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Thursday 21 April 2016

R is for Rod Storage


The main glass for beadmaking comes in rod form, you usually buy the rods by weight in a certain colour.


Sometimes with expensive glass I buy it by the single rod, it's not the cheapest way to buy glass but as I'm a part time beadmaker I don't get through enough glass to justify having lots of expensive glass stock sitting around.


In between bead making sessions I use a test tube rack to store rods that I'm currently using so they are to hand, as my test tubes are plastic I need to make sure the rods have cooled down before I store them like this!

Do you use any raw materials in your work or hobby?
If so, how do you store them?

7 comments:

  1. That looks like a very practical method of storage. Most of things I do these days are all digital, but I do have trunk full of my art supplies in case the urge takes me. I'm afraid it's not neat and organised like yours :)
    Tasha
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    1. Most of my stuff isn't quite that neat but I love the test tubes!

      I have to confess I came home with more glass storage from Flame Off, took advantage of pre-ordering a storage cube for rods (as not the sort of thing they can post), nice chap also carried it all the way to the car park for me too! So this weekend I need to reorganise everything, got to keep my fusing and my lampworking glass separate as they have a different COE.

      What are your art supplies, paints?

      Mars xx

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  2. That looks both practical and beautiful. I am a knitter and a sewist and I keep my fabric and yarns in baskets mostly--lots and lots of baskets.

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    1. I am developing a habit for metal biscuit tins, they're quite good for storing other bits and pieces... it helps if they have biscuits in to start with as I like to help empty them out!

      Mars xx

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  3. Great idea to use the test tubes!

    My beadmaking supplies are mostly stuffed into a box on a shelf of a large bookcase in our living room when I'm not making a bead. When I am (since it takes a few days, at least) they sit sit on top of the same large bookcase. I used to keep them near my bead box, on a lower cabinet, so I could work on it in pieces, but I knocked it over one too many times so the taller bookcase is the safer bet! Even though it seems to take me a bit longer to finish the beads that way (out of sight, out of mind).

    Tracy (Black Boots, Long Legs)

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    1. I need a (deep but short) bookcase! Storage is a major problem at the moment, but going to have another go at reorganising my supplies as I've bought more storage for my glass rods last weekend and have a few spare tins to fill for fusing supplies too.

      Lol too many jobs to do for the upcoming weekend, as I also need to write 3 more blog posts, and reorganise my office for the day job as I have to swap over a computer and do the garden... too busy!

      Mars xx

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  4. Sounds like a good racking system for garden tools too actually! Better than keeping everything helter skelter in the storage rooms in any case!

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