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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Start of New Atlas Moth Enamel Project.Looking great! What are you using for your etching solution and how long did it take for the sufficient depth?
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Simichrome Polish for finish on ceramic disk.You're welcome. Exactly, the "silver salts" can react with certain enamel colours (it depends which metal oxides or salts are used to...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Simichrome Polish for finish on ceramic disk.Jim, I am sure you know all this but - just in case - make sure that your silver is as clean as possible prior to first layer of enamel...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Simichrome Polish for finish on ceramic disk.Curious to hear your results with Schauer and Milton Bridge enamels. I found MB transparents needed to be fired at higher temps but...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Substituting ink for enamel/others.Yes, you can add enamel (as in real glass enamel) to engraved spaces but there are limits what you can work with in terms of metals...
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Ffarmer57 reacted to silvermon's post in the thread Ease of inlaying phosphor bronze vs brass vs copper with
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Start of New Atlas Moth Enamel Project.Oh, that's awful! I've had cloisonne wires fall over (which is a PINA to rectify) but not melt down entirely. Did you just forget it...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Progress Pic Cloisonne Enamel.Looking great! A few more layers to go....
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Start of New Atlas Moth Enamel Project.Jim, That is quite the process. I don't know about the casting bronze (my work has only been limited to sheet bronze) - only one way to...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Start of New Atlas Moth Enamel Project.Jim, Your Egyptian themed pieces look very interesting, congrats. You can use any colours on silver or copper but there are things that...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Start of New Atlas Moth Enamel Project.Looking good! That's a lot of cloisonne wires. With so many layers (going by your previous project), are you using hard fusing flux to...
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Hawaiian Leaf plique a jour Enamel.Thank you
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Ffarmer57 replied to the thread Hawaiian Leaf plique a jour Enamel.Champleve style enameling/engraving is a wonderful (and complex) art form. Here is small (1.25") steelhead pendant I made for myself...
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