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Homemade Jewellery
For this craft, you will not need a workshop. A fair-sized table (a card table, for example) will do very well. You will, however, need some special equipment. The most essential is a firing kiln, available in a variety of sizes and types. All the pieces illustrated in this booklet were fired in an inexpensive electric kiln with a metal hood, which does not consume too much electricity. You may add a larger heating surface and a hood of corresponding size. Since the various parts - heating coil and surface, and hood - can be bought separately, you can easily replace any of them. This small kiln is adequate for use at home, in craft groups, and in schools. However, if the kiln is to be used for the firing of small ceramic pieces as well, you will need a somewhat more elaborate one, which is more expensive, and also consumes more electricity, since it requires a longer preheating period. Its advantage, of course, is that you can use it to fire larger enameled pieces, as well as small ceramic pieces. It is not worth while to build your own kiln as you can get much better ones from ebay.
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