUAOJf-bQJoIjeN5oNs08mQyV9nnomjBAa3RQp_hIzVefZ4UzpT9owXPFkUB8rolzNYURF5FY/s1600/cimtoto.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIbt0GXywLO0dwX10cJeFWoSpeTOFS4SF99XFHUsmep2fg6lDn0OBsvsybkLIJHWKSbLUAOJf-bQJoIjeN5oNs08mQyV9nnomjBAa3RQp_hIzVefZ4UzpT9owXPFkUB8rolzNYURF5FY/s200/cimtoto.png" width="200" /></a>First up is <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=347" target="_blank">Toto</a>, and opaque, light brown that is the color of a latte. This shade seems to be very similar to <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=343" target="_blank">CiM Moccasin</a>, at first glance, but can strike to a warmer shade if you work it long enough.<br />
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Toto is a really nice glass to work with - smooth and easy to melt, with no apparent shocking or bubbling. This makes it a fantastic alternative to <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_108_216_259&products_id=6909" target="_blank">Effetre Sage Handmade</a>, which is a similar color, but is shocky and can contain bubbles.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w-hkSN-orM-jqZn8kZo_lsXBt6wgUdp6dzHWw9xCp6-F9ml7AE7mED-xU1SLogqznk3dWfQd47bNK8RIKnNxD_KiOEcXRHp9RlnLep74zFJ5WFJY-VMbeiEg80KR5k4gFiuqmzzQI9s/s1600/cimtotosp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w-hkSN-orM-jqZn8kZo_lsXBt6wgUdp6dzHWw9xCp6-F9ml7AE7mED-xU1SLogqznk3dWfQd47bNK8RIKnNxD_KiOEcXRHp9RlnLep74zFJ5WFJY-VMbeiEg80KR5k4gFiuqmzzQI9s/s200/cimtotosp.png" width="200" /></a>When first melted, Toto stays light brown/tan and is somewhat muted. After working it for a few minutes, it can strike to a more caramel shade, darkening and warming a bit - especially if you melt other colors on top of it. By itself, as in spacers, it can take awhile to strike.<br />
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Like many opaque light browns (and greens and blues...), melting scrolls into Toto will create separation - little ghost lines that can be really pretty. <br />
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For a nice chocolate/coffee color, layer <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=66" target="_blank">Maple</a> on top and encase in <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=315" target="_blank">Chateau</a> or clear.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7pMDeu4nQvX8aFLILEjzO3BudLrbBXjumzsYmJaZNeqOdXPj81XeD593x6_I3Q_nJA_ye98TcJNjzxlStyVln6URSBL_OMlBXqEtihKU7zV1btxMGAJ7Ba3mh7G4rkfHXGw1et3AgzA/s1600/cimceylon.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7pMDeu4nQvX8aFLILEjzO3BudLrbBXjumzsYmJaZNeqOdXPj81XeD593x6_I3Q_nJA_ye98TcJNjzxlStyVln6URSBL_OMlBXqEtihKU7zV1btxMGAJ7Ba3mh7G4rkfHXGw1et3AgzA/s200/cimceylon.png" width="178" /></a>For a cooler, softer brown, pair Toto with this next color, Ceylon.<br />
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I actually really love this shade! <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=356" target="_blank">Ceylon</a> is a transparent medium color that sits halfway between grey and brown, and is really muted, making it a wonderful layering color. It's kind of a transparent lighter <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=60" target="_blank">Adamantium</a>, I think.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-g1W4VnVug8GyyPF0uk9lLpKa3PXBDKmNwoVvuLLQ06wgVGczFIvwFhRfCdPGCg9JBxZWWJ5b6cIxbJuSNlEHHDXWUGiGob7-T6yd1chEPBl2rPTBmOWt2JiRIAnpgBQ1qUXG7cYx7o4/s1600/cimceylonsp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-g1W4VnVug8GyyPF0uk9lLpKa3PXBDKmNwoVvuLLQ06wgVGczFIvwFhRfCdPGCg9JBxZWWJ5b6cIxbJuSNlEHHDXWUGiGob7-T6yd1chEPBl2rPTBmOWt2JiRIAnpgBQ1qUXG7cYx7o4/s200/cimceylonsp.png" width="200" /></a>The glass itself is a nice consistency - not too stiff and not too soft. I had no real bubbling or scumming issues, and no shocking at all. The clarity of this color is wonderful.<br />
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Layering Ceylon on top of Toto creates a soft sable brown that's a really nice neutral.<br />
