The next step is to carefully sprinkle the pennies with the enamel. These are three of my favorite colors. I've done this so many times it's like a mantra in my head as I'm repeating the movements - very Zen!
And these are my two kilns. I have one for precious metal clay and one for enameling and firing silver metal clay. The silver metal clay fires clean, but all of the other metal clays fire in a pan of carbon and the inside of the kiln gets really dirty. You don't want that stuff flaking off on your pretty enameled pieces! I love the steady clicking noises my kilns make as they are working....