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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 324370, member: 5006&quot;]A 90 years old friend of mine showed me this magnificent enamel plaque she inherited from an aunt decades ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing nothing about it, but loving it so much she had it hung above her bed since.</p><p><br /></p><p>She asked me if I should be able to do something to repair the broken part...</p><p><br /></p><p>I told her it was much older than she thought, not 19th souvenir piece but 17th century!</p><p><br /></p><p>20cm high</p><p><br /></p><p>After telling her my repairs weren&#039;t professional and could ruin it, as she was really willing I have a try, I had to think how to complete the support to apply my usual polymer clay as a base for the decor...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I ordered a 0.5mm copper sheet from China, cut it and shaped it convex, then glued it (impossible to solder on the enameled back of the piece!!!) on the damaged plaque with the JudiKins diamond glaze.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t know how it would react to the baking of the polymer clay at 110 Celcius degrees for 25 minutes...</p><p><br /></p><p>I completed the enamel layer with polymer clay, and finger crossed baked the whole thing...</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The glued copper sheet resisted the heat, the polymer clay wasn&#039;t over baked and still white <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I matched colors to the decor with my usual mix of watercolor pencils and permanent markers, then finished with a diamond glaze coat. (Tricky part, diamond glaze is water based...)</p><p><br /></p><p>3 hours work achieved with a huge relief sigh!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My friend and I agreed to leave the other damages (upper part) untouched.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just gave it back to her, she was amazed and truly delighted with the result <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/wi-GtQvHPMltEkjjmGdYLg-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/-6SFOUmLu6jzA3PFW-wgyw-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/P.tiRFWfdIhfd6H3xu8EzQ-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/cIY1fbr-0urlpSsL9C9dBw-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/vQTZsgsJHNW9zr4Sy4BNwg-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/0pC61TRBEIm.00zh5tycww-smallw.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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