How is enamelling done?

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.