Halloween Bead Tutorial by Lori Peterson
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Tools you will need:
Razor tool of some kind - either straight edge or Xacto knife will do
Marver - I used a fancy brass marver but any marver will work.
Poker - tungsten, stainless, other, doesn't matter as long as it is sharp and pokey.
Tweezers - I like the ones without the serration.
Curved tool - I use a piece of brass tubing with a little bit nibbled off so it makes a smile impression.
Lentil press - or you can just mash with any kind of mashers.
Glass I used:
Black - I like CIM Tuxedo but regular Effetre black will work.
Orange - Effetre orange opaque will work but lots of orange options are out there. I even like some of the orangier corals for the pumpkins.
Ivory - Effetre dark or light, doesn't matter.
Brown - I used tranparent root beer for the stem of the pumpkin with a face and opal yellow for the round pumpkin. If you only have a light version of opal yellow, I would suggest using light brown opaque instead.
Green - I used transparent light green and opaque grass green. For some of the vine cane I got fancy and used Lauscha olive but any combination of greens will do.
Some special glass that you prepare ahead of time:
Rose cane (rubino oro over white or light pink - pulled into stringer) for the girly skully bow.
Vine cane - for the round pumpkins - opaque green of any kind under transparent green of any kind, striped with black and pulled into stringer.
