The first in his series of Torch fired Enamels tutorials - "Sgraffito/gold Foil"
Note: A torch can be purchased at Lowes or Home Depot. It is a MAP Gas Kit and uses a disposable gas cyclinder. The tip is standard with the kit. I a...
I am Lillian Jones, an Enamelist in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a tutorial lifted from my blog at www.ganoksin.com/blog/lillianjones, and my website is www.enamellist.com
Torch Fired Cloisonne on Silver
I enamel on silver, and have di...
I would like to share what I have been working on for over a year now. I am a bladesmith when I am not doing the academic thing. When I decided to use enamel in my knives I wanted to try and do it in my gas forge. I have a kiln but after 30 years as...
Note from Chris:
"You don't want to over fire if you want clarity of line..
also, graphite will work on any light opaque and on transparetns..
if you over fire, the enamel will start distorting the graphite and become absorbed
by the enamel.....
Debra Montgomery
Enameling on Hot rolled steel-
I forgot about using cold rolled steel. I have hot rolled 10ga steel leaves all formed and cleaned and then realized my mistake. Is there any way to make hot rolled work? Is using the ground coat GC-16 sufficient or is there any way at all to just use the liquid enamel color with one firing and leave it at that?
One of my concerns is if I have to now use ground coat then I will have to use a base coat before the color and then fire the color - so three firings. Will that cause another problem related to scale?
Please note that these leaves have been heated in a forge, lightly formed and the top surface that will get the enamel has been ground/sanded down to a clean bright silver surface with no visible scale. Will this make a difference?
Thanks in advance
