After four weeks I am finally done with my first cloisonné piece! Sweet peas! This past week was a bit stressful and lead to some language that I will not repeat here. At the beginning of my class I finished up stoning and then put it in the kiln. As I was taking it out [...]
I was hoping to have a finished product this week but the stoning process took longer than I anticipated. Stoning is the process of evening out the enamel and metal so it’s all at one level, a process I am convinced would give anyone arthritis. It will definitely be done next week, which puts it [...]
This is week two of my Cloisonné project. I added two new colors and am building up the blue. I was hesitant to put the red in but I am getting to like it. I think I should have it finished next week.
Detail photo of adding more colors to a cloisonné pendant
I am taking the enameling on metal class again this summer, however it’s only five weeks long. Since it is so short I am going to focus on one piece using a new technique (to me) called Cloisonné. At first I was not too thrilled with what I had seen done with this technique, but [...]