Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 04/03/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 04/10/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 10/09/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 10/16/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
ENAMELS I/II
INSTRUCTORS: JAN MARCH AND VICKIE PRILLAMAN
This class is for beginners and experienced enamelists. We will make jewelry pieces OR if you’re not into jewelry, you may make small 3” bowls. The beginners will learn the basics of enameling and safety in using the kilns, tools and enamels. You will learn about the tools required to do enameling, how to properly prepare the metal and apply the enamels. You will learn about the different types of enamels, including opaque and transparent, liquid and paints, leaded and unleaded. We will be using unleaded enamels in this class. You will learn different techniques available to use in enameling and the results. We will cover the basics of sifting, wet packing, the use of crackle, separation enamel, sgraffito, and painting with enamels. We will also cover color choices and design challenges.
This class will be based on your interests and which techniques you would like to learn. It is not a structured class. After we have covered the different techniques, you decide which ones you want to practice. We will be working primarily with kilns but will also cover and have a demonstration on torch firing. No need to bring anything but your desire to learn. There are tools to borrow for the week so no need to buy any before class.
Class Fee: $200
Estimated Materials Fee: $0-$150
Prerequisites: Desire to learn and have fun!
Vickie Prillaman
Vickie Prillaman started her career in Jewelry in 1993 at the Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody, GA. In 1994 she became an assistant in the jewelry department at Spruill, she also attended Georgia State University in 1994, where she recognized her interest in education and started teaching jewelry making in 1995. She completed a year long apprenticeship with a German goldsmith in the Atlanta area in 1996.
She has taught beginning Silver classes for the Eastern Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies, several beginning Silver and Advanced Silver classes for the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies, and Advanced Silver classes for the Florida Society of Goldsmiths and the former North Carolina Goldsmith Society. In 1997 Vickie began teaching at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA. She continues to teach workshops around the country and privately in her own studio in Georgia.
Jan March
In 1976 Jan joined Pepperidge Farm. After 15 years she decided to leave her final position of supervisor and find something more interesting and less stressful. QVC was a new business in the area and she got a position in the jewelry department. It was an area that was new to her and learning about jewelry and all the facets of it came back in spades when she discovered jewelry making as an avocation. She also worked in the department that imported the jewelry and learned about Customs duties, and how jewelry is classified for import. While at QVC she attended in house college classes and got an associate degree in Electronic Commerce. Working with computers had always been a draw and after 15 years and different, interesting positions, ending as a Financial Analyst doing the facilities budgets for the call centers and warehouses, she retired. Starting in 2011 she discovered William Holland and her first class was enameling. On the second day of that first class she ordered a kiln and that was the start of aDarty, Tom Ellis, and attended various online classes during Covid as well as a plethora of classes at William Holland.
Please contact William Holland School of Lapidary Arts if you have any questions.