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== How to make silvered ivory stringer == | == How to make silvered ivory stringer == | ||
# Cut some silver leaf the length of the square by about 1" place on your non flamable work surface/marver | |||
# Take one commercially pulled ivory stringer | |||
# If your posh dip your finger in water, if your like me a good bit of slobber works fine, wet the first 4" (or how ever long your piece of silver leaf is) of the stringer. | |||
# Roll your stringer over the silver so it wraps around your stringer, the wet will make it cling like a magnet. | |||
# Flash through the flame quickly and gently to burnish the silver to the stringer. | |||
# Apply to your bead by laying it on and let it melt in....voila! | |||
Tutorial by Lorna Prime of [http://www.pixiewillowdesigns.com/ Pixie Willow Designs] | Tutorial by Lorna Prime of [http://www.pixiewillowdesigns.com/ Pixie Willow Designs] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:27, 9 February 2009
SIS stands for silvered ivory stringer. It is often added to create organic looking effects on the surface of a lampwork bead design.
How to make silvered ivory stringer
- Cut some silver leaf the length of the square by about 1" place on your non flamable work surface/marver
- Take one commercially pulled ivory stringer
- If your posh dip your finger in water, if your like me a good bit of slobber works fine, wet the first 4" (or how ever long your piece of silver leaf is) of the stringer.
- Roll your stringer over the silver so it wraps around your stringer, the wet will make it cling like a magnet.
- Flash through the flame quickly and gently to burnish the silver to the stringer.
- Apply to your bead by laying it on and let it melt in....voila!
Tutorial by Lorna Prime of Pixie Willow Designs