You make it seem so easy.

Oh my wow! This is stunning! I just started with enamel painting and love it, I have yet to try cloisonné. May I ask what this polishing goop is? Thank you!

Hi Sandra in this video (5mins 20secs in,) you say that you normally drape a towel around you to soak up all of the excess water that splashes onto you when using the big grinder. I don’t know if you still use this machine, but if you do, why not simply fix a small sheet of stout polythene (or aluminium,) to the end of the top cover/guard such that it points down and redirects the water that gets thrown off the wheel? The water can then drip off that. If you look at the video you can clearly see that most of the water gets thrown off the end of the top guard by the draft from the wheel, and directly off the wheel itself at the ten o’clock position. It looks like you mainly use the lower half of the wheel so an extended guard wouldn’t restrict visibility or have any safety issues. Don’t be tempted to try using any thin polythene as this could get drawn in towards the wheel and stick to it which will make you jump if it gets ripped off and spun around! Kind regards . . . Andy

magnificent and painstaking work, bravo to the master! what height and thickness do you use partitions for? that you get a whole picture on metal!

Exquisite!

Again, a master piece!!!!

Wow, I think I'll give up now!! That's a really nice piece of work Sandra. Kind regards . . . Andy

Lol, I usually don’t give a … about money but looking at your webside makes me wish I had more disposable income! You make beauty!

This is both so beatiful and so awesome.

Isn’t it a big risk of hurtig your fingers when grinding?

I see that people drop of from video to video, and here me thinking it get more and more interesting. This is so good. But as I see they returen for the last one it seems like people want to see the stuff that other channels doesn’t show, and skip the putting in the colors part of this project.

I must say that normaly it is Netflix or something like that that get me to marathon watch. But now I am watching your project from start to finish. At first I thought that you could have edidted it but now I realy like that you didn’t. If I think something take too long I put the speed at 2x until a you do the next thing. You give me the opportunity to decide what I need to see in detail and to skim past what I don’t want to watch in detail. The best thing is that you show how to make the silver piece, how to prepare the enamel, how to finish the piece (havn’t goten that far yet though). Others often only show how you put down the different colors. ❤

Couldn’t you use a bigger bowl and a connonball, round stone or something like that? Where I live they do that when making there own mustard instead of the kind you using here.

Thank you for your videos, as well as the beauty you make! I have a few questions. 1. What thickness of metal do you use? 2. Is it possible to solder copper or 925 sterling silver with copper acetate? 3. why do you use silver foil, because you already have the product itself made of pure silver and the enamel will fit well? Thanks for the answers.

@sandramcewen The Fiskars is that a sissor for metal or is that the one they made for sewing?

Ah nevermind my comment it is a small tank but a large grill one

I think propane is even worse inside as the gas is heavier than air and pools close to the floor, while acetylene is lighter and might escape... Hmmm I have one under my desk that keeps me up at night

😮 😮Nice video _how to do- welding. De opstelling van de soldeer station is erg GEVAARLIJK. De gasfles staat levensgevaarlijk dichtbij uw soldeer plek. Zet de gasfles op de grond. Doe een lange slang aan de brander om naar de werkplek te kunnen gaan. Succes en veel plezier met deze hobby. Groet uit Holland

Thanks for your amazing videos and kits, so should the wires be a little more than 1mm? And is the depth of 1 mm suitable for all projects?

Can you post what that solution was for the fusion between the washer and plate..thanks

Hi there

Soo good to see you pop up here again Sandra. Is anyone else yelling ‘tail’ at you? Just me huh 😆

Beautiful work

Hi Sandra thanks for this. I stumbled on on your live stream last night and only got partway through watching before we had to go out for a fireworks party and meal with friends, (I'm in the UK so quite a few hours ahead of you.) It was too late to look in again when we got home, but I was up at 4:00 am catching up with you. Sandra, if you think you'll have more time when you retire, forget it!! I'm 74 now and have been retired for 18 years ago and I never, ever, have enough hours in the day. If you design and make things, every day is full and exciting and far too short!! Thanks again for sharing your knowhow lets hope that it stays on KZbin for hundreds of years to remind folks that you can actually make beautiful things yourself, it just takes time, practiced skill and knowhow. Kind regards . . . Andy

I kept getting the player stopping the video and needed re loading on Twitch. But KZbin is great

Great to see you again Sandra❤

Hi

Excellent wren!

Love it,, thx for sharing.

What a gorgeous piece! Someone will cherish it and then someone else and someone else. It’s beautiful and timeless.

Stunning❤

I love your work ❤

Beautiful!

I watched this twice and it was good both times.

I have 2 paragon kiln for glass fusing. A 6 foot by 3 foot coffin kiln and a 16 x 16 box kiln, top opening. I used the 16 " when I started enameling. It took about 3 hours to heat it to 1450. I found a studio kiln on Craigslist for 300.00 brand new! It has a dial controller and med. Is 1500. It heats up in about a half an hour. Im going to replace the dial with a digital controller. Kilns are a simple appliance but the thermostat needs to be able to reach the high temperatures without blowing out. Paragon just got outed for sloppy customer service. I call a local guy who services my kilns. We rewired my large kiln, even though it is a paragon on the outside, it was rewired on the inside!

I just started miniature portrait painting. I have so many types of enamel paints, ceramic types, sunshine, two types of Thompsons ..... of course I bought almost every color... so I have invested a lot of $$$$$....not happy yet. What type of enamels did you use? It is gorgeous, looks to be perfection.

Hi Sandra, just to ask how you get the texture on your silver before the enamel process?

I think you should have counter- enameled a thin clear coat and then do the different layers on the front. I love your videos. Thank you! There was too much tension. 16:59

What is the brand name of the enamel color your using??

Thank you for sharing your techniques, if you only use sterling silver for the whole design (I just do champleve so no wires but all engraved) How would you remove the heat tarnishing on the silver after the final fire polish with out ruining the polish on the enamel ? Maybe just the pink polishing paper? But there be no way of avoiding the enamel with this :/ many thanks !! Also do you ever find the barrel polisher chips the enamel ? I’m scared to put mine in 🤣

I had an issue in the uk with a new prometheus kiln. The service from metal clay was outstanding and was resolved quickly and a new kikn sent within 2 weeks.The prometheus kilns are a good alternative to paragon. Looks a very smart kiln. We've all been there Sandra. Absolutely hate our tools not working - have a good day

Stunning!

Just beautiful! I love your work.😍🤩

Such pretty. Would it be safe to wear that as a pendant without a bezel (if it had a hole in it), or do you definitely need a bezel?

Hi have you ever made a video about using sterling silver and gilded method before enameling ?

Hope you've been safe.

So glad you found a happy alternative!! As always, such great information. ❤

Welcome back :)

Thank you for sharing this information with us! So good to see you again…

Good to see you again!