Christof Maupin, Artist<p>Baking soda can be used to create a texture to glass beads or other glass objects. Far left, the only effect is blending of two colors around the equator of the bead, which retains it's shine. Further right, the blending is more thorough, with a "metallic" surface appearance. Far right, bubbly surface from bursting bubbles, like some cratered distant moon. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Beads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/handmadegass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmadegass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/lampworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lampworking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/glassart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glassart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/glassartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glassartist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/HotGlass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotGlass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/christofmaupin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christofmaupin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/pastpresentarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pastpresentarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AthensOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AthensOhio</span></a></p>