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  December 3, 2012

  OPAQUE WHITES - Linda Kelen

  Trish White - December 2, 2012 - 4 replies

  Hi...I do a lot of different arting, and only recently got to playing with enamels.I'm fascinated by the colors I can get with transparent flux,and now found out that an opaque white will surprize me with colors in a similar way. I've gotten such varied r...
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  October 25, 2012

  Thompsons Enamels Fusion Chart

  Trish White - September 17, 2012 - 0 replies

  For those members just starting out and trying to understand the melting points of Opaque and Transparent enamels, also labeled, soft, medium and hard - please refer to Thompsons Fusion Chart which is enclosed in their catalogues.
  
  
  
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  August 9, 2012

  Thompson Transparent Reds on copper

  Helene Carter - June 4, 2011 - 5 replies

  I have used various transparent reds in the Thompson Enamel line with varying results. I have managed to get some beautiful reds a few times direct on copper (I wish I knew what I did), but have not been able to repeat results consistently.  I understand ...
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  August 9, 2012

  Optics and Raspberry - by Lillian Jones

  Trish White - July 23, 2012 - 4 replies

  I just discovered something pretty obvious: that with transparent enamel over silver, you are dealing with the colors of light rather than pigment. This means that the primary colors are not Red, Yellow and Blue, but rather Magenta, Yellow and Cyan.
  I co...
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  April 23, 2012

  SHADING and VALUE GRADATIONS with SIFTING and PAINTING

  Trish White - May 4, 2010 - 1 reply

  In addition to creating interesting effects with layering colors during different firings, they can also be combined and shaded in the same layer to visually mix and create new colors. With sifting techniques one color can slightly overlap another color a...
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  April 10, 2012

  Uhlig Enamels

  Rudolf Molnar - April 10, 2012 - 3 replies

  Hi
  I  bought used Uhlig U15 kiln from Germany and get few Uhlig enamels colors from the seller.Some of them are really interesting but I can´t find any informations about this enamels.Is it lead or lead free? I think they are leaded but I´am not sure. Is ...
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  March 3, 2012

  Help with Opalesence

  Sondra Hirssig - March 1, 2012 - 5 replies

  I was looking for anyone who works a lot with opal enamels.  I fired some samples and was shocked at how some burned out on the silver foil, but not on the flux.  Any help would be appreciated.
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  June 20, 2011

  black spots on flux

  aarti chordia - June 18, 2011 - 12 replies

  i have been making small cloissonie pendants recently....i use to first fire my peice with flux and den place the wires and refire.i use to get perfect results. Now i started to make some more peice with the same process, but as i do my first fire now, my...
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  June 12, 2011

  enamel colour

  aarti chordia - March 22, 2011 - 4 replies

  Iv had powdered n cleaned my crystal enamel shades...bt i did not get a chance to use dem..its been 3 to 4 weeks...they r transparent shades....so is it advisable to use them..
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  April 27, 2011

  Opalescent samples

  Tonya Powell - October 8, 2010 - 17 replies

  Does anyone have any samples or test tiles of opalescent with or blue fired directly on copper that you would be willing to photograph and post?  I am following the instructions in the glass on metal link; but, I am not sure the results are what I should...