so many people ask me if i paint all my transfer pictures on my enamel hearts....
to me, its obviously a crazy concept.
(we sell them on a silver chain for R300 each, i can't possibly paint them all individually)
today i will show you why...
firstly we have to cut the "blanks by hand". the blank heart shapes are cut from copper plate,
then i have to enamel first the one side of the heart, let it cool down, clean it up and then enamel the back of the heart.....
then clean up the edges and then i can start working on putting on the transfers...
(i didn't include pictures of the start of the enamelling process because i would've ended up posting like a million photies....)
ok, firstly i decide on what picture to put on which heart....
then i hold the picture and the heart up to a light to postition the picture nicely on the heart....
i try hard to keep it in the same place with my strong thumb while i cut away the overlapping unwanted edges of the picture...
i make sure the picture fits nicely, cutting away any extra unwanted bits of paper....
i soak the picture in water, waiting for the backing to come loose....
(you would do the same applying a fake tattoo....)
i slide the picture off the backing onto the heart...
then i position it and make it fit nice and squeeze out all the excess water.
i wait for it to dry before i fire it....
then i fire it in my kiln, until the ink of the picture fuses to the enamel underneath....
here is a whole bunch of transfer fired hearts, ready to be cleaned....
i hope you liked to see how i do this....if you have any other questions please let me know.
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