On Saturday I ran my first Enamelling Workshop at the Firegems studio. There, I taught four lovely ladies how to enamel.

Here’s what we got up to together:

Choosing their copper blanks; everyone sat to draw out their ideas.

I then demonstrated how to sift and torch fire the enamel onto the copper blanks.

Everyone then took their turns firing their base layers.

In the afternoon, after a delicious lunch provided by Dawn Phillips (Thank you Dawn!), using the kiln we began building up the layers and patterns with different colours and decoration.

It was exciting to see what had happened to each piece once they were taken out of the kiln.

In the end everyone left with something they had made themselves – a pendant, pair of earrings or charms for a bracelet. I hope they were all pleased with their jewellery and enjoyed their day. I was certainly impressed with what they made.