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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

test test test

..testing some beads!
It is a sad affair, but I guess every beadworker has to deal with it sometimes.
" Many of the tiny, precious, wonderful colored Glass roccailles are not lightfast! 

So here is how I´m testing some colors before I use them in my earrings!
I leave them in a glass bowl on the window sill in the bright sun for some weeks.


and you can see, some faded....



....and have to be sorted out


here it is a matter of color lined beads , they are useless. 

4 comments:

  1. What a pity! But, even they are beautiful in their faded glory. Perhaps you could make something ombre, but that's a trend that will fade away as well....so love your timeless work.

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  2. I can understand this frustration ... here too, not all threads are as colorfast as one would like them to be.

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  3. This dedication to detail and perfectionism is so evident in your beautiful work.

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  4. Oh dear, I never thought this is a problem for beads, too! But, as Dawn said, they are still beautiful when they are faded.

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