However I have discovered alcohol inks which give a wonderful clear colour and so I set up some experiments to find that blue.
As I was starting with clear base which can go amber after a while when heating I decided to use small amounts which can be quite tricky so rather than use the whole melt pot I used small foil pie trays with different amounts of ink in each
It didn't take too long for the UTEE to begin to melt
and it was easy to top up and dilute the deep blue
I used a range of silver bezels to create some great shapes
Once cooled the UTEE will easily pop out of the bezel which can be used again
this one is made in the large hearts bezel with a portion of texture added while still warm
I also poured onto texture mats and cut some discs for pendants
I then created a bright fuchsia pink
and a deep ruby red
Using the pie trays meant I could make very small amounts of colour and indulge in some colour mixing
Once everything was set I used gilding wax to highlight the textures
I am very happy with these results.
The discs will be made into pendants on seed bead threading and the other shapes will have bails glued on.
watch this space for the results
