Courses
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All Classes, Basics, Science, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Enamel Beginner
Experiment with Confidence
Learn to design experiments to answer your questions. If you understand the different principles that affect how your enamel and metal changes, and you can discover the variables, you can solve your problems!
$5
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All Classes, Cloisonne´ for Beginners, Basics, Science, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, New Additions, Classes, Enamel Beginner
Flash Your Fine Silver
Ricky shares techniques and tips for "flashing" his fine silver shapes and handmade foil. He uses either a firebrick and a hotplate kiln for this step. The purpose is to keep the silver highly reflective during the enameling process.
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All Classes, Basics, Science, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Enamel Beginner
Prepare Copper & Fine Silver for Transparent Enamel
I like to enamel on copper and fine silver. Ricky demonstrates how different metals may require different approaches to PREPARING your metal before adding the first layer of enamel onto the front.
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All Classes, Basics, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Enamel Beginner
Prepare Enamel
Ricky demonstrates how he prepares his 80 mesh transparent enamel and his lump form transparent enamel (mortar and pestle).
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All Classes, Basics, Science, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, Intermediate, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Classes, Enamel Beginner
Experimenting with Copper Preparation and Flux
Ricky explores different ways to prepare copper before firing a layer of flux onto the metal surface.
$5
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All Classes, Cloisonne´ for Beginners, Basics, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Finishing Skills, Classes
How I use my JoolTool
I use my JoolTool for grinding and polishing hundreds of enamels each year. It has changed this tedious part of my process into a fast, consistent, efficient, and even enjoyable step in my cloisonne´ process. I also use it in my bezel-making process!
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