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In these sets, Ceylon and Toto are paired with shades of pink. You can see where the Toto darkens under some of the layers, but stays lighter when closer to the top.<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-42015409690947103932016-03-08T17:56:00.000-08:002016-03-08T17:56:02.039-08:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 624 African Violet Ltd. Run<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cvc-q3M6QQiSrdGwlGLMnVk14ThW0RKJi7qI0v8IJ9sQ6GgwBNr5JHbhTLmKYjo3eOu6n2jstfbglE13UTbNTXIJ4grnxlkT3yTDBPAfuolfIrAEpw-ef8E1cmtae8-qIfG6jbPejjA/s1600/cimafricanviolet.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cvc-q3M6QQiSrdGwlGLMnVk14ThW0RKJi7qI0v8IJ9sQ6GgwBNr5JHbhTLmKYjo3eOu6n2jstfbglE13UTbNTXIJ4grnxlkT3yTDBPAfuolfIrAEpw-ef8E1cmtae8-qIfG6jbPejjA/s200/cimafricanviolet.png" width="181" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMlCa4635339pN_aZ4T7c_3bBY1LqCvmq-C2wwUudmCTdbGseK4qW0OTD5HJhT1n-Ts5PAxXjewop7zfXg24rhUPlnTsfHdaPbQJYD30odYv4q2RBpYYfx4ABwihu4OVPqvolAUMztgc/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMlCa4635339pN_aZ4T7c_3bBY1LqCvmq-C2wwUudmCTdbGseK4qW0OTD5HJhT1n-Ts5PAxXjewop7zfXg24rhUPlnTsfHdaPbQJYD30odYv4q2RBpYYfx4ABwihu4OVPqvolAUMztgc/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>It's been a good long time since CiM has released a darker transparent purple that wasn't on the red side - this is really exciting for me, since I am a purple freak! CiM's new <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=359" target="_blank">African Violet</a> is a lovely shade of soft purple that is very much on the blue side - an indigo for sure.<br />
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At first glance, the rods are pretty dark - like looking at purple in the middle of the night. Not nearly as dark as <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=289" target="_blank">Gypsy</a> or the new <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=357" target="_blank">Cleopatra</a>, but dark enough. When melted, though, African Violet loses some of its saturation and turns a little bit greyish. It's still purple enough, though.<br />
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For my purposes, I like a brighter purple, so I tried layering this on <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=32" target="_blank">Heffalump</a>, and the results are perfect.<br />
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African Violet is similar to <a href="https://frantzartglass.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3184" target="_blank">Effetre Ink Blue</a> in hue, but not quite as saturated.<br />
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The glass itself is pretty dreamy to work with - it's not too stiff and has no issues with scumming or bubbling. I also didn't have any problems with shocking. African Violet stays put without bleeding or sinking, and layers really well. Encasing thins out the color a little bit, but not too much.<br />
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Below are some bead sets I made with the Heffalump/African Violet, along with <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=11" target="_blank">Leaky Pen</a> and <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=237" target="_blank">Laguna</a>. <br />
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This purple is one of the easiest and prettiest glass colors I have used in awhile. Luckily, all the new CiM colors have been released and are available to buy over at Frantz. And the prices aren't too bad!<br />
