Description
Kiln- or torch-fire enamel onto copper in this ring design that sets the enameled centerpiece in a sterling silver bezel atop a sterling silver shank.
Required Materials:
- 18-gauge copper sheet (or 3 copper disks — 1″, 8mm, 5mm)
- 18-gauge silver sheet
- 18-gauge silver wire
- Silver bezel wire
- 10-gauge half round silver wire
- Enamel crayon
- 3 colors of enamel — I used Thompson opaque Orient Red, Hunter Green, and Aquamarine Green
- Enamel adhesive
Tools:
- Saw
- blades
- dapping block
- disk cutter (optional)
- #52 drill bit
- drill or flexshaft
- files
- sandpaper
- steel block
- liver of sulfur
- fine point black permanent marker
- torch or kiln for enameling
- paintbrushes
- enamel sifter
Technique: Metalsmithing, Enameling
Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2015
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