Continental Breakfast served from 8:00AM-9:00AM
Boxed Lunch 12:00PM-1:00PM
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 04/11/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Continental Breakfast served from 8:00AM-9:00AM
Boxed Lunch 12:00PM-1:00PM
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.
WEEKEND ENAMELING STUDIO
INSTRUCTORS: VICKIE PRILLAMAN & JAN MARCH
This is a chance to see if you would like enameling. This class is mainly for beginners, but all are welcome!
We will make 2 pairs of earrings. Beginners will learn the basics of enameling. Safety in using the kilns, tools and enamels. You will learn about the tools required to do enameling. How to properly prepare the metals and apply the enamels. The difference between enamels, opaque and transparent, liquid and paints, leaded and unleaded. We will be using unleaded enamels in this class. The techniques available to use in enameling and the results. We will cover the basics of sifting, wet packing, the use of crackle and separation enamels. We will also cover color choices and design challenges.
After we have covered the different techniques, you decide which ones you want to practice. No need to bring anything but your desire to learn. There are tools to borrow for the day, so there is no need to buy any before class.
Requirements: Desire to learn and have fun
Instructor fee: Includes materials for 2 pairs of earrings. $50.00
*WH TUITION: $100 Includes Breakfast and Boxed Lunch. No additional charge for lodging if taking a class, the week before or after, $60 lodging fee if needed. Please email [email protected] to arrange lodging.
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.
Vickie is a member of the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia and the Florida Society of Goldsmiths. She is past President of the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society and a past President and Vice President of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths. She is a member of the Tomoka Gem and Mineral Club.
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.