1 00:00:07,780 --> 00:00:14,380 So this film is about enamelling. 2 00:00:14,380 --> 00:00:18,640 Enamelling is fantastic because it enables you to put some color 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,180 into your projects. 4 00:00:22,180 --> 00:00:25,560 Your piece of jewelry or 5 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:32,420 into your artwork, basically 6 00:00:32,420 --> 00:00:34,260 what enamelling is, is 7 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:39,220 that it's a powdered glass 8 00:00:39,220 --> 00:00:41,640 that are of different colors. 9 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,660 And we can using a kiln, 10 00:00:45,660 --> 00:00:51,660 we can melt those onto metal, 11 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:54,880 copper, silver, gold 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,820 so that you can have 13 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:00,480 little areas of color. 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,600 So we've got just 15 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,640 some little copper blanks here. 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,320 And so this is a transparent enamel, 17 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,780 so that's sort of like a clear glass. 18 00:01:10,780 --> 00:01:13,320 It comes in various shades, different 19 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,920 colored, transparent animals. 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,700 But this one's a clear 21 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:22,020 enamel and it's great on copper 22 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:26,440 because you can see texturing behind 23 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:31,500 and you can see the decoration through it 24 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:34,060 and it highlights the metal as well. 25 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:39,960 So it gives it a nice shine. 26 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:42,300 There are numerous other little processes 27 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:44,860 that we can sort of isolate 28 00:01:44,860 --> 00:01:47,100 small areas of color 29 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:49,900 so we could enamel the background, use 30 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:52,200 some of the jump rings that we made 31 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,360 and and place those on top of the enamel. 32 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,140 And as the enamel 33 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:00,940 fuzes in the kiln becomes hot, 34 00:02:00,940 --> 00:02:02,400 it becomes a liquid 35 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,780 and the jump rings sink into the glass. 36 00:02:06,780 --> 00:02:08,800 When it's cool, they're trapped, 37 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,160 and that gives us a chance 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,380 of putting different colors 39 00:02:11,380 --> 00:02:14,460 inside the jump rings. 40 00:02:14,460 --> 00:02:18,160 So it's quite a simple process. 41 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,640 Mostly, it comes in powdered form and 42 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,280 we keep it in glass jars 43 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,340 or it comes in plastic containers 44 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:29,020 and with a little seive 45 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:31,620 we can sift it 46 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:34,400 through the seive onto the metal 47 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,160 and then with a spatula, 48 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,100 we just very carefully, 49 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:43,680 pick it up, place it onto the stand area 50 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,140 and that holds the metal by the edge. 51 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:49,320 It's ready to go in the kiln now. 52 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,400 So it's quite straightforward 53 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,280 and an interesting process 54 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,140 because you can develop lots 55 00:02:55,140 --> 00:02:59,900 of different colors and 56 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:02,440 you can cut the shapes 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,060 out with the sawing process we did. 58 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:07,860 We can texture the background 59 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:10,080 and use transparent enamel 60 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,000 so you can see the texturing underneath. 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,780 They can be highly polished 62 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:18,460 before it's enameled, 63 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:22,940 and all the soldering needs to be done 64 00:03:22,940 --> 00:03:24,600 before you enamel 65 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,360 because you're heating the metal up. 66 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,540 But all the processes we've looked at in 67 00:03:33,540 --> 00:03:36,900 previous films can be 68 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:38,480 incorporated in the 69 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:39,440 enamelling techniques.