I always end up with quite a large pot of scrap enamel in a gunge colour and have been wondering how to use it up. I also have a new cabochon mould with a variety of different sized cabochons so I thought I would try out the mould and see if I could use up the scrap.
First of all I wanted to try out a new texture sheet so I poured the mix into a leaf shaped cutter laid onto the sheet. I rubbed Versamark onto the cutter as a release agent which works very well.
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| the scrap mix poured into a cutter on a texture sheet with added gleams |
I have used stellar flash in the past but not really been impressed with the results however this time I decided to sprinkle to flash into the mould before pouring a dark colour over the top.
My scrap gunge colours ranged from a murky grey through to a red tinged brown with some dark steel thrown in too. By adding some scrap to a larger amount of diamond clear and a small amount of navy blue alcohol ink I was able to produce a colour mix that was more translucent than the scrap with an even dark colour which showed up the stellar flash well.I created a few cabochons including a dinky pair of earrings with a definite opal look about them.
  I really like these earrings which are about 8mm |
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Here are three different pours using this mould - I have used the scrap and stellar flash mix plus a faux lapis look with gold sprinkled on and then heat polished carefully and one of the black metallics with added bronze. I quite like the effects produced
I used up the last of the scrap mix with a lovely tear drop shaped mould
