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Articles by Jean Vormelker
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[421] Enameling On Fine Silver Metal Clay
Enameling on pieces made from Precious Metal Clay is a joy! The clay is malleable and will take any shape or texture: it handles like ordinary clay before it is sintered. After the sintering, the material is usable in a variety of enameling techniques. Sintering, an evaporation process, is done by firing the formed clay in a kiln at a high temperature that removes the binder and water and compresses the minute metal particles into solid metal. After sintering, the object is pure silver or gold and is enameled as such.... (2002)
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Releated Categories:[Enameling]|[Metal Clay]
ISBN: 0971925208

 

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