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Enameling Studio: Some Like It Hot!
Expanding your knowledge through experimentation and learning with and from each other by sharing experiences and results is the concept behind this 5 week enamel studio. The fun in workshops usually starts after the instructor has completed the demonstrations and everyone begins to work on new techniques, making exciting discoveries. Then time runs out...This class will focus on starting where you usually finish: experimentation without time constraints.
Each session is thematically organized and we will start with sharing and demonstrating techniques of interest including but not limited to surface variations and working with three dimensional forms. Through rigorous play and open-table meetings, participants will be able to compare their results, exchange ideas and expand their knowledge. Brief presentations of historic and contemporary examples are included.
Meet the instructor
Barbara Seidenath was born and raised in Munich, Germany. She studied Jewelry making at the State School for Glass and Jewelry in Neugablonz, Germany where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Goldsmithing, followed by a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Seidenath has been on the teaching faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI for nearly three decades. She also taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and has been a faculty member at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has taught many seminars and workshops in the U.S. and abroad and has had her work shown in international solo and group exhibitions.
Seidenath's work has been seen at the American Craft Museum, New York City; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Design Museum of Munich, Germany. In 2002, Marjorie Simon wrote in Metalsmith Magazine "[Seidenath's work] is as delectable as the witch's house was to Hansel and Gretel. Putting it on would be like breaking the frozen surface and seeing the sun burst through again." Click here to read the full article: Bohemian Rhapsody - Importing Barbara Seidenath by Marjorie Simon [Metalsmith Magazine - Summer 2002]
Materials & Tools
There is a $25 materials fee for this class that is payable upon registration. It includes use of all enamels and enameling supplies used during class.
- Students should plan to bring any metal they would like to use for projects during this class. Barbara recommends copper and fine silver sheet.
- Any in-progress projects that you would like help with during class.
- Metalwerx has plenty of supplies available, but students might want to bring their favorite enamel tools, including:
- 1 pair of clean tweezers
- A clean brush or two