Another set of beads made mostly with Creation is Messy glass. I'm going to have to start using some of my other glass just to be fair. This set turned into a creamy confectionery of pastel strawberry pink, milk chocolate brown and hints of sweet nougat. I'm working on my fine lines which still need some practice but they are starting to come out the way I intended.
These are the largest beads I've ever made and I realized that it is harder to make large beads. So much surface area to work with and it takes a lot of time to form and decorate. However, they do look very pretty strung as a single bead on a chain or a cord. I'm also trying to put out beads with larger holes so that they can be easily strung on chains or cords.
Three new glass colours used in this set are Cookie Dough, Hazelnut Mousse, and Nutmeg. Nutmeg turned out a bit paler than I expected but it is a beautiful pastel terracotta colour. Cookie Dough and Hazelnut Mousse are gorgeous neutral colours. It's hard to tell them apart in rod form but I found when melted that Cookie Dough was a darker, rich tan colour and Hazelnut Mouse was a creamy bisque colour.
They're all great colours to work with, melting easily with no bubbling or shocking. I will definitely be looking to stock up on these colours.
I just got a new shipment of glass and couldn't wait to play with it. These beads are made with all CIM (Creation is Messy) glasses and most of the colours are green. Until recently, I wouldn't have said I was a really big fan of green but lately I can't seem to make anything without it. And, of course, for this set, I went over the top with greens. To start with there are 2 light greens called CIM Lichen and CIM Sprout. The bead on the right has a base of Lichen and the bead 3rd from the right has a base of Sprout. Sprout is a lovely, pale green that almost seems translucent (especially went it's not etched). It melts wonderfully and creates clean lines and dots. Lichen is a pale, very greyish green. It is a lovely neutral colour and also creates clean lines and dots with a hint of translucency. CIM Iguana and CIM Fiddlehead look very similar in rod form but Iguana melts to a much brighter green with less grey tones. You can see Iguana on the 4th bead from the right. This is a streaky colour so lines and dots get a bit wavy but it has a nice vibrancy without being a neon green.
To contrast with the many greens in this set, I've used CIM Blue Steel. This is a hard colour to describe and I believe it will look quite different depending on the colours you combine it with. In this set, because it's contrasting with the green, the colour is a bit more purplish. I think if it was combined with blues it would look a lot more bluish. Again, it was a good glass to work with and behaved pretty well in the lines and dots. A bit of blurring but not too much.
