For the past month or so I've been working with transparent glass. Of late the sets have been hollows with usually groups of three disks - rather chunky ones... what I"ve found over time is that some colors of transparent glass have a "fiber optic like" quality. Notice on the lenses above, how the colors are more concentrated and electric at the edges? Especially light green, orange, yellow and pink...

While talking to a friend we were talking about how to get light into the transparent hollow bead sets. The groupings of three or four of these disks transmit the light and come alive... Lauscha glass' Peach and Ice Blue have these qualities.... which brings me to another topic...

Lauscha glass' Peach and Ice Blue have these qualities.... When I work in transparent glass, I almost exclusively work with the Glassdaddy's German Lauscha or Czech glass. The viscosity of the glass is very different and it also tolerates heat much better than Effetre. (this means no boiling or scumming)... which, in the end, leave you with a bead that is clean and clear.

Also - regarding light - some colors are rich, but dense. Light has to be able to get into the bead... so sometimes I take a darker color and veil it over a lighter one to lighten it up... OR in a set - to get beads that are in the same color range, but different diameters.
I don't usually mix colors in a single bead, but often do combine these pure colors in sets - it's just how I work.

Also - regarding light - some colors are rich, but dense. Light has to be able to get into the bead... so sometimes I take a darker color and veil it over a lighter one to lighten it up... OR in a set - to get beads that are in the same color range, but different diameters.
I don't usually mix colors in a single bead, but often do combine these pure colors in sets - it's just how I work. Smiles, Jill