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ThatENAMELGuy
ThatENAMELGuy

Francis Hayes Plus

  • United Kingdom
  • Sold: 88
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“glass enamel jewellery and ornaments”

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About ThatENAMELGuy

ThatENAMELGuy

I make 'one of a kind' jewellry and ornaments by manipulating glass enamel over a copper base.

I have been working in enamels for thirty years, learning as I go. I particularly like to use the scrolling technique. This is where I draw through the final layer while the piece is in the kiln, red hot, to stir the colours about and make random patterns. The enamel has the texture of sticky toffee and will start to set as the temperature of the kiln falls while the kiln door is open; consequently my window of opportunity is very narrow but I have no way to predict how narrow. Two further complications, different enamels have subtly different melting points and at red hot all the colours on the piece look the same so even when I can see the work I can't distingush the colours. Essentially I see myself as having an idea of the finished piece but being allowed to achieve only what the kiln and the materials allow me to get away with. Each result is unique. The nearer I get to my idea the happier I am but if I am disappointed I console myself with the knowledge that there is a masterpiece lurking in the kiln if I can only capture it.

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I make jewellery and ornaments, chiefly dishes and bowls, in enamel by fusing layers of powdered glass to a copper base. Principally I use scrolling techniques - think feather icing done in red hot glass. I also work with millefiore beads and with painting enamels that look like I'm doing water colors on an impervious ground.

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