by Patsy Croft | Feb 15, 2010 | Building a Good Foundation, Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
A tip credited to Valeri Timofeev . “thick metal = thin enamel, thin metal = thick enamel” This means if you are enameling say cloisonne, you can get pretty thick enamels on the metal plate of your choice, as long as you counter the same thickness. I have...
by Patsy Croft | Feb 1, 2010 | Building a Good Foundation
Wendy, I wanted to mention when you are designing look at these images. Think about the turtle and the pelican. If you squint your eyes and look at either in the photos you took it is easier to see the turtle as it is dark in the middle of the piece = the turtle and...
by Patsy Croft | May 5, 2009 | Building a Good Foundation
Purchase Your Metals I have seen students, all located in different area of the country with either the wrong metal or impure metal when attending my classes or workshops. When you are enameling for jewelry and select fine silver as your base metal to capture...
by Patsy Croft | Oct 18, 2007 | Building a Good Foundation, Cloisonne Jewelry Techniques
Over Firing Enamels = Muddy Enamels Patsy – Wow I hadn’t seen your web site before. Very impressive. I’ve been meaning to let you know about my experiments with the customers enamel, that complained of a blotchy, muddy areas in her transparent...
