Lampwork Bead - Jeannie Cox - Soft Glass Floral Implosion Tutorial

This is a shortened video of how I make implosions in soft glass. This is not the most perfect implosion, but it should show the point. I cut a lot of the heating out to save time even though this video is still almost 10 minutes long. I hope you enjoy!!
Jeannie Cox
www.jeansbeads.com

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Howto & Style

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• lampwork
• bead
• glass
• flamework
• flower
• implosion
• tutorial
• how-to
• soft
• pendant

[lia4251]

Can u show me your studio setup and must have tools

[jeannie291]

@lia4251 Hi! I think I replied to your question on another of my videos about asking where I bought my glass.

I don't use a whole lot of tools even tho I may have many, but you should have at least one graphite marver, some tweezers - maybe in a couple of sizes - large and small, and a shaper tool of some sort - - like a Stump Shaper or a dental tool. It helps to also have a parallel press to flatten beads evenly.

[QuiteCuntrary]

I like the vid, but unless I missed it, it completely skips over the part where you punty up the face and remove the rod from the back before moving on to coloring the back. Someone who's never done an implosion might be confused as to why they've just covered up their entire implosion ;)

[jeannie291]

@QuiteCuntrary

Hi. Thanks for your comment. I never changed the rod from the back to the front. The rod was on the "front" from the first maria squish to applying the backing. These implosions work backwards - you are applying all the color to the back and "imploding" it into the glass towards the front (rod).

The only thing I noted (at about 8 minutes) is that you can punty at the back to remove your rod and round out your lens before applying a bail (which I did not do in this video).

[davidmk55]

@jeannie291 You say it is 8 mm and you prefer 10 mml What brand of soft glass was it? Effetre smudges up I find, Lausha, Vetrafond? Please straighten me out on this. Thanks.\

[jeannie291]

@davidmk55 - - Hi, thanks for your question. I like to use Lauscha, the stiffer kind, which I think comes as "reformulated Lauscha" now. - - not the new soft Lauscha. I have also had luck with Vetrofond clear also, but prefer the Lauscha.

[khrystiy]

OMG i'm so happy i watched this! i have been having so much trouble with loops and punty's and it never occurred to me to make a bead into the loop and burn of the original rod! its a great shortcut but i'm sure i'll be kicking myself later when i still can't do puntys!

[vonniescrafts1]

That was brilliant I did my first implosion this evening I can see where I went wrong but it's not bad for first try I thought your pendant was gorgeous well done!

[QuiteCuntrary]

Sorry for the double post :)