Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Enamelling and Etching on Copper Bowls & Sheets



ETCHING & ENAMELLING ON COPPER BOWLS
Dates : 22 – 24 October 2010

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An intensive workshop on Etching and Enamelling on Copper Bowls and Sheets


Workshop Details :-
Dates                          :  October 22nd  to 24th 2010
Timings                   :  11 am to 5 pm
Duration                                    :  3 days (Full day working)
Type of workshop   :  Intensive
Max. Participants    :  6
Venue Location      :  Timeless Moment Art Academy      
                                   302 Shoham Exotica, Plot No. 69,     
                                   Sector 21, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
Course Fee :-

Rs. 6500/- Which includes all the required material and tuition Fee. Tea will be served. Participants may bring their own lunch pack.
             
In this three days intensive workshop participants will learn how to shape raw copper sheets into beautiful bowls. They may create their desired shapes in bowls.
After shaping the copper sheet into bowls we’ll etch the bowls according to the design. The etching will be done through & through in bowls. Simultaneously we’ll etch flat copper sheets as shown in the picture (Day -2). Etched Bowls and flat sheet will be enameled in different ways.

Day - 1
Copper Bowl making
Creating a 3D bowl shape with tree stump and mallet from a raw copper sheet is a great fun. There could be created many fun shapes in bowls. Participants will learn how to cut the shapes from raw copper sheets and shapes it into a beautiful bowls.

Day – 2
Etching
There many ways of etching on metal. Many kind of stoppers are used for etching. We’ll be using different kind of stoppers for bowls and plates. Participants will learn how to prepare the piece for etching and etch the desired designs by using these stoppers. It will cover the etching on bowls as well as flat panels.

Day – 3
Enamelling
Once the etching part will be over we’ll enamel the etched pieces by using industrial and vitreous both enamel. It’s a great fun to enamel the etched surfaces by using champlevé technique. It is one of the oldest technique in enamelling but we are using it in contemporary way