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Kathleen Kay

Special Needs Students first attempts at Cloisonné Enamelling can be a fairly easy activity enabling children, under guidance, to produce a result that gives pleasure. The obvious method of embedding the usual enamel chips, threads, copper or glass mosaics, and, of course, millefiori, can produce a myriad of pattern variations, but there comes a point when these techniques can become wearing for the teacher. As you may imagine, sifting the enamel and laying the media takes only minutes – seconds with some students – and the piece is ready for the kiln again. I am referring to my sessions with Supported Learning teenagers, including disabled students who can’t use the kiln. These rely on the tutor to whizz the enamels in and out of the kiln whilst also helping and guiding other students. No wonder a few pieces are accidentally overfired.

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