Intro to Enamels Workshop with Marla Mencher | Friday 6/16 | 10 am - 3 pm | Summer 2023

Intro to Enamels Workshop with Marla Mencher | Friday 6/16 | 10 am - 3 pm | Summer 2023

Workshops | This class has been canceled

107 East Deer Park Road Dix Hills, NY 11746 United States

Studio 1

All Levels

6/16/2023 (one day)

10:00 AM-3:00 PM EDT on Fri

175.00 USD

Member Discount Available

In this introduction to enameling workshop you will create some beautiful cloisonné enameled pieces . Cloisonné is an ancient technique where small fine silver wires are fused onto an enameled disc ( which you will form and powder ). Then, different enamel color is applied with a brush into each section of your design and fired multiple times until the entire piece is filled with color. It’s like painting with glass. Your finished pieces can be set into frames or be used in other jewelry creations. Some basic wire working skills are helpful.


Please bring detailed sketches in oval or round shapes of designs you would like to use for your cloisonné template. Looking at stained glass windows can help with designing. Bring tweezers, a few  small thin paint brushes and small metal wire cutters if you have.

  • Please bring detailed sketches in oval or round shapes of designs you would like to use for your cloisonné template. Looking at stained glass windows can help with designing. Bring tweezers, a few  small thin paint brushes and small metal wire cutters if you have.

    $20 materials fee payable to instructor covers enamels, copper discs, and cloisonné wire.
    Silver cinch mounts and bales extra.
Mencher, Marla

I joined the Art League staff in 2014 as a jewelry instructor and am very excited to be here. I am A Fine Jewelry Artist with over 35 years experience in the Jewelry Field. My expertise is in all phases of metal fabrication (sterling, gold, copper, non-ferrous) including fine piecework, intricate soldering, and complex designing with precious and semi-precious stones. I have owned an operated 2 Fine Jewelry stores and presently consult and fabricate for several stores including my private clientele. I am also involved in the fine arts as an art teacher of oil painting and pastel at several High Schools and show my work in many galleries, including the Art League. I love to teach and feel rewarded when my students produce their own unique jewelry pieces and finished artworks. My approach is through a step-by step-learning process, with practice exercises along the way . As a creative thinker, I am always looking for unique and different projects to stimulate my students’ growth, as well as my own.