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Acer leaves
Acer leaves as a stencil.Note how the ivory unleaded enamel turns green over fire scale and shrinks away from the leaded to produce a relief effect.
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  • Trish White and Ingrid Regula like this
  • Trish White Very cool experimentation Harry!
  • Trish White Did you put the leaves down directly on the copper and sift ivory ? and how did you get the RED leaf effect?
  • Harry Nicholson Hello, Trish - here's what I did:

    Step 1 degrease and produce slight fire stain by 1 minute at 750c
    step 2 spray thin adhesive and apply three...  more