Enameling: A Joyous Riot of Color

With Jean Tudor

June 18 - 24, 2023

Location: Grunewald Guild Glass Studio

What will class time be like?: Mornings will be work time, with how-to presentations and orientation to tools and materials. The studio will be open with the teacher present in the afternoons. The studio will be closed in the evenings.

Will I need to work outside of class?: Yes, students wishing to create complex or ambitious projects should expect to spend additional time working outside of class.

What can I expect to create?: Students can expect to complete 3-5 finished pieces (jewelry and/or small wall pieces) done in liquid flux or including inlaid wiring.

Do I need experience to take this class?: All experience levels are welcome, including beginners.

What do I need to bring to class?: sketchbook, pens/pencils, studio clothing

Minimum Age of Participants: 14

Required deposit: $250

  • Commuter – $115.00
  • Cabin – $1,180.00
  • Hilltop House King Private Room + Private Bath – $1,120.00
  • Hilltop House Queen Private Room + Shared Bath – $1,060.00
  • Hilltop Private Room (Full + Two Twins) + Shared Bath – $1,000.00
  • Private Queen Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Private Twin Room + Shared Bath – $940.00
  • Shared Room + Shared Bath – $610.00
  • Yurt – $730.00
  • Library Dorm – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 125V/30 Amp – $460.00
  • RV with Electric: 25V/20 Amp – $460.00
  • Personal Tent or Car Camping – $400.00

Join Jean Tudor, enamel extraordinaire, in a week-long enameling course entitled “Enameling: A Joyous Riot of Color”

Jean writes:

The excitement of enameling touches everyone who tries it. There is the joyous riot of color. The strength– and yet pliability–of the metal. The need for control or the need for lack thereof in the manipulation of the materials. The self-satisfaction of learning to handle special tools and materials. The possibility of use of the finished product. The personal satisfaction—the welling up of happiness–when a work comes finished from the kiln. (I do make the occasional bummers, I admit. But that’s a normal part of the learning experience too!) We will be working with the elements of art-making such as line, color, texture, pattern, and shape. By the time we are finished we will have jewelry and/or small wall pieces.

All levels of skill and experience are welcome!

About the Faculty

Jean Tudor

My ongoing life as an enamelist: This all started in the late 1950s when I received a Trinkit enameling set for Christmas. What a great hobby! Watching powdered glass fuse to a piece of copper, using a hotplate kiln! But very quickly that wasn't quite enough, so in a few years I got a bigger […]

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