Sold x 115 grm (1/4 lb) Glass Alchemy Havana Moon Lite Borosilicate Glass Rods. When designing this color, our goal was to provide the artist with an ocean of blues and greens when encased, while also allowing the artist to bring metals to the surface when unencased. Size: 7mm x 58cm length. Weight per rod approx. 32 grms. 3-4 rods per 115grms or 12 - 15 rods per 458 grms (1lb).
Working Tip:
Work in neutral flame and have fun, this one is loaded with silver!
Artist Description by Mike Shelbo:
Havana Moon Lite is a lush silver blue that will yield many finishes depending on how it is worked. The base color is a deep cobalt transparent and will transmit blue, but if there is a slight hint of the silver on the surface the color will transmit a beautiful green blue. You can use a sharp hot flame to burn off the silver haze to get back to the deep cobalt. Otherwise you will have many variations of milky blues and turquoise colors ranging to pastel like greens and golden yellow streaks, which really become vibrant because they are backed by the dark blue. Do not over reduce because once you get the color looking like an opal turquoise then you are about at the end of how far you want to push the silver.
For best results, work in a neutral to slightly oxidizing flame setting and not too close to the tip of the torch unless you are trying to burn off the silver haze. Encasement in clear will trap wisps and streaks of metallic and fume like blues and depending on how your piece is worked will change results with manipulation.