Enameling tool to help you avoid cracks. A Digital Caliper You can see by these images how the two points of the digital caliper come together to give you the thickness of your enameled jewel. By using this you can determine if the...
Yes, Two of the most important things of Enameling an artist needs to learn is: 1-Understand your available fluxes. 2-Test all your enamels. I was young once, ha and still am at heart, and remember how anxious I was to make something beautiful. I also did not want to...
In building a good foundation get to know your vitreous enamel flux. Like any painting technique there are various primers for various jobs. In art of enameling we have quite a few fluxes but they produce various findings. You have heard of a car having the rust...
I enjoy working with customers on cloisonné jewelry. I do not want to wear what everyone else wears, and I am sure you like to be an individual and make your statement!Here is a cloisonné project that was very interesting. “The Parrot”. I was...
This is what I call Enamel Test Plates! Raj Lathigara, Ph.D. is serious about his journey in enameling. Getting to know your product is so important. I completely understand, we are so excited when we see this beautiful art for of enameling, we just want to jump in...
Demo for the Week! Making Color Test Plates of Enamels How to make a test a plate of enamel. Necessary to see the true enamel color once fired. What you see in the container un-fired is not what it looks like when fired. First big reason I go about it this way, is...
