John, you always have great websites for us to check out, thanks!
Just so folks don’t miss seeing the Raymond yard website, the
website for Raymond Yard has a c in it; it’s raymondcyard.com
Marta
I have a double identity crisis. Not only and I a jeweler (or whatever), but I also do enameling. Now try to explain that to the general public....
Know exactly what you mean, Alma, although I am a jeweller not a
panellist, and have recently added smallwork to my statement in the
art boll*x form jargon. The phrases “vitreous enamel / kiln-fired
enamel / glass on metal” are my favourites, and in the 5 second
introduction I add something like “I love the colours” which also
helps explain, unless you like monochrome.
The bee in my bonnet is the phrase “cold enamel” which is basically
a resin - great material if well used but it is NOT ENAMEL!!
This thread has been great fun, especially the wackier ones.
best wishes from a blazing spring day in SW England
Tamizan
The phrases "vitreous enamel / kiln-fired enamel / glass on metal" are my favorites, and in the 5 second introduction I add something like "I love the colours" which also helps explain, unless you like monochrome. The bee in my bonnet is the phrase "cold enamel" which is basically a resin - great material if well used but it is NOT ENAMEL
Interesting that this should come up now. The Enamelist Society is
working on a formal definition of vitreous enamel. The problem of
“cold enamel” is only one of the reasons. In trying to encompass all
of enamel’s potential we are having to struggle with keeping the
definition concise while not excluding possibilities. For example
“glass on metal” is a simple and elegant description, but it doesn’t
include enamel on glass or enamel on clay. Is plique-a-jour covered
by that phrase when it is glass IN metal but not on it. There has
been discussion of a hallmark or something like marking metal
designation. This is just to let you know that there is work being
done to give those who use enamel an understandable, user-friendly,
elegant way to explain enamel and to claim authenticity.
Marianne Hunter
The bee in my bonnet is the phrase "cold enamel" which is basically a resin - great material if well used but it is NOT ENAMEL!!
Don’t forget that vitreous enamel can be torch fired on metal
without the use of a kiln.
marilyn