Courses
-
All Classes, Enamel Color Layers, Basics, Design, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Classes, Enamel Beginner, Cloisonne Beginner, Cloisonne Explorer
Enamel Color and the Color Wheel
Making your color samples is only the first step in developing a personal enamel vocabulary. Don't stop there; use your samples for more than just picking out the colors that you like.
$5
-
All Classes, Design, Cloisonne´, Enamel Channel Gold, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership
Your Cloisonne´ Vision and Voice
Ricky "Goes bananas" as he uses a simple icon to explore the idea of story. He challenges you to consider your "story" questions. What do you want to say with your enameling?
$5
-
All Classes, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Classes, Enamel Beginner
Learn with Baby Steps
Use a baby-step approach to stepping outside of your comfort zone.
Free
-
All Classes, Design, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, Explorer, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner
Ricky's TES Talk: Learning to Enamel
Ricky's online presentation for the Enamelist Society, 6/4/2022. Ricky speaks about how one teaches themself skills, how enamel artists Ruth Ball and Anne Besse-Shepherd apply these ideas, and his own handmade embossed foil enamel jewelry.
Free
-
All Classes, Basics, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Classes, Enamel Beginner
Introduction to Sifting and Firing
In this lesson, Ricky explores how enamel changes when it is heated. Do NOT try to make art or something "that you like"; instead, let your direct experience and observations to teach you about how copper, enamel, and heat interacts.
$5
-
All Classes, Science, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, Explorer, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Enamel Beginner
Problem-Solving: What does it depend on?
What do you do when you don't understand why you got the result that you did? This happens a lot when you are learning to enamel and even after decades of experience. Watch Ricky problem-solve an unexpected result.
$5
