Parabéns. Finalmente alguém que mostrou totalmente com é feito. Muito bom. Obrigado por compartilhar conhecimento . Eu faço este trabalho desde 1995 e ainda fico fascinado quando vejo alguém fazendo. Criei um canal recentemente onde irei me dedicar a passar algumas conhecimentos que aprendi ao longo destes anos. O canal se chama, Arteiro Brito
I was so amazed at your work, I just had to see more. The pieces on your website are masterpieces! I particularly loved the wolf with a number of dog breeds also on it. When I win the lottery I’ll have a similar piece commissioned. I wish your studio wasn’t just about the farthest away any point in the continental US could be from me (I live in WA). I would so love to take a class from you!!
This is exactly what I was looking for. I initially thought, why can't you do champleve by sawing out the artwork first then soldering it on a back sheet, to which this has confirmed for me that it can be done! Thanks for this Kristin, it's a great intro!
Kristin, thank you for this wonderful video. I love how you are using petri dishes to store your washed enamels! And how you have a color sample on each lid. If you read this, please tell us how you are keeping solder joints from melting in the kiln and harming the enamels?
Do you think the rainbow may have done better with more translucent colors? For my taste the rainbow looks a little to opaque taking away the dreamy colours of a rainbow... just my opinion... great to see a master at work. Thank you for sharing
What a wonderful work and nice, adorable lady and teacher! I would like to become a student of you if I could visit your studio,one day,from Greece.What is the thickness of your metal,please?
Why do you not need to counter enamel these? Is it because of the thickness of the piece? Thank you for sharing your skills - wish I could come and learn from you, but I am in Australia.
Hi Could you tell me what solder you use and why doesn't your solder melt when you put your piece in the kiln as the temperature is higher for the enamel .thank you
I have a question. I would like to try my hand at this. I've already been making some jewelry, such as some milanese mesh chains and a few other things, so I am quite familiar with the delicate soldering work going in here. What I want to try is the enameling. Thing is, I can't quite afford to work with silver, at the very least not when it comes to experimental pieces where I can't be sure of the quality of the outcome. I often times work with nickel silver or red brass for my more experimental pieces. Will these metals take to the enameling process as well as the Silver does? I suspect they may not be as high quality, long lasting, and would cause some allergic reactions in some people, but I am hope full they could give me a less expensive material to use while I hone the skill before moving on to more costly and ambitious projects. I also do not just make jewelry, but I also do some metal spinning to make metal vessels, though these I do almost exclusively out of the nickel silver and red brass for now because of their size. Most of the enameling tutorials I have seen have been on small pieces which can face upwards in the kiln, so there is no worry about the effect of gravity on them in the firing process. Are there enamels which might be better suited for a 3 dimensional piece such as the vessels I make?
HI Ronald, the sound is on the video so you should be able to hear it. Kristin is a wonderful artist and a great person. She does various markets in Apalachicola.
Before dropping the hot metal into the pickle, it should be first cooled in water, otherwise, small amounts of acid will flow into the metal pores and stay there. It can then cause irritation on the skin.
Hi, very interesting. I see you are using nitric. Usually sulphuric is enough to remove the flux. Maybe you need the power of nitric for some other reason. You might try dipping your items in a liquid mixture of water and bicarbonate of soda when you finish dipping, this will neutralise the acid and save your fingers.Thanks, Jeff
