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Perfecting Image Transfers & Champlevé Enameling
Press and Peel Blue, originally created for circuit boards and other technological uses, has in recent years been hijacked from the tech field and utilized in a variety of ways throughout the metalsmithing community. Most commonly, it is used to create a resist on the surface of metal before exposing it to an etching technique, however, it also has enameling applications in the form of decal transfers, resulting in black or brown imagery on the enamel.
In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to get consistently crisp results using PnP Blue, after setting up a metal-etching bath and discussing the multitude of uses for etched metal, ranging from roll mill embossing to champlevé enameling. You will leave the workshop with new tools in your toolbox for design, imagery, and color application using enamel.
Meet the instructor
Kelly Jean Conroy graduated with a BFA in Art Education and painting from Syracuse University in 2005 and a MFA in Jewelry Metals from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2013. She has taught metals and enameling at the Worcester Center for Crafts, and Jewelry I and II courses at UMass Dartmouth. She currently teaches High School Metalsmithing at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, MA, as well as continuing education courses in Metals at Massachusetts College of Art and various classes at Metalwerx.
She works out of her studio in Holliston, MA and her art jewerly pieces focus on life cycles in nature and finding beauty in unique places. Her specialties are enameling, working with natural materials: carving bone, piercing mother of pearl, and casting. She is included in Showcase 500 Rings by Lark Books, and is represented by Equinox Gallery in San Antonio, TX. Her website is kellyjeanconroy.com and her wearable work can be found at tulipstokiss.etsy.com. To see Kelly's process, please visit her blog tulipstokiss.tumblr.com
Materials & Tools
There is a $60 materials fee for this workshop payable upon registration. The materials kit includes use of all Metalwerx enamels and enameling tools during class, PnP Blue transfer paper, saw blades, copper, etching tools and materials, as well as other miscellaneous materials needed to complete projects.
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digital file with an 8.5x11 inch surface filled with high contrast black and white graphics to be printed on PnP Blue (email the file to [email protected])
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Students should size their images digitally before class to the desired scale and quantity, however Metalwerx can help if you'd like assistance - just email us the images and sizes you want.
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NOTE: an email must be sent to [email protected] requesting help at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the class to receive assistance. Each student will receive one sheet of PnP Blue, so the more images you can fit on a page (just like cutting out sugar cookies), the more enameling content you will have to work with.
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sketchbook
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pencils and an ultra-fine Sharpie marker
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your own files, sandpaper, pliers, or any of their favorite hand tools that fit comfortably in a tool box (Metalwerx has tools available to use during class as well.)