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https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/11/paragon-kiln-manualdocumentation.html DragonJools: Paragon Kiln Manual/Documentation I just had to go looking for this - and you know - next time I want it - I'll have to hunt for it again. The manual for the Paragon Kilns us... dragonjools paragon kiln manual documentation https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/06/zoozii-presses.html DragonJools: Zoozii Presses Have you looked at the Zoozii website lately? I know I hadn't - I just cruised over there looking up some pricing, and damn - have they ev... dragonjools presses https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/08/tag-104-15-fire-lotus.html DragonJools: TAG 104-15 Fire Lotus The "word on the street" (ha ha) is that Fire Lotus is yummy and easy to use - easier than some of it's cousins. I think I might have to c... dragonjools tag fire lotus https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/10/magic-reichenbach-210.html DragonJools: Magic - Reichenbach 210 Magic - a Reichenbach glass - 104 CoE - with working properties similar to Iris Orange/Raku - namely - heat the snot out of it and then cool... dragonjools magic reichenbach https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2019/11/update-on-mau.html DragonJools: update on Mau So two questions, how does Mau look as a spacer when you don't have the variation so much from the method of working, and how does it look w... dragonjools update mau https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-cim-colours-whole-whack-of-greens.html DragonJools: New CiM colours - a whole whack of greens A whole new whack of colors from Creation is Messy - this time - the theme is green! Coming at ya - from the top, Soylent (is people?), Slyt... dragonjools new cim colours whole https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/12/tag-tibet-opaque-vs-clear.html DragonJools: TAG Tibet - Opaque vs Clear Tibet, from Trautman Art Glass - is "a transparent version of Dalai Lama" - according to their website. So imagine my surprise when the lat... dragonjools tag tibet opaque vs https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/12/cim-602-purple-haze-ltd-run.html DragonJools: CiM 602 Purple Haze Ltd Run CiM calls Purple Haze "a transparent that shifts between blue and lavendar, depending on the lighting." Effetre makes a colour like that - b... purple haze dragonjools cim ltd run https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/04/graphite-mold-stacked-cylinders.html DragonJools: Graphite Mold - Stacked Cylinders Here's another graphite mold for shaping beads. It's sort of a stacked cyclinder - but here's a hint - you don't have to use the entire leng... graphite mold dragonjools stacked cylinders https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/01/double-helix-melia.html DragonJools: Double Helix Melia Double Helix Melia is a reduction glass. Double Helix says it is " a satin textured, iridescent luster glass." They also say that is is r... double helix dragonjools melia https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2008/01/cim-clear-834.html DragonJools: Cim Clear - 834 This is the CIM clear - the regular batch, not the odd lot (unique) batch. I have to say, I'm quite impressed so far. While not completely b... dragonjools cim clear https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/10/val-cox-frit-raku-jitterbug.html DragonJools: Val Cox Frit - Raku Jitterbug Raku Jitterbug - this is the frit that gets everyone hooked. It's unassumingly plain look - like a dish of cane sugar and sand - blossoms in... dragonjools val cox frit raku https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/06/tag-fire-lotus.html DragonJools: TAG Fire Lotus I've been playing with TAG Fire Lotus - can't say I'm getting the stunning results that I see some others getting. After 4-5 tries, I did ma... dragonjools tag fire lotus https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/11/cim-301-canary.html DragonJools: CiM 301: Canary I've tested this before, CiM Canary, and nothing has changed. The glass from Creation is Messy is wonderfully consistent, and the ... dragonjools cim canary https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2010/01/ DragonJools: January 2010 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools january https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2019/10/double-helix-triton.html DragonJools: double helix triton. This is double helix Triton. It's not like I haven't posted this before, but it's just so gorgeous. Double helix triton in the rod is a ver... double helix dragonjools triton https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/07/effetre-731-cinnamon-chocolotta.html DragonJools: Effetre 731 Cinnamon Chocolotta Mmm - want some Cinnamon on your Mocha Latte? Effetre Cinnamon Chocolotta is a nice, streaky red-brown with dark brown streaks - giving it s... dragonjools effetre cinnamon https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2008/12/vetro-956-pink-dark-pastel-odd-lot.html DragonJools: Vetro 956: Pink Dark Pastel (Odd Lot) The rods of this odd lot come as a pale mauve - leading you to think that the name is misleading. But, in fact, it does go pink, a nice, sof... dragonjools