Available in 4mm, 7mm, 12mm & frit.
Color Description: Lipstick red, seductive and alluring.
Properties: High color saturation, opal, WYSIWYG.
Working characteristics: Maintains color in all working atmospheres.
Tips: Work this color further out in the flame.
Available in 7mm.
Color Description: Deep, dark red.
Properties: High color saturation, opal, WYSIWYG.
Working characteristics: Maintains color in all working atmospheres.
Tips: Work this color further out in the flame.
Available in 7mm.
Color Description: Has a touch of silver that intensifies the thrill of using this ruby.
Properties: Medium high color saturation, translucent/opal, striking.
Working characteristics: Flame and kiln strike. Try preworking by gathering in a hot reducing flame. Pull out into rod and use.
Tips: Contains silver. Strike in back of flame to develop silver colors. Kiln strike for reds.
Available in 7mm.
Color Description: Developed to be very difficult to strike in the flame but to easily strike to a deep transparent red in the kiln.
Properties: Medium high color saturation, transparent, striking.
Working characteristics: Work in hot, neutral or oxidizing flame.
Tips: If flame striking, let cool, strike in back of flame. For best results, kiln strike.
1382 Coral Blush
Available in 7mm.
Ruby/Polychromatic
Color Description: A ruby with a thousand subtle tones.
Properties: Translucent, striking-luster.
Working characteristics: Flame and kiln strike. Try pre-working by gathering in a hot reducing flame. Pull out into rod and use.
Tips: Flame-strike the silvers and kiln-strike the reds. Encasing will produce more pink and coral. A fantastic, playful color for beads.
Available in 7mm & frit.
Color Description: Contains copper that has been reduced, so it will strike to a deep red opal ruby and will transmit deep transparent red when kiln struck.
Properties: High color saturation, translucent/opal, striking.
Working characteristics: Work in hot, neutral or oxidizing flame.
Tips: If flame striking, let cool, strike in back of flame. For best results, kiln strike.
Available in 7mm.
Color Description: This clear rod does not strike to any color; however, it converts UV radiation to a bright pink color. The UV bulb must be of the Black Light Blue (BLB) type and should be less than one year old.
Properties: Low color saturation, transparent, fluoresces.
Working characteristics: Can be used with any flame, any heat.
Tips: The larger the mass of the piece, the brighter the color will be.