15+ Ways to Alter Metal Surfaces: Cold Enameling, Resin, Powders, Pastels & More!

In 15+ Ways to Alter Metal Surfaces: Cold Enameling, Resin, Powders, Pastels & More! with Susan Lenart Kazmer, groundbreaking jeweler and metalsmith Susan Lenart Kazmer shares ways to make your mark on metal. Combining traditional craftsmanship with experimental ventures, she first explains how to prepare various types of metal for coloring and texturing, and then dives into an array of techniques. Curious about cold enameling? Susan shows how easy it is, using a simple heat gun and wax-based powders to achieve the look of torch-fired enamel. Craving sparkly, crackled, or matte finishes on your metal? You’ve come to the right place. Hoping to amp up your metal with vibrant colors and interesting layers? This video has it all. Roll up your sleeves and dip, dap, heat, and repeat your way to one-of-a-kind metal jewelry.

Run Time: 90 minutes 

You’ll Love This Video If:

• You want to alter the look of the metal you use in your jewelry
• You’re seeking unique ways to capture text and images in your jewelry with pastels, stencils and paper
• You want to add permanent textures and patterns to your jewelry using various hammering, patinating and finishing methods

In 15+ Ways to Alter Metal Surfaces: Cold Enameling, Resin, Powders, Pastels & More! with Susan Lenart Kazmer You’ll Learn:

• More than 15 ways to add fantastically unique looks to metal
• How to master cold enameling, use pastels and stencils, achieve crackled or textured surfaces, employ hammers and presses for cool textures, and more
• Ways to seal altered metal to ensure that each application is permanent and layerable

About the Artist

SUSAN LENART KAZMER is an artist and jeweler of more than 26 years. Her work has been on exhibit in museums nationally and internationally. Although Susan is known as a master of metalwork, her new book, Resin Alchemy, combines metalwork with resin. Susan is the designer of a successful commercial line called Industrial Chic, composed of jewelry and mixed media components.