by Patsy Croft | Apr 17, 2010 | Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
Patsy I am brand new to enameling and it is like being in the Land of Oz. I look at the catalogs and just get lost. There are opaques and transparent and leaded and unleaded and oh yea the grain size stuff. So now that I am sitting here with couple of hundred of...
by Patsy Croft | Apr 17, 2010 | Plique a Jour Jewelry Techniques
Several years ago I read an article by Bill Helwig on Plique a Jour using copper sheet and a backing of copper foil. Not until recently did I find the time to experiment with the art of plique a jour and remembered this article to review as I began my exploration. I...
by Patsy Croft | Apr 6, 2010 | Building a Good Foundation, Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
In designing you cloisonne fine jewelry here is something to keep in mind. I want to show you what happens in cloisonne as wires attract heat and cause the base meal to distort. This is a cloisonne piece I am currently working on and thought it would be a...
by Patsy Croft | Apr 1, 2010 | Plique a Jour Jewelry Techniques
There have been few masters of the art of plique a jour, most notably, Fernand Thesmar, Gustave Gaudernack, Rene Lalique, and P. Ovchinnikov throughout history. But in the last 75 year the US gave home to an exceptional plique a jour artist Mr. Timofeev,...
by Patsy Croft | Mar 27, 2010 | Building a Good Foundation, Enamels, Properties, Firing Times and Color Charts
Keeping Things Clean in an Enameling Studio I read everything I can find on enameling. And last year I found a book written in the late 1800’s. There was a chapter on keeping the studio and kiln clean. I was happy to see this as I have heard many many times how...
