Paint with Fire with Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry with Barbara Lewis

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BARBARA LEWIS

torch~fired enamel jewelry

a workshop in

paintingwith

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BUILDING ON BASIC SKILLS

Wound Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

A Hole in One. . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Fabr ic Flourish. . . . . . . . . . . 60

Harem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Pink Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Luscious Links . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Winged Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Forging Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Aqua Ice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

CHALLENGES AND

INTRICATE FORMS

Float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Of Space and Time. . . . . . . . 99

Going Tr ibal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

On a Flying Trapeze. . . . . . . 108

Floral Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Wings of a Dove. . . . . . . . . . 117

RE SOU RC ES . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

orch-fired enamel jewelryby BARBARA LEWIS

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . 6

Techniques ~ 8Materials and Tools .. . . . . . 10

Enameling Techniques. . . . . 14

Jewelry-MakingTechn iques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Enameled JewelryProjects ~ 24EARNING YOUR

ENAMELING BADGE

Beady Bangle . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Disc Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sprout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Stacked R ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Cute as a Button. . . . . . . . . . 41

Tribal Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cattywampus Earrings. . . . 49

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1

Slide the bead onto the mandrel. 2

Start the torch. Heat the bead until it glows orange.

3

Dip the bead into enamel, rolling the bead to coat it. 4

Heat the bead again.

5

Use the notch in the metal pulling station to push the bead

down the mandrel, and then back to the edge of mandrel. This

ensures that the bead doesn’t stick to the mandrel during the

enameling process.

6

Once the bead is enameled to your satisfaction, drop it into

container of vermiculite to cool.

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Dip the hot end of the mandrel into a jar of water to cool. 8

Scrub the mandrel with a steel wool pad to remove the

excess enamel.

orch-fired enamel jewelryby BARBARA LEWIS

ENAMELING A BEAD

~ technique ~

This method of torch-fire enameling is an easy and quite enjoyable process that produces

nearly instant, satisfying results. It can be applied to a wide selection of beads in a variety of

metals, including iron, copper, silver and gold. Try it out, but be warned—you may fall in love!

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s been rumored that you must “deplete” the copper from

erling silver before you can enamel it, so that you will achieve

ue, sparkling colors with transparent enamels. Depletion gild-

g involves heating the silver until the copper comes to the

rface; it kind of looks like the tarnish on your grandma’s silvera service. The silver is then pickled in a mild acid solution. This

ocess wouldn’t be so bad if you didn’t have to do it about ten

eleven times: heat the sterling, pickle the sterling, heat the

erling, pickle the sterling , heat the sterling . . . after that , I’d

too tired to enamel anything! Thankfully, no metal cleaning,

epletion gilding, or enamel washing was performed in the mak-

g of this piece. It may look like a difficult piece to master, but its

eparation and construction are quite simple.

M A T E R I A L S

Thompson Enamel in NileGreen (transparent) andBitter (opaque)

9 sterling silver discs

2 sterling silver flowers

1 15mm sterling silverwasher

2 7mm copper washers

26 10mm amazonitefaceted beads

22-gauge sterling roundwire

20-gauge sterling roundwire

16-gauge wire

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14" (35.6cm) fine sterlingchain, wi th links largeenough to accomodate 3mm

jump rings

12" (30.5cm) finer sterlingchain

9 3mm jump rings

1 13mm jump ring

T O O L S

wire cutters

round-nose pliers

chain-nose pliers

metal file

Finished Size: 36" (91.4cm)

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Aqua Ice

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Enamel two sterling flowers, a 15mm

dapped copper washer and a sterling

disc with Nile Green. Enamel two cop-

per washers in Bitter.

5

Wire-wrap eleven beads for each s

of the necklace. Do not finish the la

loop after the eleventh bead.

7

Attach the sterling silver discs to the larger-linked chain with

3mm jump rings.9

Thread the wire end through the desired point in the larger

linked chain.

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Thread a bead onto the wire and secure

it in place with another wire loop.

11

Bring the wire from the back of enamel flower toward

the front, creating a loose curve at the top of the wire so the

charm dangles freely. Wrap the wire around the drawn bead to

secure the charm. Repeat Steps 8−11 for the remaining enam-

eled flowers.

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Make an S-clasp. “Sew” one end of the clasp closed by

wrapping it with 24-gauge sterling wire. Attach the clasp to

beaded portion of the necklace by sliding it on before finish

the wrapped loop after the last bead. Repeat on the other si

of the necklace with a 13mm jump ring. Make sure the wire

wrapped loop is large enough to allow movement in the cla

and jump ring.

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ISBN 13. . . . . . 978-1-4403-0886-4

ISBN 10. . . . . . . . . 1-4403-0886-1

UPC . . . . . . . . . . 0 35313 65102 1

EAN . . . . . . . . . . 9 781440 308864

SRN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z9988

Category . . . . . . . . . .Crafts/Jewelry

Price . . . . . . US $24.99, CAN $28.99

Trim . . . . . . . . . 8.25"w × 10.875"h

Page count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . Paperback

Publication month . . . . . August 2011

Word count . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000

# of color illustrations . . . . . . . . 300

# of b/w illustrations . . . . . . . . . . 5

Interior color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4c

Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry combines bead-

ing and wire-working techniques with the

intense beauty of torch-fired enameled

beads. After being introduced to the basicsof enameling, the reader will learn how to

get creative with the enameling process

through the stepped-out instruction of

22 projects. Throughout the projects, the

author will demonstrate the benefits of

using torch-firing instead of kiln-firing, with

techniques such as manipulating individual

pieces in an open flame to produce enamel

flows or burnt edges, manipulating the

oxygen/gas ratio to get color flashing and

smoky hazes, ways to modulate color and

more, in addition to good old wire-wrap-

ping, etching and other jewelry-making

techniques. And, unlike in kiln-firing, with

these methods, if the reader is unhappy

with the end result of an enameled piece,

she can refire it!

A B O U T T H E A U T H O R

Barbara Lewis has a bachelor’s

degree in fine arts from The George

Washington University. For 15

years she produced functional and

decorative ceramic pieces from her

home pottery studio for exhibition

and for sale in juried galleries in

the Washington, D.C. area. She has

taught torch-fired workshops and

has been published in Belle Armoire

Jewelry and Stringing.

C I N C I N N A T I , O H I O

An imprint of F+W Media

torch~fired enamel jewelryBARBARA LEWIS

• The first of its kind: Torch-Fired

Enamel Jewelry is the first book tofeature jewelry projects and tech-niques with torch-fired enamelingas the main focus.

• Offers a new and less expensive

method of enameling for jewelryartists: using a torch insteadof a kiln.

• Extensive enameling techniquessection, with information on equip-ment (torches, work surface options,mandrels), materials (enamels, met-als, beads, wire) and safety.

• 22 projects that depart from tradi-

tional cloisonné jewelry and possessa modern and unexpected aestheticthat will appeal to a wide audience.

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