Courses
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All Classes, Design, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, Enamel Channel Membership
Ricky's Design Questions #1
Ricky explains how his questions lead to his enamel vision and voice. Part 1
$7
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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
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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
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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
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All Classes, Basics, How To Lessons, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Enamel Beginner
Sifting and Mindfulness
Learn some basic sifting techniques and begin to Pay Attention to your process. Ricky explores some of the many types of questions you might ask yourself as you apply and move enamel around on your piece.
$5
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All Classes, Basics, Design, Enamel Channel Gold, Enamel Channel Silver, $5 Classes (or less), Enamel Channel Membership, Beginner, Enamel Beginner
The Sgraffito Heart Exercise
An introductory level set of lessons that encourage you to play with the "sgraffito" technique of scratching through an unfired layer of enamel color.
$5