August 6, 2008
Johanna De Maine: Creating Bright Textured Surfaces with Raised Enamels, Lusters and a Sandblaster
Though fired to the same temperatures (about 1472°F/800° C), raised enamels differ from china paints in that they have more body and leave a raised line. They are a mixture of low-fire frit, clay and tin oxide. While china paint suppliers carry them premixed, De Maine prefers to make her own.
