Creation is Messy

Courtesy of Kevan Aponte

Courtesy of Julie Fountain	Courtesy of Terri Budrow-Nelson	Courtesy of Claire Morris
Courtesy of Gail Witt	Courtesy of Julie Fountain	Courtesy of Chris Molter
Courtesy of Claire Morris	Courtesy of Evil Glass	Courtesy of Elasia
Courtesy of Gail Witt	Courtesy of Jody Wieler	Courtesy of Bonnie Polinski

Messy Testers' Feedback:

Lapis is a unique addition to the 104 lampworking palette.

“Lapis is a very dark purple blue. There really isn't much comparison in the Moretti palette.” ~ Genea Crivello-Knable

“I really love this deep dark purple. If I could make an opaque version of dark ink blue it would look just like this! There hasn’t been any opaque purple this dark, so it’s a great addition to my palette.” ~ Gail Witt

“It's unique and I love it. More purpley (grape purple!!) than blue, I think, when worked, but just amazing.” ~ Evil Glass

“It fills an open slot in my palette." ~ Terri Budrow-Nelson

“When I think of the color Lapis, I think blue. This color was more in the purple range to me. I could not find a Moretti glass (in my glass stock) that came close to the color.”
~ Jan Whitesel-Keeton

Lapis is very dark.

“It can get really dark – almost black after working it for awhile.” ~ Chris Molter

"It’s quite dark, which presents a design challenge for me. I find the darker colors harder to work with. This is a glass I would use as frit, more than rod." ~ Terri Budrow-Nelson

“It is not so dark that it looks black, but is a really dark purple." ~ Gail Witt

Some testers reported a metallic sheen when reducing Lapis.

"I would compare Messy Lapis to Moretti’s hand pulled dark silver plum. It reacts much the same way as the dark silver plum in reduction but is more blue, and is not overpowered by the ‘reduced silver surface' that the silver plum gets in reduction. Though I love dark silver plum, I am sometimes disappointed that the reduction overpowers the color so heavily. I love Lapis’ ability to get the silvered reduction surface while still retaining its rich blue/indigo color!" ~ Bonnie Polinski

“I tried reducing it – I found no difference." ~ Chris Molter

"I did reduce the glass on a small bead, but didn’t see a lot of change." ~ Gail Witt