Classical Garden Bead Trio

Classical Garden Bead Trio

“Roman Bath House” was the most requested tutorial, with “Classical Garden Trio” coming in second and “House of Vettii” following closely behind in the third position. My struggle with each of these is that they use the discontinued glass, “Terra”.  I don’t want to use the same glass that I used in the “Encased Floral Panel” tutorial as a sub for ”Terra” for any of the bead designs mentioned above. The glass is just too messy because it spreads a lot and is simply too reactive to other glasses. I’ve also found that in some cases it can fume the clear glass lenses, causing a smoky sort of haze to develop on their surface. Normally this only happens when the glass is worked to hot, but rare super intense batches can cause this even in a neutral flame.  Having said that,  I’m thrilled that I finally found a glass that will work quite well for the “Classical Garden Trio” and “House of Vettii” Series (won’t work for Roman Bath House, though).

I’m working on the ”Classical Garden Trio” tutorial now, with plans to release it on Monday, Sept, 29th. It will include instruction for both the focal and the drops. Since I very recently saw a post by Double Helix on LE, stating that they are likely going to start making ORIGINAL Terra again in a few weeks, I’m going to make the focal with some of the Terra that I have on hand. For those that do not have a stash of Terra, the drop bead will be created with a sub glass that will work for both the focal and the drop. Hope this makes sense!  lol

I’ll post a new entry as soon as this baby is ready to roll. . .Please don’t be shocked if I have to push the date out. This one is a BIG project!!!