This is the last part of a tutorial on torch enameled cloisonne. In this picture I have picked a color pallet of green and blue and yellow. And here I’ve filled the cells. Firing with mapp gas, and a cheap little torch tip from Lowes. And there it is, filled with enamel. I have stoned [...]
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Simplifying Granulation
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Lately I’ve been absorbed in making lots of earrings for the holiday season, using my new granulation skills. I’ve found fusing to be an easy and surprisingly speedy way to assemble things. Anyone who has experimented with granulation knows that the main problem is making the granules. My friend Iris solved this problem for me, [...]
The Beauty of Portability: Working at the Beach
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
My friend Iris was in town this week, to enjoy the hurricane in Wilmington, NC. After it blew over, I joined her down at the Carolina coast for a few days of jewelry talk, fancy food and beach. Because this is our passion, we are both happiest while working. So she used her new technology [...]
Enameling Again
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Christmas is coming, and the elves are all doing production work, with the hope that someone, somewhere will have some money to spend. For the last week I’ve been making granulated earrings that all look alike. Not very entertaining…so this week I worked on a pair of enamel earrings for a sample for a class [...]
