Its always good to try new things. There are so many possibilities with enamel. The other day I spent time with a friend using some of the techniques I’d recently learnt with Amanda Denison at the Guild of Enamellers Conference.
We used some large sheets of steel to enamel onto. The second layer of enamel was scratched and scraped before firing. This scraffito effect was worked into after firing, scratching back to the bare metal. The steel was encouraged to rust, giving some wonderful effects.
As usual I forgot to take photos but here’s a couple of the finished pieces. The scenes are based on some photos I took at my brothers farm in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
