I love to solder!! I love family portraits! Now I get both in one. Choose a photo
with 3 or more people. Perhaps it is an already altered photo or an old photo
from a family reunion. Hanging portraits on the wall is all fine and dandy but
why not make the frame a piece of art? In this class we learn basic soldering
skills as well as more challenging techniques. Our project will be a favorite
group portrait divided and presented as a playful triptych. Students learn
simple glass cutting techniques, soldering and embellishing. There is a ?right?
way and a disastrous way to create soldered art. You will feel like a
professional after this class, ready to solder anything. Your soldering iron will
be your new best friend. Feel free to contact me with any picture questions.
Supply List:
- Group photo of 5 or more people. 8”x10”
- Fun paper for backside 8”x10”
- Weller 100 soldering iron
- Iron stand for soldering iron
- 1/8” tip
- 3/8” copper tape (I like black-backed)
- Flux gel and small brush
- Silvergleem
- Sponge
- Favorite Scissors
- 16 gauge wire (tinned copper or sterling silver)
- Wire cutters
- Round-nose pliers
- Jump ring (7mm)
- Small good scissors
- Sal amnoniac block
- Glue stick
Optional:
- Stone grinder
- Glass Cutter
- Running Pliers
Teacher will bring:
- 2 sheets of clear glass 8”x10” precut into 2.5”x8” pieces. Please
notify teacher for any special sizes needed. I will also bring glass cleaner and silver
polish. I will have extra glass cutters on hand for your to practice cutting glass.
I buy most of my supplies at allstainedglass.com or a local glass store. Extra glass
A Little About ME
Katherine England is a muralist as well as an art teacher at the Muckenthaler Museum and several local schools and adult programs in Orange County. Though born in Hawaii she was lucky to be raised a child of the '60's near San Francisco. The colors and movement in art during this decade profoundly influenced her as a youth and show up as such in her art. Her favorite medium right now is tesserae and she loves breaking, nipping, melting it and coaxing into playful patterns and whimsical figures. Her largest mosaic piece is 40' by 8' but she also enjoys smaller and realistic portraits. She lives with her 4 amazing and beautiful kids in Fullerton, Ca.
