Posted on April 28, 2024March 25, 2025 by Kristin — Leave a comment

Enamel Experiments on Light Switch Covers

A collection of earrings by Kristin Ellis on display at an art fair

Far left: 2222 Flax Yellow, 2 center: 2610 Sky Blue, Far right: 2110 Ivory

My latest improvisations in enamel were successful. I fired pale trans parents onto bare fire scaled copper and got some great effects. I fired them to 1500 degrees F. About 3 minutes total firing time.

Here are the finished pieces with more colors fired on top.

These switch plates had a more extensive fire scale pattern, and the green has an iridescent shimmer when light hits it at certain angles.

I’ll be making more of these and trying some new colors as well.