All Courses - Enamel Channel

All Classes, Cloisonne´ for Beginners, Basics, Science, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, 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.

$5

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.

$5

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).

$4

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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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Experiential Learning with a Torch

Using a torch, Ricky demonstrates the variable of "heat and your torch" when firing an opaque orange enamel layer onto a copper disc.

$5

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Tools and Materials

Here are the tools that I use when making my enamels.

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