Christine Woollacott
Christine Woollacott of Turritella Designs produces jewellery in her small studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Multiples of the designs are created using handmade molds, and many of the cloisonné pieces are one-of-a-kind. Christine works mainly with fine silver and Thompson unleaded glass enamel. Transparent coloured glass enamel powder is fused to the metal at temperatures of over 1500 ⁰ Fahrenheit, to make colourful, luminous jewellery.
I’ve been experimenting with a few enamelling techniques in my studio lately. Today I finished a cute, simple charm using graphite and painting techniques with extra fine transparent colour. I really like the simplicity of drawing directly on the glass!
Simple Graphite on enamel charm.