by Patsy Croft | Jun 16, 2010 | Plique a Jour Jewelry Techniques
Brenda Radford of Radford Studios joined me last fall at the FSG Wildacres Masters Workshop where we work on alternative backing techniques for Plique a Jour. We researched and experimented with different products to allow us to create large cell openings to hold the...
by Patsy Croft | Jun 15, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
If you see white specks in your enamel, remove them. This is a sign of deterioration. Some times there is only a few and you can remove them before you place any enamel in your work. Sometime the enamel sits on the bottom and water will not penetrate the enamel at...
by Patsy Croft | Jun 6, 2010 | Cloisonne and Enamel Jewelry Repairing
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...
by Patsy Croft | Apr 27, 2010 | Cloisonne and Enamel Jewelry Repairing, Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
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...
by Patsy Croft | Apr 18, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
A few words from Bell Helwig of Thompson’s Enamel on Leaded Enamels The absence of a US manufacturer will not detour the enamelist, nor will the use of lead free vitreous enamel decrease the quality level of items produced. The replacement of lead bearing with...
