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  December 26, 2018

  Steel Preparation & Firing- Charles Winkel

  Trish White - June 22, 2015 - 2 replies

  Steel Preparation and Firing -  Charles Winkel
   
  1-     Clean section of steel to be cut for the project with a rag to   remove factory oil and grease.
           Clean fro...
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  March 17, 2018

  ENAMELING COPPER BALLS - Edmund Massow

  Trish White - March 17, 2018 - 0 replies

  Enameled Spiral...  moreEnameled Spiral Beads
  
  
  
  by Peter Grigg
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I was drawn to the idea of making enameled beads by Edmund Massow’s excellent article, “Enameling Copper Balls” (Glass on Metal, Issue 19, 2000). In the process of attempting to make cloisonne be...  
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  July 31, 2016

  Liquid Form Enamel vs. Liquid Form Brushable?

  Francesca Watson - November 17, 2013 - 3 replies

  Hi all - I am new to this group, and grateful for the exposure to all the amazing talent and information here! I've been torch-firing enamels for over a year and just recently got a kiln to start experimenting with kiln-firing. I am really intrigued by so...
• Last Post by Garfield Stinvil
  

  October 3, 2015

  Liquid Enamel Pages

  Garfield Stinvil - October 3, 2015 - 0 replies

  What is Liquid Enamel?
  Enamel when ground can be suspended in water or in oil. In an aqueous solution, with special additives, it is supplied commercially as liquid enamel, sometimes called slush or crackle. When applied . . .
  Steel Preparation & Firing...
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  November 13, 2014

  Liquid enamel sample sets

  Jean Van Brederode - November 13, 2014 - 0 replies

  By popular demand, I am now selling complete 1 ounce sample sets of Thompson liquid enamels at my Etsy shop - Enamel Warehouse.  See http://enamelwarehouse.etsy.com.  Use Etsy checkout code gog10 for a 10% discount on any order (and a donation to Grains o...
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  September 12, 2014

  The Ideal Air Brush for Liquid Enamels

  M. Quinnan Whittle - September 12, 2014 - 0 replies

  Here are some questions for those of you who are using liquid enamels in an air brush:
  Which style - brand are you using now?  
  Are you happy with it, or are you saving your coins for the day when you can buy what you REALLY want?  …and ….
  What IS the ide...
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  May 24, 2013

  Question on Liquid Enamels

  M. Quinnan Whittle - April 1, 2013 - 11 replies

  I'm looking at experimenting with liquid enamels, but have a couple questions since I don't have my Thompson Workbook with me…and I'm not even sure the answer is in there.  I would like to experiment with liquid enamel as a way to highlight etched areas o...
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  May 7, 2011

  Rich reds from firescale.

  Harry Nicholson - May 4, 2011 - 0 replies

   
   
  
  Skull of the Giant (March2001) The Russian born painter Nicholas Roerich 1874-1947 used colour and imagery in a way that I find richly metaphoric. I wished to echo something of his style with enamel. I have taken a detail of his painting “Issa and ...
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  May 4, 2011

  Thin liquids

  Harry Nicholson - May 4, 2011 - 0 replies

  See attachment for the image. Blizzard at Sunset (Nov 2000) Intention: The colours and effects which can appear with low temperature firings have impressed me; they cannot be purchased by the ounce. I wished to further explore these effects and become m...
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  April 24, 2011

  Alchemy

  Harry Nicholson - April 24, 2011 - 0 replies

  And Then There is Alchemy
  
  ...  moreAnd Then There is Alchemy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The transmutation of matter. Is much like life, really. An errand boy for the Co-op in Hartlepool then, by some happy chance, I was tapping out Morse code in the wireless rooms of cargo ships in tropical storms. ...