vetro pink dark pastel https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/03/effetre-744-amazon.html DragonJools: Effetre 744 Amazon This is another streaky colour - not as warm as Effetre Tigereye - more like a dark version of Effetre Butterscotch. Both are self-col... dragonjools effetre amazon https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2015/03/video-from-corning-glass-masters-at.html DragonJools: Video from Corning ... Glass Masters at Work: Lino Tagliapietra Here's a cool, short video from Corning of one of the glass masters. I love how glass turns men into poets that talk about glass as a livi... masters at work dragonjools video corning glass https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/12/dirty-little-secret.html DragonJools: Dirty Little Secret Hey - we've all seen these nifty tools with their fabulous, oh so perfect handles. Sure, it's a cool tool, but the flames really ma... dragonjools dirty little secret https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/04/riley-designs-dichro-cyan-dark-red.html DragonJools: Riley Designs Dichro - Cyan / Dark Red Cyan / Dark Red is one of the more common colours you will see in Dichro, along with the Magenta / Blue. Once again, I should have photo'd t... dragonjools riley designs cyan dark https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/03/ DragonJools: March 2014 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools march https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/08/cim-mojito.html DragonJools: CiM Mojito CiM Mojito - a nice, transparent light green. These samples look rather bubbly - but I think that is the fault of the artist, rather than t... dragonjools cim mojito https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/cim-346-ghee.html DragonJools: CiM 346 Ghee I have blogged about Ghee before, rather a lot actually , and in this instance, making these bits on wire, it comes out rather well behave... dragonjools cim ghee https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/01/cim-103-crimson.html DragonJools: CiM 103 Crimson Here is the other of the two new transparent reds - Ruby Slippers and Crimson - from CiM - and, as I said before - I struggled with these... dragonjools cim crimson https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/09/cim-568-fremen.html DragonJools: CiM 568 Fremen Another CiM colour that I appear to have missed - very like the Effetre Light Sky Blue. This is an opaque light blue - a lovely Robin's Egg ... dragonjools cim fremen https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2022/02/ DragonJools: February 2022 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools february https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2010/08/brass-mold-onna-stick.html DragonJools: Brass Mold - onna a stick Well here's an interesting tool - this is a brass push mold on a handle. I have it on good authority that this is an Italian tool used actua... dragonjools brass mold onna stick https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2008/07/ DragonJools: July 2008 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools july https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2022/03/excitement-new-colors-to-try-woohoo.html DragonJools: Excitement. New colors to try! Woohoo! #dragonjools #flamework #flameworking... Excitement. New colors to try! Woohoo! #dragonjools #flamework #flameworking #softglass #creationismessy #cim #cimglass #colourtest #colorte... new colors to try dragonjools excitement woohoo https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/07/ DragonJools: July 2011 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools july https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2007/10/grasshopper-green.html DragonJools: Grasshopper Green A new colour from Moretti - "Grasshopper" is billed as somewhere between Pea Green and Nile Green. I think it looks like the colour of green... dragonjools grasshopper green https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/more-thallo.html DragonJools: More Thallo Just more eye candy. Did these at the studio at BeadFX. Does the reduction ever pop! Wish it would stay like that in my kiln at home. dragonjools thallo https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/08/ DragonJools: August 2018 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools august https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/mystery-glass.html DragonJools: Mystery Glass OK - I don't know what this is. The rods are highly textured, quite rough on the outside, and it is an opaque green with brownish overtones.... dragonjools mystery glass https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/11/cim-properties-chart.html DragonJools: CiM Properties Chart Just found this awesome chart of CiM colours and their properties, reactions, etc. Check it out at Fritipedia (For when the Frit hits the Fa... dragonjools cim properties chart https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/02/cim-517-breeze-ltd-run.html DragonJools: CiM 517 Breeze Ltd Run Ah - now we're talking. Breeze is a breezy dark aqua-teal, like a Blue Zircon colour. Very, very yummy. You could just crank out spacers... dragonjools cim breeze ltd run https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/01/ DragonJools: January 2009 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools january https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2019/10/double-helix-skylla.html DragonJools: double helix Skylla I was comparing two shipments, and the rods were two different colours, one being a brown red, and the other being more of a taupe colour. B... double helix dragonjools skylla https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/05/cim-211-orange-crush.html DragonJools: CiM 211 Orange Crush Wowsers. If you crush on orange - then this is your colour! This is CiM Orange Crush, a translucent/ transparent/ opaque striking orange. ... dragonjools cim orange crush https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/11/emergency-bead-rescue.html DragonJools: Emergency Bead Rescue Don't you just hate it when you spend a lot of time on a bead, and then, after it is out of the kiln, something dumb happens like you crac... dragonjools emergency bead rescue https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2010/11/val-cox-frit-skinny-dipping.html DragonJools: Val Cox Frit: Skinny Dipping Well - I seem to be getting better with frits - which is to say - my samples aren't sucking quite so badly as they used to. ;-) Well - not a... dragonjools val cox frit skinny https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/03/comparison-sherbert-seashell-oyster.html DragonJools: Comparison: Sherbert, Seashell, Oyster Mushroom For comparison side by side, three of the new colours from CiM - from the top - 417 Sherbert (definitely green), 710 Seashell (close to iv... dragonjools comparison sherbert seashell oyster https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2010/06/cim-346-1-ghee-unique.html DragonJools: CiM 346-1 Ghee Unique Ghee is clarified butter - you melt the butter, skim off the solids that float to the surface and it is used in cooking. Last time I melted ... dragonjools cim ghee unique https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/05/riley-designs-dichro-aurora.html DragonJools: Riley Designs Dichro: Aurora - Green/Magenta Blue I usually just plunge into the dichro and use it, and forget to mark what I was using, so I don't often review dichro. This is from Riley ... aurora green dragonjools riley designs magenta https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/09/lauscha-premium-clear.html DragonJools: Lauscha Premium Clear A new batch of Lauscha Clear - Premium Clear. Not entirely sure what that means - as Lauscha clear is pretty gosh darn nice to begin with. I... dragonjools lauscha premium clear https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/03/pulling-beads.html DragonJools: Pulling beads I hate pulling beads. Hate it. But this little puppy makes it easier. This is a portable vise - it suctions to a smooth surface - like t... dragonjools pulling beads https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2016/09/cim-546-quetzal.html DragonJools: CiM 546 Quetzal Here is a lovely colour to get excited about. Turquoise! Quetzal is a slightly streaky, opaque turquoise blue. I forgot to try reducing i... dragonjools cim quetzal https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/08/goldstone-stringer.html DragonJools: Goldstone stringer Goldstone stringer. Here's the case for making your own, versus buying it premade. Encasing with a colour. These beads are a base o... dragonjools goldstone stringer https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/03/cim-824-pachyderm.html DragonJools: CiM 824 Pachyderm Another take on CiM Pachyderm - a multi-shaded warm grey. I know this shot of the ends of the rods is out of focus, but I burned myself t... dragonjools cim pachyderm https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/04/cim-333-unique-sunshine.html DragonJools: CiM 333 Unique Sunshine I've talked about this colour before, so feel free to breeze onto something else. But somehow, this colour keeps popping up for me - maybe b... dragonjools cim unique sunshine https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/10/belladonna-dragonscales-follow-up.html DragonJools: Belladonna DragonScales - Follow Up Disappointingly, reducing this while the glass was still glowing did not result in a lustre that came out of the kiln (see previous post)... dragonjools belladonna dragonscales follow https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/01/ DragonJools: January 2013 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools january https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2011/01/ DragonJools: January 2011 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools january https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/09/effetre-262-powder-pink.html DragonJools: Effetre 262 Powder Pink Powder Pink is one of those variable colours that you use for how it interacts with other colours , not so much for it's inherent colour. It... dragonjools effetre powder pink https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/01/wave-bead.html DragonJools: Wave bead Random eye candy - here's one of my signature "wave" beads - done in "Earth" and Eff. Med Lapis. It is done on the Sirius system mandrel and... dragonjools wave bead https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/08/silver-cores.html