I have now been on the first of my classes in Cold enamelling to update my skills in, I travelled up to Glasgow on the Friday ready for the early start on Saturday, there was 8 of us on the course, Fiona our tutor made us all welcome, some of the others had already done cold enamelling I was a novice , hot enamel is my normal field of enamelling. Saturday starts off with a health & safety briefing and and overview of the materials we will be using, I am very interested in the thixotropic resin / enamel with this you can enamel unusual shapes curves and rings. We make a paperweight with inclusions a pendant with dried flowers, a plaque de jure style pendant, a cast piece and I did a ring that I took with me. Photos. Its quite a complex process mixing has to be exact or the rein will not set and this will ruin your work.
Went to bed exhausted my mind was full of things I want to do! day two was a finishing off process buffing polishing edging and all the rest of hard work that people never think of! I would like to do a nit more with Fiona as I think I have only touched the tip of the iceberg as far as cold enamelling goes. But it is defiantly an avenue I want to keep exploring. looking forward to the next session Hot enamelling.