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<br />Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-29210848762924477742016-02-20T14:29:00.001-08:002016-02-20T14:29:20.650-08:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 438 Meadow and CiM 909/910 Charlotte/Paris <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzW7meE-U3YRKL5HrLsxgQ3dWLGgdegRZyExv2sRErpfr7Wn7sDca30Tavy0yTPVg7T8xhyW2wkQaNwBYOH0ZC5YIb_piblPLiMrvAt4cSu4DCnDh1M_YXEVOGI4r4mdFJWELl8nGhyc/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzW7meE-U3YRKL5HrLsxgQ3dWLGgdegRZyExv2sRErpfr7Wn7sDca30Tavy0yTPVg7T8xhyW2wkQaNwBYOH0ZC5YIb_piblPLiMrvAt4cSu4DCnDh1M_YXEVOGI4r4mdFJWELl8nGhyc/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>So I just got another batch of CiM glass to test - and I haven't nearly finished with the last batch! Time sure flies.... :)<br />
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First up is a pair of pinks from the last batch - <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=346" target="_blank">Paris</a> and <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=341" target="_blank">Charlotte</a>. The CiM website says that these are basically the same color. However, because lots of people are really picky about pink tonality, they decided to keep them separate. Both Charlotte and Paris were made while attempting to duplicate <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=323" target="_blank">Sakura</a>, and didn't turn out to be as orangy. So they renamed them and put them both on the market.<br />
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I must say that while I am super-aware of most tone differences even in the closest colors, I cannot tell much difference between Paris and Charlotte, no matter what light source I am using. One of them might be a teensy bit more saturated than the other, but I can't tell which one after it comes out of the kiln.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNb8SXcHDvPSLuPZ1l7Qxspf1SWvpAQV0QKTgYe65py_0nb-KOKPtm2ZmdzAJXrM_FRynGUXaVeks3L8IapJbQWN0xYBbuoheRWeatyMQDK1NIdwjk-saDAqGp7OybEeB64xLUY05dmRY/s1600/springmorn1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNb8SXcHDvPSLuPZ1l7Qxspf1SWvpAQV0QKTgYe65py_0nb-KOKPtm2ZmdzAJXrM_FRynGUXaVeks3L8IapJbQWN0xYBbuoheRWeatyMQDK1NIdwjk-saDAqGp7OybEeB64xLUY05dmRY/s320/springmorn1.png" width="320" /></a>Both colors are slightly stiff, like most transparents. This means that when layering with opaque pinks in Effetre/Vetrofond, you'll find that the opaque may spread out from under the pink a little bit, especially when doing something like raised floral petals or stripes. For that reason, I prefer to use these shades over pinks which are stiffer. At this point, the ones that work best for that are the CiM pinks - <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=2" target="_blank">Gelly's Sty</a> is pictured here. Because Gelly's Sty is a bit opalescent (contrary to CiM's website which calls it a true opaque!) the result is a light, glowy pink, reminiscent of shampoo or bubble bath.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkzl3r4pTjoXbX77bdXw__zM5gTIzE6VZGV2N8kDQkBKWdGDJwgk7eIeD6De6V5dJbz55vTjLvq2k6evC2mV0YC2IDZJ0Stzquuk-CO2rLlTmponIsw8xA0LuyRMCw_x76rSWYx6AlX8/s1600/springmorn7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkzl3r4pTjoXbX77bdXw__zM5gTIzE6VZGV2N8kDQkBKWdGDJwgk7eIeD6De6V5dJbz55vTjLvq2k6evC2mV0YC2IDZJ0Stzquuk-CO2rLlTmponIsw8xA0LuyRMCw_x76rSWYx6AlX8/s320/springmorn7.png" width="320" /></a>As with many pink transparents, Charlotte and Paris like to be worked on the cool side, with less fuel than normal. Work them gently to avoid that pesky bubbling and scumming. It's a bit of a balancing act keeping these cool enough not to bubble, but warm enough not to crack. Staying on the higher edge of the flame works best for me. Paris/Charlotte make gorgeous spacers as well - a brighter pink than any of the Effetre transparents, and less orangy than most.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYlqYJ3Tp6i_5kF_C6VYp1x7VZwYHvCHtSjqas4dq8JS_STwmkrwT4yZuGYsIFUKA6AgZ-SJqmbPWKSyudpGjxyn2MqosxYlraZknqSHnWfAOh5juGhywbFusKxa1C38M2DPvniYOGIE/s1600/cimmeadowsp.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYlqYJ3Tp6i_5kF_C6VYp1x7VZwYHvCHtSjqas4dq8JS_STwmkrwT4yZuGYsIFUKA6AgZ-SJqmbPWKSyudpGjxyn2MqosxYlraZknqSHnWfAOh5juGhywbFusKxa1C38M2DPvniYOGIE/s1600/cimmeadowsp.png" /></a>Now, if you look at CiM's website, you'll see a vivid medium green. Meadow is not nearly that bright in person - I think they really need to change that picture. Meadow is a soft spring green that looks to be a bit brighter/less muted than <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=344" target="_blank">Leaf Men</a>. It's a lot like the other mid-greens we have seen from CiM in the past - <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=226" target="_blank">Shrubbery</a> being the closest, in my opinion.<br />
