Messy Color™ Elphaba
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An opaque lime green that is less reactive than other 104 pea greens.
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Elphaba
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"This green glass named for Glinda the Good Witch's evil sister and star of 'Wicked' is a delightfully witchy green, with a nice streakiness to it." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson Click here for other interesting Elphaba discoveries.
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Messy Tester's Feedback
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Most testers reported that Elphaba is very close to (but in general is less reactive than) Effetre and Vetrofond’s pea greens.
“The color is very similar to moretti pea green. I actually had a difficult time telling them apart on the bench but for rod diameter. I got less reaction effects than I typically get with moretti but a nice one with moretti petroleum green. Elphaba is a nice smooth glass not prone to reduction or pitting.” – Elise Swope
“Elphaba is much easier to use, I think, because it doesn't spread like the other brands do, and you don't have to fight with a black line reaction. It's really nice to find a non reactive green!” – Evil Glass
“Elphaba is a very nice lime green that doesn't swallow dots such as Moretti white M204. It is also not mushy like moretti pea green. It looks almost identical to pea green without all of the hassles.” – Genea Crivello-Knable
“A lime green that is not much different than M-212 pea green.” – Leslie Anne Bitgood
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Some testers reported that Elphaba reduces to a brown or purple hue.
“When Elphaba is reduced, I get shades of browns, blues, and purples.” – Elasia
"I used Elphaba with Kronos, and reduced, but Elphaba was unchanged.” – Teri Wathan
“When reduced, Elphaba gets a little darker – a bit on the brown side.” – Chris Molter
“I tried reducing, I got nothing.” – Evil Glass
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Several testers remarked that Elphaba is particularly excellent for use as floral vines.
“I used Elphaba with Moretti petroleum green which caused migration/ separation of the latter- a nice effect for vines & leaves.” – Elise Swope
“Elphaba is easy to work with and very adaptable for stringers complex or single color. Mixes well with other greens, both transparents and pastels. I used it with Effetre Petroleum Green along with numerous other greens for complex stringers for floral vines.” – Sue Stewart
“The first thing I noticed about Elphaba is that it is a bit firmer than Moretti pastel greens, making it a little easier to work with, especially when marving, pressing, and making twist cane with Elphaba and transparent colors. Wonderful for pulling leaf and vine cane!” – Bonnie Polinski
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Special thanks to Genea Crivello-Knable, Lorraine Chandler, Elasia, Bonnie Polinski, and Jan Whitesel-Keeton for the photos in this section.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Elphaba.
See Kay Powell’s Elphaba frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.
"This green glass named for Glinda the Good Witch's evil sister and star of 'Wicked' is a delightfully witchy green, with a nice streakiness to it." Read more at DragonJools blog. |
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Messy Elphaba is less likely to swallow dots of other colors than effetre pea green. Top bead is effetre base, bottom bead is Elphaba.
– Genea Crivello-Knable
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