Karin Jones has been a goldsmith and jewellery designer since 1993. In recent years she has turned her attention away from traditional jewellery, to working in Damascene inlay, a technique she learned at a workshop in Mendocino, California, on scholarship from the Craft Council of BC. In 2007, she took time to practice and perfect this process during an artist residency in Fiskars, Finland, where she also volunteered at the local forge, learning traditional blacksmithing techniques.
Peggy is my new studio mate, and will be teaching two enamel courses starting in February!
Here are the details:
Basic Enamelling on Metal
6 Saturdays, Feb. 4th to March 10th 2012
11:00am to 2:00pm
Instructor:Peggy Logan
In this introductory course, four groups of enamelling techniques are taught, dry application, wet charging, painting and champlevé. In the champlevé portion of the course, the etching techniques of intaglio, PNP, and sugar lift are covered. The decorative applications of foils, glass rods, and millefiori can also be incorporated into your artwork. It is helpful to have some previous jewellery making experience, but not necessary to create jewellery and small works of art. 4 student max.
Please visit electrictiara.com for instructor profile
$236.00 course fee (plus HST)
$20.00 materials fee
Cloisonné Enamelling
5 Mondays Feb 6th to March 5th 2012
6:30pm to 9:00 pm
Instructor: Peggy Logan
Cloisonné means partition in French. These partitions are created with silver wire set into clear glass called flux in enamelling. They are then filled with coloured glass enamel to suit the design. Cloisonné is usually used as stone replacement in jewellery and set with a bezel. We will create a piece of Cloisonné enamel from start to finish using traditional techniques of wire bending and wet packing enamel. The use of foils under glazes and rods to add depth to your work will be discussed. Your piece can be executed on a flat or curved surface. It is preferable to have previous enameling experience. Students are to bring their own set of pliers if they can if not we have some that can be shared. 4 student max.
$188.00 course fee (plus HST)
Fine silver Wire costs are extra
For registration please phone Peggy Logan at 604-339-6976 or drop by the studio on a Saturday between noon and 6:00pm. We take Visa, Master card and checks payable to Margaret Logan
I will be teaching an enamel on silver course this summer in Red Deer, Alberta. Here's the info from my press release:
Karin Jones presents a champ-levé enamel workshop at Red Deer College, Alberta, July 18-22, 2011, as part of RDC's popular "Series Summer School for the Arts". For a complete list of jewellery, art and craft courses, please go to:
Champ-levé is a type of enamel in which the colour is inlaid into a recessed pattern in the metal, giving it a similar look to stained glass or mosaic. Complex, multicoloured patterns can be created using this torch-fired method. Because students will learn to make a piece of jewellery from start to finish, they will learn basic jewellery techniques such as cutting, soldering and polishing, as well as the torch-fired enamel process. This technique is well-suited to the most basic home jewellery studio, as no kilns are required. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced.
Course fee $595 (CDN) plus GST ($29.75)
Instructor Bio:
Karin Jones is a Vancouver-based, German-trained goldsmith and metal artist with 20 years experience in the trade. Her Champ-levé enamel designs are well-know throughout western Canada. She has also spent many years as a bench goldsmith, and has recently turned her attention to working in steel, specializing in Damascene inlay (silver and gold inlay on steel).
I will be teaching 2 week-long workshops at Kootenay School of Arts and Crafts at Selkirk College in Nelson, BC, Canada, this summer.
The first, champ-leve enameling, will run from Aug. 9-13.
Here is the course description:
"Champ-levé (French for “raised field”) enamel works are created by piercing a pattern out of a sheet of silver or other metal, and soldering it onto a back plate. This creates a recessed pattern which can then be filled with glass enamel, creating an inlaid, flush look, similar to stained glass or mosaic. Because Karin teaches making a piece of jewellery from start to finish, students will learn basic jewellery techniques such as drilling, saw-piercing, soldering, and finishing, as well as applying and torch-firing the enamel itself. Intermediate students will receive tips on fine-tuning their technique, as well as creating intricate works in this beautiful and ancient art form. Students will leave with several pieces of colourful, finished jewellery, as well as an excellent knowledge of fundamental jewellery techniques suitable for a small, basic home workshop, or professional studio alike.
"Karin Marita Jones, a jeweller trained in Canada and Germany, has 20 years’ experience in the jewellery trade, including 8 years as a bench goldsmith and 5 years specializing in champ-levé enamel work. She now spends her time practicing her latest obsession, Damascene inlay (gold and silver inlay on steel)."
The second course, Damascene Inlay (Silver and Gold Inlay on Steel) will run Aug. 16-20. Course Description:
"Damascene is an age-old method of inlaying silver and gold onto steel, originally used in the decoration of weapons, arms and armour. It has been used extensively in Japan (on samurai sword fittings), Europe (on suits of armour and helmets), and the Middle East (on platters, decorative objects and bowls, as well as weapons). Done by creating a texture on steel and hammering gold and silver foils into the textured areas using various punches and hammers, this work offers the possibility of creating incredibly intricate patterns and designs in metal. Karin Marita Jones has developed her own method of working with damascene, adapted to readily available tools and materials, while staying true to the original, authentic principles of this technique. This course will appeal to both jewellers working on small objects, and blacksmiths/metal sculptors working on a larger scale. Focus in this class will be on smaller objects, as the course will be taught in a jewellery workshop; however, it is easily adaptable to larger works, and metal artists are encouraged to bring their own steel objects for inlaying in class. Students will leave with several pieces of finished artwork. Basic principles of metal working and properties of materials will also be covered. Suitable for all skill levels.
"Karin Marita Jones is a jeweller/metal artist with 20 years experience. She has studied jewellery in Canada and Germany, and blacksmithing in Finland and the United States."
For examples of my Damascene work, please see my website, www.karinjones.ca, or other posts on this blog.
Nelson is a hisoric town in the KootenayMountains of British Columbia, about halfway between Vancouver and Calgary, and 147 miles north of Spokane, Washington. It is accessible by car from all of those cities, or by air, through the domestic airport at Castlegar, BC.
