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Welcome to my shop of unique, handmade, glass enamelled jewellery and ornaments.
POSTAGE My prices include postage by Royal Mail, first-class, signed for.
Where possible I recycle packaging.
I am happy to consider special requests and commissions. Contact me through folksy.
If you experience any difficulty in placing an order please let me know.
Given the nature of the materials and the processes I must use I regard the making of my items as a collaboration. I decorate the piece by drawing a steel point through the red hot, molten enamel. I know how I would like to decorate the piece. I know that I have a short window of opportunity to achieve this. At first I need a temperature at which the enamel becomes workable. Then as the temperature of the piece drops I need to stop working before the material sets around the point of the tool. I get what I am allowed and I am constantly surprised by it.
This item will be posted to you by ThatENAMELGuy within 3 days of receiving payment.
| Shipping destination | Cost | Additional items |
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| United Kingdom | £0.00 | £0.00 |
You have 14 days, from receipt, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange an item.
Unless faulty, the following types of items are non-refundable: items that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements; items which deteriorate quickly (e.g. food), personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken; digital items.
Please note that if your order is being posted outside mainland UK, you (or the recipient) may have to pay customs or VAT charges and a handling fee. The seller is not responsible for any charges or fees that may incur.
Full description
This is a copper bowl I have decorated with glass enamel. It measures 74mm in diameter, 20mm deep. The enamel has been built up in thin layers of powder each fired to red hot.
The bowl has been enamelled black on the outside. This balanced the tensions to which the bowl was subjected when each layer of enamel built up on the inside was fired at 700 degrees centigrade. There may be between five and ten such layers.
When I was satisfied with the surface of the inside of the bowl, I scattered little heaps of enamel over its surface and made the starburst pattern on the bowl by drawing a steel tip through the surface and through the added colours. The bowl was in the kiln at 700 degrees, cooling as the kiln door was open. In this situation the colours could not be distinguished and the enamel would set around the steel point if I did not withdraw it promptly. At the end of the day I accept the design the process allows me.
You might use the bowl as a dressing table tray or a table centrepiece. Among other uses, customers at fairs have suggested that my bowls may be just the thing to use to drop a tea bag on when you take it from your mug or cup or may make good soap dishes. It really is up to you.
Your bowl will be sent by Royal Mail, first class, tracked at no additional cost.
Designed by Francis Hayes in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
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