My pallet tends to grow a bit, here is the state of things after I'm mid-way through the enamelling. It's best not to expand too much, especially for a graphical piece. Although, having said that, the Amazon frog is partially graphical and partially a painting so all rules are out!
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Experimenting with putting a border onto the silver disc before enamelling.
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Cloisonné Amazon Frog (Part 3)
Cloisonné Amazon Frog (Part 2)
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Here's the starting point for part 2, I've got an engraved disc of the frog and now it's ready to be domed.
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This is an experimental project to see if adding a border ring to a domed silver disc improves the overall result of the finished enamel. When I created the set of enamel doorknobs I didn't add a border ring, so the cloisonné wires had to be ground back to be quite thin near the perimeter of the piece where the enamel became thinner, or in some cases, left with a slightly non-smooth surface. This doorknob (above) shows the problem, albeit minor, but to the perfectionist something to improve!