Friday, March 7, 2008

Ocean Vertebrae Bead


Ocean Vertebrae Bead, originally uploaded by melaniehazen.

This isn't a new bead, but I was looking at my pictures and remembered that I LOVE this design. I need to get on the torch this weekend and do more of these. It's encased raku powder, and the aqua tones were really surprising. It's a slow process... wrapping two spirals of clear, melting in- without burning up the color in the raku powder, and then encasing the entire bead with a third full layer of encasing and melting smooth. It's a labored process, but a labor of love.

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