Cyber monday musings

So my birthday is coming up and my boyfriend got me an early birthday present of some enamels. I picked a few colors up, with the needed tools to torch fire enamel. I am not using the kiln for firing yet, however since I do have this tool, that will be used in the future. For now my torch is working well.  So the night I got them I was up till 11pm or so torching in wonder, disappointment, and pride... differing amounts of each. Most of what I made was successful in my eyes anyway.


Here is the very first piece I did...

As you can see, it's not exactly amazing, but not totally ugly. It's actually OK.


Some little beadcaps I enameled with Orient Red. Very cute!

A sweet little pendant... this one has some nice things going on with the layer of golden clear I put on before the colors... makes them seem as if they are floating!

This one was going well, till the tweezers I had it in sweezed it after the metal had annealed.. I tried to hammer it back flat (as you do with metal)... well the glass cracked off in places, so I attempted to cover it up... not totally successfully, but it's still cute.

So I saw someone on youtube doing this type of technique... had to try it! Next time I will be a little more liberal with the white, since it seems to end up looking like less when fired. Learning learning!

Handmade heart toggle, enameled in black and red.... this one actually looks really good!

 

 

These earring are half success half fail... the little enameled headpins, the enamel chipped a bit as they cooled, but I think I have the fix for that.

My first pair of finished enameled earrings... these actually worked out well!

So that is what I made the first 24 hrs or so with my new enamels.... stay tuned to see what I do next!

*Hint- I got some bronze clay pieces drying ;)*