Day 3-

Well, I managed to find time to at least make one bangle….with every new piece made, I learn something new. I love the color, “seafoam.” It’s probably my favorite Thompson enamel color. This time around I removed the black fire scale (which is usually intentional when I fire a piece)to expose a bare copper rim. I think the bare copper looks so pretty with the seafoam. In several places throughout the bangle, the enamel is sort of lumpy, smooth, but lumpy. To avoid this in the future, I need a better way to apply my klyr-fire, so I purchased preval. This will allow me to spray a “mist” of the klyr-fire on my piece, which is a gum-like mixture which the enamel adheres to. I was using a little spray bottle, but I found it very inefficient because too much kiln fire would spray out at once, which would make my enamel lump-up when applying. The preval will allow me to spray a soft mist onto the metal which will help achieve a nice even coat of enamel, hopefully:)

I also discovered I have an unusual outlined lump over the space where I riveted the metal together. I have no idea why. I need to run this by an enameling friend to find out why this happened.  And lastly, as an afterthought, I riveted a little flower decoration onto the bangle. I love the little flower but it’s too low on the bangle, but like I said, it was an afterthought and the hole was drilled prior to the enameling process. But, I have a great idea I would like to try tomorrow. If I don’t post tomorrow, by Friday evening, I will post my results this weekend. Thanks for stopping by.