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13.7mm hole-to-hole x 17.6mm

The challenge was to use metals in the bead while fireing it.  That ruled out
wire wrapping, PMC, etc.  I experimented with the "Barley effect" as Corina Tetinger
describes it in her Spotlight on Silver  booklet. 

The base bead is Effetre transparent cobalt encased in Vetrofond crystal clear
 then wrapped in silver foil. The decoration is Effetre rubino, i.e. gold pink, stringer. 
Then the bead was reduced to bring out the silver
and heated very very hot. I put it through a few of the reducing/heating cycles.

Spectacular effect! I love the contrast between the silver sparkles in the cobalt and
the light edge to the red.  If you look closely at the center of the spiral you can see
that the silver turned golden.

 

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