So, I wanted to spend a few minutes playing around with enamels.
I took a charm I’d made out of bronze clay.

First I enameled the back (for strength).


Then I put black enamel into the channels on half of the charm.

And here’s what it looked like after my first firing.

Then I added enamel (powdered glass) to the other side of the charm.

And fired it.

Here’s the finished product (after I polished the bronze back up).

I’m not impressed with the charm, but I was experimenting so I’m cool with it. And now I have some ideas for things I can work on.
First Attempts at Fusing Fine Silver
These were very unsuccessful. As I mentioned in my other blog, I had to use a torch with more power than the Blazer micro-torch.
But it’s going to take some finesse and practice for me have better skill at fusing. This…

Was my first jumpring attempt. A section of the ring just balled up, separating from the rest of the ring.

This makes me think I was aiming the flame (not pin point, unfortunately) NOT at the seam.
I tried fusing a jumpring four times… it finally worked the forth time.
But then I wanted to make a really fat ball-end headpin.
It’s here on the left, 14g.

I’m going to keep it as a memento… along with a bead I’ve been saving (it’s an Alex bead).


That’s it for now.
This weekend I also made a lot of jewelry out of components I’d already made or had. It’s more of my attempt to use what I have rather than buying more.
I’ll let you know when I get the listings started.
Cheers!
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