Enamel Workshop with Jeweller Rachel Brown
Tue, 30 Apr
|Mill Race Studio
Learn how to use coloured enamels to produce a pair of beautiful earrings and pendant necklace.
Time & Location
30 Apr 2024, 10:00 – 13:00
Mill Race Studio, Mill Race, Dobb Ln, Holmbridge, Holmfirth HD9 2PE, UK
About the event
Join jeweller Rachel Brown on her enamel workshop and learn how to use coloured powdered enamels to produce a beautiful pair of earrings and pendant necklace. Take a look at the recent blog post with beautiful images of the materials, process and some of the work you might create.
This 3 hour workshop will teach you the basic enamelling skills required, from the preparation of the metal, application of the enamels and the firing of your pieces. Enamelling is a process by which powdered glass is fused to a metal surface at high heat.
All materials and equipment are included.
Silver chain and findings will be available to purchase if required.
No previous skills are required.
Tea and Coffee on tap.
Rachel Brown is an award winning jewellery designer and maker based in South Yorkshire. From her home studio she produces contemporary and unique jewellery pieces. She is particularly known for her jewellery that explores the lesser known technique of ‘drawing’ on enamel but her work also explores other materials such as resin and enamel paints.
Rachel studied Jewellery and Silversmithing at Loughborough College of Art and Design, graduating in 1993. After many years of teaching in Higher Education she decided to pursue her love of jewellery making full time and set up Rachel Brown Jewellery in 2018.