About

This class will teach you how to paint and design with different metal colors onto background metals. The results of a two year research project for the Society of North American goldsmiths, and 25 years of ongoing research. It includes fusion applications (gold painting), making doublee, Keum-boo, depletion gilding (tumbaga, guanin), fusion inlay, overlay, incised overlay procedures and a discussion of fire gilding and substitution approaches. Control factors for free compositional choice are defined and demonstrated. Predominately demonstration and instruction with time allowing for hands on practice. 

Details:

• This is an intermediate level class for those that have taken at least 2 jewelry or metals classes from BARN or another school.
• A $40 material fee is included in the registration fee. 
  
• Please provide your own gold and/or gold leaf. There will not be any to purchase.
• If you need to order gold/ gold leaf, please order through the jewelry studio by April 15th. Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org
• Please bring a bag lunch. BARN has a refrigerator to store your lunch, located on the lower level.
• Notebook, pens, camera to record samples if desired.

Instructor: Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain has trained, studied and worked in Germany, Canada, and the United States to learn the skills he uses. His work and writing on the results of his technical research, have been published internationally. In 1994 Brain Press was established which documents, publishes and markets the results of his research activities. His publications include two major books, Fold-forming with Brynmorgen Press, and The Jeweler's Bench Book with MJSA Press.

• Charles with will be giving a lecture with Nanz Aalund on  “Education to Employment Challenge in Jewelry Industry" at BARN on Friday, April 26th. This event is free. 

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org