Tag: enamel
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25% Discount on Enamel Class
Receive a 25% discount when you register today! Enter ENAMEL25 at checkout or call the studio at 718-388-2190 to register Enameling, the art of fusing glass on metal to create colorful and imaginative designs, is one of the oldest methods used to create decorative metals. Delve in to this exciting technique and learn how to…
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A Look at this Weekends Workshop
This weekend we held a torch fire enamel workshop in the studio. I taught the history and basics of fusing glass to metal using an acetylene torch and tripod. We experimented using both transparent + opaque enamels and played around with firing times to achieve different surfaces like sugar coating, orange peel, fully fused and…
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Torch Fire Enamel
We’ll be taking a break from these frigid Winter days this weekend to heat it up with a Torch Fire Enamel workshop. Enamel is a form of powdered glass that fuses to another material, sometimes metal at around 1600 F. The ancient Egyptians used enamels to stone objects, pottery and jewelry. In jewelry and other…