Ricky's 5-Day Craft School Workshop
A comprehensive training reference for enamelists at all experience levels.
I used to provide handouts to students before they took an "in person" class with me. This helped them navigate through the often overwhelming concepts and skills that we would cover during our 5 day workshop.
As I became more confident with my ability to create video tutorials, I began to offer the video lessons instead of the handouts BEFORE the class started. Students who viewed and worked through the tutorials before the class were able to apply their new skills much more creatively than the other students.
This online class is a collection of the those "pre-workshop tutorials" along with more content that I think will help you move towards your enameling goals. Some of the topics covered are...
Introduction/Start Here: From Samples to the Finished Piece (7:55)
Lesson 1: Our Pre-Workshop Tutorial (14:00)
Lesson 2: My Approach to Teaching (3:46)
Lesson 3: Transparent Enamel Color (12:00)
Lesson 4: Layer Architecture: Learn to think in enamel layers (11:05)
Lesson 5: Learning to become a Creative Enamelist (11:00)
Lesson 6: Visual Brainstorming: Practice Your Creativity Skills (16:00)
Lesson 7. Create Your Own Learning Assignments
Lesson 8: Some Zen-ameling Thoughts for the Enamel Studio
Lesson 9: Some Baby-Step Goals
Lesson 10: Enameling Tasks: Can YOU do this?
Lesson 11: Enamel Glossary
Tools to Make a Copper White Enamel Canvas (7:53)
Tools for Wirework (6:20)
Tools for Cutting My Foil (6:36)
Tools for Painting Enamel Layers (2:22)
Tools to Make a "Transparent Color Sample" (3:49)
Tools for Grinding Lump Enamel Colors (3:08)
Materials List
Lesson 1:Experiential Learning with Enamel, Copper, and Heat (79:00)
Lesson 2: Basics with Opaque White and Flux on Copper (59:00)
Create an Opaque White Copper Canvas in a Kiln (52:00)
Lesson 2: Torch-Fired White Opaque Copper Canvas (80:00)
Lesson 3: Torch Fired Canvas Variation-begin with the counter enamel (17:00)
Lesson 1: Develop Your Enamel Language (10:00)
Lesson 2: Why make color samples? (10:00)
Lesson 3: How I make a Transparent Enamel Color Sample (63:00)
Lesson 4: Color Sample Variations (23:00)
Lesson 5: Enamel and the Color Wheel (22:00)
Lesson 1: Ricky's Foil Samples (7:37)
Lesson 2: Foil Basics (89:00)
Lesson 3: Foil Patterns, Transparent Green Enamel, & Negative Space (43:00)
Lesson 4: Transparent Color Over Foil Shapes and Lines (25:00)