Good Enough To Eat

I've been dropping the few chalcedony spacers I make every session into some small stone bowls that I bought on sale a while back.

I rather like the way they look, so much so that I've left them sitting on the dining room table. Not exactly a centre piece, but they do look almost good enough to eat.

Seeing them like this you can certainly recognise the difference between the Blue Chalcedony & the standard Chalcedony.

A Very Clever Glass

A year down the track & Gaffers Chalcedony still has me firmly in her grasp.

Exactly where she wants me I suspect, calling me back every time I attempt to ignore her & play with something else.

I try to play with all of the lovely colours in my glass stash, honest I do. While I'm playing with the other glasses I am sure that I hear her (& Chalcedony is indeed a she) muttering words of mutiny in the corner.

I reluctantly pull out a rod just to convince myself that she isn't about to do anything different from the last time I teased her with the flame - & she does. The siren sings her song & weaves her magic again.

It's Chalcedony Jim, but not as we know it

I played - & I wasn't kidding when I responded to Mallory's comment in the post below.
I had tried to recreate the effect of pleated green & the wisps of misty gold using Chalcedony.

I'd figured that with the help of Gaffer's Lime Green Aventurine - I could almost get the effect I was looking for. I know only too well how that aventurine spreads...& spreads.....& spreads.
The first attempt I restrained it aby laying the clear on top of the Lime Green Aventurine stringers to early, preventing it spreading enough to get the effect I was looking for.




Of course I managed to strike the end of the bead to a brilliant purple - right when I was trying not to!




The second attempt however I used a chalcedony base, applied the Lime Aventurine (in very thin stringers form), encased the whole lot in clear & then just gravity shaped it along the mandrel. I managed to get closer to the effect I was looking for.