Plique-à-Jour Workshop: Enameling Without a Net
Sunday May 20 & Monday May 21, 2018 10:00 – 4:00
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Plique-à-jour is one of the most challenging but also most rewarding of enameling techniques. This class will break it down into a clear step-by-step method, revealing tips and tricks that demystify this beautiful art.Using fine silver wire and eutectic solder, students will fabricate a framework. The enamels will then be suspended in the openings of the filigree, and fired without a backing, the physics of surface tension holding the molten glass in place.
The class will cover bending and soldering the silver wires, application of the enamel, special procedures for successful firing, and methods for finishing the work. Students will complete a flat project, and techniques for working three-dimensionally will be discussed. Beginners will gain an introduction to an exciting medium, and more experienced students will deepen their understanding.
[Kit for Plique-à-Jour Workshop: $30.00]
Price: Member $255 / Non-member $310 Limit: 10 Materials Fee: TBD
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Amy Roper Lyons
Amy Roper Lyons is a studio jeweler and enamelist. Her work expresses her love for the wonderful variety of form and color found in the natural world. Inspired by her garden, and long walks along the seashore near her home, she creates one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces in high-karat gold, enamels, and gemstones.
Using a combination of enamel processes, including cloisonné, champlevé, and basse-taille, Lyons creates bold compositions of gold and glass. The metalwork draws from a broad palette of techniques, including fusing, forming, fold-forming, carving, chasing, piercing, and fabricating.
Her award-winning work has been published in magazines and books such as 500 Enameled Objects, Lapidary Journal, Ornament, and Art Jewelry Magazine. Lyons’s jewelry is exhibited nationally at museums, galleries and craft shows, recently at the Smithsonian Craft Show. Lyons has taught jewelry and enameling at the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, the Newark Museum, and teaches workshops at locations nationally. She received her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
Material Fee – approximately $30 for kit that includes fine silver wire (2 sizes), eutectic solder, foam block, flux, straight pins, binding wire & sample packs of enamel.