https://www.frit-happens.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Stringer 2026-07-13T13:23:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.frit-happens.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Stringer&diff=502&oldid=prev 2008-11-20T22:57:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:57, 20 November 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Getting detail onto glass beads can often involve the use of stringer. Stringer can be made by the artist or bought commercially. Stringer can be used to get lines and dots on beads as well as being used to form twists <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/ </del>swirls in beads.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Stringer are thin strands of [[glass]] often made by pulling molten [[glass]] until it forms a thin rod. Stringer can be made as thin as desired.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Why do I need to use stringer?===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Getting detail onto <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>glass beads<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>can often involve the use of stringer. Stringer can be made by the artist or bought commercially. Stringer can be used to get lines and dots on beads as well as being used to form <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>twists<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] or </ins>swirls in beads.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===How is stringer made?===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===How is stringer made?===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Choose the rod of glass that you want to use as stringer and heat the end of the rod to form a [[gather]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">once </del>the gather has formed allow the glass to begin cooling <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>then use tweezers to grip the end of the gather and pull. The faster you pull the thinner your stringer will be, if you want a thick stringer allow the glass to cool quite a bit and pull slowly. The stringer can then be broken off from the rod and used in designs later on.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Choose the rod of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>glass<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>that you want to use as stringer and heat the end of the rod to form a [[gather]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Once </ins>the gather has formed<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>allow the glass to begin cooling <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">slightly, </ins>then use tweezers to grip the end of the gather and pull. The faster you pull the thinner your stringer will be, if you want a thick stringer allow the glass to cool quite a bit and pull slowly. The stringer can then be broken off from the rod and used in designs later on.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Stringer control===  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Stringer control===  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This takes practice!!!</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This takes practice!!!</div></td></tr> </table>

Dickie https://www.frit-happens.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Stringer&diff=500&oldid=prev 2008-11-20T18:51:25Z

<p>New page: Getting detail onto glass beads can often involve the use of stringer. Stringer can be made by the artist or bought commercially. Stringer can be used to get lines and dots on beads as wel...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Getting detail onto glass beads can often involve the use of stringer. Stringer can be made by the artist or bought commercially. Stringer can be used to get lines and dots on beads as well as being used to form twists / swirls in beads. <br /> ===How is stringer made?===<br /> Choose the rod of glass that you want to use as stringer and heat the end of the rod to form a [[gather]]. once the gather has formed allow the glass to begin cooling and then use tweezers to grip the end of the gather and pull. The faster you pull the thinner your stringer will be, if you want a thick stringer allow the glass to cool quite a bit and pull slowly. The stringer can then be broken off from the rod and used in designs later on. <br /> <br /> ===Stringer control=== <br /> This takes practice!!!</div>

Saffie