Thursday, December 14, 2006

The Great Frit Question



Michelle asked yesterday what "frit" was - frit is little pieces of glass that are melted onto a larger molten piece of glass. They're kind of like sprinkles for glass. The unmelted frit that I used to make yesterdays bead looks like this -it's filled with all of the greens, browns and whites that are incorporated into the bead. The bead started out as a base of turquoise, was rolled in the frit above, was covered in clear glass and then had swirls of sparkly gold attached. It's good stuff!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, not apple fritters but glass fritters huh?! I get it now. :o)

Anonymous said...

that is really cool...all that sprinkle mess turned into that gorgeous bead!!!