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thomasj7676 — Yoda the Boxer
Published: 2007-02-26 18:26:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 498; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 20
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classic cloisonne - brown, black, white & yellow opague glass on copper with bezel - 50 mm (2"). The glass & copper are ground & fired flat.This was a long nosed boxer of my sister, Barb Jamieson. Based on her sketch. The small view is slightly larger than the original (on my 17" monitor).
see Misha the Boxer: [link]
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Thanks alot. That was a collaboration with my sister, Barb Jamieson. She sketched it in about 30 seconds.
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The raw materials are copper sheets, copper wire (actually like a ribbon), powdered glass & a kiln to melt it.
The simplest explanation: (1) saw blank from copper sheet & polish, peen, etc. (2) fire backing enamel - two coats of black. (3) fire one top coat. (4) make wire drawing. (5) put drawing on top coat & fire just until it slightly melts into surface. (6) fill in with more glass to the level desired - this can involve up to eight or more firings. Each time it is fired, the piece must be deoxidized in an acid bath & cleaned. You end up washing your hands more than a dentist. (7) finally, it must be flash fired to a glassy finish to remove any tooling marks.
That's the general info, but each piece requires some variation on this theme. A complicated piece can easily require 10 or more firings (about three minutes each in the kiln) & the piece can screw up in any of these: the wires falling over, the background coat bubbling thru the top coat, a horrible bit of dust baked in, etc. You have to love technique to enjoy enameling. That being said, I did not start out using complicated wire drawings. I did simple earrings (see my gallery) & small shapes I would inlay in my woodworking pieces - just using basic colors.
That is the five minute course in enameling. And thanks for looking at my stuff.
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Wow, sounds complicated. It loks awesome!
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