Messy Color™ Barrier Reef Ltd Run

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Barrier Reef Ltd Run (511548)<br />A transparent teal.

A transparent teal.


"As I am often doing beads to which I like to use transparent glass very thinly, I am interested in the saturation of glass colour. If the glass is dark it does not necessarily mean it is intense. I made test beads, first a basic bead using only the colour in question and then a white bead I covered quite thickly with the said glass. Ultimate test was a triangle bead using a couple of greens in it. Glass melts very thinly in the triangle beads and it is covered with clear [Effetre 006 in this case] which can kind of dilute it optically even more. Especially I liked the beautiful teal shade of Barrier Reef. It is too dark, almost black as itself, but they make nice triangle bead together, being in a blueish and yellowish end of green spectrum." Read more at Maikki's blog. – Maija-Leena Autio

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Left side is Barrier Reef over white; right side is non-encased bead, etched bead
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Messy Barrier Reef & dichro marble
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Messy Barrier Reef
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A base of Barrier Reef on which silver glass was swirled, reduced and encased with clear glass, with DH Triton shards
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Messy Barrier Reef over a core of Effetre clear
Kim Fields

CiM Tester Feedback

  • Barrier Reef is similar to Great Bluedini but much denser.
It is very similar to Great Bluedini but much more saturated. – Gloria Sevey
Barrier Reef is a bit darker than Great Bluedini as a solid bead. – Jolene Wolfe

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"As I am often doing beads to which I like to use transparent glass very thinly, I am interested in the saturation of glass colour. If the glass is dark it does not necessarily mean it is intense. I made test beads, first a basic bead using only the colour in question and then a white bead I covered quite thickly with the said glass. Ultimate test was a triangle bead using a couple of greens in it. Glass melts very thinly in the triangle beads and it is covered with clear [Effetre 006 in this case] which can kind of dilute it optically even more. Especially I liked the beautiful teal shade of Barrier Reef. It is too dark, almost black as itself, but they make nice triangle bead together, being in a blueish and yellowish end of green spectrum." Read more at Maikki's blog.
– Maija-Leena Autio
"Barrier Reef is slightly stiff and very, very dark. It also turns really green in the flame, so don't let that surprise you - it goes back to teal when cool. Use it in thin layers to bring up the color - especially when using it as a base. Layer it thinly over a lighter opaque and then encase with clear. I had no problems with bleeding, scumming or shocking." Read more at Kandice's blog.
– Kandice Seeber