Winter 2007 Journal Articles

ENAMEL BEAD MAKING by Anne & Mark Painter

This article describes a workshop run by Janet Notman of Edinburgh on how to enamel copper beads using a gas torch. The full article is in the Winter 2007 issue of the Guild journal.

Torch Fired Copper Beads

Heating the bead in a hot torch flame

Applying enamel to the hot bead

Firing the enamel in the torch flame

Firing on frit

Cooling the bead in a ceramic blanket

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