Creation is Messy

Customer Experience:

Gelly’s Sty maintains its bright pink hue when used as the body of a piece, but loses its saturation when encased or used as a dot or in stringer work. Please examine the photos on this page carefully as we have chosen them to demonstrate this quality.

Courtesy of Gelly Davis

“I did an encased floral with white dots under the pink, which made it a very pale, soft pink. I used Moretti for the clear casement and had no problems with it. On that same bead, I used the Ginger as the base and the Celadon for the vines. All of the colors encased nicely. I also encased the pink with rubino and pulled it into stringers (raised on the flip flop and melted in on the round bead). The last bead in the group shot shows dots of raked rubino on a base of the pink and encased in Moretti clear. As you can see, although I burnt the rubino a bit, the pink didn't burn or fade.” ~ Gelly Davis

Courtesy of Laura Sparling

“The saturation level is controllable- if you want a light pink, use a small stringer, want more color, you need to use more glass. It is something like a transparent glass in that regard.” ~ Tim Gottleber

“It tends to go purple when layered over other colors. I used it over Effetre Black and both times it went a little purple on me. That could be due to it being a tiny bit translucent.” ~ Dianna Trout

Gelly’s Sty occasionally devitrifies, but this can be controlled by working it extremely hot.

Courtesy of Laura Sparling

“I noticed devitrification while initially working with Gelly's Sty, but I am used to ignoring devit. With EDP I let it devit (or even burn) all it wants. When I am finished with the bead, I heat each area using high oxygen (usually it's lips and toenails on Phants) to chase out the devit. With your glass I found I did not have to chase it away. I would assume that those whom it concerns need to work your glass hotter, I work like the devil on a mission and it's never hot enough!” ~ Loco

Courtesy of Sylvie Dreyfus

“I didn’t have too much of a problem with devit. I don’t work my beads in a really hot flame, but didn’t have any issues.” ~ Gail Witt

“I experienced devitrification if not worked hot enough.” ~ Tina Lamasney

“I also experienced devit. But when I worked it really low in the flame, the devit went away.” ~ Stephanie Risberg

Gelly’s Sty likes to be worked hot.

Heart is Gelly's Sty
Smaller beads are Rose Quartz
Courtesy of Stephanie Risberg

"I have noticed that this glass is more easily thermal shocked, so I add heat more often to account for that . . . work it with a neutral to oxidizing flame and keep it really hot. I put it in the kiln after a thorough heat through."
~ Kimberly Affleck

"Gelly’s Sty doesn't hold heat like all my other pinks do. It cools very quickly, so I had to give it extra heat the whole time I was working it. It is much stiffer than Moretti, I kept thinking it's "chewier.” It doesn't get drippy, which works well for someone like me who does lots of sculpture work.” ~ Gelly Davis

Some Messy Color testers reported that Gelly’s Sty is stiff.

Courtesy of Lucinda Storms

“The main problems I had were some devit when I added some colors on top of it and it is really stiff to work on my HH. I thought maybe someone with a hotter torch wouldn't have the stiffness trouble that I do, but if it's hard to pull good stringers, I bet it's due to the stiffness.” ~ Gelly Davis

“I really enjoyed working with it. It was stiff to work with, so it held sculptured shapes well.”             ~ Stephanie Risberg

Gelly’s Sty has a translucent or luminous quality.

Courtesy of Vonna Maslanka

“This pink is a little too pinky for me. I did use if for some flowers, and it was pretty, although it never really looks totally opaque.” ~ Gail Witt

"It really reminds me of chewed up Super Bubble bubble gum. It's not transluscent, but it does have a sheen or shimmer or something to it." ~ Gelly Davis

Gelly’s Sty etches easily.

Top L to R: Gelly's Sty, Gelly's Sty etched
Bottom L to R: Rose Quartz, Rose Quartz etched
Courtesy of Jan Whitesel-Keeton

“It etches just fine. It seems to lose some of its intensity when etched, it becomes a softer pink.” ~ Tim Gottleber

“Etches easily.” ~ Tina Lamasney

“Gelly’s Sty was sometimes streaky. But when I etched it, it lost the streaky look.” ~ Stephanie Risberg