Messy Color™ Stone Ground

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Stone Ground (511351)<br />An opaque silver yellow.

An opaque silver yellow.


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“A generous wrapping of 99% pure silver foil was burnished into the Stone Ground creating microdrops of silver to which Double Helix, silver infused striking glass was sprinkled. The glass when struck in the flame, gently fumed the silver to a golden glow, outlining each droplet of Terra Nova silver glass.” – Darlene Collette

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Sarah Bedwell
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Lori Bergmann
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Sue Stewart
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Patricia Frantz

Messy Tester's Feedback

  • Testers are divided on whether or not Stone Ground is significantly different from Effetre Opal Yellow.
"I tested Stone Ground & Opal Yellow under oxidation and without silver leaf, as well as rolled in silver leaf and in reduction. They are very similar to each other. Stone Ground has more yellow/brown tones, Opal Yellow has more yellow/orange tones." – Bonnie Polinski
"It might be a fair generalization to say that the Opal Yellow tends to look a little lighter. In terms of reactivity and 'cool effects' - both of them react strongly - the Stone Ground possibly more so - perhaps just as it is a little darker. I'd say they are pretty comparable." Read more and see comparison beads at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson
"Stone Ground gives more surface color variation when worked and it is a bit darker in general compared to Opal Yellow. I like the variation that I get from working Stone Ground on the surface. Opal Yellow stays a single color for me." – Chris Haussler
"Stone Ground is less yellowy, and less reactive. I don't use it in place of Opal Yellow." – Claire Morris
"I liked Stone Ground very much, but in comparing it to my current batch of Opal Yellow [which has the pink/peach center rings to the rods], I slightly preferred Opal Yellow. I found Cranberry Pink and rubino oro were  prettier on the Opal Yellow; they seemed to turn much darker on the Stone Ground, and the Stone Ground took on a beige tone when they were added." – Donna Dorman
"They’re sort of siblings, somewhat the same but each holds its own pros and cons. The really ‘good’ Opal Yellow [pink rings inside] is more reactive than Stone Ground and has more colors to it. But the current Opal Yellow is a lot like Stone Ground." – Elasia
I don’t think of them as interchangeable colors. Each has its own unique qualities. Stone Ground makes a great base bead on which to decorate with other colors. It’s so neutral it almost disappears. If kept in the fire for a prolonged period, Stone Ground develops a darker more aged looking appearance that is really beautiful. I use lots of stringer decoration on Stone Ground and was delighted to see my stringers becoming attached to the base glass with having to melt them in, and none of them have had any issues with popping off." – Gail Witt
"This is my very favorite color and I love using it with rubino and also Da Vinci. It is very lovely etched. I am able to bring out some darker hues as well as some pinks when worked a long time in the flame.  I prefer Stone Ground over Opal Yellow." – Jan Whitesel-Keeton
"Truthfully, I don’t see them as being comparable at all. I use the Italian OY for its reactive properties, and I use Stone Ground as an organic-looking base color." – Kathy Coon
"I can't tell any difference. The color is nearly identical if not identical and it strikes the same." – Elizabeth Long
"Stone Ground melts so much nicer [my OY is really shocky] and it seems to be more reactive with silver colors. I also noticed that it turns brown rather quickly while working and ends up being darker than OY." – Lori Bergmann
"I use these mostly with silver glass or silver foil and I think they act about the same." – Maija-Leena Autio
"I like Stone Ground for organics and with silver glasses. It is a little browner than OY. Raku gets more color on OY than Stone Ground." – Pat O'Brien
"Stone Ground is very similar and less expensive. I do like this earthy creamy yellow. I have not found it to react with silver foil in my tests." – Renee Wiggins
"Stone Ground seems richer to me - Opal Yellow is a little washed out." – Robin Aragon
"I love Stone Ground. It is a dead on match to Opal Yellow, yet easier to pull brownish hues from the glass with multiple striking in an ever so slight reduction flame." – Starleen Colon
"They are two totally different colors. Opal Yellow is much lighter and creamier in color than Stone Ground. I still get reactions with Stone Ground with my silver reactive glass, but if you are after the lighter color, you need to stick with Opal Yellow." – Sue Stewart
"Opal Yellow cannot be worked as long in the flame like Stone Ground. When working with Stone Ground I can get from white hot to a beautiful golden strike, every time! So I am able to play more with Stone Ground than with Opal Yellow." – Vonna Maslanka
  • Special thanks to Bonnie Polinski (x 3) and Genea Crivello-Knable (x 2) for providing the photos in this section.

See how Darlene Collette used Stone Ground as a base for DH Olympic Rain and other silver glasses.
Darlene Collette included Stone Ground in her set of organic etched Rock Candy beads.
Julie Fountain made beads with Stone Ground & Fremen.
Darlene Collette used DH Psyche on top of Stone Ground to make botanical scrolls.
Genea Crivello-Knable used Stone Ground as a base for teddy bears.
Check out Darlene Collette's beads made with Stone Ground & DH frits.
Darlene Collette made a set capturing the colors of the harvest using Stone Ground.
Check out Liz Long's bead made with Dirty Martini, Peacock Green, Stone Ground, and Leaky Pen.
See how Darlene Collette mixed Stone Ground with DH Luna & silver foil.
Liz Long shows how Stone Ground pairs well with blues. See Liz's  bead on her blog.
Darlene Collette used Stone Ground with various DH & TAG glasses.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Stone Ground.
See Kay Powell’s Stone Ground frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.

“A generous wrapping of 99% pure silver foil was burnished into the Stone Ground creating microdrops of silver to which Double Helix, silver infused striking glass was sprinkled. The glass when struck in the flame, gently fumed the silver to a golden glow, outlining each droplet of Terra Nova silver glass.”
– Darlene Collette
"I tried fuming it - the left end of the bead is fumed with silver, and the right end with gold. You can see that it has developed a lovely warm, nutty brown, a little more so on the gold-fumed end. Not really the same as fumed opal yellow - which goes more pinky. It's a nice earthy colour, and worth playing with if you are working with an earthtone colour palette." Read more at DragonJools blog.
– Dwyn Tomlinson
"I wanted to make some cake beads, but was having such a hard time finding the right colour for baked pastry and sponge! Until I tried Stone Ground - I should have guessed by the name that it was going to work just perfectly. Not only is it THE perfect colour, it even has a wonderful 'baked' look to it! These beads are Stone Ground, Effetre white and Lauscha Cocoa with a dusting of white enamel."
– Claire Morris
"Deeper than opal yellow, Stone Ground gives us a shade we don’t exactly have. I used it for hair on an angel. It makes a great blonde, but it does somewhat fume the face color and make it more golden. I would also use it for animal fur and other sculptural pieces."
– Marcy Lamberson
"Stone Ground works up as a similar color to a darker Effetre Opal Yellow. Stone Ground is not quite as reactive, but less shocky, harder to burn, and the color is more consistent. Makes an excellent base color for silver and reactive glasses."
– Carol Oliver