I took an Enameling class tonight at the
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts with
Lindsay Huff. I have an enamel pendant I made in first grade but that's my only other experience I ever had with it. Lindsay showed us the basics and then we all went to town with colors. To get the most done in a short period of time, I chose a large 2-inch diameter disk and made different designs on both sides. As so often happens with me, the vision I had in my head for side one didn't turn out good at all, and the side I tossed together with no thought actually turned out really nice. Lesson: when starting out, simpler is better!
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| This was the no-thought, just make something quick to go on the back design. And I really like how it turned out so now it's the front. |
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| I tried to make a sky and hillside with flowers. I ruined it with the purple. I should have left it simple with a loose cluster of orange flowers. Oh well. If the class hadn't been almost over, I could have salvaged this by putting a orange or yellow over the purple to tie the colors together better. |
I just became aware of the website "
Damn You, Autocorrect." It's definitely good for a few laughs! I texted my mother once to tell her I was "Almost to Kirwan Heights. Be home in 45 minutes." Autocorrect helpfully changed it to "Almost to Korean hysterical."
Hey love your hillside with flowers. Like a hot summer day in the the French countryside!
ReplyDeleteI think you are being too hard on yourself. Both sides are lovely although the yellow one is more in your style. Enameling is tricky business! I used to do quite a bit of enameling and loved it so much. But it didn't love me. All the sanding (for cloisonne mostly) really hurt my hands. Very labor intensive. Then I discover polymer and my hands are healed and I am happy.
ReplyDeleteTHe enamel class sounds like fun - I'm going to have to check that out! Was it torch or kiln fired?
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