I HAVE AN IDEA ON THE DISCUSSION OF ANY CHIPPING THAT MAY OR COULD HAPPEN, OK IN A JEWELRY STORE IN ST. ARMANDS BEACH IN FLORIDA I SAW A BEAUTIFUL ENAMEL BRACELET. THE STORE OWNER SAID IT WOULD NOT CHIP AND IT HAD BEEN COATED OVER THE TOP WITH A RESIN. NOW THATS NOT A BAD IDEA TO COAT THE SURFACE, NOW WOULD WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS TO DEAL WITH, LIKE EXPANSION, CONTRACTION....PROBLEMS, WITH MOVEMENT FROM THE RESIN. I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO TRY IT.....THERESA ZACK

Hallo Candy,

may be, that you the PDF-File "Enamel Stones - Design" mean, that i had upload a time ago. Here is a excerpt of this File.

Excerpt.

If you have no coarser grains or enamel lumps, you can make it by yourself in different ways.
1) Lay a leftover piece of silver-foil onto a support-sheet.
2) Build up small pile of enamel onto silver-foil.
3) Burn it, until the enamel is molten completely.
4) Remove the supernatant of the foil. The foil under the enamel-shift must not be removed.
5) Break the enamel in a mortar so fine or coarse as you need it.

In the same manner you can apply the enamel onto a copper foil. By copper-foil you must break off the enamel from the foil. The copper-oxide on the back of the enamel must, in this "stone making-technique", not be removed..

 

The other possibility:
1) Apply a small pile of enamel onto a thin (0,2-0,3 mm) stainless-steel sheet.
2) Burn it until all enamel is molten.
3) Let sheet and enamel cool down. For most steel sheets the enamel rebound after a short time.
4) Break the enamel in a mortar.

Instead of enamel-grains you also can use little glass-pearls like seed-pearls or so called Roncalli-pearls. These pearls have a diameter of about 1 mm. Be sure that the pearls are from glass and not from plastic. Crush it like the grains in a mortar.

End of Excerpt.

 The pebble-chain.  Mosaic-enamel made with enamel flakes

 

Detail of the above picture

edmund

 

 

This post was edited by Edmund Massow at September 4, 2015 3:01 PM EDT

Edmun super to zrobiłeś. Dziękuję za pokazanie.

 

Hallo Leszek,

the picture is only an example for Mosaic-enamel. Not I had made this, but a very close friend who died a few years ago

Edmund

 

Hallo Edmund

I would like to have your knowledge Edmund :-)

Thank you for helping in science enamelling. Master.

Dear Leszek,
you hide your light too much under a bushel. Your guilloche-technique inclusive enameling and your Cloisonné-technique, both are perfect !! I ask myself, produce you the watch dials only for yourself, or make you it professional?
At the moment I'm working, so I think,  on my last exhibition-participation. A French sculptress, a friend of mine, aim to organise a goldsmith exhibition. And she is always very interested to have some enamel in this exhibition. This exhibition take place all two years in a beautiful gallery, which is located in an old vault-basement. The basement is very well lighted, what is very important for enamel-work. The exhibition is always good frequented and has a good audience.
Very friendly regards and a lot of fun at the enameling! 
Edmund

 

Welcome Edmund. How are you feeling ?

Edmund thank you for your kind words.
Enamel started 12.20.2015. and this is my hobby.
I wanted to sell discs here on forum but Trisch writes that it is only for professionals, and I'm an amateur.
I like to watch discs of enamel and porcelain. I am fascinated by miniatures Eve Buksa but I have no talent for painting.
You are my master. With your help I can after the enamel. I hope that in 20 years I emaliował like you.

I like your work: https://pl.pinterest.com/em2463/emaillieren-emailkunst-enamel-art/
and I like to copy them :-))))
I read your advice on: http://emailkunst.de/

Regards Leszek