. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 57.—Spoon in Silver andEnamel. Designed by MissB. Martin. 84 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. tyro has felt his way, it is better to remain content with justcovering the metal with the ground colour. Both sides ofthe metal must be enamelled (though on the back only a thincoat need be given), if the metal is flat, as in the kiln it willbecome slightly convex owing to the pull of the enamelson the metal, and the enamel on the back helps to pull. No. 58.—Jewel Casket in Wrought Steel and Champleve by Alex. Fisher. against that on the front. You might float
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 57.—Spoon in Silver andEnamel. Designed by MissB. Martin. 84 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. tyro has felt his way, it is better to remain content with justcovering the metal with the ground colour. Both sides ofthe metal must be enamelled (though on the back only a thincoat need be given), if the metal is flat, as in the kiln it willbecome slightly convex owing to the pull of the enamelson the metal, and the enamel on the back helps to pull. No. 58.—Jewel Casket in Wrought Steel and Champleve by Alex. Fisher. against that on the front. You might float on ringsvarious coloured enamels, something like an archery targeton a miniature scale, both to practise in manipulating thecolours, and also to see how they fire, for some enamelsrequire a little more heat than others. The muffles are of various sizes, but it would be ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 85 advisable for a beginner to have quite a small one at first, asonly small articles should be attempted. There is an open-ing in front, which is closed with a fire-brick door, throughwhich you place your work, and the heat is soon ohtainedsufficient to melt the enamel on the metal, but here one ofthe first difficulties presents itself; to get just the rightamount of heat Practice soon tells one when the rightheat is reached, but the work can be withdrawn with a pairof long pincers, and the enamel looked at to see if it hasmelted, and it can be put back an
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