Aommaster's Progression

[aommaster]

So I decided to take another stab at vortex marbles today. This time, I used a different technique: one that I learned in The Flow Magazine. My other goal was to try and learn how to get dichro to:
a)Stick to the glass
b)Not burn when I put it back in the flame.

Overall, I'm quite happy with this piece. I used Asian Black and Asian Topaz (I realized this color is not fully opaque, so I can't use it for my flower marbles) and some scrap dichro I bought off eBay.

The piece is nowhere near perfect, but is a significant improvement over the monstrosity I created when I first tried to do a vortex marble. Here it is, in case you forgot:


I think that's a big difference. One thing that I didn't do was put a backing on the marble as was suggested on the tutorial in the magazine. However, I discovered something fairly interesting:
I stuck the dichro (coating side down) onto clear glass. Then I backed the dichro with Asian Black. Now that I used clear to back the marble and shape it correctly, I can see the "outside" of the vortex. For some reason, the dichro and the Asian Black have somewhat reacted together and created a somewhat metallic blue look. Not sure why that's happened. But I figured I'd just share it in case someone wants to experiment with it further.

Here's what it looks like: