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- Dip, Dry, Draw, and Fire: Working with white liquid enamel with Ken Bova
Dip, Dry, Draw, and Fire: Working with white liquid enamel with Ken Bova
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$375.00
$375.00
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Saturday and Sunday, April 27 & 28 from 9 am to 5 pm. Become a member to take advantage of discounted pricing for all our classes.
Additional materials fee payable to instructor in class.
For more information about the class and our cancellation policy, see below.
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In this workshop students experience the limitless possibilities available with white liquid enamel to create colorful and brilliant graphic imagery for brooches, earring, and small vessel forms. We’ll learn how to dip, brush, pour, paint, draw with, and torch fire this versatile form of enamel on copper.
We’ll also explore additional techniques of over-firing and sgraffito to getintense color effects along with an assortment of bench tricks and material applications. The ability to use a jeweler’s saw for piercing is helpful but not necessary. Expect to make lots of samples and experiments for small wearable pieces. All Levels.
Prerequisites
Experience with enamel, torches, and basic jewelry techniques is helpful but not necessary. It’s designed for all levels
Dress Code
Closed-toed shoes and a tie for long hair are required in the studio.
About the Instructor
Ken Bova is associate professor emeritus at East CarolinaUniversity where he served as coordinator for the graduate program in Metal Design.He is Past President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) with work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, Racine, Mint, Tacoma, Philadelphia, and Georgia Art Museums, the Enamel Arts Foundation, and numerous private collections. His work has been published in over 35 books and catalogs and over 40 periodicals including Metalsmith, American Craft, Ornament, and Art Jewelry magazines.
Students Should Bring
- Bring any jewelry making tools you already have (pliers, files, saw & blades, wire cutters etc.)
- Work apron
- Needle files
- Some inexpensive assorted sized watercolor brushes, soft bristled
- Plastic watercolor tray, preferably with lid
- Eye dropper
- Drill bits sizes #51, 55, 60 - if you want to do some pierced designs
- Sharp scribe, needle, or ice pick for scratching designs
- Long needle nose pliers (the kind with teeth are okay)
- Plastic container with lid (e.g. yogurt carton or Tupperware – small size)
- Tweezers
- Small sharp scissors
- Dust mask (recommend 3M #8233 or similar) if desired*
- Assorted wet/dry carborundum (Emery) paper (320, 400 and 600)
- 22 or 24 gauge sheet copper 6 x 12 inches or more OR 10 – 20 precut copper
shapes about 2” sq.
- 26 gauge sheet copper 4 X 4 inches, if you want to make a small bowl
- Diamond needle file set or diamond abrasive pads.
Please do not come to workshop assuming these items will be provided. It's up to every student to bring the items listed.
Materials Kit* $20 (payable to Boma)
Thompson Liquid White Enamel
Thompson Liquid Black Enamel
Distilled water for mixing enamels
Containers to mix enamel in
*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials required to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.
Maximum number of students: 12. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
Cancellation Policy
Waitlist
If the class is full, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.
We’ll also explore additional techniques of over-firing and sgraffito to getintense color effects along with an assortment of bench tricks and material applications. The ability to use a jeweler’s saw for piercing is helpful but not necessary. Expect to make lots of samples and experiments for small wearable pieces. All Levels.
Prerequisites
Experience with enamel, torches, and basic jewelry techniques is helpful but not necessary. It’s designed for all levels
Dress Code
Closed-toed shoes and a tie for long hair are required in the studio.
About the Instructor
Ken Bova is associate professor emeritus at East CarolinaUniversity where he served as coordinator for the graduate program in Metal Design.He is Past President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) with work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, Racine, Mint, Tacoma, Philadelphia, and Georgia Art Museums, the Enamel Arts Foundation, and numerous private collections. His work has been published in over 35 books and catalogs and over 40 periodicals including Metalsmith, American Craft, Ornament, and Art Jewelry magazines.
Students Should Bring
- Bring any jewelry making tools you already have (pliers, files, saw & blades, wire cutters etc.)
- Work apron
- Needle files
- Some inexpensive assorted sized watercolor brushes, soft bristled
- Plastic watercolor tray, preferably with lid
- Eye dropper
- Drill bits sizes #51, 55, 60 - if you want to do some pierced designs
- Sharp scribe, needle, or ice pick for scratching designs
- Long needle nose pliers (the kind with teeth are okay)
- Plastic container with lid (e.g. yogurt carton or Tupperware – small size)
- Tweezers
- Small sharp scissors
- Dust mask (recommend 3M #8233 or similar) if desired*
- Assorted wet/dry carborundum (Emery) paper (320, 400 and 600)
- 22 or 24 gauge sheet copper 6 x 12 inches or more OR 10 – 20 precut copper
shapes about 2” sq.
- 26 gauge sheet copper 4 X 4 inches, if you want to make a small bowl
- Diamond needle file set or diamond abrasive pads.
Please do not come to workshop assuming these items will be provided. It's up to every student to bring the items listed.
Materials Kit* $20 (payable to Boma)
Thompson Liquid White Enamel
Thompson Liquid Black Enamel
Distilled water for mixing enamels
Containers to mix enamel in
*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials required to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.
Maximum number of students: 12. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
Cancellation Policy
- You may cancel up to 30 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.
- Cancellations less than 30 days prior to the start date will not be refunded.
- In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
- Registration is not transferrable. You may not sell your seat to another student. Registration cannot be applied to another class.
- If a class has multiple sessions, and you miss one, there is no make up opportunity and the instructor will not catch you up at the next class session. You may not join the next scheduled class, as there’s a maximum number of students for every class and it’s not fair to the other students.
- Please plan extra time to find us if you’re coming to BoMA for the first time. If you are late to a class, the instructor will not catch you up. There’s a structured curriculum for every class and its not fair to other students to skip part of the curriculum to catch up a student who’s late.
- Snow. Colorado has frequent snowstorms in the winter and does a good job maintaining their roads in the snow. Snowy weather is a regular occurrence in our area and most people are accustomed to traveling under such conditions. Classes will be cancelled only in the case of inclement weather conditions that would make class attendance unsafe. If the National Weather Services issues a Winter Storm Warning for the time period of the class, we will cancel the class. https://www.weather.gov/bou/winterguide
- By clicking on the “Buy Now” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
- No Exceptions.
Waitlist
If the class is full, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.