Copper - beyond basic

Lesley Miller demonstrates cloisonné technique using copper wires. She goes on to show to to shade enamel and how to test colours for shading.

16 minutes

Enamelling beads and shaping copper

Janet Notman shows how to enamel beads in the kiln - she counter enamels beads using liquid enamel. Janet also shows how to make beads from copper tube and gives ideas on decorating - for example - using etching.

Chris Sharville shows some ways to shape copper for enamelling.

16 minutes

Enamelling curved surfaces

Dorothy Cockrell demonstrates the application of enamel to copper bowls.

19 minutes.

High firing and texturing

Lesley Talbot on how to create lovely effects with high firing on copper bowls, whites can be used to great effect.

Julie Higgins covers using beads wires etc to texture the enamel surface and simple techniques for texturing the metal surface before enamelling.

15 minutes.

Riso screens and lustres

Victoria Linnet on the application and firing of liquid and powder (mica) lustres. Victoria also demontrates ideas for using riso screens with enamel.

18 minutes

Repoussé with copper shim

Lesley Miller demonstrates repoussé using 0.2mm thick copper foil (also known as copper shim). Lesley goes on to show how to enamel the resulting shapes.

12 minutes

Using foil and leaf

Lesley Miller shows how to handle (cut, pick up..) and apply gold and silver foil to enamel. In the second part Dorothy Cockrell demonstrates using gold leaf - this is much thinner and more difficult to handle than foil.

26 minutes

Hard and soft enamels, stamping and painting.

How to use a combination of hard and soft enamels to create interesting effects - Lesley Miller. Making simple stamps out of an eraser and simple painted effects using liquid enamel - Dorothy Cockrell

15 minutes

Painting in enamel

Gillie Hoyte Byrom gives a comprehensive introduction to painting on enamel. A great place to start for anyone interested in learning painting technique.

28 minutes