Enameling Series: Forming Bowls With the Hydraulic Press

Jewelry & Fine Metals

Enameling Series: Forming Bowls With the Hydraulic Press

Learn how to make shallow copper bowls and decorate them with enamel.

Member

$284.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$343.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Thur, 4/3/2025 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  2. Thur, 4/10/2025 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Thur, 4/3/2025 - Thur, 4/10/2025

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Type:
Class, Has Prerequisite

Location:
Jewelry & Fine Metals Studio

Interests:
Enameling, Holiday

About

Day 1: Using the hydraulic press and silhouette dies, you'll form shallow bowls out of copper sheets. You'll also learn how to finish the edges using the belt sander and grinder.

Day 2: Learn sifting techniques for bowls and decorate your copper bowls with enamel.

Materials

  • A $48 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers enamels and copper sheets to make four bowls.
  • Bring towels for drying hands and metal.
  • You can bring embellishments to personalize your bowl decorations (optional).
  • To make more bowls, bring a 4.25-inch-square of 22- or 24-gauge copper for each bowl.

Prerequisites

You must have completed Introduction to Enameling: Opaques.

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Wear closed-toe shoes and natural-fiber clothing.
  • Do not wear loose or synthetic-fiber clothing, dangling jewelry, scarves, or ties.
  • Tie back long hair in ponytail or bun.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Joan Hammond

Joan Hammond began working in metal in 1994, when she started taking metalsmithing classes as an antidote to documenting computer software. What she discovered was a medium that not only used her training in painting, printmaking, and ceramics, but also opened the possibilities of creating art that can be worn. Family artifacts and history, plants and animals, and the textiles and jewelry of non-Western cultures inspire her current work, which she executes using various fabrication techniques, including chasing and repoussé.

Hammond exhibits locally and nationally. Her work has been published in Metalsmith magazine’s Exhibition in Print. She is a member of the Seattle Metals Guild and an active volunteer and instructor at BARN.

Karin Luvaas

Karin Luvaas is a Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler with a degree in encaustics, painting, and metal sculpture. She has studied under numerous jewelry masters including Blaine Lewis, founder of New Approach School for Jewelers in Tennessee, and achieved graduate jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world-renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco. Karin also is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate. Her current work can be seen at karinluvaas.com

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