August 15-29, 2022 weekly on Mondays 10:00am-12:00pm for 2 weeks From containers to jewelry, add bayonet closures to your skill set. The bayonet closure is an excellent way to get that satisfying click when you close your next container! In this demo-focused virtual workshop Jenn will walk you through the steps of constructing a bayonet…
September 6-13, 2022 weekly on Tuesday 10:00am-12:00pm for 2 weeks Liquid enamel can be a great and quick way to get a solid layer of enamel color onto your metal. But what happens to an enameled surface when we start to layer, overlap, and apply the enamel in ways that result in a completely unique…
September 9 - 23, 2022, Weekly on Friday 10:00am-12:00pm for 3 weeks Fall in love with hinges as I guide you through your hinge-making journey! This demo-focused virtual class will cover three ways to create a hinge both directly into a jewelry piece, as well as one you can attached at after the fact. Focus…
November 9 - 23, 2022, Weekly on Wednesday 10:00am-12:00pm for 3 weeks This virtual course focuses on techniques that elevate and work in collaboration with the enameling process, such as stamping methods, die forming with and without a press, burring, and forming metal to enhance enamels and settings. Participants will learn to emphasize their textures by layering…
December 2-16, 2022 Weekly on Friday 10:00am-12:00pm for 3 weeks Enamel is an amazing material that interacts playfully with and reacts differently to the varying elemental possibilities it is used with. This demo-focused virtual workshop will explore the numerous ways these interactions and reactions can be attained, refined, and honed. If you’ve never enameled on…
February 22-24, 2023 10:00am-4:00pm for 3 days If you’re ready to get a little movement into your work, have tried hinges before and didn’t fall in love with them, let me help you. This workshop is going to show three ways to create a hinge that is incorporated into your piece, as well as a…
April 21 & 28, 2023 Weekly on Friday 10:00am-12:00pm EST for 2weeks This workshop will explore the boundaries and best collaborations that exist between wire and enamel. Iron, copper and fine silver will be used as a base for the application of ground and wet process enamels. Demonstrations and discussion will cover basic wire working…
May 8-21, 2023 Monday- Friday Image and Word: Florence, Italy is a 2-week (May 8th-May 21st) intensive inter and intra-disciplinary program that addresses the question: “What are the relationships and differences between Images and Words, in this place, that give them the ability to express a creative narrative that can only happen here?” Theme: Liminality;…
June 12-16, 2023 Daily In this workshop we will begin with metalworking techniques that work in collaboration with enameling, such as stamping textures, dye forming (with and without a press), drilling and working the metal to create forms that enhance the enamels and are conducive to setting. Participants will then work with enamels to emphasize…
June 18-23, 2023 9:00am- 5:00pm daily This workshop course focuses on techniques that elevate and work in collaboration with the enamelling process, such as stamping methods, die forming with and without a press, burring, and forming metal to enhance enamels and settings. Participants will learn to emphasise their textures by layering with opaque and transparent…
June 27-30, 2023 9:00am- 4:00pm daily Discover a range of fabrication techniques that work in collaboration with enameling in this four-day workshop. Explore roller printing, stamping textures, forming, drilling, wire weaving, cold connections, and eutectic soldering, as well as traditional and more experimental techniques for using enamel to accent and build upon the textures in…
August 26 & 27 10:00am-12:00pm EST This workshop focuses on the inherent collaborative attributes between wire and enamel, uncovering their optimal creative boundaries and symbiotic relationship. Iron, copper, and fine silver serve as excellent foundations for applying ground and wet process enamels. Participants will acquire basic wire working skills and learn proper metal preparation for…