Enameling

The purpose of this article is two fold. First, we receive a number of inquiries as to whether or not...

After you learn to apply enamels by sifting, wet packing, brushing on crackle and firing the base coats, you are...

I enamel on various metals making a variety of pieces from post earrings to 5" x 8" framed enamels. The...

In the late 20s, a small enamel tray, made in China, introduced us to the word cloisonne. The material looked...

In this article, I will discuss the basics of metal preparation for the enameling process. Some experienced enamelists may disagree...

Plique-a-jour, in French, means "applied to carved spaces" or "membrane where daylight passes through". The 'plique-a-jour' enameled jewelry is endowed...

Through the years, a variety of enameling techniques has been developed. Some involve how the metal is prepared and some...

Enameling involves the firing and melting of suitable glasses onto and into metals for decorative effects. It is done at...

Torch firing is a wonderful way to experience enameling in all of it stages. I see it as an extension...

For more than two thousand years, goldsmiths have fused glass onto their work for color enrichment. Wonderful enameled work can...

This article is a part of a series offering enameling tips and what is most occurring that enamelists encounter. This...

Overglaze enamels, as their name implies, are made to be applied over other enamels. They act much like paints or...

I have worked out a way to use screen printing methods so as to print on metal, using dry enamels....

This article is a part of a series offering enameling tips and what is most occurring that enamelists encounter. This...

The most commonly used metals for enameling are pure copper and fine silver. The fine silver is primarily used for...

Early in the 1400's someone discovered that a design of juxta- positioned colored enamels would not intermingle when heated to...

The traditional method of enamel preparation was described by Cunynghame and Chapin. Large chunks of enamel were wrapped in a...

The question about the differences between lead bearing and lead free enamel is the same as the questions about the...

For the last couple years the W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation has held "Intro to Enameling" workshops that are designed to...

Enameling on pieces made from Precious Metal Clay is a joy! The clay is malleable and will take any shape...

Industrial liquid enamel is a versatile material. It can be used as a base coat, directly on the metal, or...

Enamel comes in a number of forms: lump, string, liquid, and powder, as well as in the optical qualities of...

Although enameling is a new art form for me, I came to it with many years of china painting experience....

Champleve (shahmp-luh-vay), meaning - raised plane - in French, is the process by which a design is cut, gouged or...

Raku enameling is an exciting process. It is smelly and dirty, and one is much more kinest hetically involved than...

I have found through may research on metal etching that there is a plethora of information out there. I hope...

For more than twenty years, I have been using overglazes as a direct painting technique. My canvas usually is a...

With this procedure you can dome nearly all regular or irregular shapes or forms, as long as the edges or...

My enamel jewelry includes earrings, pins, pendants, lockets and rings done in Grisaille and Limoges techniques. Within most of the...

An island in the eastern Mediterranean, with a history of more than 8000 years, Cyprus was one of the earliest...

Dichroic glass is simply beautiful. Often referred to as dichro or dicro, the term refers to multiple ultra-thin microlayers of...

Merry-Lee Rae has been making jewelry since 1966 when she joined her father in the garage while he dabbled in...

In the conditions of world globalization, a big part of modern mankind realized how important human ties are to their...

Applying liquid gold, palladium and/or silver in the final firing of enamel pieces is something that can frequently raise the...

This is a metal frame for a brooch which can be made without any soldering. Findings can be glued or...

For the last couple years The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation has held "Intro To Enameling" workshops that are designed to...

There are a number of methods for plique a jour, a filigree technique that allows light to shine through the...

It is a rare and most welcome event when a technical innovation is accompanied by an esthetic revelation. This is...

The exceptional colors of the Colorit range manufactured by Inovis in Schaan, Liechtenstein has enabled innovative goldsmiths to explore new...

For the last couple years The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation has held "Intro To Enameling" workshops that are designed to...

This article is a part of a series offering enameling tips and what is most occurring that enamelists encounter. This...

How to use enamel on round or oval copper balls. A Step by step illustrated guide.

The primary reason designer Amy Roper Lyons of Summit, New Jersey, began working in enamels is fairly black and white:...

Interested in illuminating my work and using experimental techniques, I came across copper mesh. There are many kinds of mesh,...

Sifting is the process of dropping and catching falling enamel particles. The control factors are mesh size of the enamel;...

Up until quite recently if asked "How do you remove enamel from silver?" the answer was "with great difficulty." The...

The fascinating depth and quality of the intesive colors that are created by melting stained glass on a metal surface...

Photo 1: Apply a coat of enamel on a piece of domed copper and fire. Photo 2. A sheet of...

Cloisonné is a French word that means 'to be confined,' 'to be cloistered.' Traditionally, the cloisonné technique consists in making...

