[Jewelry making - Article 00028] - Re: [Orchid] Yellow cloudiness in enamels

[Amy O'Connell]

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    In my recent and limited experience with Thompsons enamels: I did a
    few pieces of cloisonne with transparents. The first piece came out
    very cloudy. My teacher (Deb Lozier) and I assessed that the
    problems weRe: The enamel was not sifted (sounds like you covered
    that). 2: My layers were too thick (much more important than I
    realized). 3: I wasn't fireing at high enough of an oven (some
    transparents, like tr ivory beige don't seem to strike thier true
    color until 1600 degrees). 

    Following all of this I remade my original piece with wonderful
    results. The thinner layers really helped. 

Amy O'Connell
Amy O'Connell Jewelry
http://LapidaryArt.com


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