Unit 2: Cold Connections & Enameling
Assignment:
Your assignment for this unit is to learn a variety of enamel techniques and learn to utilize enameled metal as components of final jewelry pieces. You will need to create three final jewelry pieces that incorporate enameling, combined with a variety of cold connection techniques.
Objectives:
Students will learn a variety of sifting techniques
Students will learn to form metal
Students will create a prong setting
Students will connect enamel pieces with jump rings
Students will rivet into enameled pieces of metal
In Class Practice
Skill Builder/Safety:
Directions:
Read pages 62-69 of the following book "The Art of Enameling" by Linda Darty
Learn the techniques for wet or dry paper stencils, the variety of techniques for sifting and dumping, and sgraffito.
Make 3 sample pieces to practice each of these techniques
Enamel Sifting Techniques.pdfWet or Dry Paper Stencils
Sifting and Dumping
Sgraffito Sifted Enamel
Summative Assessment
Project #1: Enamel Pendant with Prong Setting
Requirements:
Piece needs to have at least two layers
One layer needs to be formed and enameled
The backing layer needs to have prong settings
Examples:
Project #2: Enamel & Jump Rings
Requirements:
Design needs to have at least three pieces connected by jump rings
At least one piece needs to be enameled
Project #3: Enamel & Rivets
