Enamel Jewelry Workshops in Cloisonne and Champleve

Cloisonne and Beyond

Mendocino Art Center,
Mendocino, CA
July 25 – 29, 2011
An amazing workshop, and just to let you know how amazing, just take a look at this beautiful artist get away!

A couple of the students cloisonne pieces from our 2010 workshop.

Our 2011 Mendocino Cloisonne Class was Fabulous! A few students work;

We also had a weekend setting class and here are a few samples.

These are just a few, as some got out the door before I could photograph them all.

What talent! We had a full class and they made my job easy by being so talented.

As you can see in my workshops you bring your designs and desires and  I help you work through them.  This way you develop your own style and can have help working through the problems that can arise with your choices.

Mendocino Ca,  Cloisonne in 2d and 3D along with Champleve   2012                                                                              

July 30 – Aug 3

Enjoy beautiful Mendocino Ca. where the Pacific meets the Cliffs and feed your creative mind.

Spend 5 or 10 Days in this beautiful location and learn to fuse high karat metals to create a  canvas of  Cloisonne or Champleve in 2d or 3d, just waiting to receive beautiful sparkling enamels.  With this technique you will be able to secure cloison wires to a fine silver base so they will never fall over. Once your jewel is built, absorb all the enameling information you can from such as theory, color gradation, enamels that sparkle, setting stones in the enamel, as well as polishing.

Each student will create their own designs throughout with individual attention to complete their own project.

“ I can’t recommend her enough and neither can her students. She is totally willing to share knowledge, supplies, and energy while being a motivation to her students with her skills and professional work.”  Tara Turner

With the technique of fusing high karat metals an enamellist can build jewels in the form of Champleve, and Cloisonne as in the double sided jewels I developed and 3 dimension forms as the Black Pearl Pendant with no soldering to contaminate our beautiful enamels.

I begin my enameling workshops with a quick trip in water colors, to help you understand and develop color gradation, this really sets apart your work from others. I will teach you how to create a sparkling background to allow the colors to shine through. We will cover kiln fusing of the cloison wires to the base of fine silver allowing you to create enamel jewels in 2D, and this year we will take these jewels to another level into 3 dimensional forms using this process, as in the Black Pearl Pendant to the right. This also creates security that your wire work will never full over no matter how complicated.  You can add depth and interest with under glazes as well as over glazes,  set stones in the enamel as well as carve in the enamel to add dimension and interest. When cloisonne is polished to a professional level the viewer can see right through the jewel showing off all your work.

Aug. 6 – 10 2012 Setting of your Cloisonne Jewel

This year I am offering a second week to continue and complete your jewel of Cloisonné or Champleve.  In the past three years teaching a five day class, and we tried 7 days students always need more time.  With the weekend to rest up, we will begin Monday morning fresh. You can choose to complete your 3d jewel or design and make a setting of your 2d piece. Learn to fabricate settings for your cloisonné masterpieces in gold or silver, or a combination of both and accenting your creation with gemstones. Again, each artist will design their own settings and receive individual attention to complete their jewel.

www.mendocinoartcenter.org       707-937-5818 or 800-653-3328

Austin Tx, Jewelry Studies International Masters Program

The Art of Cloisonne Jan 14 -18 2013

www.jewelrystudiesinternational.com/  512) 861-5785    visit to register!

Workshops in Your Area

If you have a guild or a school or a group of metalsmiths or enamelist in your area  and would like a workshop, just send a note and we will see what we can set up!

Patsy Croft