This short video
slideshow demonstrates the basics of enamelling including the scrolling
technique I use in many of my creations
We see the kiln
ready for use, glowing red hot. The next two slides show a red hot bowl being
taken out of the kiln. The bowl is upside down; I have fired a coat of counter
enamel to the reverse side. This balances the expansion and contraction as I
fire further layers of enamel to the decorative side of the piece.
At this stage the
bowl has one layer of enamel on the decorative surface; from here I will add
anywhere from four to ten more layers.
Next I show a bowl
being put into in to the kiln. It is at its final firing.
When it reaches red
hot I will reach in with a crooked tool to disturb the patterns I have put on
it to create a scrolled pattern. The
next slide shows this part of the work.
