Resources for Enameling
The Enamelist Society, Inc.
Volunteer arts organization founded in 1987 for the purpose of promoting the art of enameling.
www.enamelistsociety.org/index.html
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Rekindle your passion and create new work.
www.snagmetalsmith.org
Southern Highland Craft Guild 
Revival of crafts.
www.southernhighlandguild.org
The Ganoksin Project
Goal is to build a strong pool of information, freely accessible, for the benefit of the jeweler’s trade and the general public.
www.ganoksin.com/resources/about-linking.htm
Florida Society of Goldsmiths
Non profit organization created by metalsmiths to aid and support other metalsmiths through meetings, publicity, workshops, and exhibitions.
www.fsg4u.com
Mendocino Center of the Arts
Mendocino, CA.
www.mendocinoartcenter.org
GRS
Engraving Tools and Classes
www.grstools.com
John C. Campbell Folk School
Provides experiences in non-competitive learning and community life that are joyful and enlivening. Located in scenic Brasstown, North Carolina, the Folk School offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography and writing.
www.folkschool.org
New Approach School for Jewelers
Jewelry School of Stone Setting = Excellent! And Hand Engraving
www.newapproachschool.com
Thompson Enamels
Supplier of lead free enamels, and all the tools you need to enamel. 
Enamel Work Supplies
Suppling enamelist with leaded enamels such as Ninomiya and other. Super Lady!
Bovano
Also a supplier of leaded enamels, Cristallerie Enamels now called Soyer.
Love their blues!
www.bovano.com/enameling-materials.html
Kilns
Here is a link to a good small kiln www.paragonweb.com/E9AX.cfm and another one www.amaco.com/shop/product-365-mk-4.html and here is an image of the trinket kiln www.dickblick.com/products/amaco-metal-enameling-kiln/ any of these will work great on any budget.
A kiln that last a life time is the Vcella! www.vcella-kilns.com/index.html And another is one built by Seattle Pottery, they built mine 20 years ago and I have moved it around the world and it is still in perfect shape!
A fire brick lined kiln will hold heat better then the foam lined kilns!
Before you buy call Tevel at All Craft 212-279-7077. Let him know I sent you and he will get you the best price.
Torch Supplier They sell the presto-lite torch which is economical and in my opinion the simples and most useful in metal fabrication.
www.monsterslayer.com/Pages/Torches/Torches.aspx
Hydraulic Press
Check the prices here www.dakotabulldog.com/dakota_bulldog_1_003.htm
Copper Carbonate is used by artist in the technique of Granulation and can be found at www.artchemicals.com/
Pearl Supplier if you are in the need for some contact Betty Sue King The Pearl Goddess, pearlgoddess.com/pearls/default.asp
Volcano Arts
Great resource for brass and stainless steel nuts and bolts also mesh copper and textured copper sheets.
I used the small nuts and blots in the assembly of this jewel. 
www.volcanoarts.biz/index.html
Complete Casting Services The Best! Daniel has saved me many times.
http://www.racecarjewelry.com
Casting in gold, silver, bronze/brass,pewter. Complete finishing services, machine and hand polished Soldering and assembly. Enamelling, Engraving by cnc machinery, CNC model making Mold making… large selection of mold sizes for small and large castings.
Call: 1-401-461-7803
Clay-King www.clay-king.com/ sales pottery supplies and there are many others but you can get wire to hang or support your enamels while firing. It does not deteriorate like iron wire. They refer to it as Hi Temp Wire
Table Top Studio Great info on photographing your own work.
www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/jewelry_photography.htm
Black Flux
Black flux is used for metals that require higher temps for soldering. I use it for copper soldering, as it prevents the joint from oxidizing before the solder becomes liquid..also works great on brass. (I do not use it for silver as the Handi-flux is adequate.) Black flux is black in color and so requires a bit more attention to know when everything has come to temp for the soldering.(It is in paste form…add a little water.) But, it works like a charm. Many times, if one is not accustomed to soldering on copper, because of how much heat it takes, they won’t complete the soldering, or usually, the oxides prevent the solder from joining…black flux keeps things cleaner longer.
The resources are several…if you type in “Black flux for jewelers” you’ll find several companies that carry it. I order my materials from Indian Jewelers Supply out of Gallup, N.M. www.ijsinc.com/
Products That Make My Work Easier
Tuff Break from Fred Woell sold in sheet 6″x 3′ A rubber to use in setting your enamel jewels. It goes under the enameled piece so it raises the level a bit. But the awesome part is when you burnish the bezel closed it pushes down the enameled piece then springs up. So you are less likely to crack the enameled jewel. I also feel it is better than placing plastic in a gold setting. Just does not seem right. If you ever needed to repair the enamel jewel if you gently push down on the enamel piece you can get under the bezel slightly to remove the jewel! To order, call 207-348-5267
Titanium Supplier http://www.alphaknifesupply.com/ti-sheet.htm
Heat Stop supplied by Gesswin www.gesswein.com this awesome clay I love to use as a support to solder small parts. You heat it with the small parts in place and it turns hard.
Precious Metal West www.preciousmetalswest.com/index.php They will make different alloys of gold on request. 800-999-7528
Light Up Your Watercolors by Linda Stevens Moyer Great Book to learn more about color.
Get yourself a set of Winsor Newton Travel Watercolors, A block of watercolor paper that is Hot Pressed and a #3 Sable brush.
The travel kit of colors have 10 – 12 colors, all you need to start designing your enameled project. A block of watercolor paper is just that. The stack of paper’s edges are glued together, because when it gets wet in normal conditions of painting with water the paper would warp , and it prevents that. Hot press is more likely to warp but it is a smoother paper than cold pressed. Great for small painting of detail. And I find a #3 sable brush is a good size to get the job done without spending on several brushes.
Another wonderful book I came across this year is Arleta Peach’s Radiant Oils. Her demos are great for an enamelist.
“Colored Pencil Fast Techniques” by Bet Borgeson.
“Color Drawing Workshop” by Bet Borgeson.
eclats d’Email DVD Great DVD for Copper Enameling www.emoluxe.com
Metalwork & Enameling by Herbert Maryon
Art Enameling on Metals by H.H. Gunynghame *** My Favorite
Enameling on Metal, by Louis-Elie Millenet 1927
These last three were not written in our life time. But we sure have had plenty. These are interesting to me as you get a chance to hear how our Masters worked with enamels.
The Treaties of Benvenuto Cellini On Goldsmithing and Sculpture
Great read! A little slow as it is in Old English but very interesting.
Glass-on-metal.com
The online and published excellent enameling resource! I believe they have been publishing since 1982, Printing demos and writing facts about enameling. Probably the largest library on enameling in the world.
www.glass-on-metal.com
Glass on Metal Index is also a great way to find out which publications have articles you may be interested in. Order from Thompson Enamel
Thompson Enamel Workbook
If you really want to understand vitreous enamels, the expansion rates, what enamels match what metals and much much more, that the time to get the workbook from Thompson and read away. I know we live in a immediate gratification world but if you are serious about enameling build a strong foundation and research your materials. Just $10.00
www.thompsonenamel.com/products/publications/index.htm
Out of Print Books
Skip Pridgen at books@tappinbookmine.com
Endangered Specie. com great site www.endangeredspecie.com/
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