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  • Basse Taille
    "I begin with an idea and then it becomes something." - Pablo Picasso, Painter


    French for "low cut" describes the texturing of metal to create illusionary depths when the light from transparent enamels reflect off the metal.
  • Trish White (owner)
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    • 37 total members
    • Last updated October 6, 2015
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Basse Taille

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This group has 37 members.
  • Trish White (owner) Welcome Gail Welcome USA
  • 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
  • Ingrid Regula Ibis necklace