Ricky Frank's
Creative Cloisonne´ Program
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Why I designed the Creative Cloisonne´ Program
Many of my students enter the class hoping to learn more about the cloisonne´ enamel technique and improve their skills.
They hope to make something that they like, maybe even love.
It's easy for me to design a project that you can make and will like. I've done this before and the students were happy. But they didn't learn how to "create cloisonne´ enamels". They learned how to follow instructions. When you return to your studio and attempt to make something that "comes from your heart", there are no instructions. Remembering how your teacher did it may not be enough.
How does a cloisonne´ artist create their enamel artwork?
We start at the beginning. We immerse ourselves in ideas and images.
Instead of merely "looking", we see the world around them as Design Elements.
Lines, shapes, colors, values, and patterns.
We simplify these elements and get to know them. Well enough that we can imagine with them.
Then we learn to translate them into enamel elements.
The cloisonne´ artist uses wires, enamel, and in my case, metal foils to create new design elements..
We do this "enough" so that it becomes a new vocabulary.
We learn to speak in "cloisonne´ and become fluent in this enamel language.
This is what we begin to learn in Class 1: We learn how to create our personal cloisonne´ vocabulary so that we can USE it to share our unique point of view using the magical medium of enamel.
And we begin asking ourselves the critical questions about WHY we create and WHAT our unique personal point of view is.
How does a cloisonne´ artist create their enamel artwork?
We start at the beginning. We immerse ourselves in ideas and images.
Instead of merely "looking", we see the world around them as Design Elements.
Lines, shapes, colors, values, and patterns.
We simplify these elements and get to know them. Well enough that we can imagine with them.
Then we learn to translate them into enamel elements.
The cloisonne´ artist uses wires, enamel, and in my case, metal foils to create new design elements..
We do this "enough" so that it becomes a new vocabulary.
We learn to speak in "cloisonne´ and become fluent in this enamel language.
This is what we begin to learn in Class 1: We learn how to create our personal cloisonne´ vocabulary so that we can USE it to share our unique point of view using the magical medium of enamel.
And we begin asking ourselves the critical questions about WHY we create and WHAT our unique personal point of view is.
What you will need
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