Cruan is a small, handmade artisan business from Cornwall. All my items are created using traditional and contemporary methods of enamelling.
It started after a fire destroyed the studios where I used to do silversmithing, and I went to do a course in advanced enamelling techniques.
Cruan is Irish Gaeilge for Enamel, which is my craft. Enamel is ground-colored glass that is applied to metal. I enamel copper and silver to create decorative bowls, drinking tumblers, vases, jewellery, and vessels.
My studio is in Krowji – a creative space, a centre for over three hundred creative businesses based in Redruth, Cornwall.
My biggest inspiration is the beautiful surroundings and colours created by the fabulous light in the Cornish countryside and seascapes.
I start with a colour scheme and a copper shape. I clean the enamel so that it has no dirt or oil on it so that the glass will fuse to the surface. I place the very first of my enamel powder choices onto the copper in a very fine layer and fire the piece in the kiln for the first time. This process is repeated several times until I achieve a design that I am happy with.
Enamelling, though a heritage artisan craft, not many makers produce work for sale apart from jewellery and gallery pieces.
I am working on a collaboration with a coppersmith to produce an enamelled sculpture.
Starting a new creative business when my studio tools and stock had been completely destroyed by fire.
The customers’ favourite is the small enamelled bowls.
The quality of all the attendees, seeing all the other fabulous creations by other artisan makers.
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