About Molly Rohrer

I began my journey into creating vitreous enamel jewelry, eleven years ago. I took an enameling class in a small bead shop in Florida. I fell in love with the bold colors of glass that brought my whimsical ideas to life. 

My ideas begin in my sketchbook and are then transferred to the metal. I hand saw each piece and then soft the powdered glass onto the piece. It is then fired by torch or kiln to 1400* where the glass melts and fuses to the metal. That process is repeated a minimum of six times, but most times many, many more .

My inspiration for my work comes from things that make me happy. Color, my pets, all things nature, and even food! 

I make things that put a smile on my face and hope to make others smile too. 

I work in my home studio creating vitreous enamel jewelry. My studio is home to various metals, saws, powdered glasses, torches, a kiln, too many tools to count and my sketchbook filled with ideas. 

Vitreous enameling is the process of fusing glass to metal to create a colorful piece of Art 

Each piece is sketched and then sawed out of either copper or silver. Layers of glass are fired with a torch or a kiln to 1400* melting the glass onto the metal. This process is repeated several times. Details are added with fine silver wire, larger pieces of glass, or by wet packing into place. 

Artwork examples