by Patsy Croft | Mar 26, 2010 | Enameling Metals, and Demos
Argentium 970 is currently sold in grain and only from this one dealer, G&S Metals. I just spoke with them and asked why they do not offer it in sheet and other forms. The answer was they have not had the request for offering it. I explained the interest of...
by Patsy Croft | Mar 25, 2010 | Enameling Metals, and Demos
You can enamel on brass. Art Enameling on Metals by H.H. Cunynghame refers to enameling on brass. And Thompson’s Enamel sells it. Gilder’s Metal is how it is listed and it is copper with a bit of zinc, 95% copper and 5 % zinc. It works with transparent...
by Patsy Croft | Mar 22, 2010 | Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
Foils in Cloisonne! Debbie was very kind to share her Cloisonné Enamel Jewel. It is fantastic. I love the effect of over filling the cloisonne cells and here she has used it very well! If you click on the image it gets larger and you can get a better view of the...
by Patsy Croft | Mar 16, 2010 | Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
Hello, I had a go with some transparent enamels this time in my cloisonne, but I had a problem with the opaque white coming into the transparent. I think it was leaking under the cloison wires? I tried to fire the opaque and transparent at the same time, I think was a...
by Patsy Croft | Mar 1, 2010 | Enameling Metals, and Demos
“When Joseph Trippetti returned from the Army in 1946, he studied for three years at Philadelphia College of Art and the fourth year at Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts in England, where he majored in silversmithing. He has been enameling since the 1950s....
