Hello, my friends!! 🌹✨ Have you ever looked at a gooseberry and wondered how you could capture that translucent little fruit in glass? 🍃✨ This Studio Session started with a viewer’s question and turned into a fun little research-and-development adventure at the torch!
Making representational work can sometimes be a bit of a mystery when it comes to figuring out where to begin. In this demo, I’ll share how I layer the glass to create a gooseberry that is almost translucent when you look into it, much like a natural gooseberry.

For the satin finish, I used acid etch cream, which made them really come to life! 💫

As simple as these little beads may look, quite a bit of research and development went into figuring them out. One of the biggest challenges was deciding which colors to use and how to place the tiny seeds inside the bead to give it that realistic appearance.
The rest is fine stringer work—which is something I’m still practicing myself! 😅 This is actually a great little project for practicing stringers because gooseberries have such distinctive striped markings.

It was so enjoyable to make these, and I can imagine them being used for jewelry… or perhaps making a whole bunch of them and displaying them together in a little dish! 🍃I hope you enjoy this little side journey into the wonderful world of gooseberries! 🌹

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✨ Colors Used

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Grass Green Dark Transparent – 024
Yellow Green Transparent – 071
Yellow Uranium Pastel - 265 Stringer
Brown Rock – 654 Stringer

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