Fuchsia:
Fuchsia is a very interesting glass that has a personality. This glass will give you different colors and effects as you use it. The longer you anneal it, the richer the color. It will strike in the flame. It will strike in the kiln. Fuchsia is definitely a sculptural Beadmakers dream come true.
Helen Simon
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Look at this incredible pony Helen Simon made with the Fuchsia Light! She says "As I added, pressed and nudged, this Pony became real." You can see more of Helen's work by clicking this link for her Etsy page |
Roses by Karen Elmquist:
Carol Anne Beckman of http://lauschaglassvacations.com/ (and my hostess for my time in Lauscha), sent me these pics of her results and further down the page will be her thoughts on using the glass.
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"I got that Hello Kitty Underwear Pink by making a nice softly glowing gather on the end of a rod and then made the bead. I actually kind of heated the crap out of it because I wanted to see how much the glass can take. But I only heated it hugely one time and then just kept it warm enough to keep the bead from cracking while I added the aquarmarine parts and then worked the roses. I worked the roses out of Rubino Oro so that the two colors could conveniently be compared" |
Carol Anne says: "So, my technique for working the glass is to use a small flame, comparable to the flame from one oxygen concentrator and propane. After so many hours in my back porch studio, well, I can recreate this flame pretty perfectly. I work close to the torch head because I want to keep the most oxygen around the rod tip and the bead as possible. Plus the table seems like it's a different height from my old table... Anyways, when I reheat the bead in the flame to shape it further, I develop that nice fuschia, and when I go in for a second full reheat, I get that gold haze on the surface, but I love it. I have been heating it excessively in my opinion, because I am so happy that it does not burn out."
Vessel by Heidi Coles of 'hotcolesglass'
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"just wanted to send you a picture of one of my fuchsia results. I love the variation of color with this glass. It can look fuchsia/gold in color, hold it up to the light and you see purple. It's very pretty. Looking forward to receiving my new colors." Heidi |
Fuchsia Spacers &
Strawberry Roses
The roses are a white core, covered in Opague Light Pink (420), then Strawberry
(900). The core is Trilayer Peach (U200). The spacers are Transparent Fuchsia
(226). The Fuchsia and Strawberry glass is gorgeous together!
