I have come up with three techniques that I want to Demo.  I am going to do “shaving cream beads”,  “glitter beads” and a simple Mokume Gane.

The shaving cream beads are very fun to do and extremely easy.  I am going to do different colors then the browns and reds that I used following the book,  Bead Techniques by Linda Peterson.  They are not in the color scheme that I like.  I had great fun making the beads, in fact I learned the smash and rock method from the book and now can make a bunch more shapes easily.  It is also fun to play in the shaving cream!  (I had to but some of the foam type since all we have in the house in gel).  I can’t wait to color more shaving cream with my alcohol inks!  I have many things I want to try using this technique.

The glitter beads are from a book by Marie Segal.  You simply make the beads and then shake them a bag of glitter.  (You want to make sure that your glitter will be okay will the oven and not melt.)  I really like the idea.  I will be doing some with a mixture of glitter colors and maybe even some Pearl-Ex powders.

The Makume Gane technique is always fun and easy but with stunning results.

Posted by Helen in Tips and Techniques on August 12th, 2007 | No Comments