Tie-Dye Flowers is a layered study in color, chemistry and movement.
This tutorial begins on a Dark Aqua base, then builds reactive flower layers with Pea Green, Double Helix Skylla and clear encasement. The flower centers are poked and trapped under clear, creating tiny pockets of depth that make the petals feel suspended inside the bead rather than sitting on top of it.
Then comes the part that gives Tie-Dye Flowers its name. The glass between the blooms is reheated and twisted with clear stringer, pulling the surrounding color into soft spirals and stretching the petals into that fluid, psychedelic movement.
The finished bead shifts constantly as it turns. Violet and magenta move through chartreuse, turquoise and electric flashes of dichroic light, while every flower seems to open a little differently depending on the angle.
Bright, dimensional and a little wild, this one feels unmistakably Soleil.
Glass + Materials
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Effetre Dark Aqua
- CBS/Riley Dichroic
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Double Helix Skylla
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Effetre Pea Green
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Double Helix Zephyr
- Clear stringer
Skill level: Intermediate
Original bead size: approximately 15 × 24 mm
Original mandrel: 3/16" / 4.76 mm
The Soleil Glass Compendium
This is a prerecorded, self-paced tutorial.
The 36-hour window applies only to purchasing the lesson. Once purchased, the tutorial is yours to work through on your own schedule.
You’ll also have the option to join the private Compendium study chat through Thursday for questions, troubleshooting, kiln pulls and bead sharing.
Opens Friday, October 2 at 7 AM Central
Closes Saturday, October 3 at 7 PM Central
$35