DragonJools: Silver Cores You may remember that I posted about the fine silver bead cores - that you build the beads directly on the cores ? If you are looking to try... dragonjools silver cores https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2007/08/here-comes-sunshine_21.html DragonJools: Here comes the Sunshine! Hello, sunshine! A new Vetro Odd-lot - 946 Sunshine. Stock up on this one! A beautiful shade of bright, happy yellow, virtually no colour sh... here comes dragonjools sunshine https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/01/cim-424-goblin.html DragonJools: CiM 424 Goblin CiM Goblin - a very good colour for goblins, green and streaky, like it just emerged from the swamp. Bead on the left has ivory dots. ... dragonjools cim goblin https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/01/double-helix-thallo.html DragonJools: Double Helix Thallo Double Helix Thallo is a medium transparent emerald green. It is a reduction glass, and Double Helix calls it a "super lustre." I found it... double helix dragonjools thallo https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2008/10/effetremoretti-067-rose-quartz.html DragonJools: Effetre/Moretti 067: Rose Quartz Because we need the confusion of two similar colors from two different manufacturers called their glass by the same name. Hello glass produc... dragonjools effetre moretti rose quartz https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/04/looking-forward-to-class-with-jeri.html DragonJools: Looking forward to Class with Jeri Warhaftig I've signed up for 4 days of classes with Jeri Warhaftig - to be held at the newly re-designed studio at beadFX. As I was the re-designer - ... looking forward to dragonjools class jeri https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/cim-535-duck-egg.html DragonJools: CiM 535 Duck Egg CiM Duck Egg - which I can't find on their site, oddly - is an interesting greeny grey, a soft fog colour, and similar to copper green - a f... dragonjools cim duck egg https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2013/12/cim-714-antique-lace.html DragonJools: CiM 714 Antique Lace Antique Lace. I believe CiM is trying to make an ivory - and this might be part of their quest. If I wasn't already imprinted on the Eff... dragonjools cim antique lace https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2016/10/cim-542-blue-arrow-frog.html DragonJools: CiM 542 Blue Arrow Frog CiM Blue Arrow Frog - named for that colourful poison frog - Dendrobates tinctorius azureus - the whole poison frog thing is very interes... blue arrow dragonjools cim frog https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/11/blues-brothers-and-battle-of-blues.html DragonJools: Blues Brothers and the Battle of the Blues So - she says to me, waving two packages of glass, one in each hand. "Which of these CiM colours do I buy - Cornflower or Ming? And how are ... blues brothers dragonjools battle https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/09/cim-526-ice-floe.html DragonJools: CiM 526: Ice Floe CiM Ice Flow is a super pale transparent blue. I mean very, very, very pale. I bet this would be great for aquarium beads. Or try it over... dragonjools cim ice floe https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/08/effetre-226-alexandrite.html DragonJools: Effetre 226 Alexandrite Well - I was excited. The unworked rod was a translucent opal like the CiM moonstone colours - Cirrus and co. But - this glass just went opa... dragonjools effetre alexandrite https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/03/lauscha-opaque-pink.html DragonJools: Lauscha Opaque Pink Yep, it's opaque. I'm no longer disappointed by these yummy colours that come out commonplace. If Lauscha says "Opaque" - they darn well mea... dragonjools lauscha opaque pink https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2020/03/cim-219-watermelon.html DragonJools: CiM 219 Watermelon CiM 219 Watermelon. Watermelon is my winner for the latest round of testing. it's a brighter, more saturated colour than fruit punch. It's a... dragonjools cim watermelon https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/08/effetre-209-sea-green-pastel.html DragonJools: Effetre 209 Sea Green Pastel A nice streaky opaque green - very like 216 Grass Green. Very like it. In fact - I don't think I can tell them apart. Notice the bead on th... sea green dragonjools effetre pastel https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/10/val-cox-frit-silver-lake.html DragonJools: Val Cox Frit - Silver Lake The working notes say: Opaque/Reactive. A reactive, velvety white frit that color-shifts to a dreamy blue. This dense white frit is best lef... dragonjools val cox frit silver https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2015/10/ DragonJools: October 2015 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools october https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/09/nanogems.html DragonJools: NanoGems I heard about the new "nanogems" for firing and including in Metal Clay. Cubic Zirconias that are "fire in place" can be used in lampwork (a... dragonjools nanogems https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2016/01/eye-candy.html DragonJools: Eye Candy Cabochons - I'm continuing to work on these. I'm rather liking these two. dragonjools eye candy https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2019/10/comparison-double-helix-hyperion-light.html DragonJools: comparison. double helix hyperion light vs clio If it seems like I just turned into a posting fool, it's because I finally discovered an app for posting to blogger on my phone that works r... double helix dragonjools comparison hyperion light https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/05/reichenbach-104-ocean.html DragonJools: Reichenbach 104 Ocean Got my hands on some Reichenbach 104 CoE glass called Ocean. Ocean appears to be a blue aventurine, or blue + aventurine. It's got sparklies... dragonjools reichenbach ocean https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-triton-eye-candy.html DragonJools: More Triton - eye candy Again - done at the studio at BeadFX. Really wish I got these results at home. dragonjools triton eye candy https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/11/trollpandora-etc-style-beads-update.html DragonJools: Troll/Pandora etc. - style Beads -- Update Hot tip on making the Pandora style beads on the pre-formed cores! Instead of putting them onto a mandrel with wet bead release - waiting ov... dragonjools troll pandora etc style https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2019/02/cim-317-baked-alaska.html DragonJools: CiM 317 Baked Alaska CiM Baked Alaska - a creamy vanilla colour. From the left, self-coloured spacer, spacer with fine-silver wire, spacer with dots of Eff ... dragonjools cim baked alaska https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/07/comparison-reichenbach-pearl-beige-vs.html DragonJools: Comparison: Reichenbach Pearl Beige vs Mystic Beige As we have just seen - these offerings from Reichenbach in their 104 CoE line do slightly different things. The top rod and three spacers... dragonjools comparison reichenbach pearl beige https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2015/01/next-one.html DragonJools: Next one. Going to have to think of a better name for this series than "New Directions." Anyway - here is the latest. Current name is "Careful where... dragonjools next one https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2010/04/cim-sangre-and-double-helix-aurae.html DragonJools: CiM Sangre and Double Helix Aurae Aion Please note. I apparently can't read my own handwriting. This posting is supposed to illustrate using Double Helix Aurae over Sangre. The r... double helix dragonjools cim sangre aurae https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2015/03/frit-paddle-follow-up.html DragonJools: Frit paddle follow up Remember that frit paddle/tray that I mentioned? These are the beads ... OK, it's a crappy photo - taken with my phone, but they turne... dragonjools frit paddle follow https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2020/05/cim-731-chocolate.html DragonJools: CiM 731 Chocolate CiM 731 Chocolate. I love this colour, and I particularly like the Lacey effect in the leaf where it's pressed very thin. Unfortunately, the... dragonjools cim chocolate https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/double-helix-skylla.html DragonJools: Double Helix Skylla Yet another run at Skylla. This time, using some clear encasing. This one, I encased the Skylla rod with clear, and got it very hot, and... double helix dragonjools skylla https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2018/01/ DragonJools: January 2018 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools january https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2014/08/effetre-420-coral-firecracker.html DragonJools: Effetre 420: Coral - Firecracker Effetre 420 Coral - Firecracker variant. Maybe someday I will understand why this colour - 420 - Coral - comes out different every time. ... dragonjools effetre coral firecracker https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-there-ekho-in-here-double-helix-ekho.html DragonJools: Is there an Ekho in here? Double Helix Ekho New from Double Helix - Ekho. All those beads on the left (except the colour marker beads - which are my way of making sure that I know whic... in here dragonjools ekho double helix https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/02/precision-104-rocio-silver-mist.html DragonJools: Precision 104 Rocio Silver Mist Rocio Silver Mist - a transparent medium (and very lovely) blue, that reduces to a lovely blue, metallic lustre. As must be standard for... dragonjools precision rocio silver mist https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2017/11/diy-photo-chromatic-boro.html DragonJools: DIY Photo-Chromatic Boro I stumbled across this video on youtube. It's pretty technical, but utterly fascinating. This dude is talking about making batches of photoc... dragonjools diy photo chromatic boro https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2009/04/still-here.html DragonJools: Still Here I haven't dropped off the face of the planet. Last Friday - my girl Abby - pic - collapsed in the back yard - her hindquarters paralysed. I ... dragonjools still https://dragonjools.blogspot.com/2012/12/ DragonJools: December 2012 Breathe fire and melt glass. New Product Reviews. Useful info for Lampworkers. dragonjools december