Lewis - Mastering torch-fired enamel jewelry: the next steps in painting with fire

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This book is dedicated to my family: Jim, David, Laura and Matt, and the Painting with Fire team of Rachel Meyer and Linda Healy.

Effervescent Reflection is a variation on the Tide Pool project. For a downloadable how-to PDF, visit createmixedmedia.com/mastering-torch-fire.

You dont have to acquire all of these tools and materials at once. Begin with the tools and materials discussed in the section and add a few of the tools and materials required for one or two of the projects. As you progress through the book, add more tools to continue building your tool kit.

So youve started enameling but want to take your work to the next level. You want to learn some easy techniques that will brand your work and make it identifiably yours. This book will not only spark creative ideas but will provide you with the tools and resources needed to execute your designs. Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: a Workshop in Painting with Fire may have been your jumping off point, but now youre thirsting for more.

First, well start with an overview of the immersion process of torch-fired enameling. Even though this may be a refresher for you, this groundbreaking enameling technique deserves a second look. Your time in the studio will be more about fun and less about cleaning metal. For lampworkers, this technique will be familiar territory because well be using a mandrela stainless steel rodonto which a bead or pendant is placed. In just an afternoon and even with no enameling experience, youll have created lots of beads and pendants that will become your canvases for further surface decoration.

By surface decoration I mean commercial or homemade decals, custom-tinted liquid enamels, firescale decoration, stencils, controlled overfiring, 6/20 enamel and more. Are you interested in narrative jewelry that allows your work to speak volumes? Decals can help you do that, in the literal sense.

As a Thompson Enamel distributor, Im surrounded by a hundred different enamel colors, which puts me in a unique position to offer practical advice about how enamels look and behave. Did you know that Pumpkin and Buttercup need more layers, whereas Black will give good coverage with only one layer? Did you know that Quill White is sensitive to carbon trapping? If you like Khaki, this may be a good choice. I will also share favorite color blends developed in the Painting with Fire Studio. As we go through the projects in the book, Ill share these trade secrets with you.

Well fabricate our jewelry using simple and time-saving tools that give professional results.