Tuesday 11th November, 2014

Today Julie shown me how to use the enamelling kilns and wet packing enamel and also how to apply dry enamel. For the outcome I wanted I think wet packing the enamel onto my pieces would be the most effective for blocks of colour. I tried this technique and struggled estimating how long my pieces should be in for but I realised the kiln was temperamental, so I will have to practice knowing if or when the enamel on my pieces has set.

I prepped some white based pieces to see if I can get an opaque colour pay off after layering another colour on top, I'm not sure how it will work so I'm going to experiment on more pieces to find an interesting colour, I'm sticking to warm colours to reflect my research on monarch butterflies.