Torch Fired Enamel & Decal on a Copper Pendant

I really appreciate how the person video recording asks relevant questions about each of the steps your taking in this process. It really helps to explain what you're doing & why. Also, as an artist, I love that you can use your own art to make the decals (I'm not a big fan of commercial, mass-made jewelry & findings either). So I bought a pack of blank waterslide decals on Amazon & printed my own. It was very simple. Just needed a bit more info on the process of using them with enamel. This video is super helpful! ~Thank you both for this fantastic tutorial! Cant wait to get started. 😊

Lovely Marimekko decal

Hi! If you torch-fire enamels it's better to come with your flame from below and not fire directly on the enamel as this can burn the colours and blow the enamel away. It doesn't have to be a hot surface for the enamel to stick but it definitely needs to be a clean (de-greased) surface. Also, when you shift the enamel to your piece, it's better to do it over a clean piece of paper (your piece should be cold when you do that) so you can gather the excess enamel that falls around it and put it back in it's box (you save a lot of material this way, plus your metal sieve doesn't have fired enamel on it that will stick to your pieces on firing).

Awesome technique! One more to add to my list of many new things I must try.

Omg! I really love that this is online it was so interesting to watch

I like how you didn't need any flux before you started adding frit since the torch cleans it off basically.

Awesome! You are the first person I've seen torch from the top! Can you tirch fir with the decal? I dont have a kiln. Thank you!

Hi thanks for the reply. What gauge metal. W ould you not need to counter enamel?

Hi, great video! Where do you get the decals from, and can they print any design? Cheers :)

That's a very cool process - but for those of us who don't have a kiln, and because this video is supposedly about torch-firing, can you actually torch-fire the piece once you've applied the decal? Is there any way to fire other colors onto the piece? Or can the decals be printed in other colors that will then transfer?

Can you enamel on curved surfaces like bangles?

Can you add a layer of transparent enamel over the decal?

i can you tell me how I can stop getting trivet marks when I counter enamel the marks are from where the piece touches the trivet Thanks

With no counter enamel, that enamel will pop off over time due to surface tension.

Is it possible to apply a decal with a torch?

These are temporary tattoos. Can you use regular decals? Love your video!

Do you have a link for the hole punch?

thank you, darlin! You have a lovely, cool vibe. So much better than this uptight "professor" who drones on and on and on about safety this and safety that in a most irritating manner. Still with that said, he provides invaluable information, seems quite nice and extremely knowledgeable. How I tolerate people depends on my mood when listening. he-hee YES! Of course we know enamel is glass particulate. Yes we all know about setting up, wastage, application technique, safety, etc. Still, we should think about those coming to this craft completely ignorant of the myriad dos and donts and important minutia integral to successful enameling. I also prefer sifting away from my grid, as soon, the grid builds up with enamel, gets sticky and makes it harder to lift off the hot work piece. And we are saving the powder for another day, sifting onto glossy paper, returning to storage jar. It depends on your priorities, pocket-book and finickiness. So, it's all good. I love the comments, as much as the instructional vids, as great pointers come out of them. Everyone has their own style and method and we can watch everyone doing their presentations their way, and take away the little tips and big tips that will ALL help us to be better artists in the long run! Thank you for this video.

How do we make our own decals for this?

video editinggggg hehe