Glass Enameling

Explore another facet of hot glass and glass painting with this easy step-by-step instruction manual, complete with stencil patterns. Glass Enameling is an invaluable and unique guide with patterns for creating exquisite plates, sun catchers, and jewelry with glass enamels.

Covering a wealth of ideas and techniques, the book describes in explicit detail glass cutting, circle cutting, stencil construction and decorating glass by sifting enamels or painting. Also included is information on molds and kiln shelves, preparing a mold.

Instructions for laminating and slumping glass, kiln firing, and annealing are also included in this comprehensive text, giving the reader a wide overview of wet and dry enamel techniques.

Enamel plates created from the various patterns in the book. How to add fire-on gold to an enameled piece of jewelry.