Messy Color™ Sapphire
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A transparent cobalt blue.
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Sapphire
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"Sapphire always surprises me, it looks much lighter in the rod." Read more and see more comparison beads including etched versions at Lush Blogs. – Julie Fountain Click here for other interesting Sapphire discoveries.
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Messy Tester's Feedback
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Sapphire is a transparent cobalt blue.
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Special thanks to Genea Crivello-Knable, Vonna Maslanka, & Maija-Leena Autio for providing the photos in this section.
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Some testers reported Pulsar "boiling," "scumming," or "frothing."
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"This set of 11 goddess series beads was created on a base of CiM Sapphire blue transparent glass with layered dots of Effetre Dark Ivory & CiM Hades. Trautman Art Glass rare silver infused Absinthe creates the swirls in each storm portal. Highlights of Double Helix silver glass, Triton, create the bling for these beautiful storm portal beads." Read more at Darlene's blog. |
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| "This one made me do a double-take. Why does Sapphire look like an orangey-brown colour on top of Copper Green? This is one of the weirdest things I've seen in a while. Where I used Sapphire on top of Copper Green, in addition to the odd colour that the Sapphire turns, something funny also happens underneath. The Copper Green does not get its metallic patina, and separates into two different colours of turquoise. On top of Sapphire, the Copper Green develops a turquoise outline and then the insides of the dots and stringer lines look faintly pinkish." Read more at Melanie's blog. |
"Sapphire, a transparent medium blue before heating, comes out of the kiln a much darker blue, and actually, more of a true gemstone sapphire colour, as opposed to the very blue sapphire colour that is usually indicated in the world of commercially made glass beads!" Read more at DragonJools blog. |
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| “I made a vessel! I used Sapphire because I love the color and it is perfect for it. It is stiff enough to hold its shape while I fool around with it in the flame and stable enough to not crack when I forget to reheat as often as I should.” Read more at Carol Tannahill’s blog. |
“This set of classic blue rounds are based on shades of blue transparent glass including CiM's Sapphire, Effetre Light and Medium Blue.”
– Darlene Collette
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| “If I could only have one shade of transparent blue in my palette this would probably be it." Read more about how Sapphire compares to other 104 blues at Carol Tannahill’s blog. |
"Sapphire always surprises me, it looks much lighter in the rod." Read more and see more comparison beads including etched versions at Lush Blogs. |
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| "I like it best layered over clear or white to lighten up the color just a bit and really let that beautiful blue color shine. You can see the difference in the strand of crystal beads shown below the solid colored bead." Read more at Lori's blog. |
"Warm the glass slowly in the flame. When you work it slow, the way it wants to be worked, the resulting beads are crystal clear. . . If I warmed it too quickly, I could feel the rod pop and see shattering through the glass, although the glass didn't actually splinter off. I would warm the glass again and still form a bead which would then include hundreds of bubbles and created a look similar to seeded glass." Read more at Kanna Glass Studio's blog. |
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| "Sapphire matches Swarovski Montana crystals."
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Bethany Lemasters
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"Sapphire does not have the tendency to boil and scum that many transparent blues have. It is a very user friendly glass, very easy to work with."
– Carol Oliver
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