Glass Glitter?
Glass Glitter Mushrooms
I was playing around online, and found this stuff I’d never seen before called “glass glitter”. Evidently it is being used to make cards and mushrooms like you see in the picture. It was on the Meyer Imports site, and this is what they had to say:
Welcome to the world of Gorgeous Glass Glitter! Packaged conveniently in Take and Make packages, this finely ground colored glass is silver coated for extra sparkle and shine. Over time a beautiful patina ages the colors, to give you a really authentic vintage glass glitter look. Available in a rainbow of colors and blends, German Glass Glitter also offers 4 different grit sizes. Ranging from the super fine 100 grit, to the super chunky 70 grit.
Produced in Europe by fine art glass glitter artisans, available exclusively from Meyer Imports.
Project suggestion: Use with our Craft Tac Glitter Adhesive to embellish any greeting card, scrapbook or paper art project!
Frit bead with spirals on top
Now anyone who makes glass beads knows this stuff by another name, frit. We use it to make cool color patterns on beads. In fact, it is what made the pattern on my bead here. Lots and lots of bead makers use frit, and lots of places sell it. It tends to have sharp edges, and often has powdered glass in it that is bad to inhale. So I can’t quite see using it on cards. Has anyone out there done this?
Oh, and to see fancy frit beads, take a look at the Glass Diversions web site. The center column is all frit beas, and they are delish!
February 5, 2010
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Tags: frit, glass glitter, lampwork · Posted in: bead
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Too bad the coloration of the glass glitter is probably not heat safe…
There is glass glitter out there, I almost think Art Institute Glitter is glass, not sure. I’ll look in my distributor’s catalog tomorrow and see…
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