New Designs

We have been experimenting with the eletroform process and have come up with several new beads and finished pendents. It is exciting to add a new procedure to our creative bag of tricks. We have only begun to examine the many creative opportunities that this new element holds. Some of the eletroform pieces are fashioned using tumbled glass and some of the pieces use lampworked beads as the base. We want our fans to be the first to get a glimpse of our new designs.

Eletroform or Fun With Science.

I have been experimenting with the eletroform process and applying this element to my lampwork glass beads. I have found that I am able to add captivating gilding to my beads. I will try to give a brief explanation of how this process works.

The rectifier supplies both positive and negative charges. The positive charge goes to the anodes or copper plates, and the negative to the cathode or the bead that has been painted with electroconductive paint. The electroforming solution is an acid that causes the copper to sluff off of the plates. When the positive lead from the rectifier is attached to the wire containing the anodes the particles have a positive charge. The bead or chatode is hooked up to the negative lead and will attract the positively charged particles. The result is a compelling build up of copper on the glass bead.

You may not be fascinated by the science like I am but you have to admire the resulting art bead.

These beads are available through my Etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/RiverStudio

These pieces always remind me of frog eggs floating in the weeds of a pond.

I just love these beads! They are beautiful in any color and remind us of an Impressionist painting, so we refer to them as Monet beads.

Thanks, Lynda!

Kim

I think that we should be working in our garden. There will be maple trees growing in it soon!

Autumn and ARF auction friend greeting each other!

We have been chosen to be a part of an Etsy Treasury List! These are more of our upcycled map earrings. We also use paper from sheet music, phone books, thesauruses, hand painted tissue, even Indiana Boating Rules! You just never know!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=128910

YES!!!!!!!