Enamelling
September 9th 2007 21:33
My wife and I are off to Lichfield next weekend to do a one-day course in enamelling. I think it’ll take a good deal more than one day for me to get hold of what enamelling is all about, but time will tell. It’ll be something to do that’s different anyway.
We were originally going to have it up our sleeve as a possible money-making scheme for when I get back home, but with the new job on the horizon, it’s unlikely I’ll be doing it as anything more than a hobby.
There are all sorts of use for enamelling, quite apart from the purely decorative arts. Though I guess a lot of enamelling is done in a factory situation rather than by hand, which is what we’ll be focusing on.
I got an interest in this earlier in the year when I met up with a man at the Norfolk Show who was selling various items of jewellery; these were made out of old coins enammelled over in colours of considerable lustre. He calls himself the PennyFactory.com, but his site isn’t very extensive at this stage.
On one site for auto accessories I noticed that some of the items are done in enamel, such as hitch covers and sport plates. You forget just how extensive enamelling is in the world around you.
We were originally going to have it up our sleeve as a possible money-making scheme for when I get back home, but with the new job on the horizon, it’s unlikely I’ll be doing it as anything more than a hobby.
There are all sorts of use for enamelling, quite apart from the purely decorative arts. Though I guess a lot of enamelling is done in a factory situation rather than by hand, which is what we’ll be focusing on.
I got an interest in this earlier in the year when I met up with a man at the Norfolk Show who was selling various items of jewellery; these were made out of old coins enammelled over in colours of considerable lustre. He calls himself the PennyFactory.com, but his site isn’t very extensive at this stage.
On one site for auto accessories I noticed that some of the items are done in enamel, such as hitch covers and sport plates. You forget just how extensive enamelling is in the world around you.
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