Explorations in Jewelry Enameling Online Workshop: Torch and Kiln Techniques with Susan Lenart Kazmer

Description

Get ready to open the door to the world of enameling on metal with expert Susan Lenart Kazmer. In this Online Workshop, featuring Susan’s best-selling video download, Explorations in Jewelry Enameling: Torch and Kiln Techniques, Susan will demonstrate a wide variety of enameling techniques that will allow you to truly put your mark on every piece you create. You’ll learn the circumstances under which you might want to torch fire as opposed to kiln fire, plus how to anneal, hammer and clean your metal to receive the decorative enamels. Susan’s comprehensive knowledge of the various types of enamels – from transparent to opaque, from powders to liquids – as well as the endless possibilities for embellishing will put you well on your way to designing signature pieces of your own.

This Online Workshop is available to you anywhere, anytime, allowing you to stop and practice when you need to! By registering for this engaging online learning Online Workshop, you will have the opportunity to connect with other student and be a part of a community to bounce ideas off each other. Plus, you will receive downloadable, printable PDF downloads of a Materials Shopping list and a Firing Schedule!

Lesson Breakdown
Lesson 1: Introduction

• Materials and Studio Set-up

Lesson 2: Fabricate Metal

• Using Dappers and Forming Blocks

Lesson 3: Kiln Enameling and Counter-Enameling

• Base Layer Enamels

Lesson 4: Unique Surface Work with Torch

• Surface Embellishment

Lesson 5: Liquid Enamel Plus Sgraffito and Crackle

• Special FX: Sgraffito and Crackle

Lesson 6: Enamel on Wire

• Enameling Headpins and Wire Cages

Lesson 7: Final Steps

• Finishing Touch-Ups

Online Workshop Includes
Discussion board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the Online Workshop. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

Notes: This is a place for you to keep personal notes to help you with your work and the Online Workshop content. Only you will be able to see your notes.

Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

Video Lesson Run Time ≈ 98 minutes

About the Instructor
Trailblazing jeweler and metalsmith Susan Lenart Kazmer is an artist 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 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.