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Enameling Courses & Tutorials

Learn glass based enameling techniques for the beginner to more advanced student that celebrate unique surface design techniques like torch firing, sgraffito, watercolors, graphite, waterslide decals and more with these detailed pdf tutorials and video courses.

Torched Fired Enamel The Basics & Beyond

Torch Fired Enamel - The Basics and Beyond

This project based video course goes over everything you need to know about torch firing enamel, from preparation of your metal to your firing set-up. Additionally, we cover how to form your metal, to create a dome and extra texture, as well as how to make the findings for these fun Meteorite Earrings.

Learn how to use rivets to cold connect your enamel creations

Riveting Enamel

This fun video will teach you how to create and set rivets for both cold and hot connections without damaging the enamel.

Beginning Sgraffito Enamel Techniques

Beginning Sgraffito Enamel Technique Tutorial

This tutorial covers how to use the sgraffito technique, which means to scratch through, utilizing liquid porcelain enamel (Thompson 533) and transparent enamels to give your creations a personality all their own.

Advanced Sgraffito Enamel Techniques

Advanced Sgraffito Enamel Techniques

This sgraffito tutorial dives in where the beginners tutorial leaves off. In this tutorial we add layers of enamel to give you more design options with lots of extra color. We cover sifting into wet porcelain enamel and wet packing of powdered enamels. The design possibilities are endless!

Sgraffito Enamel Refined

Sgraffito Enamel Refined

The third in the series of sgraffito enamel tutorials, here you will learn how to utilize acrylic enamel to create more refined line detail in your enamels. We will also go over how to make your own painting enamels to add consistent color to an area without a grainy or crackled texture.

Create designs on enamel using image transfers and waterslide decals

Designs on Enamel

If you want to create repeatable images on your enamel creations, you can do so with image transfers and waterslide decals. This tutorial goes over both methods, which are simple and easy to do.