Yep, I am a murrini "happy chappy" today. I got my lemon and lime canes out of the kiln this morning.... they looked good (stable no sign of a crack) especially for using the yellow colours in there, always a bit of a risk. My orange pieces look like they are going to come out fairly nicely as well and when I sawed the large diameter cane I had them sitting all together on my saw top and wow they looked good, so I grabbed the camera and took a quickie pic:
At the back is the orange component cane for me to make up today, you will notice that I gradated from a yellow to the darker orange on the outside colour and also made the wedges a bit thinner so I can fit four pieces in like the lime cane. I think it looked better with the 8 slices. You might notice too, that I made the pith a little bit thicker on the lemon before popping on the bright yellow rind. After I finished that one, I decided to keep it a bit thinner on the lime cane and I do think the results come out a little bit nicer as well. I am thinking I might slice some of these larger diameter canes up and polish off on my friends flat lap next time I go over to visit her (Gail at goglass studio that is). I am looking forward to finishing off the orange cane too, it think it will look really cool with all three types mixed in together.... very bright!
This second attempt is not an improvement really, but the boro donut looks quite good in real life on this bail and at least then its sellable to a non-jewellery maker!
At the back is the orange component cane for me to make up today, you will notice that I gradated from a yellow to the darker orange on the outside colour and also made the wedges a bit thinner so I can fit four pieces in like the lime cane. I think it looked better with the 8 slices. You might notice too, that I made the pith a little bit thicker on the lemon before popping on the bright yellow rind. After I finished that one, I decided to keep it a bit thinner on the lime cane and I do think the results come out a little bit nicer as well. I am thinking I might slice some of these larger diameter canes up and polish off on my friends flat lap next time I go over to visit her (Gail at goglass studio that is). I am looking forward to finishing off the orange cane too, it think it will look really cool with all three types mixed in together.... very bright!
Oh, and I thought I would try my hand at some wire coiled donut bails..... well, they are not the neatest job in the world, but I do think they look pretty funky myself. I used some copper because I had a massive commercial roll of the thin stuff I got at a garage sale for $10 - the dude used it to wire wrap some sort of magnet or something. I will put its previous use down to secret mens business, but at least it is coming in very handy for a real newbie wireworker. The first one is a rough ivory doughnut with some of my coffee bean murrini .... I am calling it donuts and coffee!
Hey, your murrinis look fantastic, I love them. I'm sure the Orange Murrini will also look great.
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