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Enamel Adventures of Jan vd Wal

Enamel Adventures of Jan vd Wal

Enamel Adventures of Jan vd Wal

The start with an enameling hobby

Author: Anonym/Sunday, October 26, 2014/Categories: Enameling

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I went to the local art supplier at s’Hertogenbosch, de Kwast, to buy some materials.
However, they did not have any enamel; only cold enamel was in stock.
From this cold enamel I made some art pieces.

I was not satisfied with the results.
The studio where I take lessons in the art of stained glass  are in the possession of a big enamel kiln and an assortment of enamel powders.
When they heard about my enamel adventures they allowed that I used their enamel materials.
So this was the start of my enamel hobby.

I made some small art pieces and with some of them there went something wrong.
However I persisted and these “accidents” made my interest in the art enameling only bigger.
Copper was to expensive for me and I search for alternatives.
Steel was a good replacement for copper.

Also with this material there went things wrong.
Sometimes before I was at home from my art lessons the glass was cracking of my art piece.
At these moments I thought to stop with this art.

However, the next morning I started over again with experimenting.
Then I went to my shed and turned on my enamel kiln to experiment further.
I was in the process of making a tie of steel in several colors.
When I tried to enamel the curve of the sides of the tie then the enamel powder felt from the side.
I got the idea to make some glue from sugar dissolved in water.
This glue worked well.
It worked also on a temperature of 750c till 800c degrees.

Then I made some shoes from steel.
The examples were from my grandchildren.
First I made a template of cardboard.
Then I made the steel hot and made it in shape with a hammer.

When I visited the internet I saw the studio of Ingrid Doubleey design.
I went on workshop enamel and learned a lot about steel, glue and so on.
I was very happy with this because the enameling went much better.
I gained a lot more pleasure in enameling en made a dozen butterflies and a boat as you can see.

At this moment I’m in the process of another art piece with copper material and I purchased another kiln.
When I master this new kiln and material then I will make more art pieces.

Have a lot of enamel pleasure, Jan vd Wal

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2/8/2015 11:48 AM

Dag Jan,

Dat zijn weer mooie werkjes van je hand.

Het is weer inspiratie voor alle emailleerders.

Bedankt voor het insturen.

Groetjes van Ton

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