[Jewelry making - Article 00169] - Re: [Orchid] Looking for an enameling kiln

[JM]

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    Marianne Hunter recommends her favorite kiln, a hotplate- type kiln
    [they have a sealed element so don't try using a regular hotplate].
    Have you seen how beautiful her work is? I am excited to have read
    her post because I feel the same way about my [30+ year old] hot
    plate kiln. I got it when I was 12. I think it was sold by the Tandy
    Company. 

    I did lots and lots of cloisonne pieces with it. I haven't enameled
    for some time now but I the last pieces I did were 18K butterfly
    earrings [a custom order], two large fine silver and 18k cloisonne
    chokers and plique a' jour wings for a dragonfly. I have other kilns
    but I love my hotplate kiln and for all the same reasons that
    Marianne mentioned. It will always be my first choice as long as my
    project fits within the confines of the rounded lid. 

Good Luck
Jennifer

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