Messy Color™ Dirty Martini
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An opaque soft green.
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"The goldy green version was fumed with gold, and went a very nice colour. An intriguing colour - not so much 'pretty' as some, but a good background or base colour." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson Click here for other interesting Dirty Martini discoveries.
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Messy Tester's Feedback
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Dirty Martini is unique to the 104 glass lampworking palette.
"There is no other color truly comparable to Dirty Martini out there. It is just one example of the unique colors that CiM is known for giving the glass art world. Just in my personal opinion, it is a tad too gray. But Kandice Seeber seems to do amazing things with it and it doesn't appear gray in her work. I think it just the colors that you put it with." – Bethany Lemasters
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Testers report that Dirty Martini shifts in color depending on the type of lighting.
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Special thanks to Bethany Lemasters, Julie Fountain, Elasia, & Pat Frantz for providing the photos in this section.
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"The goldy green version was fumed with gold, and went a very nice colour. An intriguing colour - not so much 'pretty' as some, but a good background or base colour." Read more at DragonJools blog. |
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| “Dirty Martini makes a fantastic soft green base to compliment this wonderful blend of Iron Mountain frit called A Fern Hand."
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Genea Crivello-Knable
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"I've heard some people say that they think Dirty Martini is a little too grey. On its own it does tend to look a bit pale but all you need to do to 'lift' it is to add stronger greens to the mix and I promise that this will make the Dirty Martini sing - the pale green beads in this 'Springtime' set are a good example of this." Read more at Laura's blog. |
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| "I made a bead in every green shade of CiM I own, and also in similar Effetre shades." See more comparison beads including etched versions at Lush Blogs. |
"When ELO and Dirty Martini are in rod form, they look like they are going to be very similar when heated. But in fact, ELO becomes more of a very pale ivory and Dirty Martini becomes a very pale, soft green."
– Patricia Frantz
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| “Usually, instead of the minty freshness of Dirty Martini, I use the reactive Copper Green. Using DM gave a cleaner, crisper finish to the mint green opaque base on these beads, without the tendency to patina with copper that Copper Green has. And the opacity was dense and smooth.” Read more at Kandice's color blog. |
Silver infused Dirty Martini shards by Jolene Wolfe. View more of Jolene's work. |
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| "I fully expected Dirty Martini to have some type of metallic reaction like most other 104 line shades of pale blue/turquoise/green. But it didn't really - and I LOVE that. The grey-ish quality of the rods brighten up just a bit when they're melted - and the result is a pearly minty grey/green/blue shade that made my heart sing." Visit Kandice’s color blog for a full review of Dirty Martini. |
Testers report that Dirty Martini is an excellent base for silver reactive glasses. Please visit Genea’s blog for more information. |
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