Smiley face enamels

[afmetalsmith]

Here are pictures of the current state of the pieces I am working on for the Smiley Face show.

Cloisonne smiley The finished cloisonne smiley face, not in setting.

Plique Smiley: process My Plique-a-jour smiley face, during the enameling process.

Comments

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

I love the depth of the colour in the top one :)

[afmetalsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The glass is about 0.75mm thick, so it's not really thick but there's enough to give it the depth you see. Also, I think the color depth was helped by me using 3 colors of yellow in successive layers- I had too-orange and too-green, so I layered them. It came out a bit darker than I'd originally wanted, and maybe a bit more orange, but I'm quite happy with it. It is generally not a great idea with enamels to get too wedded to anything coming out a very precise shade of color, anyway, because Things Happen!

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

It definitely seems to be more art than science, do love the results though! :)