Creation is Messy

Courtesy of Genea Crivello-Knable

Courtesy of Chris Molter	Courtesy of Tina Lamasney	Courtesy of Liz Long
Courtesy of Terri Budrow-Nelson	Courtesy of Vonna Maslanka	Courtesy of Evil Glass
Courtesy of Leslie Anne Bitgood	Courtesy of Genea Crivello-Knable

Messy Testers' Feedback:

Most testers found Clockwork easy to work with and easy to strike.

"I love this color. It's super easy to work, strike, and doesn't burn out. I was able to make it translucent, but not transparent." ~ Evil Glass

"A translucent, almost opaque orange when worked "normal," shown in 2 beads on the right. I found when I tried to boil it, it wouldn't, it went to clear...let it cool a bit and strike and you get hues of light orange all the way back to translucent."
~ Elasia

"Clockwork is easy to strike. A true clear, transparent orange. I could throw away the other 2 or 3 rods of transparent oranges and replace them with Clockwork in a heartbeat. I got transparency…crystal clear orange which is what I was hoping for. I either didn’t get to translucent or past it." ~ Sue Stewart

“I never got Clockwork to strike to translucency, only semi-transparency." ~ Teri Wathan

“I had a hard time getting Clockwork to strike consistently. Sometimes I couldn’t get the orange to come up and it would remain transparent, but that was only about 15% of the time. I especially had trouble with striking after pressing." ~ Terri Budrow-Nelson

“It was a little difficult to strike when working a small spacer after I had heated it to the point of losing its color. But once it started to strike, it happened very quickly. I work mainly with large focals and bringing out the translucency in them was very easy." ~ Chris Molter

“It took me awhile to get the hang of striking Clockwork as it seemed to strike differently than other striking glass. I found that I would think it wasn’t going to strike and put it in the blanket to move on and when it had cooled, it was a wonderful orange." ~ Jan Whitesel-Keeton

“Clockwork seems to stay more transparent if not over heated in intense heat while working. Shorter bursts of heating and allowing the bead to cool seem to keep it more transparent. If the color was lost, you can easily bring it back by letting the bead cool and then gently flashing it in and out of the flame until you see the color turn back to orange." ~ Genea Crivello-Knable

"I found that it stayed clear and not translucent. It is easy to strike, except for very thin applications." ~ Leslie Anne Bitgood

“I wasn’t quite able to strike it as transparent as I wanted, but I was pleased with the result nonetheless. On each of my beads the Clockwork was evenly translucent with no variation of color saturation. I noticed on several of Vonna’s beads that she was able to achieve a wide range of color from yellow-orange to bright orange, and from transparent to opaque (to opacify, she flashed her bead in and out of a reduction flame)." ~ Bonnie Polinski

Clockwork is stiffer or more "crisp" than other 104 transparent oranges.

"I love it. It is more crisp and doesn’t spread out in organics like Moretti’s transparent orange." ~ Chris Molter

"Clockwork is a beautiful orange that stays crisp and clean in twisties. As with all the CiM colors, I love the slightly stiffer consistency." ~ Leslie Anne Bitgood