This article describes a micro vacuum cleaner, based on an aquarium pump, for use by enamelists. The vacuum cleaner allows...

The use of PnP paper-originally designed to create printed circuit boards-to meet the artistic needs of metalsmiths, jewelers, and enamelists....

I have been making my cloisonne beads since 1996 in a variety of methods with fine silver and wires of...

On the difficulties with handling enamel: Enamel is one of the most durable methods of confining colors to a background....

This article Amy Roper Lyons offers two things: a Plique-a-Jour pictorial and three safety tips when handling or working with...

My design for a portrait in enamel is based on either a photocopy of a photograph or my sketch of...

The Enamel Foundation provides the furnace and offers the use of their standard workshop tools, equipment and workshop enamels. (A...

Enameled steel is the best support for the photographic image. It will withstand the burn-off temperatures without cracking the image....

Susan Demski and I have developed a cloisonne technique for our jewelry, which ranges in size from 1/4" dia. to...

Although Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, our government has its scar in Den Haag (The Hague). Therefore all...

Each medium has its own vocabulary and so it is with enamels and enameling. The glass glaze material that is...

This is a HIDI, (How I Do It). It is not the only way to make a piece like this,...

How to Make a Frame for Enamel Pieces The instruction below is addressed to people who have little experience in...

In the early 1980's, I made a drawing based on the theme of transformation, a sudden, intuitive grasp of reality...

There are several ways to make a "box-setting" for enameled work pieces. This is one way on how to make...

This report will describe means for setting a CZ gem in enamel, producing a ring and a medallion with a...

When enamelist Bill Helwig celebrated the half-century mark in July of 1988, his wife Lenore Davis, asked the celebrants to...

Sometime around 1989 or 1990,I got a call from a friend, Steve Kissler, who owned a small gift shop in...

The innovative Medieval Galleries, occupying a complete wing of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, have now been open...

June Schwarcz (b.1918) in Denver, CO. She is a Fellow of the American Craft Council and received their Gold Medal....

After experimenting with the various techniques of enameling I decided that champleve jewelry best suited my interests. Being very familiar...

Everyone has long seen gems wrapped in small wire cages with hanging devices, and more recently, the Dichroic glass pendants...

Enamel technique has progressed in a logical and practical direction through the ages, advancing when inspiration, need or new technology...

One of the many workshops presented at the 10th Biennial Enamelist Society Conference was The Fauré Studio Enamel Techniques, instructed...

Marianne Hunter had been a painter and crafts explorer when she began enameling in 1967. She is self-taught. After 12...

In the beginning, there was glass. Glass was created or formed along with our planet Earth. Glass was here —...

The sun rises over the tree line and spreads its light across the fields. The horse, donkey, and pot-bellied pig...

I would first like to introduce myself. My name is Jaime Frechette and I am a studio artist from Cincinnati,...

In the gay nineties, one hundred years ago and more now, the newly rich were off to see the world....

Solveig Haukaas started to work in an enamel workshop in Bergen, Norway when she was near 17 years old. One...

When I asked him who Kenneth Bates is, he laughed and replied "a simple dirt farmer from New England." However,...

Although the entry period was the busy Christmas season, The 21st International Cloisonne Jewelry Contest received about 100 entries from...

When Joseph Trippetti returned from the Army in 1946, he studied for three years at Philadelphia College of Art and...

Possibly of another time and almost certainly of another place, Hal or Harold Hasselschwert enamels entice the imagination with the...

Precious Metal Clay, being fine silver and high karat gold, is the perfect material to accept enamel. It is possible...

February 21 - 22, 2004 was another high point in our enameling career. Irmgard and I travelled to the John...

Application of Enamel En Plein In my 30 years of enameling and creating objects of art and jewelry, I have...

In mid-April of 2008, the SUNY-New Paltz MFA Metal program suspended its rigorous schedule for about a week. What were...

Artists Joel and Pamela Sansone are maestros of glass. Walking into the Sansone's Studio is like stumbling upon a surprise,...

I make light switch covers that are site-specific functional fine art and sculptural vessels that are not at all functional....

This second conference, sponsored by the W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation proves to be an exciting week of activities, lectures, hands-on...

Carefree Lusters are mica based luster pigments stabilized for glass, glazed ceramic and enameled metal applications. Carefree lusters are now available...

Most people in our discipline use the word Enamel to identify both the glass which is fused to metal, and...

The tendency to dismiss enamelwork as a superficial art­literally, as a matter of surfaces glossing over the duller hues of...

Bernard N. Jazzar, President of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Enamel Arts Foundation, announces that the Foundation...

