Further to Enamelling on copper or brass

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Soapyjoe
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Further to Enamelling on copper or brass

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Hi,
Rephrasing my question ...
What I am interested in is the best method of engraving an intricate design onto the brass or copper workpiece.
I would like to select a piece of artwork then transfer this design onto my workpiece leaving the design "high" and milling away the parts of the design that I wish to fill with the normal coloured glass fine particles ... prior to firing in an enamelling kiln.
Sort of the reverse of engraving!
Soapy

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Re: Further to Enamelling on copper or brass

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The pocket and v-carve toolpaths will both remove material in that way. Depends on how you want the edges going down into the recesses to be finished.

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Re: Further to Enamelling on copper or brass

Post by Soapyjoe »

Thanks Adrian,
Good question! ... my initial thoughts would be straight sided ...
What I will be doing is to first give the whole of the brass plate a thin coating of background enamel then very carefully fill the design spaces with a selection of colours.
I have seen this done on a Utube demonstration
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