by Patsy Croft | Jul 15, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
Color Plates-Understanding Expansion of Your Enamels Color plates are very important. And yet so many choose not to do them. I know it takes a lot of time! Yes, you can get recommendations of colors from other artist, but in the long, the practice of making color...
by Patsy Croft | Jul 14, 2010 | Cloisonne and Enamel Jewelry Repairing
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....
by Patsy Croft | Jul 10, 2010 | Enameling Metals, and Demos
The Hibiscus are chased on 18k gold. Then the surface is depleted by heating to 800 degrees and dipped in nitric acid repeated times until there is no fire scale. A layer of flux for gold is applied which is Bovano #2 then the red enamel in two layers.
by Patsy Croft | Jun 28, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
Some thing you can do to enhance your work is to carve in the enamel. On this Nautilus Pendant I used white Askansas Stones to carve out the shape of the shell’s spiral. Hi Jennifer, Thank for the visit. I was not at the conference, but Merry-Lee Rae presented a...
by Patsy Croft | Jun 16, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
Hi Patsy, First of all, thanks for doing this blog; it’s obviously a big help to many people. I’m relatively new to enamelling; I’ve done mostly flat pieces that have gone basically well. I just enameled a pair of earrings that developed serious cracks. To fabricate...