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Enameling on metal clay adds vibrant color and exciting design. Learn the wet packing...

"Bright colors we can find only in nature, quality craftsmanship that will outlast the seasons, and a promise to do...

The exhibition, mounted at the Royal Academy in London in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens, incorporates over 240...

While the tide might seem to have been chosen to be catchy or thought to be frivolous in nature, it...

I was drawn to the idea of making enameled beads by Edmund Massow's excellent article, "Enameling Copper Balls" (Glass on...

Background My formal education includes a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering. My interest...

The English enameller, Alan Mudd, born in Lancashire, began his studies in the fine arts, and served an indentured apprenticeship...

While living in Little Neck, NY, during the mid-sixties, I took an enameling class at the local YWHA. It took...

A visit to Bloor Street and Avenue Road here in Toronto, Canada brings you face to face with the old...

The Novorit polyceramics system has been on the market for a year and offers fascinating possibilities for the creative color...

In this article, renowned enamelist Leila Tai discusses her many motivations and inspirations as well as her creative process in...

When one looks at a world map to find New Zealand, it's easily overlooked due to its location and size....

Pat Peat O'Neil, now ninety-two, started enameling in Girl Scouts when she was sixteen. They used a torch to fire...

For those of you who have not worked with Precious Metal Clay, you'll find there are certain terms unique to...

Enamel A Current Perspective Enameling, like other mediums in the vast world of art, has seen ebbs and tides of...

In basse-taille (bahs ty), the metal has a design or a texture partially cut into its surface before being completely...

It's hard to believe how quickly this year has flown. My kids are already half way, through their first quarter...

Small ornamental clocks were among the medium priced ornamental objects that were in huge demand in the 19th century. This...

Enamel on deeply fold-formed metal with renowned enamelist and teacher Ricky Frank to create an evenly coated piece using adhesive...

The book is based on a workshop for beginners given by the author some years ago called 'The Second Coat'....

One of the main tasks of the International Enamel Studio is to save our 1000 year-old enamel art and techniques...

An enamel of any size can be produced by working sectionally. I cut copper sheet into irregular shapes to enhance...

English enamels made during the period 1750 to 1840 were chiefly ornamented with transfer printed images and mottos. While the...

Radka's first encounter with enamel was in early childhood. She used to go to an Orthodox Church with her father...

This article describes how to do a metallic scratched technique in enamel designs in visual step by step procedure.  Metallic...

There are few artists who can subtly control the relationship between what they perceive and the manner in which this...

Industrial liquid enamel is a versatile material. It can be used as a base coat, directly on the metal, or...

Who has not dreamt of that nobly shaped chalice, enameled all over with immaculate transparents... maybe just one fine gold...

Applicator for Crumbs (Enamel Lumps) If you have worked with small lumps or tiny crumbs of enamel or glass to...

Reviving the virtually dead enameling technique plique-à-jour, which means "the light of day as seen through a membrane," has been...

We are a group of artists who call ourselves "Nine Lively Ladies." A year ago, I had to come up...

This film has been made for the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, as part of an exhibition about...

My affair with precious metals began while working with my father a talented jeweler who worked with spring movement. He...

Follow along with teacher and renowned enamelist Ricky Frank to create a domed enamel component using sgraffito, dapping, counter-enamel, and...

Last April 2008, at Galeria Medellin 174,in Mexico City, under the name of "Esmaltes Sobre Metales," two artists exhibited their...

Gallery 21, an all-white exhibition space in Spanish Village, San Diego, California, became home to the enamel exhibition, RADIANCE from...

One glorious morning in June, my husband and I set out on a trip to the small Dutch town Ravenstein...

Ben Caldwell is a painter, copper and silver smith, musical instrument builder, and inventor. He trained at the Studio School...

Jewelry artist Leila Tai is renowned for her extraordinary one-of-a-kind pieces celebrating perfection in nature and for her masterful use...

Entering the enameling studio, one is struck by its openness. Light fills the space. Shelves are lined with organic vessel...

In this video, Ricky Frank takes us from start to finish with a Cloisonne enamel project. Ricky also talks enameling...

Getting closer to the end of 2008, we can state that the International Enamel Studio operating in Kecskemet has had...

This article showcases the selected works from the enamelist John Smith exhibition at Kaskaskia college. The exhibition took place March...

Minerals such as silica, soda ash, potassium nitrate, borax, calcium carbonate, etc. are weighed according to each enamel formula, well...

This article, written by Dottie Wood, shares photos and step by step procedure on how to make a bas relief...

When I was the only American enameling in a week's workshop in a small town in Hungary, it had taken...

Expressionist art creates images designed to communicate the artist's feelings. In this art, the artist is not a dispassionate reproducer...

