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I am currently learning to make glass beads. Does anyone know the process of adding gold/silver sheeting?
Just want some tips on how to use the sheeting and mica that can be added to the glass bead.
Normally you use a slab of graphite as a marver. You set it where no breeze will cross it, perhaps surrounding it on three sides with part of a cardboard box. The gold leaf and gold and silver foil are very thin, so they are normally handled by leaving them on the paper and cutting the paper, then moving them off with a natural hair brush used only for that purpose.
You sprinkle mica on the surface.
You heat the surface of the bead to a very soft state and roll the bead in the leaf/foil/mica to pick up pieces. Normally you immediately begin to case the additions with clear, winding clear rod around the bead and smoothing it down on a clean part of the marver.
If you don’t have a graphite marver, most glass beadmaking suppliers sell them, some of which mount on the torch, which is not a good place to pick up leaf/foil.
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