Learn to Enamel
with Ricky Frank

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Master the Baby Steps: Prepare, Apply, & Fire

Learn Enamel Basics

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Prepare Materials


Metal
Enamel
Foils
Wires

Prepare Materials
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Apply & Combine Materials


Enamel and metal
Enamel and enamel
Wires and enamel
Foil and enamel
Enamel and foil

Apply & Combine Materials
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Fire the Materials


Enamel onto metal
Enamel onto enamel
Wires onto enamel
Foil onto enamel
Enamel onto foil

Fire the Materials

HAVE YOU RUN INTO SOME OF THESE COMMON ROAD BUMPS?
Learn to or Improve your Enameling.
What is holding you back?
Don't know WHAT is most important to learn & where to begin?

You love the COLORs but It seems so complicated & tedious. So many techniques, tools, and materials

Why aren't I getting any "BETTER".

You have taken some classes and learned some techniques. Your pieces never look as good as what the teacher showed you.

Can't start or finish a piece?

Too many failures, too many choices, too many unanswered questions. Can't find the "right idea". Don't know the "right way" or "right answer"?

Why can't I make something that I really like?

Something is missing and you don't know what it is.
Are you rushing through the process or forgetting an important part?

Explore Four Enamel Skill Sets.
What is important to learn

In my experience, these are the 4 main parts of enameling.

Each has its own skillset, questions, and types of decision to make.

Each part affects the other parts.

When I make a piece that I don't like, it's usually because I am STUCK in one of these.

  • Enamel Skills: Tools, Materials, & Techniques
  • Enamel Science: Principles & Variables
  • Enamel Design: Visual & Enamel Language
  • Enamel Story: Your personal point of view and the STORY of what you want to say
Why does it feel so challenging?
Enamel with Confidence

Combining GLASS + METAL + HEAT
can be a lot to think about.

There are a lot of TECHNIQUES

There are a lot of MATERIALS

There is a lot of SCIENCE

I have been exploring this magical process for over 45 years, making both simple & complicated pieces.

I can guide you through the mysterious world of enamel and help you find YOUR Way to make your enamel artwork.

  • There are not many "right answers" but there are many "myths".
  • It can be difficult to "erase" a mistake.
  • "Firing" changes the way the colors look.
  • One small error can "ruin" your piece.
  • You may not always know "why" something happened.
  • Too many "variables" to consider.
  • So many "technique" questions that you don't focus on the "artistic" questions.

How did I make these pieces?

The secret is something called a GAP!


I used some basic skills:
painting enamel layers
bending wires
adding foil layers
firing the different layers

And I learned how to feel comfortable in my GAP

My GAP is...

Explore Your Gap!

Where your ideas are
translated into enamel reality

Learn, Improve, & Master
Advance your skills with

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Learn along with a small group of students as you follow a schedule and work towards your enamel goals.

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Coaching

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Do you prefer to learn on your own?
Self-Guided
Video Classes

Self-guided classes allow you to study at your own pace. Take your time, speed it up, choose what you want and when you want it.

These classes are priced individually and are accessible for one year from the date of purchase.

  • No time schedule or assignments
  • One year access, 24/7
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Mentoring and Coaching with Ricky.
Boot Camp Coaching

Become part of a small group of students and enjoy Virtual LIve learning with Ricky

Feedback, challenges, and inspiration to ehp you stay focused on specific enameling goals.

RICKY'S NEWEST BOOT CAMP
"Create YOUR Project"

Join Ricky as he shares a process of moving from idea to enamel and from enamel to a final project. Students will choose, design, prototype, and complete their own artistic enamel project.

Coming Soon: Skills & Science Boot Camp

  • Live "Zoom" lessons with Ricky
  • Live "Zoom" Q & A meetings
  • Flexible curriculum works with YOUR needs
  • Learn from other Boot Camp students
  • Private Online Discussion Forum
  • Recorded with 24/7/365 access
  • Two different Boot Camps
Explore your
Inner & Outer Game of Enameling

Your Outer Game
Use your HANDS to change what you see...

Tools
Materials,
Steps,
Techniques

Your Inner Game
Use your HEAD & HEART to change what you see...

Questions
Decisions
Passion
Confidence
Creativity

Learn Ricky's INSIDE OUT Enamel Approach

Skills, Science, Design, & Story

learn about the inner game of enameling
Hold your imagination in your hand!

Transform your ideas into enamel reality

Meet Ricky Frank

I love to share my passion for
enamel color, layers, and light.


  • Cloisonne´ Jewelry Award-winning artist with over 45 years experience making & selling my enamel pieces in galleries and at high-end craft shows
  • Enamel Instructor Over 20 years teaching experience at craft schools, guilds, and conferences across the USA.
  • Video Creator Creator of Rio Grande Jewelry Supply popular Youtube enameling series.
  • Coach Former soccer coach (high school& college) with a Master's Degree in Psychology. Emphasis in creativity, peak performance, & sport psychology.
Here is what some of my students are saying...
Student Testimonials

Ricky Frank is one of the best instructors I have ever experienced. First, he is a master at his art, both in design and execution. In addition, he excels at a talent few artists have...a systematic approach to teaching the process of enameling that advances both the novice and the expert. He's always "pushing the edges" of his knowledge and in so doing, helps us develop our thought process as artists, not just our technical skills.
I recommend him highly for students of all levels.

Patricia W

When I first started watching your videos, I kept thinking why is he asking "why" all the time?  Well, you have me hooked.  I'm finding myself thinking about "why and why not" all the time now, and all the possibilities that asking that leads to.  I have really enjoyed ALL the videos I've watched so far, and have learned a LOT of new material.

Margaret G

Ricky, although I had been enameling several years my work did not take direction and focus until I came to Atlanta and took a class from you.  The things  I learned in those three days were profound and was exactly what I needed to take my work to another level.  
Many heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the straightforward methods and principles you shared which now enables me to take a blank art form and turn it into a world bursting with color and light.

Gina E

I like that you have taken time before presenting the technical aspects of enameling, to discuss the mental/emotional landscape of the artistic process.  I have taken other art classes, and have never had another teacher walk me through this.  That, in itself, is just priceless to me.

Mary C.

The emphasis on personal responsibility to make artistic decisions for the work done is so much more instructive than simply taking a 'project course' and working to take home one pretty item. The videos on the processes are clear, complete and just long enough to keep one interested and eager to try what was demonstrated. His knowledge of the science of learning, and how one learns a skill is wonderfully refreshing to glimpse.  I highly recommend Ricky Frank for his easy communication style, knowledge of the subject of enameling, and encouragement for the future development of the artist using enamels. I am not a beginner, but learned a lot! Thanks, Ricky!

Terry B.

As Simon Sinek covers in his book, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action, knowing your "why" is critically important in life. It is this focus that Ricky Frank employs to help artists/enamelists understand why they are doing something. He then guides students to build on their "why" as they execute their "what" (jewelry/vessel/wall piece) and "how" (enamel & metal techniques).

Cullen H.
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