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Cut small strips and place on the Graphite Paddle. Then roll a hot bead over it to pick up the foil. Layer clear or light colors over foil for remarkable effects! A 3-3/4" square sheet makes approximately 50 beads. Can also be used in fusing, resin casting and polymer clay projects. Sold in books of 25 sheets.
Step-by-Step: Adding Metal Accents to Beads
See images below
1. Roll hot bead in foil or apply foil to bead with tweezers.
2. Use tweezers to burnish entire surface of leaf onto bead.
3. Return bead to the cooler part of the flame to fuse the leaf.
From "The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking" #6546.
Flameworked beads by Rene Roberts. From "1000 Glass Beads" book #5988. Polymer bead with metallic accents by Julia Converse Sober. From "The Art of Jewelry: Polymer Clay" book #6982.
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