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How is Patent Leather Formed This tutorial was created by Crystal and Glass Beads Patent leather was originally manufactured in 1818 in just 2 colour black and white, to create the desired high gloss look multiple layers of a linseed-oil based lacquer were applied to a fine grade leather. Today the manufacturing of Patent leather used multiple layers of a ... Read More »

Remembrance Day Poppy How to Crystallize This tutorial was created by Crystal and Glass Beads Theere are a number of ways you can crystallize a remembrance poppy with Non Hotfix Flatback Crystals, this tutorial demonstrates how to do so using ss12 and ss16 crystals for the red part of the poppy so that you can see the difference between the ... Read More »