The process used in my wall artwork is a form of enameling called cloisonné. While many people are familiar with the term, few people know the procedure of making true cloisonné.
I begin with a panel of copper onto which I fire a “base” coat of vitreous enamel glass. In most cases, this coat is colorless transparent enamel, which allows the color of the copper to show through. In actual fact, the flesh color of my figures is merely the color of the copper showing through this transparent colorless enamel. The enamel fires onto the surface at app. 1500 degrees F. which melts the glass to a shiny smooth surface and also bonds this glass to the surface of the copper. 
Pure silver flat wires are then bent by hand and by surgical tweezers and placed one at a time along lines that will delineate the figures in my work. The wires stand on edge creating little “walls”, which is literally what “cloisonné” means. They are then fired and begin to sink into the base coat, which holds them permanently in place. 
Vitreous enamels in both transparent and opaque colors are then mixed with water and inlaid between the “lines” of the wires. Because the wires act as walls, many areas of color can be inlaid at one time and then fired. Multiple layers of the glass are inlaid and fired building levels of color around the wires.
Finally, the entire surface is ground by hand to a smooth surface at once exposing lower layers of color and making the surface one, as wire and enamel become a continuous smooth surface. The piece is then fired once more to bring up a glassy non-porous fired surface.
The process used to create my clocks and ornaments is not cloisonne. I begin with a copper piece and coat both sides with a base of vitreous fired enamel glass. Then I will draw the details of the clock or ornament and sprinkle transparent enamel frit over the surface. If there are details calling for small glass beads, I then put them in place. The piece is then fired again. I also use 1500 degrees F. for these firings. The glass melts to a shiny non-porous glossy finish. When it is cooled, I sign each piece on the back and hang them from a satin ribbon with a hangtag that explains the enamel technique and a little bit about who I am.
The designs for the clocks and ornaments come from my years of teaching and from the early success I enjoyed as a second grade artist winning her first award. Children's artwork has always had a special place in my heart because we either still draw like that or we used to or we now have children or grand-children who draw this way. We can all relate to it one way or another.
I hope the child in you enjoys my work very much.