About Starry Night, 4585

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