3 gorgeous blue transparent enamels on copper!

The hunt for transparent enamels that work well on copper continues! Today I am sharing my next instalment with you from my "explorations into Thompsons unleaded enamels" (with powders from Tom Lundsten who supplies Europe and the UK with the complete range via enamelsupply.com ).

I enjoy testing and colour matching enamel colours when I am enamelling bowls, and making samples for any new ones I purchase. I am on a mission to find colours that glow (and clear) on copper to give a beautiful finish to your pure copper bowls or enamelling projects. It's easier with the opaques, as the enamel colour covers and hides the whole surface of the copper, but if you want that beautiful transparency of colour and a glassy finish, which enamels will deliver when used on copper?

Here are three more of my favourite blue Thompson enamels , this time on a cool and wintry colour theme! From left to right clockwise: 1> Aqua Blue, 2> Nitric Blue (with a printed enamel pattern on top using Milton Bridge enamels) 3> Cascade Blue, 4> Nitric Blue base, with Prussian Blue top layer over the bottom half.

1>Aqua Blue transparent :no: 2520 Thompson Unleaded enamel

2> Cascade Blue transparent :no: 2510 Thompson Unleaded enamel

3> Nitric Blue transparent : no: 2660 Thompson Unleaded enamel

As you can see, some are even more beautiful when laid over textured copper too, something worth trying for sure!

In my next post, I will be looking at the purples, and pinks and greys.....

Watch this space!

Eleanor : www.copperbowls.co.uk