Enamel Jewellery
For this craft, you will not need a workshop. A fair-sized table (a
card table, for example) will do very well. You will, however, need some
special equipment. The most essential is a firing kiln, available in a
variety of sizes and types. All the pieces illustrated in this booklet
were fired in an inexpensive electric kiln with a metal hood, which does
not consume too much electricity. You may add a larger heating surface
and a hood of corresponding size. Since the various parts - heating coil
and surface, and hood - can be bought separately, you can easily replace
any of them. This small kiln is adequate for use at home, in craft
groups, and in schools. However, if the kiln is to be used for the
firing of small ceramic pieces as well, you will need a somewhat more
elaborate one, which is more expensive, and also consumes more
electricity, since it requires a longer preheating period. Its
advantage, of course, is that you can use it to fire larger enameled
pieces, as well as small ceramic pieces. It is not worth while to build
your own kiln as you can get much better ones from ebay (where I picked
up some nice
Jewellery sports watches for men).
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