Deanna Griffin Dove

Last summer I was struck by the fact that we have very few monochromatic beads in our ranks. Since then I have been working hard trying to create palettes (out of moretti!) which contain a lot of color, but all in one range. It has been difficult to say the least. This bead�s base is silver pink sifted with transparent gold brown reduction frit. The striped cane is tongue pink with stripes of gold aventurine, the flowers are ivory and straw, and the berries are straw. The bead is reduced as a last step, to change the gray silver pink rod into mustard and create a metallic effect.

May 2003