What fun for me to reminisce about our early friendship: Tamara Sergijenko from Tallin, Estonia and I from middle America!...

Editor's Note: Terry's Retrospective Exhibition had more than 30 enamels. The Retrospective Catalog has 26 pages with 31 illustrations. There...

I have been using coarse enamel mixes (20/40 mesh) in my torch fire enameling work since 1972. My first use...

A three person exhibition of enamel art work earlier this year by Veenu Shah, Kana Lomrur and Jyoti Singh created...

In 1987, some drawings I had made were exhibited (about 30 etchings) in Szolnok, Hungary. A friend of mine, László...

This technique consists of the successive application of silver foil sheets, changing the colors of enamels among them, and then...

I am a self-taught enamellist. Having never heard of enameling, I began in the mid-70s with enamels and copper shapes...

The show season had come and gone. With my kids still in school, I was unable to participate in the...

In my capacity as Liturgical artist I recently received a commission from St. Columban's Catholic Parish to create a work...

Multicolor enamel ballpoint pens can provide the artist graphic versatility and direct color enhanced drawing never before possible. In combination...

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Enameling on metal clay adds vibrant color and exciting design. Learn the wet packing...

After a long break we have restarted the JSW Enamel Studio, Vashind, Mumbai. A major effort was made in October...

Mixing Dry Granular Material Frequently, we are asked how to mix two or more dry materials, such as two transparent...

Ricky has painted his first layer and shows us a quick way to torch the enamel, which gradually leads to...

My earliest awareness of the art of enameling occurred when I was only ten or eleven years old. My father,...

How to use a rolling mills

This is a video of a work in progress on it's way towards being enameled!

In this last installment, Ricky has blended his enamel colors, painted ind fired the first layers, and is now ready...

The watch designer's portrait. Produced by Fondation de la Haute Horlorgie (FHH)

In this slideshow, Lillian Jones enamels a fused fine silver disk to make a lovely pendant. She uses engraving and...

In this first installment, Ricky grinds lump enamel to create his fine grains of color for a better clarity when...

My film from the Gold-Glue series shows the production of: Silver Cloisonne enamel pendant with rock crystal cabochon. Filigreen Universe...

It seems like it was over a year ago, but in fact, The Arsenal Metals & Enamels Exhibition debuted this...

Nuria L. Ribalta and her students from Barcelona School had an exhibition of their enamel works in France from the...

Coral brooch , 18k , enameled .

Ricky demonstrates how to begin painting the enamel on a silver piece, blending the light colors using his "salt &...

Coral brooch 18kt . hollow .

Nested in the heart of downtown Cary, North Carolina, The Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival is a tradition steeped...

Coral brooch , 18k gold , enamelled . handmade.

Coral brooch 18kt , hollow .

How it's made a couple of gold wedding rings, with funny drawings engraved on them and black enamel. Hand made....

coral brooch 18kt , hollow .

Coral brooch 18kt , hollow.

Coral brooch , 18kt , hollow .

Coral brooch 18kt , hollow.

Cotal brooch m 18kt , hollow ,

Coral brooch, 18kt, hollow.

Coral btooch , 18kt , hollow .

Gold necklace with Fairy and wild flower motiff.

beautiful girl dancing handmade hollow jewelry

How is made a classic gold heart pendant (old school), with black genuine enamel. Hand made.

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Add a splash of color to your designs with a stained glass effect. Learn...

Coral brooch , 18kt , hollow .

Coral brooch , 18k , hollow .

Coral brooch , 18k white and yellow gold , tube frame , plique a jour enameling .

A sample of BLUE LAGUNA : The sun umbrella making of . This is only a small part of the...

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

coral brooch , bla bla bla...

Coral brooch 18k gold , enamel . Handmade .

Coral 18kt , hollow .

Coral brooch, 18kt, hollow.

Coral btooch . 18kt , hollow .

Coral brooch , 18k enameled.

Coral brooch , 18k enameled .

Static jewelry , showing an idilic picture of a life we all wish to have ....This is dedicated to my...

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

Coral brooch , 18k gold , enamelled . handmade.

Coral brooch 18k gold .

Coral brooch , 18kt , hollow.

Coral brooch , 18k , enameled .

dragonfly hollow jewelry brooch 18k gold handmade diamonds saphire plique a jour enameling skils art design

Gold necklace assembling .

Gold necklace with Fairy and wild flower motiff, handmade.

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

5 cm diameter round pendant, showing a beautiful woman dancing at Carnival in Brazil. 18k white and yellow gold ,...

Coral brooch, 18kt , hollow .

Coral broochm 18k white & yellow gold .