[Jewelry making - Article 00020] - Re: [Orchid] Enamel books

[Sheridan Reed]

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    Pam - You pose a difficult question - to chose only one - especially
    without knowing what techniques are most important to you.  But,
    following your rule I would select either one of Margaret Seeler's
    books "The Art of Enameling" or "Enamel Medium for Fine Art" - the
    reason being  that she includes not only a variety of enameling
    techniques but she also does a better job than any other I have found
    in showing possibilities for setting the enamels - for fabricating
    the objects of which the enamels will be a part e.g. goblet, chalice,
    etc.  She demonstrates quite nicely how to set up a sample test piece
    for a class of colors as with "flesh" tones, from beiges to pinks to
    yellows to greys, etc. and points out alot of potential problems in
    using and setting enamels not addressed by others.  When I use
    enamels I typically incorporate them into fabricated pieces so she is
    my favorite to date. 

    I have not yet seen the book "Enamelling on Precious Metals" by
    Jeanne Werge-Hartley nor the Dictionary of Enamelling by Speel but I
    have many others.  A number are now hard to find but show up
    eventually if you keep looking.  In my experience one can glean
    something from each of the books available but no one book does it
    all. I use Liban, "Cloisonne" primarily for its chain info and I love
    Ball, "Experimental Techniques" for all of its non-cloisonne
    free-spirit approach to enameling. 

Sheridan Reed

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