Plique a Jour Samples I have been asked this week, “have you used opals and would you use them for plique a jour?” So I wanted to share some samples I made the year of the Poppy Project to help answer this question. First we have choices to take classes or research. I...
Schauer Leaded Enamels Check out this line of enamels. With Schauer Leaded Enamels, the manuturfacture included the temperature that each enamel should be fired at. And which enamel work best with the given metals....
Color Plates on gold foil, silver foil and copper. You can see here the same enamel colors added to color plates of gold foil, silver foil and copper. Just to give you a clear idea how much more brilliance there is in working with fine...
Japanese Enamel Number System Made Simple By Master Enamelist Merry-Lee Rae Merry-Lee has explained here the numbering system of the leading manufactures of Japanese enamels.. Color numbers for Japanese enamels. There are currently three manufacturers of Japanese...
Let’s jump in and learn more on a fabulous technique “Painting Enamels” A student called for some help to learn more about painting enamels. And it seemed that I had never shared much on the technique. Check...