Messy Color™ Sapphire

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Sapphire (511543)<br />A transparent cobalt blue.

A transparent cobalt blue.


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"Sapphire, a transparent medium blue before heating, comes out of the kiln a much darker blue, and actually, more of a true gemstone sapphire colour, as opposed to the very blue sapphire colour that is usually indicated in the world of commercially made glass beads!" Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

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  • Special thanks to Genea Crivello-Knable & Vonna Maslanka for providing the photos in this section.

DragonJools encased Heffalump with Sapphire.
Check out how Darlene Collette used Oz, Pulsar, & Sapphire with 99% fine silver.
Darlene Collette made a set including Sapphire with 99% Fine Silver Wire.
Genea Crivello-Knable made a button with Sapphire.
Pat Frantz demonstrates zigzag feathering with Sapphire & Marshmallow.
Liz Long shows how Stone Ground pairs well with Sapphire. See Liz's  bead on her blog.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Sapphire.
See Kay Powell’s Sapphire frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.

"Sapphire, a transparent medium blue before heating, comes out of the kiln a much darker blue, and actually, more of a true gemstone sapphire colour, as opposed to the very blue sapphire colour that is usually indicated in the world of commercially made glass beads!" Read more at DragonJools blog.
– Dwyn Tomlinson
“I made a vessel! I used Sapphire because I love the color and it is perfect for it. It is stiff enough to hold its shape while I fool around with it in the flame and stable enough to not crack when I forget to reheat as often as I should.” Read more at Carol Tannahill’s blog.
– Carol Tannahill
“This set of classic blue rounds are based on shades of blue transparent glass including CiM's Sapphire, Effetre Light and Medium Blue.”
– Darlene Collette
“If I could only have one shade of transparent blue in my palette this would probably be it." Read more about how Sapphire compares to other 104 blues at Carol Tannahill’s blog.
– Carol Tannahill
"Sapphire always surprises me, it looks much lighter in the rod." Read more and see more comparison beads including etched versions at Lush Blogs.
– Julie Fountain
"I like it best layered over clear or white to lighten up the color just a bit and really let that beautiful blue color shine. You can see the difference in the strand of crystal beads shown below the solid colored bead." Read more at Lori's blog.
– Lori Bergmann
"Warm the glass slowly in the flame. When you work it slow, the way it wants to be worked, the resulting beads are crystal clear.  . . If I warmed it too quickly, I could feel the rod pop and see shattering through the glass, although the glass didn't actually splinter off. I would warm the glass again and still form a bead which would then include hundreds of bubbles and created a look similar to seeded glass." Read more at Kanna Glass Studio's blog.
– Jennifer Borek
"Sapphire matches Swarovski Montana crystals."
– Bethany Lemasters
"Sapphire does not have the tendency to boil and scum that many transparent blues have. It is a very user friendly glass, very easy to work with."
– Carol Oliver