In this digital vitreous enamel workshop I show you how to complete 8 exercises that will bring your wet-packing and gradation abilities to the next level.
This video class includes:
- Two downloadable two hour HD video classes (5 GB each)
- Access to a private classroom on Facebook
The HD videos cover the following:
- Washing enamel
- Enameling desk set-up
- Wet-packing with one opaque colour
- Firing opaque enamel on copper
- Wet-packing with two opaque colours creating a straight line
- Wet-packing with opaque and transparent colour creating a curved line, on a high dome
- Gradation tone on tone, transparent
- Gradation with opaque enamel
- Gradation with contrasting colours, transparent
- Gradation, working with two colours at the same time
- Fluxing a medium sized enamel panel
- Firing copper flux enamel
- Preparing a ceramic fibre support for firing
- And troubleshooting several problems that might arise
All exercises are created on domed copper bases. You can also work on flat bases. The dimensions are:
x2 5x5 cm squares (2" approx.) 0.5 mm (24 gauge) thick
x3 3x8 cm rectangles (1x3" approx.) 0.5 mm (24 gauge) thick
4 cm diameter circle (1.5" approx.) 0.5 mm (24 gauge) thick (domed from a 4.5 cm diameter blank - 1.7" approx.)
3x6 cm shield (1x2" approx.) 0.5 mm (24 gauge) thick
8x13 cm (3x5" approx.) rectangular panel 0.7 mm (27 gauge) thick
The preparation of the bases is not touched upon, as it was covered in the previous class.
I use leaded enamels in this workshop, but you can use unleaded too. You also need access to an enamelling kiln. If you want to participate in the private Facebook classroom, please send me an email to enamelworkshop@gmail.com, from the address you purchased your copy and I will send you an invite. You need to have an active Facebook profile to be able to join.