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Meadow works up really nicely. I didn't have any shocking at all, and the glass is smooth and melts easily. As is usual for opaque greens, Meadow will striate, but not nearly as much as <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=58" target="_blank">Olive</a> or Leaf Men. It can spread out a little from underneath transparents, but not enough to cause any issues. It encases beautifully, erasing much of the striation underneath, and lightening the color a little.<br />
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So there are a bunch more colors I have to test - hopefully there won't be such a long time between posts!Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-86558512431622834972015-09-26T11:20:00.000-07:002015-09-26T11:20:10.597-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 436 Leaf Men<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3oQMjf_Sgs-PNUgdJJ4uZ_BxaibJaXLuOcc5L-c4Ga7q6no_fjSwhqhbJt11IjuFYBCRzTByIRnN-udpG_ufy7jRyrfmiymjZHGxbfj-7Veo5lKmNp0JxuV6nhz_NaPlGUwwJDkdBmw/s1600/cimleafmen.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3oQMjf_Sgs-PNUgdJJ4uZ_BxaibJaXLuOcc5L-c4Ga7q6no_fjSwhqhbJt11IjuFYBCRzTByIRnN-udpG_ufy7jRyrfmiymjZHGxbfj-7Veo5lKmNp0JxuV6nhz_NaPlGUwwJDkdBmw/s200/cimleafmen.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaKX0avjoGSdAljyPuk4lYYXm7O_bReEmKlC-FlWb0jW9QPpiHQlmg8SL5nsffpbKKgxpBDrpuyw1xC60GJHqSHVa5Pm8xc9_oPGCVXGP8VpP5TwAOwxWkmzJsL5CytWN2PMMpm7FwV0/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaKX0avjoGSdAljyPuk4lYYXm7O_bReEmKlC-FlWb0jW9QPpiHQlmg8SL5nsffpbKKgxpBDrpuyw1xC60GJHqSHVa5Pm8xc9_oPGCVXGP8VpP5TwAOwxWkmzJsL5CytWN2PMMpm7FwV0/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" /></a>It's officially fall and one of my favorite fall colors is green. The glass color I am reviewing today is one of the pretty new greens by <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/palettes.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a>, called<a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=344" target="_blank"> Leaf Men</a>. This green is similar to <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=58" target="_blank">Olive</a>, but a little lighter and somewhat less yellow-y. It's a wonderful shade for autumn, and seems to go well with other fall colors.<br />
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Leaf Men does striate a lot. Lines of darker green will form, especially when used alone as a base. I think it's pretty, but you want to keep that in mind when layering.<br />
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I found that CiM <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=67" target="_blank">Mojito</a> made a really nice transparent complement to Leaf Men, bringing out the olive tones while keeping the color saturated.<br />
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Like most CiM greens, Leaf Men didn't bleed much, and encased well, making it a wonderful color for florals and melted decoration when used under a transparent. When melted into dots on its own, you can see the color separate and form darker spots in the center of the dot.<br />
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This color fits right in to CiM's extensive green family, making up for the discontinued <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=226" target="_blank">Shrubbery</a>, <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=95" target="_blank">Army Men</a> and others. Keep making those greens, CiM - I love them! :)<br />
