I have just got some lovely new enamels and I have been searching for a tutorial for using them with lampworking, can anyone give me a good link?? I have been playing but I want to learn more!!!!
thanks Helen
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/9304/280/index.php (http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/9304/280/index.php)
:)
Beat me to it, there's quite a few on Wet Canvas http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=464446 (http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=464446)
I just roll the bead and cook away :D
nowt fancy for me :D
I've got one of those little sifters, but I find it quite tricky trying to change the colours in it ! Rolling it sounds like a better idea :)
I like to blend a nice pretty mix of colours on a graphite marver, then just roll and transfer to the bead :)
I have just been rolling on a marver, I think I am using too much cause it went all clumpy and was hard to encase!!! Maybe a thinner layer??
maybe try cooking it a bit more to melt the enamels in ? They disperse quite nicely when really hot :)
Thanks Les, for some reason I had in my head not to get too hot or they would burn out like silver leaf!!!!
nah ... although from experience you will discover that some colours will not like too much heat , but mostly they work great.
try googling 'boiled enamel' tutorials ;)
xx
Well reading all that has put me right off using my enamels. 1 page on how to get pretty effects and 3 pages on exactly how they are going to kill you!
Kaz
Quote from: Kaz on December 13, 2008, 07:22:19 AM
Well reading all that has put me right off using my enamels. 1 page on how to get pretty effects and 3 pages on exactly how they are going to kill you!
Kaz
That's what you get on an American forum!
Quote from: Shirley on December 13, 2008, 09:40:39 AM
Quote from: Kaz on December 13, 2008, 07:22:19 AM
Well reading all that has put me right off using my enamels. 1 page on how to get pretty effects and 3 pages on exactly how they are going to kill you!
Kaz
That's what you get on an American forum!
Obviously care should be taken but god I would never light my torch if I listened to every warning!!!!!
I don't have any proper ventilation *hears sharp intake of breath from forum* .... YET !!! :)
I ventilate as best as I can and use them sparingly. I'd never condone using enamels with little or no ventilation. I am taking a risk with my health working without an adequate ventilation system, but I know it will be sorted out in the spring sometime, so I know it's only a temp problem.
I'd just say take heed of the safety precautions and use your common sense
Try making stringers with it as well, there are some gorgeous watercolour effects to be had that way
Oh er Tan I was just doing that!!!!!!
Yeah, I have a spy cam in your house and I watch everything you do 8)
Bloody camera's are everywhere these days!!! lol