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ENAMEL

Vitrum Signum
Gresham Works
Mornington Road
North Chingford
London
E4 7DR
www.vitrumsignum.com 
Also do gold leaf and foil, plus copper shapes, enamel tools and equipment  etc.

W.G Ball Ltd
Anchor Road
Longton
Stoke on Trent
ST3 1JW
http://www.wgball.co.uk/
Also supply copper shapes and equipment.

Milton Bridge
Unit 9 Trent Trading Park
Bottleslow Street
Hanley
Stoke on Trent
Staffs ST1 3NA
http://www.milton-bridge.co.uk/

Cooksons
Cookson Precious Metals Limited
59-83 Vittoria Street
Birmingham B1 3NZ
http://www.cooksongold.com

Metal Clay
Stock a range of Japanese enamels and copper blanks.
www.metalclay.co.uk/enamelling/

GOLD LEAF

Cornelissen a wonderful art shop near the British Museum in London, worth a visit if you are in the city.
105 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3RY.
Mail order :
http://www.cornelissen.com/

Stuart R Stevenson Ltd
68 Clerkenwell Road
London
EC1M 5QA
Tel: 020 7253 1693
Mail order :
http://www.stuartstevenson.co.uk/ 

The Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd,
Grasmere, Ambleside,
Cumbria LA22 9SX, UK.
Tel:  015394 35280
Mail order:
http://www.heatoncooper.co.uk/eshop1/ 

Wrights of Lymm
Wright House, Crouchley Lane,
Lymm, Cheshire WA13 0AS
Tel: 01925 752226
info@wrightsoflymm.co.uk
http://www.stonehouses.co.uk/



RUBBER STAMPS

 Get your own made here :

Make Your mark
http://www.makeyourmarkstamps.co.uk/

Blade Rubber Stamps
www.bladerubberstamps.co.uk/


RISO SCREENS


Both the Guild and the BSOE have a riso screen service for memebers.
Another good place though a bit more expensive is :

Themofax Screens  http://www.thermofaxscreens.co.uk/

and also check this page on the
Handprinted website :
http://www.handprinted.co.uk/printmaking/screen-printing/thermofax


PHOTO-ETCHING

If your require a batch of pieces photo-etching is worth exploring :

Chempix
http://www.chempix.com/jewellery.htm

METAL

Cooksons
Cookson Precious Metals Limited
59-83 Vittoria Street
Birmingham B1 3NZ
http://www.cooksongold.com

Argex Limited

130 Hockley Hill
Hockley
Birmingham
B18 5AN

http://www.argex.co.uk/contact.php

Metalor Ltd
74 Warston Lane
Hockley
Birmingham
B18 6NG
http://www.metalor.com

Stephen Betts Group,
49-63 Spencer Street,
Hockley,
Birmingham,
B18 6DE.
http://www.bettsmetals.com/

NB !! COPPER :
The best copper for enameling is an alloy that is oxygen and phosphorus free.

Smiths Metal Centres
Unit 3,
Power Station Road,
Rugeley,
Staffordshire
WS15 2HS
Telephone: 01889 576117
email: birmingham@smithmetal.com
http://www.smithmetal.com/locations/birmingham.htm

John Keatley Metals
http://www.johnkeatleymetals.com/index.html


Harrison & Harrison
For Pre-cut basic shapes
www.copperenamelshapes.com/


DECALS

For bespoke commercial printing try

Digital Ceramic
The Old School
Brindley Ford
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST8 7QD
Tel: +44 (0)1782 512 843
fax: +44 (0)1782 517026
info@digitalceramics.com
> page for info on print orders
http://digitalceramics.com/index.php?activity=ceramTrans

There is also a company called Ceramic Digital check out / shop around....

For the blank U-wet paper which is ceramic transfer paper that you can print / mark make onto yourself with painted enamel mixed with the oil based medium contact :
John Purcell Papers
15 Rumsey Road
London SW9 0TR
T: 020 7737 5199
F: 020 7737 6765
E: jpp@johnpurcell.net
http://www.johnpurcell.net/ceram.html

LAZER ETCHING

On paper only ! but a good place for courses and for making stencils etc
http://www.edinburghlaserstudio.org.uk/Homepage.html

DIE STAMPING

Another recommended way of making a series of repeatable pieces is die stamping . This service is available from:

David & Graham
davidgrahammedallists.co.uk/
West Sussex
Tel No: 01293 851294





TOOLS

Cooksons  - now selling kilns too !
Cookson Precious Metals Limited
59-83 Vittoria Street
Birmingham B1 3NZ
http://www.cooksongold.com

Betts metal group formerly Suttons
www.bettsmetalsales.com/c-Jewellery-Tools/
Thomas Sutton (Birmingham) Ltd.
91 Vittoria Street
Birmingham
B1 3NU


Proops Brothers
Technology House
34 Saddington Road
Fleckney
Leicester LE8 0AW
www.proopsbrothers.co.uk


H.S. Walsh
Birmingham Showrooms
1-2 Warstone Mews
Birmingham
B18 6JB
http://www.hswalsh.com/

GLASS MULLERS

Great Art is an Online shop - put the item you require in the search box and it will search for you. They sell all sorts, worth having a good look around the site for all manner of art equipment & materials.
http://www.greatart.co.uk/

Cornelissen a wonderful art shop near the British Museum in London, worth a visit if you are in the city.
105 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3RY.
They also do mail order :
http://www.cornelissen.com/

SOCIETIES

www.enamellers.org 
The British Society of Enamellers   
                 
http://www.guildofenamellers.org/ 
The Guild of Enamellers UK

Hand Engravers Association
http://www.handengravers.co.uk/

Association of Contemporary Jewellers   http://www.acj.org.uk/

Link here to American Enamelist groups
http://www.enamelistsociety.org/Resources/SubPages/Guilds&Orgs_US.html

Link here to world wide societies via the American enamelists society :
http://www.enamelistsociety.org/Resources/SubPages/Guilds&Orgs_NonUS.html

Snag & Metalsmith Magsine USA
http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/

Art Jewellery Forum
artjewelryforum.org/articles-series


Printmaking

Intaglio
intaglioprintmaker.com/
General Printmaking Supplies
- also sell quills

Christ Daunt
www.chrisdaunt.com/
wood engraving expert - supplier of sandbags and wood blocks etc

Disclaimer:

The sites listed are independent companies.
I have no connections with any of the businesses and bear no responsibility for any problems that may occur.
Please always use your own judgement and shop around.
Picture
 Email : ruthball@gmx.com
Phone : 01704 577585 (UK)


All images & designs on the site are copyright of  RUTH BALL - All rights reserved - 1987 / 2018.
All Precious metal pieces made by Ruth Ball are hallmarked & include her individual makers mark.


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