Sleek Leopard Borosilicate Beads by Nicole Valentine Rimmer
Glass used
Silver Strike 5
Caramel
Clear
Purple Luster Frit Fine
Amazon Bronze Frit Small
First make a twisty. Start with approximately a grape sized gather of silver strike 5, make sure you burn off the haze on it. Stripe with 3 thin stripes of caramel. Heat through and twist into twisty.
Make a base bead using the twisty you made previously. Make sure to burn off the haze on it. Roll once in purple luster frit fine. Heat and roll once in amazon bronze frit small. Melt frit in. Encase in clear, heat to HOT, cool, strike gently until colour blooms. Pop it into your kiln to anneal.