Learning new enameling techniques is not always what you need.

What will help you become a more creative & expressive enamel artist?

Collect ideas and reference materials to stay inspired.

Ask new and different questions as you embrace your curiosity.

Make lots of “starts” while letting go of the fear that it’s “not good enough”.

Change your images to create interest and excitement.

Combine images together to develop unexpected relationships.

Translate visual imagery into enamel imagery.

Let ideas flow easily into one another.

Before my transformation...
  • I was uninspired with my enamel imagery and artwork
  • I was unaware of how I felt or what I wanted to say with my artwork
  • I made enamels that were generic and derivative
  • I felt stuck and wanted to "give up"
  • I struggled to sell my enamel jewelry
After my transformation...
  • I felt excited and overflowed with “good ideas”
  • My artwork often led me to a deeper understanding of myself
  • I used my enamels to discover and explore personal stories and themes.
  • I developed the ability to re-invent myself as both a teacher and videographer
  • I ran a successful business for over 35 years
Our Building Blocks
From Idea to Enamel
Translate Images, Enamel, Ideas, and Text

Translate visual images into enamel images.
Translate enamel images into visual images.
Become comfortable flowing back and forth between the two.

Commit to an Idea

Choose an Idea to explore with which you can connect.
Don't worry if it's the "right one". You can change it as you go.

Just Start Somewhere

It does not matter where you begin, as long as you begin somewhere! Practice starting with different materials, steps, and images.Let go of the fear of the "blank white page".

Create a New Artistic Language

When the goal changes from "make something that you like" to "discover what is possible", you cannot fail. Your sketchbook will become a place where you can explore mark-making in different types of media. Find what you love and become fluent with your new vocabulary.

Let your ideas and images FLOW!

Practice letting ideas, images, text and enamel merge together. Words lead to images. Enamel samples lead to new ideas. Collage photos lead to new enamel studies.

Your "Project Sketchbook"

We will use a sketchbook to collect, change, and combine new visual imagery. It's your safe place where "anything goes". You are not making "sketchbook art:, you are building a home for new ideas and language to grow.

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How much enameling experience do I need?

If you are comfortable with these skills, you have enough experience to Find Your Way.


Create a “blank canvas” using either copper or fine silver

Bend, apply, and fire at least one wire to create a wall or cell

Cut, apply, and fire foil pieces to create layers of reflective light within your enamel piece

Prepare, apply, and fire enamel layers that combine colors: next to each other or on top of one another 

Add and fire flux layers as desired to build up depth

Grind and polish to your taste.

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Our Class Curriculum

Here is how you'll do it (lessons to be added)

    1. What are YOU expected to do?

    2. Assignments

    3. Curriculum

    4. Our Materials

    5. Your Artistic Sandbox

    6. Mixed-Media Supplies

    7. Learning Objectives

    8. You WILL hit bumps in the road.

    1. What is Your Sketchbook?

    2. Begin Your Sketchbook

    3. Play with Two Important Lists: "Change it" and "Visual Contrast"

    4. Use Your Sketchbook to become familiar with Creative Concepts

    5. Handouts to Print and Use

    1. Semester 1: 5 Minute Daily Exercises

    2. Semester 1: It Figures

    3. Semester 1: Monster Mash

    4. Semester 1: Enamel Translations with Lines

    5. Semester 2: Practice "Change" Exercises

    6. Semester 2: Can you imagine "In Enamel"?

    7. Semester 2: Change the Layer and Ask Translation Questions

    8. Semester 2: Your Enamel Fluency

    9. Semester 2: Let Your Monster Grow.

    10. Semester 3: Your Two Languages

    11. Semester 3: Ricky's Enamel Language Challenge

    12. Find Your Way Project

    1. Zoom Class Presentations

    2. Enamel Artists and Jewelry

    1. Make Color

    2. Make Lines

    3. Make Shapes

    4. Make Patterns

    5. Make Lines and Shapes

    1. Why Collect?

    2. Collect: Pieces of Custom Paper

    3. Collect: Images on a Pinterest Board

    4. Collect: Design Elements

    5. Collect: Ideas

    6. Collect: Your Enamel Images

    7. Collect: Paper

    8. Collect: Text

    9. Collect: A Brainstorm List

    10. Collect Questions

    11. Collect Scenes

    12. Collect: Characters

    13. Collect: Sketches

    14. Collect Art Images

    15. Collect: Nature

    16. Collect: Jewelry Elements

About this course

  • Free
  • 91 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content