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Messy Color™ Poseidon

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An opal sky blue.

“Poseidon is very sensitive to silver. In the bead on the left, the silver has gone sort of a weird, lacy blue colour on top of Poseidon and the glass underneath it has a sort of smokey, yellow fumed effect to it. Reducing and encasing the silver gets rid of the yellowishness, and leaves a shiny, patchy coating of silver under the clear that has little pinpricks of blueness to it - although this blueness is the blue of the Poseidon peeking through.” Read more at Melanie’s blog. – Melanie Graham Click here for other interesting Poseidon discoveries.

Amy Hall	Heather Sellers	Sue Reynolds
Sue Stewart	Genea Crivello	Jolene Wolfe

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Consult Jolene Wolfe's glass testing resource page.

“I had heard that there seemed to be a colour difference between the old batch of Poseidon and the new, so armed with a rod of the old and a rod of the new, I sat down to test this out . . . . when worked up into a bead - the older rod, on the left, actually does come out slightly more opaque. However, this might just be a function of heating and cooling . . . . So - in conclusion - pretty colour - and the old and the new are functionally the same.” Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

Check out Diane's owl tutorial made with Poseidon in the September 2013 issue of the Soda Lime Times. – Diane Woodall

"These beads were made from left to right, 1, 2, and 3. With the additional heating and cooling cycles that the 1st bead [leftmost] got [while keeping it warm while making the next one, etc.] - it has developed back into more of the blue colour that you see in the rod, the centre bead is partially blue, and the third is a little greener. This distinction is, admittedly, quite subtle, especially in 'real life' and with normal lighting conditions." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

"It is quite consistent in colour and makes a great ‘canvas’ for large base beads. When pulled to stringers, loss of colour is evident and therefore it is probably better suited as a base bead." – Liz DeLuca

“So I'd describe Poseidon [bead 2] as a greeny blue, sitting somewhere between Chalcedony [bead 1] and Kryptonite [bead 3] ... mmm, gorgeous!” Read more at Julie’s blog. – Julie Fountain

“Poseidon is very sensitive to silver. In the bead on the left, the silver has gone sort of a weird, lacy blue colour on top of Poseidon and the glass underneath it has a sort of smokey, yellow fumed effect to it. Reducing and encasing the silver gets rid of the yellowishness, and leaves a shiny, patchy coating of silver under the clear that has little pinpricks of blueness to it - although this blueness is the blue of the Poseidon peeking through.” Read more at Melanie’s blog. – Melanie Graham

“You will notice that Poseidon struck to a hazy opaque. From working with the glass I have learned that this tends to happen from ‘striking’ the glass. Over heating will also give you the same results of struck glass! I have also noticed that my propane tank needs to have 5psi of pressure and my oxygen valve [I use an oxygen concentrator] needs to be opened all the way. It seems that a slight dip in propane pressure allows the glass to strike easily as well.” Read more on Genea’s blog on Art Jewelry Elements. – Genea Crivello