[Jewelry making - Article 00535] - Re: [Orchid] [Enamel Bits] Getting your Lumps

[julietg]

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    I also make lumps from time to time my loading enamel onto a
    clean piece of mica, just like in color testing, firing it and
    then carefully peeling of the result trying to keep the glass
    mica-free. If a little mica sticks, I sand it down and clean it
    with a fiberglass brush. Then I put the glass in between layers
    of clean paper and hit it with a hammer over a steel bench plate.
    For experiments, I also like to smash up glass beads and test
    the colors with Thompson 2030 flux to see if they fire well and
    keep their color, but i would be very cautious about using these
    lumps and their dust mixed with your regular enamels and expect
    everything to turn out hunky-dory. The more you test, the more
    you know or at least can guess. I usually have no clue what kind
    of glass is in the beads and whether or not it's compatible in
    firing temperature or in it's coefficent of expansion with the
    enamels I have. Whole beads fused to the top layer of an enamel
    piece look great for mosaic-type work! Juliet Gamarci
    julietg AT excite.com 

 

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