Enameling Kilns designed by Patsy Croft. Built with the jeweler of enameling in mind.

An alternative to the trinket kiln. It can be challenging at times to get your jewel as well as the trivet in the trinket kiln.  I have designed these and had them built because I am asked daily to recommend a kiln for enameling. These are awesome. You can store it on a shelf, take it out and plug it into a regular outlet. It is up to enameling temperature in 5 Minutes! When you open the door to check the enamel jewel it returns to temperature in seconds. We will be offering digital controllers in the near future if you are interested.

Interior 5″ x 5″ x 5″, for the small studio space, 110 outlet, Exterior 11″ wide, 11″ deep, 15″ in height. 

Built-in Analog Pyrometer, fires quickly to perfect enameling temperatures. Fire brick interior for superior heat control and stainless steel exterior. Heats to 1500 degrees in 5 minutes!

Two year warranty.  Built to last you a life time! Made in the USA!

$475.00 plus a flat rate of $55.00 shipping.  Allow two weeks for delivery.

Link to the Kiln page to purchase,  http://alohilanidesigns.com/enameling-kiln/ 

I am excited to be able to have these little guys built and get them out to other artists. I have been asked for years what kiln I would recommend and I have seen problems with most of them unless you could afford to spend several times this amount. These kilns are solid and sturdy. They do not rock or wobble, or have to click in a notch to close, making it easier to place your enamel jewel in place and not fall over. It will handle the 4″ trivet without a problem.

Happy Enameling, Patsy Croft

The Trinket Kiln works very well for enameling and cloisonne jewelry  projects. You can purchase a thermostat that reads 800, 1300 and 1550 degrees F. With this temperature controller you can set the your desired temperature as for enameling on most metals at 1400 – 1500 degrees. With this set up you do not need a digital controller.

Here I have a piece of mica to use as a plate to sit my jewel on. And the flat nose pliers make it easy to place the jewel in the kiln and take the hot enamel jewel out. If you use a new sheet of mica you need heat it alone in the kiln a couple of times to break it in. If not it pops and your unfired enamels will not be in the place you originally placed them.

Here is another trivet you can use and still have enough clearance to close the top and not touch the enamel jewel. With my flat nose pliers I can retrieve the trivet without touching the enamel jewel.

The kiln is available at  Rio Grande Tools www.riogrande.com/Product/Ultralite-Kiln-for-Granulation-or-PMC/703016?pos=1

Here are a couple of trivets I have made when nothing else worked.

High Temperature Wire Clay King in Resources.

Stainless Steel square I cut from a light switch cover.

I am sure you all have come to the point at some time the standard trivets just will not work to support the jewel you have created. Times like this push us to be inventive.

You can see this is an odd shape Plique a Jour Necklace, and in the enameling process it needs to be turned different directions. This trivet is made from kiln fire brick and heat tempered wire. There is ordering information under resources for the wire.

In the next trivet I have created a long thin cloisonne jewel and if I use standard trivets the enamel jewel would warp if the side could not be supported.

Again this is kiln fire brick. You can use your jeweler’s saw to cut these shapes, then a half round hand file to make a grove to place the cloisonne jewel on. The sides are supported and the back is not touching the enameling trivet. This way the counter enamel that is required in this cloisonne jewel is just as pretty as the front. I have a fire cloth lying between the brick and the enamel so I will not have any of the firebrick dust in the enamel back.

I have added this one this week as I was enameling cufflinks and needed a way to fire both sides at once and not have the enamel touching anything.

Enameling trivets can also be a challenge  when enameling in a trinket kiln. I see enameling artist searching the internet for a trivet to fit in the small trinket kiln. The first image is a one inch square of stainless steel, with the corners bent up. Using a pair of needle nose pliers you can easily place this trivet in and out of a trinket kiln.

The next small simple trivet is made from the Heat Tempered Wire you can order and bend to your needs. This fits easily into the trinket kiln and the trivet will not disturb any of the enameling surfaces.

Happy Enameling, Patsy