Here is a linkable list of some of my favorite resources.  I will continue to update this list as I discover new treasures.

Jewelry Tools and Suppliers (sorted alphabetically):

Enamel Art Supply

Enamel Warehouse (students of my online classes get a 10% discount)

Otto Frei

Pepe Tools

Rio Grande Jewelry Supplies

Schlaifer’s Enamels

Metal Smithing Instructors:

Salt City Smithery (Amy Schmidt and Jan Harris Smith)

Painting with Enamel

Sunshine Enamels mixed with Unimedia. It is water soluble and is great for blending. Available through JewelrywithGems

Writing with Enamel

P1 – Onglaze Enamel (any enamel distributor)

Crow Quill Pen – Amazon

Copaiba Oil – Amazon

Aniseed Oil – Amazon

Empty Dropper Bottle (I buy them by the dozen because I fill them with my various mediums) – Amazon

Oil recipe for oil used to mix with P1 enamel for writing with the pen. The oil mixture works best for writing because a very fine line can be achieved.

Mix 3pt Copaiba Oil with 1pt Anise Oil (measured by volume). Store the mixture in a dropper bottle and use just a drop or two of the mixture with finely ground enamel (P1 or Sunshine Enamels or Mason Stains) to get a very fine line.

Polishing Enamels & Cleaning Metal

3M Dual Lock Grinding Disks from HIS Glassworks (for shaping the enamels once they’re filled to the tops of the wires)

Radial Bristle Wheel (this is remounted and can be used to clean oxides off of copper – I use the 120 grit)

Miscellaneous

Cookie Decorating Turntable (what I put my pieces on as I work): Amazon

Use 1/4” little wood strips (from a hardware or craft store) to act as supports. Affix them to the turntable with reusable adhesive (Blu-Tack) This makes it easy to support the enamel as well as easily lift it to place on a trivet. Amazon

Saral Paper (For tracing more complex designs onto a piece) Amazon

4-point trivet (Great for torch firing enamels – it sits on most tripods perfectly giving space beneath to place the flame)