Glass Alchemy Starry Night

About this Color

From Glass Alchemy: Starry Night, 4585 is a variation of the much loved Paparazzi, 4595. We added a touch of silver so you can yield a nice mild strike, while still seeing the depth of sparkle. Working Tip: This color likes to be worked cool, but make sure you have your heat base built up while tooling or manipulating the glass to avoid developing a gray haze. As with all chrome colors, we suggest you work this color in a neutral flame. Garage at 975° F, Anneal at 1050° F. Artist Description by Mike Shelbo: “Starry Night is similar in sparkle flake, size and structure to Paparazzi and Sapphire, but has the added addition of just the right amount of silver to bring a fume like veil over the surface of your sparkle finish. When working Starry Night you must keep the surface in mind as the silver will push out in a ghost blue transparent cloudiness. You can remove the cloudiness with an intense spot heat, or let it build up to a slightly cream colored fume. Either way, there are loads of sparkles and possibilities for swirling silver into your pieces. I found I liked putting a thick layer of Starry Night over a clear tube, melting it smooth, encasing it with 6mm clear rod and then melting that to either stretch down, or blow out thin. It traps the silver fume and gives a different look to the sparkle than when it is un-encased." - Mike Shelbo

Details

Brand: Glass Alchemy

Color Family: green, blue, sparkle

Transparent: semi/variable

Reactive: Yes

Lead Free: No

UV Reactive: No

CFL Reactive: No

COE: 33