The Beauty of Portability: Working at the Beach
My friend Iris was in town this week, to enjoy the hurricane in Wilmington, NC. After it blew over, I joined her down at the Carolina coast for a few days of jewelry talk, fancy food and beach. Because...
View ArticleSimplifying Granulation
Lately I’ve been absorbed in making lots of earrings for the holiday season, using my new granulation skills. I’ve found fusing to be an easy and surprisingly speedy way to assemble things. Anyone who...
View ArticleTo Capture Color
One thing about enameling, the color is marvelous. The Color is the point, mostly. But on a bad day, it can be is awful. Color in enamel depends on color combinations, and if you pick the right colors...
View ArticleGranulation with the Ultralite Kiln
I am an enamelist, primarily. As offshoots of this passion I have also played with Jean Stark’s wonderful series of fused link chains, and lately, granulation. These endeavors have in common the act of...
View ArticleIn Search of Shape
My work for the last few years has all been circular. Not that there is anything wrong with that… But my friends Marina, Addison and Bill advised me to look at some other options. So, after seeing a...
View ArticleTorch Enameling: Cloisonne on Silver
I had a great visit with Patricia White of Grains of Glass, the coolest enamelist’s website out there, and she mentioned that the current trend in enamel is ‘torch firing’. I enamel on silver, and...
View ArticleTorch Enameling: Cloisonne on Silver Part II
This is the last part of a tutorial on torch enameled cloisonne. In this picture I have picked a color pallet of green and blue and yellow. And here I’ve filled the cells. Firing with mapp gas, and a...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne: Making a Triskele Pendant, part 1
I want to make a triskele pendant, and have lately been interested in the surface that is under the enamel. For my first step I am going to create a new texture plate for this particular design. I’ll...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne Pendant:Part2
Continuing from the last post, I am now going to use the etched plate to create and fine silver base for the enamel. I could use a rolling mill, but that would distort the image. So I will use the...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne Pendant – Part III
When beginning an enamel, you first must sift a little clear glass onto the base, which will act as an adhesive for the wires. Since my next step is to bend and attach wires for the design, I am here...
View ArticleTo Capture Color
One thing about enameling, the color is marvelous. The Color is the point, mostly. But on a bad day, it can be is awful. Color in enamel depends on color combinations, and if you pick the right colors...
View ArticleGranulation with the Ultralite Kiln
I am an enamelist, primarily. As offshoots of this passion I have also played with Jean Stark’s wonderful series of fused link chains, and lately, granulation. These endeavors have in common the act...
View ArticleIn Search of Shape
My work for the last few years has all been circular. Not that there is anything wrong with that… But my friends Marina, Addison and Bill advised me to look at some other options. So, after seeing a...
View ArticleTorch Enameling: Cloisonne on Silver
I had a great visit with Patricia White of Grains of Glass, the coolest enamelist’s website out there, and she mentioned that the current trend in enamel is ‘torch firing’. I enamel on silver, and...
View ArticleTorch Enameling: Cloisonne on Silver Part II
This is the last part of a tutorial on torch enameled cloisonne. In this picture I have picked a color pallet of green and blue and yellow. And here I’ve filled the cells. Firing with mapp gas,...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne: Making a Triskele Pendant, part 1
I want to make a triskele pendant, and have lately been interested in the surface that is under the enamel. For my first step I am going to create a new texture plate for this particular design. I’ll...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne Pendant:Part2
Continuing from the last post, I am now going to use the etched plate to create and fine silver base for the enamel. I could use a rolling mill, but that would distort the image. So I will use the...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne Pendant – Part III
When beginning an enamel, you first must sift a little clear glass onto the base, which will act as an adhesive for the wires. Since my next step is to bend and attach wires for the design, I am here...
View ArticleBasse Taille and Cloisonne Pendant: Part IV
I am now adding the first layers of enamel. Although I will not photograph all the layers, it will take may 10 layers or so to fill it. You could pile it in, but it is better to layer thinly, and you...
View ArticleThe Anglo Saxon disk: Granulation on Silver
I’ve returned to the bench after a hiatus, and need to sharpen my skills in granulation. As I love English history, and all things Game of Thrones, I will make a simplified Anglo Saxon Disk pendant. I...
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