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Pin Holes in Cloisonné - - by Tom Lundstrom

• Trish White

  

  Leader
   

  February 17, 2010

   Pin holes can come from small air bubbles trapped in the enamel. If you are wet laying the enamel tap the piece on the side after filling the cloisonné to let the enamel sink to the bottom and the water float on top. Carefully hold a tissue paper against the enamel to soak up the water and then let the piece dry on the kiln before firing. Build up the cloisonné with multiple thin layers rather one thick.

   

  
  

   Pin holes can come from small air bubbles trapped in the enamel. If you are wet laying the enamel tap the piece on the side after filling the cloisonné to let the enamel sink to the bottom and the water float on top. Carefully hold a tissue paper against the enamel to soak up the water and then let the piece dry on the kiln before firing. Build up the cloisonné with multiple thin layers rather one thick.