Repairing a beautiful 18k Gold Enameled Locket. When asked by the client if it could be repaired I took a couple of steps to insure them and myself it was possible. They sent me several photos of the locket and had a jeweler in their town verify the karat to be 18k....
Enamels are not very difficult to repair. If a enamel jewel has been dropped and cracked you can clean the piece with a jeweler’s steamer to remove any dirt that might have made it’s way into the crack. Let it dry!! on top of the kiln works well. Then...
When you need to remove trash or a bubble in the cloisonne enamel jewel, use a diamond bur. And save this bur for only your cloisonne and enamel jewelry repair. A good quality bur, as the diamonds are smaller and spaced close together. If they are large a spaced out...
Repairing Cloisonne Enamels I received a jewel of cloisonné this week broken and wanted to share my steps to repairing cloisonné enamels. The jewel was dropped and the enamel had completely separated from the fine silver base. A little scary so artist might say, but...
