Registration for these workshops through the Center’s website will begin 6-8 weeks prior to each workshop. To be notified of when registration will begin you are invited to join the Center mailing list.
Really Playing with Fire – May 16-18
With Steve Artz at The Crucible
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Steve Artz
Drawing with Enamels: Vivid Colors and Emphatic Lines – May 30- June 2
With Charity Hall at The Richmond Art Center
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Hall- Fossil Fish Brooch
Altered Surfaces and Sensitive Sifting – August 29 – September 2
With Jessica Turrell at The Crucible
Registration begins June 15, 2016

Turrell: Brooch
So Graphic: Champlevé for Steel – November 19-21
With Sharon Massey at The Richmond Art Center
Registration begins October 1, 2016

Massey
Coming in early 2017:
Freeing Your Inner Alchemist: Metal on Glass on Metal
with instructor Rene Roberts
Thank you to:
Thompson Enamel
KVO Industries, Inc.
for partnering with the Center to make our workshops a success.
From our 2015 workshops
Enamels on Glass, Glass in Enamel: Exploratory Imagery
with instructor Mary Chuduk
Workshop was held June 8-11, 2015
Below are some images from this workshop:
- Mary Chuduk
- Dichroic glass being placed in sifted enamel for firing
- Demo dichroic glass on sifted enamel over copper
- Dichroic glass fused to an enamel piece
- Workshop attendees listening to Mary
- Mary explaining glass varieties
- Explaining sample tiles
- Finished student work
- Explaining sample tiles with oxide painting
Using Silkscreens and Decals to Enrich the Enamel Vocabulary
with instructor Jan Harrell
Workshop was held June 12-14, 2015
Below are some images from this workshop:
- Demo dry sifting through screen
- Jan painting underglaze on piece with fired decal
- Jan silkscreening with gel medium and oxide
- Jan developing screen
- Jan with completed screen
- Sifting enamel over fired decal
- Student positioning decal on fired surface
- Student work
Enameled Steel for Large Scale Art : Working in an Industrial Setting
with Instructor Helen Elliot, at KVO Industries in Santa Rosa, CA
Workshop was held September 25 -28, 2015
Below are images from the workshop.
- Hanging work being removed from kiln
- Hanging work ready to fire
- Helen Elliot critique
- Helen demo
- KVO silkscreening
- KVO
- Painting enamels
- Students working
- Helen demoing