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Coloraddictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854513806374466098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338498744503749132.post-63860880088528011222015-09-16T04:54:00.000-07:002015-09-16T04:54:52.660-07:00Glass Color Testing: CiM 537 Celeste Ltd. Run and CiM 434 Eucalyptus Ltd. Run<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaKX0avjoGSdAljyPuk4lYYXm7O_bReEmKlC-FlWb0jW9QPpiHQlmg8SL5nsffpbKKgxpBDrpuyw1xC60GJHqSHVa5Pm8xc9_oPGCVXGP8VpP5TwAOwxWkmzJsL5CytWN2PMMpm7FwV0/s1600/cimtestbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaKX0avjoGSdAljyPuk4lYYXm7O_bReEmKlC-FlWb0jW9QPpiHQlmg8SL5nsffpbKKgxpBDrpuyw1xC60GJHqSHVa5Pm8xc9_oPGCVXGP8VpP5TwAOwxWkmzJsL5CytWN2PMMpm7FwV0/s200/cimtestbanner.jpg" width="200" /></a>Good morning, all - time for more glass reviews! Today I am doing two <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/preview.aspx" target="_blank">Creation is Messy</a> colors - both in the light green/blue family - one transparent and one opaque. Both are scheduled to come out for sale later this month.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuddRKbpSEWuMrsUG_RXWJpQQzo6ZGiRzWZaotoWsT1F4MZe4qf3lFNLU1MoWOhlr1I4nt2QBLeJIyBjUst0YEuqOvKfM_hUTGudMj-LCsUFcpO6K4ik9BmIl4HsVdURl6pEFChLnnrs/s1600/cimeuca.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuddRKbpSEWuMrsUG_RXWJpQQzo6ZGiRzWZaotoWsT1F4MZe4qf3lFNLU1MoWOhlr1I4nt2QBLeJIyBjUst0YEuqOvKfM_hUTGudMj-LCsUFcpO6K4ik9BmIl4HsVdURl6pEFChLnnrs/s200/cimeuca.png" width="200" /></a>First off we have the opaque color, aptly named <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=340" target="_blank">Eucalyptus</a>, a soft pale green that looks pretty much like it sounds. There have been a lot of colors from CiM in this range - light, milky green shades - and each is slightly different. This one is like <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=255" target="_blank">Lichen</a> only slightly bluer and a touch more saturated.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj4gryPdPndbXeUF6-RV4VHpHU2dFTqGM0jL5vjvUoaRrW3S-osxs500niWniwodWti7nQwnJhjDaqMV3rQEIajNNMniVVecUur6PxGJct2SwXaXKsZwjm-pt3UB_hGBEdpEFNcZUqPw/s1600/cimceleste.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>It's a little more dense as well, making it easier to layer with, a lot like the consistency of <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Dirty Martini </a>(one of my faves). Eucalyptus works easily, without being shocky or too stiff. It doesn't seem to bleed at all. It does striate a little bit, but that goes away somewhat when encased or layered with a transparent color.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj4gryPdPndbXeUF6-RV4VHpHU2dFTqGM0jL5vjvUoaRrW3S-osxs500niWniwodWti7nQwnJhjDaqMV3rQEIajNNMniVVecUur6PxGJct2SwXaXKsZwjm-pt3UB_hGBEdpEFNcZUqPw/s1600/cimceleste.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj4gryPdPndbXeUF6-RV4VHpHU2dFTqGM0jL5vjvUoaRrW3S-osxs500niWniwodWti7nQwnJhjDaqMV3rQEIajNNMniVVecUur6PxGJct2SwXaXKsZwjm-pt3UB_hGBEdpEFNcZUqPw/s1600/cimceleste.png" /></a>The perfect pair for Eucalyptus I think is the next color I am reviewing, called <a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=339" target="_blank">Celeste</a>. This transparent shade is pale aqua - a lot like<a href="http://www.creationismessy.com/color.aspx?id=307" target="_blank"> Frost</a> only slightly lighter and a little more greenish. <br />
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Celeste is similar to other CiM pale transparent colors in that it can tend to scum a little on the surface when you start heating it, but as you continue to melt the glass, the bubbles will mostly disappear. It's not as stiff as some transparents, which made it easy to layer and encase with.<br />
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In the beads that follow, I used both these colors along with CiM colors Lapis, Journey and Smurfy. The clear used is Double Helix Zephyr.<br />
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