Messy Color™ Hades

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Hades (511820)<br />An intense black that stays true black even when pulled into stringers.

An intense black that stays true black even when pulled into stringers.


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“Let's compare Messy Hades and Effetre intense black head to head. Dark Ivory base - with a trail of Turquoise in the center indicated in the image, as it reacted so strongly to the ivory it is hard to spot, and Hades on the left, and Intense Black on the right. Equally cool, but noticeably different. The Hades seems to have spawned more of the fine tendrils, but the Intense Black has pulled up more colour, separating the ivory out into light and dark, and rendering up a nice blue too. I declare them equally awesome.” Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

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Messy Tester's Feedback

  • Hades is an intense black.
  • Hades has become the “go to” black for many lampworkers.
“This is the only black I use, it covers ALL the different blacks for me, great for ‘just black’ i.e. not purple like Effetre etc., for webbing i.e. intense black, for great reactions with silver foil, leaf and glasses.” – Elasia
 “I do use Hades as I like how it stays black; I mostly use it as stringer. I tend to use Effetre black for basic stuff and Hades when it really matters.” – Julie Fountain
“Hades is my most-often used black, unless I’m using it as filler or someplace not visible, and then I use the less expensive Vetrofond or Effetre Black.” – Kathy Coon
“I use Hades all the time and just recently stocked up on some Tuxedo to use as a solid base color because I want to save Hades for more reaction type designs, under silver colors, or for thin stringer work.” – Lori Bergmann
“Hades is my favorite real black.” – Maija-Leena Autio
“Tuxedo is my staple black, because of the price difference from Hades. I love Hades as well, but tend to save it for more special applications.” – Donna Dorman
“I use Hades all the time and think it is the best black on the market.” – Gail Witt
“I prefer Hades to other blacks.” – Jan Whitesel-Keeton
  • Most testers agree that Hades is a bit stiffer than the Italian blacks, but that Hades still has a tendency to web.
“I use it some when I need small black dots or a web.” – Chris Haussler
“I hesitate over taking a chance on a bead I worked hard to prep prior to triggering off a bleeding effect.” – Starleen Colon
“I use this black the most out of any of the blacks on the market. It's more affordable, extremely dense, and doesn't bleed out in my murrini, and it's very neutral in tone. I do like that it can give similar effects as the Italian dense black by ‘webbing’, so for me this glass is ideal and has the best of both worlds.” – Renee Wiggins
"Using Hades there's actually 2 lines of webbing. It works better than intense black for me." – Elasia
  • Hades is especially reactive with silver / reactive glasses.
“Hades - love it - especially with silver glass.” – Pat O'Brien
 “I prefer Hades over regular Effetre Black as it seems more reactive with R4 colors and silver than Effetre Black is.” – Bonnie Polinski
  • Special thanks to Genea Crivello-Knable, Bonnie Polinski, & Elasia for providing the photos in this section.

Darlene Collette used Hades as a base for 99% pure fine silver wire.   
Darlene Collette used Hades as a base for various DH glasses and also here.    
Check out DragonJool’s huge beads made with Hades.
See how Dragonjools tested Hades with Vetrofond Honey Crunch.     
Darlene Collette made ladybug themed beads with Hades and ASK104 Scarlet Dreams.
Darlene Collette used Hades with shards of silver glass & silver foil.
Amy Houston used Hades when making black and white beads.
Patricia Frantz demonstrates zigzag feathering with Hades, Triton & Spanish Leather.
Patricia Frantz demonstrates feathering with Hades & Peace.
Patricia Frantz demonstrates transparent colors as encasers with a Smurfy & Hades bead.
See Patricia Frantz's bead made with Wasabi, Triton, & Hades ribbon.
DragonJools compared Val Cox's Silver Lake frit on Tuxedo & Hades.
Check out Amy Houston's Lemon & Lime With A Twist beads using Hades.
DragonJools used Hades as a base to test Effetre Whisper.
Vonna Maslanka's bead created with Hades looks like the Sedona desert.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Hades.
See Kay Powell’s Hades frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.

“Let's compare Messy Hades and Effetre intense black head to head. Dark Ivory base - with a trail of Turquoise in the center indicated in the image, as it reacted so strongly to the ivory it is hard to spot, and Hades on the left, and Intense Black on the right. Equally cool, but noticeably different. The Hades seems to have spawned more of the fine tendrils, but the Intense Black has pulled up more colour, separating the ivory out into light and dark, and rendering up a nice blue too. I declare them equally awesome.” Read more at DragonJools blog.
– Dwyn Tomlinson
"On a base of darkest black, CiM Hades, Double Helix's Gaia and Kronos frit was generously sprinkled and reduced to bring out the metallic hues. 99% Fine Silver wire was wrapped and melted in. Effetre glass was then added to magnify the silver glitter captured under it's clear encasement." Read more at Darlene's blog.
– Darlene Collette
"I used a base of Hades for these beads, it was a fantastic black to work with. It melted extremely smoothly, but was on the stiff side and produced very crisp lentils as a result. The frit is Val Cox’s “Silver Lake” which does this cool thing on black where lots of blue shows up around the edges. A very pretty effect." Read more at Two Glassy Ladies' blog.
– Amy Houston
"The glass wrap is copper green - do you see the line of reaction between the Hades and the copper green?"
– Vonna Maslanka
"Hades makes Raku pop more than other blacks because it actually stays black instead of getting a sheen of metallic silver on it giving it a more extreme contrast between the deep black to the intense color of Raku."
– Genea Crivello-Knable
"Hades, in a reducing flame when exposed to silver, is incredible. I found this out simply by luck one day, and the set of beads that resulted was gorgeous! The bead set is a Hades base with a stringer of Vetro coral wrapped in silver foil, applied, twisted and then the whole bead reduced."
– Carol Oliver
"Hades is a special black that is so dense that it can be pulled down to a hair size stringer and still be opaque black which makes it especially great for detail work that needs to stay black." Read more at the Frantz Art Glass blog.
– Patricia Frantz
Effetre 066 dense black stringer is on the left, with Hades stringer on the right. In Sylvus' experience, 066 has a more consistent and dense working experience. Read more at Sylvus' blog.
– Sylvus Tarn
"Midnight Samurai uses a lot of Hades, silver infused for the shards, as thin stringer to create the marbled effect on the silk grey shards and in the twistie/murrini/shardfetti too."
– Jolene Wolfe
Silver infused Hades shards. View more of Jolene's work.  
– Jolene Wolfe
Gail Joseph uses Messy Hades frit to create 104 compatible frit blends. Bamboo Thunder is one of Gail's most popular blends. Find more blends at GG Glass.
 
 
– Gail Joseph