Craft Guild of Dallas

METALS AND JEWELRY STUDIO

CLOISONNE ENAMELING

Linda Darty

Sept. 17-18-19

Friday – Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

$390 workshop fee, $50 materials fee

Add transparent luminous color to your jewelry with enamel. Students will create small jewelry pieces using the cloisonné technique on fine silver with emphasis on how to achieve shading and value gradations using transparent
and opalescent enamel. Foil application technique and matt finishing will be covered as well as cold joining and various soldering and setting techniques relevant to enameling.

FABRICATION CLASSES

Learn how to create and assemble various materials to create a piece of handcrafted jewelry or other decorative and/or functional objects. Working in sterling silver, gold, copper, and/or brass, the focus of these classes is on developing the skills and techniques necessary to use equipment, torches, and tools in the studio, and focus on learning the basics: cutting, sawing, texturing, shaping, soldering, fusing, filing, sanding, grinding, and polishing. Students advance at their own pace. Instruction is individualized as you progress to more complex design and construction techniques. As an intermediate or advanced student, you will have an opportunity to expand and refine your skills as you learn more advanced techniques.

BEGINNING FABRICATION

Students will learn basic techniques and use of tools for creating their own jewelry: Measuring, marking, cutting and sawing, drilling, filing, polishing, annealing, doming and soldering.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED FABRICATION

Students will learn advanced techniques including Fusing and Mokume Gane

CASTING CLASS
In this class you will learn a variety of casting methods with an emphasis on lost wax casting. Hands-on experience includes centrifugal, vacuum, sand, cuttlefish casting and more. Learn to sprue and invest wax models, calculate metal requirements, control the burnout cycle and cast projects yourself. For new students, lectures and structured projects are provided. Ongoing students are welcome to continue working on individual projects during lectures.

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