Mastering Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: The Next Steps in Painting with Fire

By: Barbara Lewis

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Synopsis: Take the next steps in painting with fire! This follow-up to the award-winning Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry combines the beauty (and ease!) of torch-firing enamel with creative jewelry and metalsmithing techniques. Following a thorough review of the basics of torch-firing and all-new information on building and layering color, you'll make: stunning necklaces, like the Bandaged Heart, featuring a copper and mesh heart, soldered and adorned with liquid enamel fun and funky earrings, like the harlequin decaled I'm Distressed earrings and cool bracelets, like the Up-Cycled Daisy, which features transparent brass enameling, recycled components, and much, much more! Mastering Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry includes: 50+ techniques for enameling, metalsmithing, beading and wireworking 17 step-by-step projects, including necklaces, earrings and bracelets 15+ new color "recipes," plus advice for layering enamels, and a contributor gallery highlighting the possibilities for working with specific color concepts Let Mastering Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry ignite your passion for jewelry!